Saints 0-0 Skates - Match Thread

[benjii]

Jander looks good.

[CB Fry]

I think you can make too many substitutions.

[BotleySaint]

Jander is very tidy so far. Good reading of the game. 

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, ButtikonSaint said:

Leo with some attitude... like that

Jander winning his duels and bits of quality, watch out for your place Flynn..

[SNSUN]

4 mins of injury time.

[adrian lord]

Jeepers. 

[Chez]

thats a foul. ref fucking killed us there. 

[adrian lord]

Collectively, the subs haven't worked. 

[BotleySaint]

Just now, adrian lord said:

Collectively, the subs haven't worked. 

Too much change at once I think. We've struggled to settle after the last two. 

[coalman]

Just now, adrian lord said:

Collectively, the subs haven't worked. 

The first set did. The second not so much

[lambtiss]

Murphy has been the best player on the pitch

[SNSUN]

Come on Saints! I need a stiffy for days!

[Lighthouse]

1 minute ago, CB Fry said:

I think you can make too many substitutions.

Too many in the space of six minutes, certainly. Three on 60 mins and 2 more on 80 might have been better.

[BotleySaint]

Scienza is hilarious. Every nudge and he's down. 

[SNSUN]

Late pressure Saints. Make it count. Last chance...

[bangkoksaint]

Dreadful

[SNSUN]

Taylor over. That'll be that. Could've been worse. 

[benjii]

Just now, BotleySaint said:

Scienza is hilarious. Every nudge and he's down. 

Yeah, but he's willing to take the ball and bring the contact. Looks good to me.

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, bangkoksaint said:

Dreadful

Poor effort THB, decent chance. If we’re not creating in open play, then set pieces need to be better used. 

[Sheaf Saint]

Meh.

[BotleySaint]

Needed to win today. We're losing ground. Only the one shot on target.

[CB Fry]

Well, clean sheet.

[Saint Billy]

What a pile of meh.

[AlexLaw76]

Crap. Pompey better side. 
utter crap

 

[saintant]

Better 2nd half but overall that was so fucking shite!

[SNSUN]

Disjointed but to be expected with new players. Play the Skates in November and that would have been a different story. 

[Turkish]

Really shit 

[Toadhall Saint]

Crap first half - we were the best in the second. Nil nil about right.

[sotonric]

We have got to get a lot better, very quickly.

[Lighthouse]

[coalman]

Second half was a whole lot better. First half was godawful. Please build on the second half.

Jander has to be starting over Downes who just gives the ball away constantly. 

[adrian lord]

Blood, thunder, but no guile. 

[ButtikonSaint]

Hard to judge when the team hasn't had time to gel...
Better second half but would like to see Archer and Stewart up as a pair upfront.
We'll get them next game... 

[OttawaSaint]

We work hard to get into crossing positions but the crossing is dreadful.

Mind you even if it was good, I saw Stewert jump under at least 5 flick ons so I'm not convinced we'd score from a good cross.

Edited yesterday at 13:01 by OttawaSaint

[Winnersaint]

Just now, Turkish said:

Really shit 

It was, kind of expected it. They play ugly and we’re still finding our feet.

[Baird of the land]

Having a better manager than sheffield utd isn't high praise.

With Still as manager,  not losing to pompey at home is an achievement.

[AlexLaw76]

Will Still can get in the bin. Crap tactics (again)

 

[saintant]

Fairly safe bet that we'll finish mid table at best.

[sfc4prem]

Well that was shite.

[maxi_sopez]

Pretty shit. Second best and lucky to get a point. This does not feel like two years ago.

[James]

Given the occasion that was a crap performance. Pompey much the more dangerous. That said, ref was very poor. Allowed them to waste time and spoil it.

Got a few early concerns re Will Still, can’t see us challenging for Top 2. Seems to set up all wrong and then throw on subs until something sticks. 

[IronCitySaint]

Disappointing after the big buildup. Second half was better, but all the attacking impetus was lost with too many substitutions. Fraser and Fellows should have stayed on as they were looking the most lively. Their goalie looked completely petrified and yet we hardly troubled him. We need big improvements to start winning games and need to do it quickly before we are too far adrift.

[jamesfp1]

Boring boring shit

[Smirking_Saint]

Positives

We didn’t lose

Jander looks good

 

 

 

 

Thats it really

[kjurwi]

Better 2 half. Fraser or Charles Motm. Downes absolutely useless. 

Jander has to start for Downes next game. 

Stewart or Dam Downes has to start if we are going to hoof it long.

[Colinjb]

That second half was promising.

Just imagine if we had Rickie Lambert in this side, an actual dominant forward.

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

Pathetic. 

For whatever reason Still cant get a tune out of the players.

[sambosa75]

1 hour ago, benjii said:

[Baird of the land]

What was it 1 shot on target and our clown sits on his hands for 70+ minutes

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Toothless, richer, championship level outfit gets draw against slightly less toothless, but still championship level, visitors.

Josh Murphy made most of our forward players look like lumps. AA being an exception when he came on, and Fraser's work rate.