Saints 0-0 Swansea - Match Thread

[SWLondon Saint]

They will definitely double up or more on Scienza second half, big chance for someone else to step up here.

[benjii]

1 minute ago, tdmickey3 said:

The first 30 - 35 minutes were boring mate, shots on target mean shit if one or two don’t go in and the goalkeeper has dealt with them easily but you crack on 😂

Do you drink Monster?

[SNSUN]

I left home for work after the Archer chance on around 20 minutes, sounds like we did better after that. Bench is strong, we can still get the 3 points here. UTS

[tdmickey3]

1 minute ago, benjii said:

Do you drink Monster?

No idea what it is mate, so I guess not

Edited Saturday at 12:28 by tdmickey3

[Saint_clark]

1 minute ago, tdmickey3 said:

The first 30 - 35 minutes were boring mate, shots on target mean shit if one or two don’t go in and the goalkeeper has dealt with them easily but you crack on 😂

Maybe you need a new hobby, I don't think you actually like football if you only enjoy it in the moment a goal is scored. 

[AlexLaw76]

5 minutes ago, Patches O Houlihan said:

That is no fault of 

Still

The Formation

The Style of Play

It is down to the rub of the green and the composure of the players with the shots

First 20-25 mins was crap, many of our shots were from around the edge of the area with a packed defence. Not sure we even tested the keeper. That was largely down to our overloads being won on our defensive 3rd

as the half went on, we started to win the ball back, by a tackle or their sloppy play, inside their half, which is immediately seeing overloads further up the pitch, thus we started getting their defenders facing their own goal more (Leo?)

remember, we are playing a pretty crap side here, and do not believe a single member of their team would make our matchday squad.

 

Edited Saturday at 12:31 by AlexLaw76

[Hodgey]

Very encouraging, took a while to get going but Jelert and Scienza are creating a lot on both flanks and defensively we look watertight.

should be 2-0 up. The concern is if Swansea change tactics, if not it’ll come.

[tdmickey3]

1 minute ago, tdmickey3 said:

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

Maybe you need a new hobby, I don't think you actually like football if you only enjoy it in the moment a goal is scored. 

Football is not a hobby unless you play it… HTH

Edited Saturday at 12:30 by tdmickey3

[Osvaldorama]

2 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Maybe you need a new hobby, I don't think you actually like football if you only enjoy it in the moment a goal is scored. 

I used to like football before the last 50 games or so since Wembley 

[Convict Colony]

3 minutes ago, LGTL said:

Fuck me we absolutely have to win this game, unforgivable if we don’t. Swansea are every bit as bad as I imagined. 

Damn what does that make us,  they are above us in the table 

[tdmickey3]

Just now, Osvaldorama said:

I used to like football before the last 50 games or so since Wembley 

Me too

[benjii]

Their number 15 has a semi-on.

[Maggie May]

4 minutes ago, LGTL said:

Fuck me we absolutely have to win this game, unforgivable if we don’t. Swansea are every bit as bad as I imagined. 

Unforgivable but who is to blame?  Seems like Still has set them up very well and we should be way ahead. Is that his fault?

[Jack]

9 minutes ago, Convict Colony said:

honestly the amount of balls in the box is excellent, the conversion not so much.

Assume Downs comes on for Archer as the first change.

Welly and Leo running the show down the left.

Jellert and Jander and charles playing well

Surely we’ve seen enough of Downs to know there’s absolutely zero point getting him on the pitch unless we’re cruising and the game is won 

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Maggie May said:

Unforgivable but who is to blame?  Seems like Still has set them up very well and we should be way ahead. Is that his fault?

Good point. The formation and way we are playing has created numerous chances. 

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Saint_clark said:

Good point. The formation and way we are playing has created numerous chances. 

Type of chances 

[Willo of Whiteley]

Score four or five and then give Downs a run out to see if one bounces in off his arse.

[Convict Colony]

Just now, Jack said:

Surely we’ve seen enough of Downs to know there’s absolutely zero point getting him on the pitch unless we’re cruising and the game is won 

come on bro lets be optimistic

 

took bergkamp until Nov to score (hatrick v us)

[Saint_clark]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

Type of chances 

Well we've created headed chances, left foot chances, right foot chances, on the 12 yard line, on the edge of the box, inside the box left and right...

[Saint NL]

Ref 🤦

[The Kraken]

Wood stays solid 😎

[AlexLaw76]

2 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Well we've created headed chances, left foot chances, right foot chances, on the 12 yard line, on the edge of the box, inside the box left and right...

Plenty of the chances in the first 30 mins were from range and/or against a packed defence, hence why the keeper was barely, it at all, tested.

let’s see if the last 15 mins or so was our usual purple patch or we go on.

 

Edited Saturday at 12:37 by AlexLaw76

[Saint NL]

Armstrongs shooting today has been awful

[The Kraken]

Scuffy Armstrong again ffs.

[Willo of Whiteley]

Good officiating. Need more of that, always a yellow for delaying the free kic

[Sheaf Saint]

Blackmore not sure what Vipotnik got booked for.

Really?

[Saint NL]

Long ball looks pretty effective

[AlexLaw76]

Again, that shot from Scienza. On paper another shot for the stats, but incredibly hard chance 

Edited Saturday at 12:38 by AlexLaw76

[Saint_clark]

That's disgusting from Vipotnik. Surely should be a yellow for simulation? 

[Saint NL]

Shea Charles did nothing wrong there, their player tried to get him booked

[coalman]

Christ. That's the worst piece of simulation ever

[Willo of Whiteley]

Swansea’s keeper and defenders just had a bit of a “discussion” with each other.

Again, good referring with Swansea’s number 9 being a dick.

[Saint_clark]

The fuck is the point in the linesman if they're not going to say what they've seen there. Spineless.

[coalman]

I honestly think if you're found guilty of that stupid a dive then you have to stand there while the biggest bastard in the other team gets to twat you as hard as they can

[OneMrsWallace]

4 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Well we've created headed chances, left foot chances, right foot chances, on the 12 yard line, on the edge of the box, inside the box left and right...

Fair point but sadly we don't have anyone who can then do the only bit that matters. 

[Jack]

Deep crosses to our absent centre forward really aren’t going to work. Got to fizz it in low surely when we get high and wide 

[Saint NL]

Commentator doesn't realise you can foul without getting booked

[obelisk]

Swansea pressing Saints defence in the knowledge that a mistake will come eventually.

[Saint NL]

Once again, Archers second touch is a foul....

[The Kraken]

We’re not too far away from the Will Still substitute shuffle.

[AlexLaw76]

See, now (helped by our shape) they are stepping up a lot more, creating bigger gaps between our attack and the rest (hence the long passes again).

ie, the shape has, as per, surrendered midfield 

Edited Saturday at 12:46 by AlexLaw76

[Willo of Whiteley]

Sky commentator: Southampton have Damion Downs on the bench, he’s certainly a tall person they could do with.

Jaws was a tall person in James Bond, doesn’t mean he’s got any footballing ability.

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

Bloody hell this is tedious time wasting at the corner.

[Challenger]

Thanks to our inability to score from a plethora of first half chances, Swansea now have a platform to time waste and niggle a result from this.

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

Just now, Willo of Whiteley said:

Sky commentator: Southampton have Damion Downs on the bench, he’s certainly a tall person they could do with.

Jaws was a tall person in James Bond, doesn’t mean he’s got any footballing ability.

Is like to see Jaws - from Jaws - up front.

[adrian lord]

Need a quick brace to put the Welsh to bed.

[coalman]

1 minute ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Jaws was a tall person in James Bond, doesn’t mean he’s got any footballing ability.

Yet, less prone to ball watching than our absent captain.

[Saint NL]

Fellows and Robinson coming

[coalman]

1 minute ago, Saint NL said:

Fellows and Robinson coming

Because taking off the winger causing all sorts of problems is how you do your sixty minute sub-fest right.

[benjii]

2 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

Fellows and Robinson coming

If it's just two like for like subs I'll lose my shit.