Hull 3-1 Saints - Match Thread

[miserableoldgit]

I realise that there is a long way to go, but if seriously want to be promoted, we should be more in the mix than we are.

[lambtiss]

Just now, beatlesaint said:

Still has never managed in English football. The French league is a totally different thing. He was always going to need time to adapt. Unfortunately he’s doing it with a shite keeper and no decent striker to speak of.

And no leader on the pitch and 2 poor/average centre halves who both think they are better than they are

[Sidney Fudpucker the 3rd]

Just now, beatlesaint said:

Still has never managed in English football. The French league is a totally different thing. He was always going to need time to adapt. Unfortunately he’s doing it with a shite keeper and no decent striker to speak of.

He's spent a fortune and failed to address the real problem areas. 

Why can't this club do anything right? 

[derry]

That was garbage. Frazer played nearly every ball backwards. Loads of occasions when balls forward into space were on but ball played backwards and sideways. Time for the hairdryer shock treatment.

[OttawaSaint]

Was told on here Spors was amazing and that our attackers were guaranteed to score loads of goals because they have done before in this league.

Any week now...

[SambaMaverick]

1 minute ago, beatlesaint said:

Still has never managed in English football. The French league is a totally different thing. He was always going to need time to adapt. Unfortunately he’s doing it with a shite keeper and no decent striker to speak of.

Doesn't really matter.

You get people with no experience at all thrust into caretaker roles who show more promise than this.

[SNSUN]

I'm not even following this due to work and yet even I know this is a big second half coming up for Will. 😬

[Greedyfly]

23 minutes ago, RedArmy said:

No, he is fucking awful. 

Binned off by Brentford within 5 mins of the new manager getting there.... I'm not sure what we were expecting. 

[Saint NL]

No subs at HT.

Joy

[OttawaSaint]

Just now, derry said:

That was garbage. Frazer played nearly every ball backwards. Loads of occasions when balls forward into space were on but ball played backwards and sideways. Time for the hairdryer shock treatment.

Why tf is Fraser even playing? If that's the best we've got were in trouble.

[RedArmy]

1 minute ago, OttawaSaint said:

Why tf is Fraser even playing? If that's the best we've got were in trouble.

I don’t know why people can’t see this. If he’s our best player we are in for an incredibly long season. 

[trousers]

11 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

The entire club is rotten from top to bottom. It's all on Sports Republic. They've utterly failed as owners and need to get the fuck out of our club before they sink us even further.

"Yeah, but they spend loads of money each transfer window, innit"....

[saintant]

Swap the wingers over and get them cutting in and shooting with their stronger foot. Simples.

[RedArmy]

Love these corners that never find a saints player 

[bpsaint]

10 minutes ago, StrangelyBrown said:

We didn't deal with the 3 things we most needed: striker, keeper and captain. Still is working with a spineless team (in both senses)

We did deal with the captain, we gave him a 3 year contract extension 😂🤯

Utter shambles.

[Willo of Whiteley]

Sheffield Wednesday doing what we couldn’t do at Portsmouth last week

[Saint Fan CaM]

Manning did his usual thing of standing off the crosser of the ball. That was the first mistake. Then Bazunu did his usual crisp packet hands thing by parrying the ball straight to their player. Both scarred players.

[obelisk]

Another corner easily cleared.

[Farmer Saint]

11 minutes ago, egg said:

I'd rather see is struggling there than struggling in this league. 

I don't think that's the choice, is it? 😜

[saintant]

Still, we should at least win a few games in league one 🙂

[OttawaSaint]

1 minute ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Sheffield Wednesday doing what we couldn’t do at Portsmouth last week

Shows how utterly inept we are.

[miserableoldgit]

10 minutes ago, whelk said:

Debating whether to watch second half or fantasising about being mauled by the French rugby lasses

or Ellie Kildunne

[Wade Garrett]

Downs is fucking brilliant at not going for headers.  Why did we fucking sign him?  

[lambtiss]

2 minutes ago, RedArmy said:

Love these corners that never find a saints player 

It also helps if you move towards the ball

[saintant]

Had high hopes for Will Still.

[bpsaint]

1 minute ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Sheffield Wednesday doing what we couldn’t do at Portsmouth last week

Good opportunity to go above them today, skate cunts.

Honestly I’m so fucking angry about how bad we were last week, and again today, what the hell are these guys doing in training. What’s the game plan.

[Osvaldorama]

2 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Sheffield Wednesday doing what we couldn’t do at Portsmouth last week

This is what’s concerning, they were absolutely terrible and I’m not just saying that because it’s them. Shocking side and we made them look brilliant. Same as today 

[saintant]

Just now, Wade Garrett said:

Downs is fucking brilliant at not going for headers.  Why did we fucking sign him?  

Cos nobody else wanted him.

[lambtiss]

Just now, Wade Garrett said:

Downs is fucking brilliant at not going for headers.  Why did we fucking sign him?  

He's also brilliant at missing the target

[Badger]

14 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Name one signing that we’ve made that has looked even slightly decent?

Again. 

12 minutes ago, SaintNate said:

Will Still is massively out of his depth. Absolute fraud. 

 

11 minutes ago, warsash saint said:

Still is looking out of his depth!

Of course, no one saw that coming, with our track record of careful hand picked selections.

9 minutes ago, SambaMaverick said:

I'd never seen one of his teams play and I would be very surprised if Spors had either

 

6 minutes ago, beatlesaint said:

Still has never managed in English football. The French league is a totally different thing. He was always going to need time to adapt. Unfortunately he’s doing it with a shite keeper and no decent striker to speak of.

But, but, but …. a French journalist spoke highly of him. And he gave a good talk on tactics to Carragher once. (Or so some said - from what I saw on YouTube it was as dull as ditchwater), 

[RedArmy]

What the fuck is that from Jander

[OttawaSaint]

Needed to score there. FFS!

[saintant]

Time to reign in our expectations to a more realistic level I think.

[Saint Matty 76]

We look really poor overall but Shea Charles is an excellent player. Hope that contract is close.

[Saint NL]

Better than the first half, but these crosses are a bit aimless.

[Sheaf Saint]

That's what we're reduced to now is it? Stephens shooting from range.

[OttawaSaint]

1 minute ago, RedArmy said:

What the fuck is that from Jander

Flynn Downes impression.

[Willo of Whiteley]

I’ve got huge concerns about Will Still and this team. The hype has been huge, the hugging up of the transfer window those last few days too.

Yet the most underwhelming result last week, and performance to match, and now this… It’s bad.

The only crumb of comfort is that we started exactly the same two years ago and look how we finished the season.

[RedArmy]

We do a great job of crossing to the opposite post from where all of our players are. 

[saintant]

Just now, Willo of Whiteley said:

I’ve got huge concerns about Will Still and this team. The hype has been huge, the hugging up of the transfer window those last few days too.

Yet the most underwhelming result last week, and performance to match, and now this… It’s bad.

The only crumb of comfort is that we started exactly the same two years ago and look how we finished the season.

Er, I think we started far better than this dross 2 seasons ago.

[bpsaint]

Outswinging corner straight out of play, really wish we’d stop doing those.

[obelisk]

Crosses are just catching practice for their 'keeper.

[saintant]

1 minute ago, RedArmy said:

We do a great job of crossing to the opposite post from where all of our players are. 

We'll score very rarely from crosses. Better to get the wingers coming in and shooting.

[bpsaint]

Just now, saintant said:

Er, I think we started far better than this dross 2 seasons ago.

Yeah we were sat on 10 points this stage last time.

[danjosaint]

We are literally looking at crossing everytime purposely ignoring central runs to get it out wide, would work if we had Ron Davies up front not with these weak c***s

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Downs not on the end of a header.
Jander bizarrly gives them the ball back, and we were lucky not to gret punished from it.
Doens;t look as though we've kept up training from corners.
Sinking back into that lack of urgency. Playing the ball by the numbers rather than with any desire.

Bright Moment: Stephens having a shot, and getting a corner from it.  

[Jack]

Need 2 up top here asap. So many crosses to an orange shirt. Downs no good at all in the air 

[Dangerspoon]

Why do we keep crossing? I haven’t seen any evidence this season that Downs is any good at heading so it seems a bizarre strategy.

[HKsaint]

We start our unbeaten run now

[obelisk]

Totally inept from Manning.