Liverpool 2-1 Saints - Match Thread

[Toadhall Saint]

This will be fun……….

[Football Special]

16 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

Shall we try and be optimistic?

Will Still's results against Lens last season were a 1-0 defeat at PSG (with 10 men) and a 2-1 home defeat, the winner coming 4 mins from the end. With Reims the season before that they drew 2-2 at PSG.

So from a tactical stand point he'll set us up to be difficult to beat at least. Might not be a bad thing because we're shit when we have lots of the ball. 

That's probably the most interesting thing about the fixture, tactics will be different, no idea what XI Still will go with though, you'd have thought a number of changes 

[Verbal]

17 minutes ago, Toadhall Saint said:

This will be fun……….

Define fun

[saintant]

9 minutes ago, Football Special said:

That's probably the most interesting thing about the fixture, tactics will be different, no idea what XI Still will go with though, you'd have thought a number of changes 

Think he might revert to 3 at the back with wing backs that don't get forward for this one.

[The Wyvern]

35 minutes ago, Football Special said:

That's probably the most interesting thing about the fixture, tactics will be different, no idea what XI Still will go with though, you'd have thought a number of changes 

Yeah, a different type of game to all the others we've had so far this season.  Less pressure and expectation for a win.  Can we get the basics right.  Be organised.  Difficult to break down.  

That said, these games often don't tell us anything more about a season.  Complete outlier in terms of performance, players used and attitude.  

[skintsaint]

ah this is tomorrow..........

[Saint NL]

There's the old brave word 😂

Doesn't sound like he's planning a back 5 

[Football Special]

14 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

There's the old brave word 😂

Doesn't sound like he's planning a back 5 

He also said in the press conference there is still trauma from last season and trying to not let new players be affected by it ffs 

[Football Special]

[Saint NL]

12 minutes ago, Football Special said:

He also said in the press conference there is still trauma from last season and trying to not let new players be affected by it ffs 

[Toadhall Saint]

55 minutes ago, Football Special said:

The under 18s it is then 

[Toadhall Saint]

6 hours ago, Verbal said:

Define fun

A great defensive display

[tdmickey3]

1 hour ago, Saint NL said:

There's the old brave word 😂

Doesn't sound like he's planning a back 5 

Does he mean crumble like they did Saturday 

[Patrick Bateman]

1 hour ago, Football Special said:

He also said in the press conference there is still trauma from last season and trying to not let new players be affected by it ffs 

That was a frightening comment. There were a few that made me cringe ... 

[bugenhagen]

7 hours ago, Verbal said:

Define fun

[die Mannyschaft]

1 hour ago, Patrick Bateman said:

That was a frightening comment. There were a few that made me cringe ... 

Its time managers got off social media and stopped making comments 

Edited 22 September, 2025 by die Mannyschaft

[Verbal]

3 hours ago, Toadhall Saint said:

A great defensive display

At the end of which one of our unfancied young scamps will skip down the other end, pass to one of our non-scoring forwards, and...

[Draino76]

I'm pretty sure he said 'crumple' and not 'crumble'.

I'm not sure this makes much difference,  but it's certainly something to think about. 

[Harry_SFC]

5 hours ago, Football Special said:

He also said in the press conference there is still trauma from last season and trying to not let new players be affected by it ffs 

Would probably help not playing a defence mainly made up of the players who went through that trauma then. 

[Dr Who?]

I might just avoid this one and watch the Carlisle game instead. We are going out, just hope we keep it respectable. 

[Andy Hill]

We will be lucky to get nil with our inept strikers.

[Dry Toast]

0-3 Saints. Put your house on it. 

[Cuddles]

1 hour ago, Dry Toast said:

0-3 Saints. Put your house on it. 

Clean sheet?! 😆😆😆

[trousers]

6 hours ago, Dry Toast said:

0-3 Saints. Put your house on it. 

 

[Pwoite]

Look, we played well for the first twenty minutes on Saturday, so Still should start with that eleven, but tweak it slightly.

Obviously, McCarthy should start.

He might consider the same back four, though swapping out the central defenders, as they were prone to errors. Mads was not the best, so also needs resting.

In the centre, we know we have the strongest players, on paper, in the Championship, but Downes could be brought back, and it’s an opportunity for Aribo to show…..

The attacking midfield did little wrong, apart from lacking control, not creating chances and giving the ball away, so they can be replaced wholesale, whilst maintaining our strategy of rotating the striker means it’s probably Matsuki’s turn to start.

With Still’s clear game plan, the players ability to respond and the team all having a lucky rabbit’s foot hidden in their shorts, what could possibly go wrong????

Ive bought a lottery ticket, on the principle I’ve a better chance of winning than Saints have tonight!

 

[Football Special]

Tonight's big cup tie, the one that really matters....no doubt home support will include the local idiot with a bell and a wig 

 

[DT]

It's okay, our manager is good on computers. And his Monday Night Football performance with a screen was definitely enough to get him a job as Saints boss. Definitely.

Hope he has a good goal counter on tonight.

[Challenger]

Can anyone recommend a good lube for this game?

Just asking on behalf of 11 friends.

[Saint NL]

36 minutes ago, Challenger said:

Just asking on behalf of 11 friends.

For 70 mins, then three more friends will be coming round 

[gio1saints]

Liverpool play a433 so I’d add an extra bodies in the middle of the park. Every match we look weak there. 
 

A formation that floods the midfield centre a bit more and makes us more competitive on first and second balls I’m in favour of. The MF can all run their arses off for sixty minutes then get replaced frankly. Typically that might be something akin to a 4 2 3 1. 
Putting names to the formation : 

                  Mccarthy 

Mads.    Woods.     Quarsie.     Gelert

                Charles.     Casper

Scienza              Azaz.         Robinson 

                     Armstrong( or RA/DD) 

Bench : Fellowes Downes Sesay Matsuki, Manning, Cam, 2 other forwards & an U21. 
 

Probably still get smashed but it’s an opportunity to get a look at a different formation free hit. 

 

[BotleySaint]

Isak to get his first goals tonight no doubt.

[skintsaint]

3 minutes ago, BotleySaint said:

Isak to get his first goals tonight no doubt.

Yeah its a banker.

[St Louis]

1 hour ago, DT said:

It's okay, our manager is good on computers. And his Monday Night Football performance with a screen was definitely enough to get him a job as Saints boss. Definitely.

You don't think they considered the jobs he did in Belgium and France then, and the reputation he'd built?

[DT]

33 minutes ago, St Louis said:

You don't think they considered the jobs he did in Belgium and France then, and the reputation he'd built?

Seventh in Ligue 1. Big deal. Really. 

[Saint86]

You guys are going to be shocked when we keep a clean sheet for 90min...

[tdmickey3]

21 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

You guys are going to be shocked when we keep a clean sheet for 90min...

At the moment we are shocked if we get a clean sheet in any of the 90 minutes we are playing

[richardc]

1 hour ago, BotleySaint said:

Isak to get his first goals tonight no doubt.

and probably his 2nd, 3rd and possibly 4th

[CylonKing]

1 hour ago, Saint86 said:

You guys are going to be shocked when we keep a clean sheet for 90min...

...and throw it away with goals in the 91st, 92nd and 94th minute? 😉

[Saint Fan CaM]

1 hour ago, Saint86 said:

You guys are going to be shocked when we keep a clean sheet for 90secs.

Fixed for you.

[Charlie Wayman]

So the players he picks tonight deserve to play whereas the ones that don't didn't deserve to anyway. Pretty devisive don't you think?

What kind of message does that send to squad members who don't make the starting XI or the bench?

Very clumsy choice of words that will come back to bite him.

 

I'll wager a bet that Will's mates Shoehorn, Wee Man and Manning will get a game.

Edited 23 September, 2025 by Charlie Wayman

[Patches O Houlihan]

4 hours ago, Challenger said:

Can anyone recommend a good lube for this game?

Just asking on behalf of 11 friends.

I hear the club have a contact who can organise industrial size tubs of Nivea if that's any good to you?

Edited 23 September, 2025 by Patches O Houlihan

[Wade Garrett]

Personally, I don't want to see Bazunu, Harwood-Bellis, Stephens and Downs anywhere near the first XI.  I'm tempted to include Manning and the RB as well, but not sure about their replacements.  

[Patches O Houlihan]

2 hours ago, DT said:

Seventh in Ligue 1. Big deal. Really. 

It actually was when you look a bit harder and see how many really quality players were sold out from beneath him - akin to Ralph maintaining our level in those early years despite having no budget.

[skintsaint]

2 hours ago, tdmickey3 said:

At the moment we are shocked if we get a clean sheet in any of the 90 minutes we are playing

Crazy eh, I mean we only had 3 clean sheets this season. 

[Mr X]

Brace yourself for another incoming 9-0....... And a believe In the process after match interview 😍

[Football Special]

Let's take a moment to remember better times in this competition at Anfield , who could be our Josh Sims and Shane Long tonight? 

 

[skintsaint]

4 minutes ago, Football Special said:

who could be our Josh Sims and Shane Long tonight? 

Ryan Fraser and Damion Downs

[gio1saints]

20 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

Crazy eh, I mean we only had 3 clean sheets this season. 

Don’t let a trickle of optimism and hope enter your mind. You are a Saints fan after all and this forum houses some truly incorrigible and hardcore cynics. 

Bruce Springsteen, in one of his best songs imo, wrote The Ghost of Tom Joad. One of its themes , paraphrased and used metaphorically, that relates to SFC ~( to my admittedly not normal mind ) ~ says whenever you see a post that is downbeat critical negative cynical or simply depressing that’s where you will find me. Fighting. 
 

Becoming cynical about Saints just creeps up on you. But it’s still a choice. And, as sadly passed away George Michael says - Choose Life. Ignore the results and even the performance. Choose Life. Being a Saints fan IS winning at life. 
 

PS. Two popular music cultural references in one post about useless SFC. I’m slacking. 

Edited 23 September, 2025 by gio1saints

[64saint]

47 minutes ago, gio1saints said:

Don’t let a trickle of optimism and hope enter your mind. You are a Saints fan after all and this forum houses some truly incorrigible and hardcore cynics. 

Bruce Springsteen, in one of his best songs imo, wrote The Ghost of Tom Joad. One of its themes , paraphrased and used metaphorically, that relates to SFC ~( to my admittedly not normal mind ) ~ says whenever you see a post that is downbeat critical negative cynical or simply depressing that’s where you will find me. Fighting. 
 

Becoming cynical about Saints just creeps up on you. But it’s still a choice. And, as sadly passed away George Michael says - Choose Life. Ignore the results and even the performance. Choose Life. Being a Saints fan IS winning at life. 
 

PS. Two popular music cultural references in one post about useless SFC. I’m slacking. 

Omg, you must be the deep thinking , intellectual poster on here, every forum has one. 🤣

I just accept were going to be shit. Saves getting disappointed 😐

Edited 23 September, 2025 by 64saint

[Totton Saint]

On 20/09/2025 at 21:17, SambaMaverick said:

Macca

Jelert Edwards Quashie Manning

Aribo Downes

Robinson Scienza Edozie

Stewart

Archer was asked two games to play an impossible role and got dropped next match for his pains. He should play tonight IMO