Blackburn v Saints - Match Threads

[LuckyNumber7]

2 hours ago, Osvaldorama said:

Bloody hell, feel sorry for the Blackburn fans. Reading their forum is properly depressing.  
 

Even we can’t lose to this lot 

Tbf it sounds very similar to this forum.

Moaning about the manager, owners, lack of fan action etc...

[Football Special]

15 hours ago, OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint said:

Jack Walker, a football fan brought in football management and football players (didn't Shearer come from us?). When he passes away, a bunch of rich chancers take over to have a toy to play with....oh oh!

Did find it amusing that a couple said if we draw tomorrow it might not be enough to save Still's job.

I used to properly HATE Blackburn as a kid in mid 90s, they "bought" the league in 1995 having taken Shearer , Flowers and Kenna from us and were constantly linked with our players 

Selling Shearer for a British record and wasting the money back then is a familiar story ever since 

[Football Special]

12 hours ago, CB Fry said:

God help us.

Playing Preston is tough at the moment,  I watched them last night and just found myself daydreaming about jacket potatoes 🥔 

[adrian lord]

^^ Liverpool similarly plundered us in mid 2010s

[BARCELONASAINT]

Is anyone genuinely optimistic that we will win?? We played 2 awful teams in our last 2 matches and walked away with a point! What's changing today with no strikers?

[LGTL]

A win is the bare minimum and changes absolutely nothing. Blackburn are so bad that any other result is unthinkable, no matter how shit we might be. 

[die Mannyschaft]

14 minutes ago, Football Special said:

I used to properly HATE Blackburn as a kid in mid 90s, they "bought" the league in 1995 having taken Shearer , Flowers and Kenna from us and were constantly linked with our players 

Selling Shearer for a British record and wasting the money back then is a familiar story ever since 

Saints have attempted to buy the Championship this season and failing .

[Holmes_and_Watson]

12 minutes ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

Is anyone genuinely optimistic that we will win?? We played 2 awful teams in our last 2 matches and walked away with a point! What's changing today with no strikers?

Yes, I am optimistic we will win.

10 minutes ago, LGTL said:

A win is the bare minimum and changes absolutely nothing. Blackburn are so bad that any other result is unthinkable, no matter how shit we might be. 

I can easily think of us drawing or losing.

Another normal match day. 🙂

[Verbal]

10 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Yes, I am optimistic we will win.

I can easily think of us drawing or losing.

Another normal match day. 🙂

I hate this negative thinking. Don't think of us losing - think of us losing narrowly.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Just now, Verbal said:

I hate this negative thinking. Don't think of us losing - think of us losing narrowly.

I'm just thinking of our xG.

[Verbal]

5 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

I'm just thinking of our xG.

This can actually be expressed in a formula:

RIPxG

Edited 2 hours ago by Verbal

[Holmes_and_Watson]

10 minutes ago, Verbal said:

This can actually be expressed in a formula:

RIPxG

Oh sure, I've been a fan of the Rate of Indecisive Passes against Goals we could have scored, since Martin's first training session.

[Danbert]

51 minutes ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

Is anyone genuinely optimistic that we will win?? We played 2 awful teams in our last 2 matches and walked away with a point! What's changing today with no strikers?

I think we'll win

[AlexLaw76]

Anyone else excited to see another Will still 3 at the back masterclass?

we should win.. as with the other teams we have played, their entire starting 11 probably cost less than Azaz

Edited 1 hour ago by AlexLaw76

[Toadhall Saint]

50 minutes ago, die Mannyschaft said:

Saints have attempted to buy the Championship this season and failing .

Badly

[Suhari]

We'll win this 3-0.

[Convict Colony]

19 minutes ago, Danbert said:

I think we'll win

I always think we will win, only part us playing I enjoy 

[washsaint]

I hope the young striker is on the bench.  He may only be 18 but he knows where the goal is unlike most of our pathetic team

[HKsaint]

We will win. But we can change the manager if we lose. 

[Mr X]

1 hour ago, LGTL said:

A win is the bare minimum and changes absolutely nothing. Blackburn are so bad that any other result is unthinkable, no matter how shit we might be. 

Exactly the type of game where we hand it on a plate to the opposition 

[aintforever]

Can’t see us winning. Probably go one-nil up and lose 2-1.

[skintsaint]

[SouSaint]

What the actual fuck is that starting 11? 

[RedArmy]

Fucking hell 

[aintforever]

It’s like a fucking lottery. This clown doesn’t have a clue what his best eleven are.

[obelisk]

Oyekunle on the bench. Deserves a chance.

[sfc4prem]

Still's scattergun selection

[CB Fry]

Let's stick with him though because he deserves at least three years of picking a completely fucking random selection of players every bloody match #trusttheprocess

[AllyD]

Quite a few out ill I presume 

[Midfield_General]

With a squad the size of ours how the hell can our bench be that shit 

[RedArmy]

No Downes or Sesay? They both got the shits too? 
 

Who are we bringing on if Charles or Azaz have to go off? Shoehorn into midfield? 

[SaintNewForest]

Just now, RedArmy said:

No Downes or Sesay? They both got the shits too? 
 

Who are we bringing on if Charles or Azaz have to go off? Shoehorn into midfield? 

Bragg is a centre mid. I thought Aribo might have got onto the bench but seemingly well out the picture even with 2 midfield injuries/illnesses.

[Saint_clark]

1 minute ago, RedArmy said:

No Downes or Sesay? They both got the shits too? 
 

Who are we bringing on if Charles or Azaz have to go off? Shoehorn into midfield? 

Isn't Bragg a CM?

[James]

Not putting Aribo on the bench (assuming he isn’t ill) seems very stubborn.

[Suhari]

Hmmm.

So is that Azaz in a deeper role, with 3CBs, or Edwards as a DM with a back 4?

I wonder if the players know!

On paper a 4 of Azaz, Scienza, Archer and Armstrong should create.

We're going to win 3-0

[suewhistle]

I presume we have a few injured/ill, as there is no one on the bench who I think deserves to start?

[RedArmy]

2 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Isn't Bragg a CM?

No idea. How has he jumped above Sesay in the pecking order who is currently playing for the u21s instead. 
 

 

[Osvaldorama]

Wtf is that 

[Nieldy]

Someone is due a hammering off us soon, is the day today when it all clicks😁

[Weston Super Saint]

Lighthouse had a go at snsun's tombola on the match thread last week, so Still has made one of his own.

Maybe the team is now picked by raffle ticket?

[AlexLaw76]

11 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

Unless that is Edwards in midfield, that is wild. We will be wide open, and it is not the best use of Azaz picking the ball up in his own half all game

 

[tdmickey3]

5 - 2- 3 ??

Is it 2 in midfield??

?????

[Saint_clark]

3 minutes ago, RedArmy said:

No idea. How has he jumped above Sesay in the pecking order who is currently playing for the u21s instead. 
 

 

Well unless you've seen every game he and Sesay has played as well as seen them both in training, I'll assume the staff at the club have a better idea of who is ready and who isn't.

[Saint_clark]

1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Unless that is Edwards in midfield, that is wild. We will be wide open, and it is not the best use of Azaz picking the ball up in his own half all game

 

Alternatively it could work out to be a stroke of genius, Azaz making himself available deeper and helping to push the ball forward. Blackburn don't offer much threat.

[AlexLaw76]

2 minutes ago, tdmickey3 said:

5 - 2- 3 ??

Is it 2 in midfield??

?????

And one of those is a No.10

 

Edited 1 hour ago by AlexLaw76

[AlexLaw76]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

Alternatively it could work out to be a stroke of genius, Azaz making himself available deeper and helping to push the ball forward. Blackburn don't offer much threat.

Not his game at all, but let’s see.

kind of like trying to justify Fellows at RWB

Edited 1 hour ago by AlexLaw76

[RedArmy]

Just now, Saint_clark said:

Alternatively it could work out to be a stroke of genius, Azaz making himself available deeper and helping to push the ball forward. Blackburn don't offer much threat.

Or it’s going to expose our back 3 even more than they have been already. 
 

I know which one is more likely. 

[Sheaf Saint]

So Bragg and Oyekunle make the bench, but Aribo and Edozie are both still completely frozen out.

I can only assume Welington still isn't totally fit otherwise it's nuts to put Manning back in ahead of him.

3 at the back again, against one of the worst teams we will play this season 🤦

No disrespect to Charles who has been excellent, but on his own in CM? Really? 🤨

What even is that formation? 5-1-3-1? 3-3-2-2? I've genuinely no idea.

I really want to like Still and give him more time, but he's really not doing himself any favours with this constant tossed salad approach to team selection. 

[Osvaldorama]

2 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Well unless you've seen every game he and Sesay has played as well as seen them both in training, I'll assume the staff at the club have a better idea of who is ready and who isn't.

Based on the last few years of evidence, I trust the fans more than the club staff 

[for_heaven's_Saint]

Not sure Quarshie deserves to come back in to be honest.  That seems to be the only unenforced change.