Liverpool 2-1 Saints - Match Thread

[davefizzy14]

Really frustrating to be one down. We have been on top in the first half. So frustrating that Arma's shot hit the crossbar and Leo couldn't quite guide it into the corner. Then we conceded from trying to play out from the back. Hopefully we can go again in second half and get back into it. COYR 😊

[SNSUN]

There's always George Long lads. 😁

[HarvSFC]

We looked fine for 40 minutes. Scienza shocking header, just get it on target and ask the question of the covering defender, rather than trying to find the side netting. Their goal also very poor. Don't play football around your own six yard box! We aren't Barcelona. Although, another example of our playing out of the back leading to a forced mistake by pressing from the opposition. If our players could learn to press teams playing out of the back that would be good.

We lose this, but not as embarrassing as I thought it would be earlier.

[sotonric]

Well that was a lot better than I was fearing - we actually showed some attacking threat. Yes, of course we dicked around at the back and got punished... I guess you could have put money on that. Hey ho. More of the same in the second half, please - never expected to get anything out of this, it was all about the performance: and that was a decent performance in the first 45.

[die Mannyschaft]

Saints best team on pitch. 500% better than Pompey game. But again stupid keeper passing mistake, when will Saints learn that keepers stop the ball going in net they are not out fielders dribbling and passing. Should have been 1 up before lucky Liverpool scored. 

[Chez]

1 minute ago, Scoobysaint said:

Thant’s Saints for about the last seven seasons. Miss chance after chance, before gifting a goal. 

The Archer chance should be buried. Really bad miss IMO. How Scienza doesn't score, I will never know.

[trousers]

1 minute ago, Saintsfanuk said:

How has McCarthy still not learnt not to pass it stupidly across his box, he had plenty of time to not be an idiot and hit it upfield.

He'd been doing that most of the game to be fair.

[benali-shorts]

1 minute ago, Saint Mikey said:

How is Fellows on the bench? I’ve checked and he started for WBA v Derby in the 1st round.

Allowed to play for two clubs now, see Guiu at Chelsea. No idea why. 

[ant]

3 minutes ago, Saint Mikey said:

How is Fellows on the bench? I’ve checked and he started for WBA v Derby in the 1st round.

Brooks is still cup-tied, so we're allowed one exception.

[Colinjb]

2 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Our best half of the season despite the goal at the end.

We clearly cannot have nice things.

[tdmickey3]

1 minute ago, Saint86 said:

Honestly think we need to not play THB or Macca again (or at least for a very long time until the rest of the club has settled). Stephens and Quarshie for a back pairing for me - and i'm in two minds about dropping stephens as well... the scar of martinball on our defence is just horrendous.

You want to play Bazunu 🤣

[SWLondon Saint]

6 minutes ago, Jack said:

The sequence leading to that goal, we’ve looked to play backwards when it wasn’t on about 3 times, with much easier passes forward or safely into the channels. What the fuck are we thinking. And Macca, put your fucking foot through it. 
 

That completely sums us up 

Yeah, I was thinking exactly the same thing, we won it in midfield, someone coming back from further forward (dunno who) played a completely stupid ball backwards when he should have turned, that happened twice more and I thought we were going to give it away. Looked safe then that brainfart by Macca. 'sake.

Edited 19 hours ago by SWLondon Saint
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[saintant]

Make no excuse for starting on a positive note because that really was a very good half and no way should we be behind. The 3 centre backs have been superb and far superior than Capt Jack and THB. Jelert has been good as has manning. Midfield buzzing around and forwards with good movement and decent press. We should score from AA's shot that hit the bar then 30 seconds later comes the usual goalkeeping howler under zero pressure. Real shame because up til then McCarthy had been faultless with some good saves. More positives than negatives and we look like a team tonight. 

[coalman]

2 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

There's always George Long lads. 😁

Except MLG promised us he'd never be between the sticks and was only signed for training.

[tdmickey3]

1 minute ago, Chez said:

The Archer chance should be buried. Really bad miss IMO. How Scienza doesn't score, I will never know.

It was AA

[lambtiss]

6 minutes ago, Toussaint said:

Who knew it, we needed a first choice keeper 

Add a decent central striker to you know do that  put the ball in the net thing and we could be decent.

 

Again, who knew?

[pingpong]

4 minutes ago, bpsaint said:

Macca doing Baz things 😂

Honestly is there another club in the whole league pyramid with worse GK options than us.

Baz keeper distribution is world class, that's the one thing we presumably all agree on.  McCarthy has better positioning, but he makes these mistakes every time he plays.  Baz all the way for me.

[Saint86]

Like FFS. Can we just play a game without gifting the opposition multiple defensive fuck ups? Its a joke at this point. Teams don't even have to play well against us - they just wait for us to gift a goal.

[Monk]

10 minutes ago, sandwichsaint said:

Saintsy with bells on.

Fav of the night so far.

[Saint NL]

 

Why is he attempting that pass?

It's brainless

[lambtiss]

Just now, pingpong said:

Baz keeper distribution is world class, that's the one thing we presumably all agree on.  McCarthy has better positioning, but he makes these mistakes every time he plays.  Baz all the way for me.

Baz distribution is not world class

[SouSaint]

Scienza could even take a touch with his chance. Miss of the season sorted, absolutely shocking. 

[Saint Matty 76]

Can only laugh at a half like that, so familiar!

Get Robinson on to have a go at Frimpong who looks dross.

[hypochondriac]

Not sure how Azaz gets in this team tbh.

[Whitey Grandad]

Just now, pingpong said:

Baz keeper distribution is world class, that's the one thing we presumably all agree on.  McCarthy has better positioning, but he makes these mistakes every time he plays.  Baz all the way for me.

Of the two, yes, but why can't we have better?

[Saint86]

And that Archer header (that he misses) - i reckon that if that was stewart he scores.

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Saint NL said:

 

Why is he attempting that pass?

It's brainless

It is a ridiculous high-risk pass to a defender who is not a natural in that position with the ball

[Lord Duckhunter]

There’s the difference. We have an easy chance off the bar, and miss it. They get an easy chance and bury it.

We also fucked around when we won the ball back and eventually it went back to AM who fucked it up. Baz wouldn’t have done that, mind you, we’d have been 2 down by then. 

Edited 19 hours ago by Lord Duckhunter

[tdmickey3]

Just now, lambtiss said:

Baz distribution is not world class

It’s good but he makes the howlers too but cant save a beach ball

[skintsaint]

Just now, Whitey Grandad said:

Of the two, yes, but why can't we have better?

We have but he is warming the bench at Newcastle.

[rooney]

2 goalkeepers at our club that cost us every game.We knew we needed one and SR  did nothing.So frustrating.

[Saint86]

2 minutes ago, pingpong said:

Baz keeper distribution is world class, that's the one thing we presumably all agree on.  McCarthy has better positioning, but he makes these mistakes every time he plays.  Baz all the way for me.

Agreed. Macca is a calamity. Bazunu has to be let down by his defence first - macca just gives goals away left right and centre by fucking insane lapses in judgement/concentration. 

[benjii]

2 minutes ago, pingpong said:

Baz keeper distribution is world class, that's the one thing we presumably all agree on.  McCarthy has better positioning, but he makes these mistakes every time he plays.  Baz all the way for me.

World class?! Fucking hell! 🤣

[Badger]

4 minutes ago, benali-shorts said:

Allowed to play for two clubs now, see Guiu at Chelsea. No idea why. 

What, and why ???

Is this subject to any time limits, before and after window closes for example?

[It's There]

It must be so frustrating for the team when the opp scores from our mistakes… we need some luck and some goals to show for the good play. You can see why heads drop. Equally, a Ricky lambert up top… and confidence would be so much higher all over.

[tdmickey3]

Just now, hypochondriac said:

Not sure how Azaz gets in this team tbh.

Mmmm

Stephens THB and Bazunu will be back so it makes no difference 

[benjii]

2 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Not sure how Azaz gets in this team tbh.

Terrible signing.

[saintstowin]

Really pleased we've shown up and moved the ball really well. Such a difference to recent games. There have been patterns and tactics that look coached (gives me hope for the future) and carried out very well. 

The goal = bad. Warning early on when another bad choice of pass let them in. These things happen, sadly to us a lot, and we do the happening.

 

 

[trousers]

Just now, Badger said:

What, and why ???

Is this subject to any time limits, before and after window closes for example?

Yep, I believe it's based around the window closing date 

[Monk]

I swear I heard Matterface say that Liverpool can call on the likes of Salah, Szoboszlai off the bench. 
 

has he had another stinker?

[SWLondon Saint]

Just now, Saint NL said:

 

Why is he attempting that pass?

It's brainless

Yep, he should be looking at that and knowing it has to go long, there's no way Quarshie wants it on the inside there, it's completely brain dead. No words.

[captainchris]

6 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Honestly think we need to not play THB or Macca again (or at least for a very long time until the rest of the team has settled). Stephens and Quarshie for a back pairing for me - and i'm in two minds about dropping stephens as well... the scar of martinball on our defence is just horrendous.

Macca has been superb and Butter fingers Buzuno lets in at least two goals in that half.  Macca is a great shot stopper. Yes he made a fatal mistake but still streets ahead of Buzuno.

[Saint86]

3 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

There’s the difference. We have an easy chance off the bar, and miss it. They get an easy chance and bury it.

The difference is we executed a fantastic bit of play to generate our 2 shots... Macca basically passed to the most expensive player in British football history whilst under next to no pressure, all inside the 6yard box. Its just appalling.

Who knows, maybe we will actually get a new GK in january and sell THB and the rest of the season will be golden and we'll do a reading under mcdermot.

Edited 19 hours ago by Saint86

[Lord Duckhunter]

3 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Bazunu has to be let down by his defence first

We’d be 2 down if Baz was in nets tonight…

Edited 19 hours ago by Lord Duckhunter

[whelk]

Just now, SWLondon Saint said:

Yep, he should be looking at that and knowing it has to go long, there's no way Quarshie wants it on the inside there, it's completely brain dead. No words.

Still shoudl be throwing a cup at his fucking head at HT. Not acceptable from a professional goalkeeper

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

Just now, tdmickey3 said:

Mmmm

Stephens THB and Bazunu will be back so it makes no difference 

And that's a shame because Wood hasn't put a foot wrong. Quarshie has been ok and Edwards is having a much better game today.

In fact, this is the most accomplished we've seen Saints this season.

[tdmickey3]

1 minute ago, Saint86 said:

Agreed. Macca is a calamity. Bazunu has to be let down by his defence first - macca just gives goals away left right and centre by fucking insane lapses in judgement/concentration. 

Bazunu doesn’t save the two MaCarthy did and does his fair share of fuck ups

Baz has zero positional sense

[saintant]

7 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Honestly think we need to not play THB or Macca again (or at least for a very long time until the rest of the team has settled). Stephens and Quarshie for a back pairing for me - and i'm in two minds about dropping stephens as well... the scar of martinball on our defence is just horrendous.

Why play Stephens? Wood and Quarshie have both been far better than him tonight, Edwards too. Both Wood and Edwards confident enough to bring the ball out of defence and get forward under the pressure of Anfield. THB and Stephens are done for me after seeing that 45 minutes from our 3 CBs.

[Patches O Houlihan]

14 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

Why can't we sign a decent keeper ffs. Solid performance before that. 

We did - he's playing for Newcastle &nbsp😉

[Daft Kerplunk]

Decent showing, McCarthy always a brain fart away from a fuck up.  Liverpool obviously don't need to sit deep (low block for those who use fancy new terms) against us, which many teams in the Championship will so that's the test once we get back to the league after this little free hit.  Plenty of food for thought for Will with many of the players tonight showing more than the first teamers selected so far.