Watford 2-2 Saints - Match Thread

[O_Lord_Marian]

Just now, BARCELONASAINT said:

apparently so, i forgot this is Saints wed where they need to have a scapegoat for everything!

Bazunu is probably the worst keeper in the Championship. What other team is he the starter? 

[trousers]

Full time 

2-2

Meh

[Osvaldorama]

3 minutes ago, saintant said:

Should have matched them when they went 4 in midfield. Changed the game.

We shouldn’t play this awful fucking formation anyway. Joke. 

[Sunglasses Ron]

Disappointing result.

[Chris cooper]

We are wot we are .. a mid table championship side .. 😴🥱

[Sarnia Cherie]

8 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

So there's no gender bias for our female posters...

Looks like Meghan has been at Harry with a felt tip.

[adrian lord]

Boro and WBA will be out of sight by Halloween. 

[UpweySaint]

Just now, Saint86 said:

Points dropped here because we don't have enough depth in this match squad for full back and CM, and we've seen a plethora of mistakes from Manning, Stephens, and THB. 

We’ve signed a cm and potentially have a full back lined up. I’m hoping we start to hit our stride after the international break.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

1 minute ago, Saint86 said:

Points dropped here because we don't have enough depth in this match squad for full back and CM, and we've seen a plethora of mistakes from Manning, Stephens, and THB. 

Seven points of Boro already, not a great look

[AlexLaw76]

FT

If Will Still continues with 3 at the back, he can get in the bin and we will not get promoted

It is killing us

[VectisSaint]

5 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:

In fairness. Every shot on target is a goal with this buffoon in goal. 
 

Nothing he could do about the free kick but it doesn’t change the fact that he never saves anything 

Stats say otherwise. 2 saves today, just saying. Not saying it makes him good.

[HKsaint]

Could McCathy have saved the first goal? 

[Saint Scott]

Pathetic performance from the players and Still today

[saint michael]

Punch up between mgmt teams

[Disco Stu]

Chance conversion in the first half wasn't good enough. The game should have been put to bed.

[Saint NL]

A point.

But a lot of things to improve.

[benjii]

Lol, Lallana trying to scrap with their coaches 

[Suhari]

Still having a real go at their manager.

Coaches having a few handbags.

[Viking Saint]

Some afters on the touchline at the final whistle?¿

[Challenger]

Team lacks power and pace, has done for a good while now.

[saintant]

Just now, Osvaldorama said:

We shouldn’t play this awful fucking formation anyway. Joke. 

Yeah, we had a very weak midfield today with Downes missing. As soon as Watford went to a 4 man midfield we should have matched them and that may have won us the game.

[coalman]

There was a lot more positive and cohesive attacking play than our first couple of games. Though we totally switched off after they made their subs and started giving the ball away. I'm both relieved and disappointed with a draw.

[BARCELONASAINT]

Just now, O_Lord_Marian said:

Bazunu is probably the worst keeper in the Championship. What other team is he the starter? 

That might or might not be true......however he wasnt responsible for the 2 goals conceded today. That freekick to equalise was a belter and even the bellend Jo Tessem agreed there was nothing Baz could do about it.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Still really annoyed with the Watford manager. Went beyond the touchline, with Still waiting for him to say something when they were shaking the refs' hand.

 

[obelisk]

Saints throw away 2 points. They'll need to be tougher than that if they want promotion.

[Osvaldorama]

2 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

FT

If Will Still continues with 3 at the back, he can get in the bin and we will not get promoted

It is killing us

The ginger Juric killing the mood after all these good transfers 

[saintant]

2 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

Seven points of Boro already, not a great look

Tortoise and the hare 🙂

[Colinjb]

Very grounding after the euphoria of yesterday.

[Baird of the land]

performance slightly better but still a bad result.

 

[Tauro]

Appreciate he scored, but Manning is not a good enough left back nor Stepehens CB. Would appreciate upgrades there. 

[saintant]

3 minutes ago, HKsaint said:

Could McCathy have saved the first goal? 

Not from the bench.

[Challenger]

2 minutes ago, Saint Scott said:

Pathetic performance from the players and Still today

Not pathetic but very, very predictable.

[Saint86]

Really really poor - and error after error at the back.

The less said about Manning defensively the better (good free kick - but he isn't on the pitch to score goals, he's there to deny chances... instead he gifts them time after time). And Stephens and THB are still full of mistakes at the end of August and this should be setting off klaxons behind the scenes - and the inability of all 3 of them to not be able to consistently pass to a team mate is very concerning.

We've also had fraser, robinson, edwards, stewart all playing out of position... which is still concerning on the depth front -Crucial points dropped again.

Saving grace - we didn't lose.

We desperately need more cover at both full backs - and an improvement at LB.

The central defenders are all a liability atm. Woods probably the best one... how did that happen.

Edited 30 August, 2025 by Saint86

[Midfield_General]

6 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

He's marmite

Marm-SHITE more like

Amirite? 

[obelisk]

2 minutes ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

That might or might not be true......however he wasnt responsible for the 2 goals conceded today. That freekick to equalise was a belter and even the bellend Jo Tessem agreed there was nothing Baz could do about it.

Baz had positioned himself too far to the other side of the goal. I could see a tasty target from here.

[Toussaint]

4 minutes ago, UpweySaint said:

We’ve signed a cm and potentially have a full back lined up. I’m hoping we start to hit our stride after the international break.

So do I , we won’t hear the end of it if we lose to the skates 

[saintant]

2 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Still really annoyed with the Watford manager. Went beyond the touchline, with Still waiting for him to say something when they were shaking the refs' hand.

 

Never goad a ginger.

[die Mannyschaft]

Fuck a draw, ffs

[O_Lord_Marian]

2 minutes ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

That might or might not be true......however he wasnt responsible for the 2 goals conceded today. That freekick to equalise was a belter and even the bellend Jo Tessem agreed there was nothing Baz could do about it.

His positioning was awful. He will be the difference between tight games, and it won't be the better.

[HarvSFC]

Ah well. Disjointed second half performance. New players to come in next game, what a home debut to go into.

[Willo of Whiteley]

5 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

FT

If Will Still continues with 3 at the back, he can get in the bin and we will not get promoted

It is killing us

I’m pretty confident that he won’t be playing five at the back in the next game. Now he has a wide player and two extra centre mids he has no excuse.

[saintant]

1 minute ago, Tauro said:

Appreciate he scored, but Manning is not a good enough left back nor Stepehens CB. Would appreciate upgrades there. 

Keep on saying it about Captain Jack - even without a howler he is still a liability and doesn't do his job.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

First half we had some signs of structure and purpose going forward. 

Second half, the energy levels weren't there. Watford shifted their formation, and we couldn;t cope with it. 

We were light going into this in midfield anyway, with Downes dropping out. We also struggled to match the physical strength and pace that Watford clearly recruit for.

Sadly, we didn't really match their stamina either, which I'd really like to see get us over the line in games, rather than allow opponents to look the more likely.

Still throwing on forwards made no difference, except make us look more tactically disjointed today. We had noone able to create anything for them.

On the plus side we have reinforcements on the way. Hopefully, they will make an immediate difference and we can push to better levels in a system Still prefers. 

[obelisk]

Need to start getting a winning mentality. Watford were robust and the ref weak but we're going to see a lot of that.

[Sheaf Saint]

Hmmm. Poor result in the end. Far too many sloppy mistakes in the second half.

Should have scored more in the first half when we were well on top.

Disappointing that an incorrect offside call robbed us of a golden chance to go 2-0 up. 

We really need to be ditching this 3 at the back ASAP. We showed in the first half how good we can be when we have some control in midfield. 

I'm usually one of Baz's biggest critics but he had no chance with that FK, and to suggest otherwise is absurd. The finish for their first goal was hit with power and accuracy, but I can't help but feel that a keeper with better positioning and quicker reactions might have done better with it from such a tight angle.

[OttawaSaint]

We play some decent stuff at times, but fuck, we're sloppy in possession, not clinical at all, and Baz, he barely stops anything that's not right at him. 

Hope the 2 new guys can improve us.

[Andrew Watson]

Another 2 points thrown away,because we cannot defend to save our lives,Watford are mediocre and so are we on this showing. Simply not good enough.

[sfc4prem]

Lots to moan about but I'm not too concerned. Win at home, draw away.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

2 minutes ago, saintant said:

Never goad a ginger.

I was listening for the sound of a bottle being broken against the wall of the tunnel. 🙂 

[stfrancisofbenali]

Ben Mee is a free agent. One year contract? We need some experience and resilience at the heart of our defence.