Bristol City 3-1 Saints - Match Thread

[Saint Fan CaM]

Just now, LGTL said:

Absolutely gone to bits since scoring, just like at Derby. Spineless bunch.

Fucking sitter Archer FFS

If he’d cut across the defender it might have got clipped and won a pen.

[Scoobysaint]

He didn’t even look at the keeper, just blasted it goalwards. No composure, no quality. 

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, Wiggles31 said:

Fucks sake Archer. 

That’s what Mary said when Jeffrey was convicted of perverting the course of justice.

But yes, Cameron is fucking shit. Pity Jofra is in the ODI squad, could have got some running in and he’s no worse a footballer than Cameron or Downs.

Mind you, Bristol and England cricketers doesn’t go well…

[LGTL]

That shot from Archer was going over the fucking bar too. Absolutely pathetic finish. 

[Saint86]

Archer showing why he is a far worse player than AA there. Need to replace him in January.

All the fans liking that post saying he should be starting over AA... 😂

Edited yesterday at 19:48 by Saint86

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Saint Fan CaM said:

If he’d cut across the defender it might have got clipped and won a pen.

Yep, naive all round from him - except for the timing on the initial run which was good TBF. 

[Lighthouse]

I reckon if we sub off the entire back five at HT, there’ll be nobody left to play them onside. Gotta think laterally.

[obelisk]

Fraser heads to their 'keeper from 8 yards.

[Crouchie's Lawyer]

4 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Come on, that was a howler by a professional footballer (Wood). 

I'm not saying he was at fault but that kind of mis hit happens all over the pitch and it part of the game. Just unfortunate it has happened there but still doesn't excuse the fact that Macca should have come out to close the player down and make the goal smaller for the player who was clean through

[Willo of Whiteley]

Bristol City look poor. But then what does that say about us.

[sockeye]

Armstrong is the equivalent of having a Yorkshire Terrier in attack

[Wiggles31]

That last move with the Fraser header sums up what we lack in this team. If we got the signing right we’d be top 6 at least. 

[Saint NL]

Unlucky, decent cross and header

[Farmer Saint]

Howler at one end, missed easy chance at the other. 

Copy and paste into nearly any game from the past 3 seasons. 

As I have continually said, this is about players, not managers.

[Saint_clark]

Really good play down the left to create a headed chance, shame it was Fraser who was on the end of it - straight at the keeper.

[SNSUN]

Just now, Lighthouse said:

I reckon if we sub off the entire back five at HT, there’ll be nobody left to play them onside. Gotta think laterally.

And if we take off our strikers, we won't have anybody to miss chances. Perfect.

[James]

Just now, Saint86 said:

Archer showing why he is a far worse player than AA there. Need to replace him in January.

How we managed to sign a worse striker than Adam Armstrong for our Premier League season is genuinely mind blowing. 

[Gloucester Saint]

1 minute ago, Junkyard Dog said:

Get archer off and get Robinson on

Paul Robinson from Neighbours would be an improvement. And he’s fucking injured from Strictly.

[suewhistle]

Well, my final decision was go to training but now in the pub. I've seen two goals as well... The only consolation is that I'm in a Portsmouth supporting pub and they're on the other screen.🙂

[skintsaint]

We should be a few goals clear here, really frustrating.

[madge]

Every saints fan said we needed to buy striker.. SR bunch of useless cumpts who knew better!! 
Our play is so slow, we give Bristol so much time to get into shape.. we’ll lose this 3-1

Edited yesterday at 19:50 by madge

[trousers]

4 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Archer just smashes it straight at the keeper U11s style finish 

Was a "great save", apparently...

 

[Osvaldorama]

Started well. 
 

As usual our strikers let us down. Archer is gash, absolutely fucking gash. 
 

How has our recruitment let us down this badly, again? Disgraceful really 

[Sheaf Saint]

1 minute ago, sockeye said:

Armstrong is the equivalent of having a Yorkshire Terrier in attack

And Archer is like a Shih Tzu.

[OttawaSaint]

Archer? How big is the fucking bull's eye then? Size of Wales? Probably still miss!

[SouSaint]

Cameron Archer, £15,000,000. Well done Sport Republic. 👏 

[pingpong]

Bring downs on, give him another 45 mins - he can't be much worse and might win a couple of those 50 50 headers we seem to be going for in the middle of the pitch.

[Farmer Saint]

Just now, Osvaldorama said:

Started well. 
 

As usual our strikers let us down. Archer is gash, absolutely fucking gash. 
 

How has our recruitment let us down this badly, again? Disgraceful really 

Do you know who we should have signed? Kiefer Moore. Was crying out to be signed by us in the Summer.

[benjii]

5 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

To think we signed Archer to play in the Premier League.

With Brereton Diaz supplying the ammo.

[James]

Just now, madge said:

Every saints fan said we needed to by a striker.. SR bunch of useless cumpts who knew better!! 
iur play is so slow, we give Bristol so much time to get into shape.. we’ll lose this 3-1

If Still was happy with these striking options then he is to blame too. His style seems to rely on having some physicality up top. No way to achieve that with a pub player in Downs and Stewart who is made of glass. 

[Lard]

Am I imagining it or do we just suck the life out of any game we are involved in? 
it’s fucking dire to watch. 

[James]

Just now, pingpong said:

Bring downs on, give him another 45 mins - he can't be much worse and might win a couple of those 50 50 headers we seem to be going for in the middle of the pitch.

He really can be much worse tbf…

[Saint Matty 76]

Just now, pingpong said:

Bring downs on, give him another 45 mins - he can't be much worse and might win a couple of those 50 50 headers we seem to be going for in the middle of the pitch.

He is quite simply worse and does not win headers.

[AlexLaw76]

HT

Think we were bang average to be fair. Nice and tidy for much of the half, but pretty crap going forward.

I still think the system is killing us. Immediately we have the extra player in defence, and we are pushing to overload the wide areas, all whilst we have players not suited to finishing crosses.

Our chances came from the rare occasion when get the ball into the forwards in the middle of the park. But patters of play without winning the 2nd ball is to plod it wide.

If Still has anything about him (Which I know he does not), he will change this up at HT. Get Fraser off for Fellows, push Edwards to RB and get Fellows making their LB face his own keeper.

 

Edited yesterday at 19:52 by AlexLaw76

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Farmer Saint said:

Do you know who we should have signed? Kiefer Moore. Was crying out to be signed by us in the Summer.

Moore is fucking gash. Wouldn't have said no to McBurnie though. 

[davefizzy14]

We should definitely be leading at half time. Lovely goal from us but then we concede a poor one. We need to come out in the second half and grab a couple more. The game is there for the taking. COYR 😊

[Midfield_General]

29 minutes ago, trousers said:

Welington injured....again...

#madeofglass

Just what is your beef with Welington?

[Saint Matty 76]

Bristol City seem a bit more open than other teams we've played recently.

Time to get Fellows and Azaz on to see why we spent the money.

[obelisk]

Archer obviously missed the composed finish lecture this week. 

[sandwichsaint]

3 minutes ago, Wiggles31 said:

That last move with the Fraser header sums up what we lack in this team. If we got the signing right we’d be top 6 at least. 

[trousers]

2 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

Howler at one end, missed easy chance at the other. 

Copy and paste into nearly any game from the past 3 seasons. 

As I have continually said, this is about players, not managers.

Yeah, I reckon we should give the managers a say in who we sign rather than them having zero influence on player recruitment, as now....

[Saint NL]

Granted I missed the first 20 mins, but Archer (until that miss) and Fraser were completely anonymous. 

Too many passengers in this team.

But the performance seemed a bit better apart from the 5 mins of pants shitting after we scored.

Our strikers are awful, I hope we practice some incentive corner routines because we are not going to score enough goals to go up

 

[Gloucester Saint]

1 minute ago, skintsaint said:

We should be a few goals clear here, really frustrating.

So Johannes, why did you gamble on a Wessex League striker for £7m?

Mind you, whoever signed Cameron Archer for £15m in the PL last summer should be executed in stocks in full view at the Bargate. 

[benjii]

We've played pretty well and a defensive fluff has given them a goal (which was a good finish, mind).

I just think we need help Scienza out a bit. He's mint and just ghosts past his man every time. Get Fellows or Azaz on to play near him. 

[Farmer Saint]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

Moore is fucking gash. Wouldn't have said no to McBurnie though. 

It was a joke.

[LGTL]

Scienza and Jander are really tidy players. They appear to be two decent signings. But we have absolutely fucked up massively with the striker situation. It’s a farce really as we’d comfortably be top 6, if not higher, if we had have addressed that properly. 

[davefizzy14]

Leo is just class 😊

[benjii]

2 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Moore is fucking gash. Wouldn't have said no to McBurnie though. 

McBurnie is a joke of a player.

[Saint Scott]

I say it every game, 3 CBs is just completely pointless against teams that are going to sit deep.

Get one off for a creative midfielder 

[HarvSFC]

We look better when we move the ball quickly, and don't ponderously pass it between our centre-backs. The goal came from quick play, one ball forward from Charles after THB won it back. The Archer chance and the Armstrong offside earlier in the game. Don't think we've created a chance from our centre-backs playing it between themselves.

A regular theme of this season has been teams showing us a lot of respect at the start of matches. Then they start to sus out we aren't actually that good, so they press us a bit more and move a few more players forward and then we struggle to cope and get dominated.

Still don't think we need three centre-backs against these low blocks, but then Still hasn't changed this in any of the games this season, so expect another dull 45.