Saints 1-2 Stoke - Match Thread

[coalman]

Downes was shocking there.

[sockeye]

There it is.

[RedArmy]

lol

[Disco Stu]

Ditch the fucking back 3!

[Sheaf Saint]

Fuck. 

Downes put us bang in trouble there.

[Saint NL]

0-1, awful defending 

[tdmickey3]

FFS

[The Kraken]

Absolute rubbish

[obelisk]

That comes from giving it away in midfield again. 0-1 

[OttawaSaint]

Fuck off. What were we doing there? Sloppy as fuck. 

[Mr X]

It was always coming 

[tdmickey3]

Just now, tdmickey3 said:

FFS

Playing around at the back

[Saint Fan CaM]

Wankers.

[saintant]

And there we have it. Play a scrappy defensive game at home to Stoke and now we are chasing the game.

[DT]

Downes being shit again. What a ludicrous attempt to turn past three. Pathetic. 

Edited 23 August, 2025 by DT

[LGTL]

Awful from Downes, turned into their entire midfield. 

[OttawaSaint]

Downes has been dogshit this season.

[tdmickey3]

Will finish nil 2

[Andrew Watson]

Are Saints ever going to keep a clean sheet ? Simply not good enough.

[PerthshireSaint]

I call it ‘Downes syndrome’

[saintant]

Stoke will dig in now and make this very difficult for us to get back in. Will has played right into their hands I'm afraid.

Edited 23 August, 2025 by saintant

[Gloucester Saint]

Stoke deserved that and really should win the game from here. We’ve created chances but piss poor in midfield and the five at the back formation has to go. Sick of seeing it now.

 

[Saint NL]

Wood messing around there

[Saint Fan CaM]

How many times do we get five players in the box unless there’s a corner? 5 at the back is fucking suicidal tactics.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Just now, OttawaSaint said:

Downes has been dogshit this season.

Downes is a nothing player in a system that doesn't keep possession 

[obelisk]

Stop this fannying around in midfield. Stoke players are quickly on to any miscontrol.

[Sheaf Saint]

So fucking sloppy from Downes to give that away in midfield. 

[OttawaSaint]

1 minute ago, PerthshireSaint said:

I call it ‘Downes syndrome’

Can you not?

[Winnersaint]

We were shite at home against this lot in the run in to the play offs.

[stknowle]

We don’t look like automatics contenders so far whatsoever tbh. And this is with Fernandes in the team.

Edited 23 August, 2025 by stknowle

[skintsaint]

Going to be another blank at home to this lot isnt it?

[adrian lord]

Long spell in the wilderness beckons, I fear. 

[sockeye]

I wish we were Stoke.

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, Sheaf Saint said:

So fucking sloppy from Downes to give that away in midfield. 

Stoke’s central midfield player players, Lewis Baker included, have frankly been superior today with the obvious exception of Fernandes. Downes and Charles both poor. Need a CM to push them along and rotate during the season.

[Sunglasses Ron]

Red!

[Colinjb]

Ok, this could mix it up.

[saintant]

Need to spend the Tyler cash very wisely because we're well short at the moment.

[coalman]

Wow. Stoke down to 10

[Saint NL]

A dive!

We got VERY lucky

[LiberalCommunist]

Let that be the spark. 

[skintsaint]

Great now we get to play against 10...

[Saint NL]

Lol, a red for that, silly boy

[tdmickey3]

Red  got to push on now surely 

[OttawaSaint]

Stoke doing exactly what we should do. Breaking at pace in numbers.

Ugh oh red for a dive!

[coalman]

Baz did incredibly there to get out of the way

[saintant]

Just now, coalman said:

Wow. Stoke down to 10

They'll just dig in deeper with two banks of four.

[benjii]

Terrible dive that.

 

Been away from the match for 30 mins. Not surprised we're losing. We're shit.

[Sheaf Saint]

Diving Mubama.

[Greedyfly]

So far Still has been a complete mess.  Shite pre-season, scatter gun transfers and lucky in all 3 matches.  Shit line up and personnel. 

[Sir Ralph]

Great reffing