OttawaSaint Posted August 23 Posted August 23 Just now, trousers said: But he'll be good this season because he was good two seasons ago, surely.... (c) MLG And Stripey McStripe used to be able to get a hard on...
saintant Posted August 23 Posted August 23 Just now, Saint NL said: Armstrong has it on the left and there's noone in the middle. Oh Will, come on man, sort it out!
trousers Posted August 23 Posted August 23 Just now, Sheaf Saint said: Fucking hell this ref! That's so obviously a corner FFS And yet our players meekly accept the decision... Get in the ref's face FFS...
OttawaSaint Posted August 23 Posted August 23 Just now, trousers said: And yet our players meekly accept the decision... Get in the ref's face FFS... That's what Tessem said. 1
Andrew Watson Posted August 23 Posted August 23 Start running at the Stoke players on yellow cards and win fouls to earn a second booking. 2
trousers Posted August 23 Posted August 23 Just now, OttawaSaint said: That's what Tessem said. Great minds... 😁 1
Wade Garrett Posted August 23 Posted August 23 8 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said: I think AArm already went for his HT cuppa and no one has noticed. Predictable. Would be no loss if we sold him.
Saint Scott Posted August 23 Posted August 23 1 minute ago, coalman said: If Stoke finish with 11 men here it'll be ludicrous You can take the Tony Pulis out of Stoke, but you can't take the Stoke out of Tony Pulis 1
saintant Posted August 23 Posted August 23 Just now, Saint Scott said: You can take the Tony Pulis out of Stoke, but you can't take the Stoke out of Tony Pulis Have we been any better?
tdmickey3 Posted August 23 Posted August 23 Just now, OttawaSaint said: This is the type of game we lose 1-0 in. If we keep playing AA centrally we won't score
sockeye Posted August 23 Posted August 23 We haven’t covered ourselves in glory but this ref and Stoke’s players are making the Italian mafia look like Care Bears. 3
OttawaSaint Posted August 23 Posted August 23 Just now, coalman said: Ref didn't want us taking a corner there He's seen how shit we are at them. He's had enough. 1
Disco Stu Posted August 23 Posted August 23 Hate to say it but we're yet to see a good performance from a Will Still team. Get a bit of physicality and a focal point upfront and ditch the back 3. 2
badgerx16 Posted August 23 Posted August 23 5 minutes ago, trousers said: Dirty northern bastards Midland 1
Sheaf Saint Posted August 23 Posted August 23 1 minute ago, saintant said: Zero shots on target against Stoke tells its own story. In one sense it does. But 2 of our shots off target hit the post and were both closer to scoring than anything Stoke have managed so far, despite their overall dominance.
obelisk Posted August 23 Posted August 23 The corner would have been poor anyway. Get off for the half time orange and a new plan.
Willo of Whiteley Posted August 23 Posted August 23 This is a really, really, really terrible game. The tactics are all over the place. No attacking threat. Lots of sideways and backwards passing. Very Russell Martin-esque this performance. We need forwards on. Stoke spent more time rolling about in the ground, time wasting has been monumental. Ref has been poor throughout. Biggest cheer has been the home and away fans being bellends towards each other in the Chapel. 1
saintant Posted August 23 Posted August 23 Just now, Andy Hill said: Still needs to wake up - AA offers absolutely nothing. Why do managers keep making the mistake of playing AA through the middle? It has never worked and never will work so why keep doing it? Madness. 3
badgerx16 Posted August 23 Posted August 23 2 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said: Ref tosser! Corner, blows up for HT. Saves us chasing back as they break on our goal.
gio1saints Posted August 23 Posted August 23 First half : Stoke aggressive and getting it forward very very quickly. We’ve defended multiple crosses. Shea has had a mare. Like the Ref. Wee man has done well. Mateus is class. Jay playing decent. Flynn best he’s played in ages. Manning has put some crosses in but we need a taller forward..rest of the team fairly average. Especially expecting more from Adam Armstrong. Our 3cb system is currently working- just. Could be anything second half but I’d say it just favours saints because these have got three yellows already and I don’t think they can keep up this pace all match. Expect late goal or goals and maybe a sending off to help us. 2 2
Baird of the land Posted August 23 Posted August 23 Just now, sockeye said: We haven’t covered ourselves in glory but this ref and Stoke’s players are making the Italian mafia look like Care Bears. Got expect teams with lesser players to lean into physicality It’s up to still to walk his talk and display his much vaunted flexibility. 2
badgerx16 Posted August 23 Posted August 23 (edited) 1 minute ago, trousers said: Yep, that's north... 😉 Might be from Devon. Takes me over an hour driving South on the M6 to get to Stoke. Edited August 23 by badgerx16
Saint NL Posted August 23 Posted August 23 Stoke had had more possession and more shots. Surely a change of shape is needed for the second half.
miserableoldgit Posted August 23 Posted August 23 1 minute ago, badgerx16 said: Midland Anything North of the Chilworth Roundabout is the North to me.... 1
Disco Stu Posted August 23 Posted August 23 2 minutes ago, Andy Hill said: Still needs to wake up - AA offers absolutely nothing. He's lethal at this level on the right side of a front 3 but completely ineffective down the middle.
saintant Posted August 23 Posted August 23 Bring on a big lad up front, ditch the back 5 and go 433 or 4231. If not I'm calling a scrappy defeat here and it will be self inflicted. 3
Toussaint Posted August 23 Posted August 23 1 minute ago, Baird of the land said: Got expect teams with lesser players to lean into physicality It’s up to still to walk his talk and display his much vaunted flexibility. That’s the championship in a nutshell.
John B Posted August 23 Posted August 23 2 minutes ago, trousers said: Yep, that's north... 😉 Stoke is in The north Midlands
adrian lord Posted August 23 Posted August 23 The North begins above a line drawn from the Wash to the Severn estuary.
Willo of Whiteley Posted August 23 Posted August 23 Three at the back does not work. It’s very simple. Players are overloaded with sideways options to pass to this not getting the ball up the pitch quick enough; and you lose that attacking threat, thus inviting the opposition to press. 3
badgerx16 Posted August 23 Posted August 23 2 minutes ago, miserableoldgit said: Anything North of the Chilworth Roundabout is the North to me.... Anything south of the Manchester Ship Canal is France according to my youngest son. 2
qwertyell Posted August 23 Posted August 23 Don't know how anyone can look at our XI, subs, squad at large and expect us to be anything other than mediocre. This is not a promotion-challenging team. 2
Baz Fl Posted August 23 Posted August 23 Top 3rd of the pitch is AA with two big centerhalf’s either side of him and no Saints players within 15 yards. No attacking presence with very little chance of scoring. SR need to stop buying strikers that can’t contribute! We have that in abundance already
coalman Posted August 23 Posted August 23 6 minutes ago, badgerx16 said: Midland North of Basingstoke = northern 1
ally_uk Posted August 23 Posted August 23 Why are we fucking playing Armstrong up top by himself ? Get Stewart and Downes on ASAP!!!!
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