QPR vs Saints - Wednesday 1945

[macca155]

22 minutes ago, benjii said:

Surely Aribo should be the Bragg, there?

Well yes obviously he's no 1 option, but he looked so unfit and lost on Saturday, I'm not so sure 

[Gloucester Saint]

Very heavy QPR victory please to stop Spors appointing Tonda Eckert. Hope the Owls get three off us as well.

[Andy Hill]

Even Pep would not be able to get a tune out of this lot by Wednesday. Scary times.

[Southner]

1 minute ago, Andy Hill said:

Even Pep would not be able to get a tune out of this lot by Wednesday. Scary times.

They are a special bunch of instruments. 

[LiberalCommunist]

Clean slate. Earn your place. 

Anyone unhappy with that can fuck off. 

Time for a new mentality. 

[sockeye]

6 minutes ago, LiberalCommunist said:

Clean slate. Earn your place. 

Anyone unhappy with that can fuck off. 

Time for a new mentality. 

I'm looking forward to the return of Bazunu, Stephens, Manning and Downs to the lineup as the new manager finds his best 11.

[Badger]

1 hour ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Very heavy QPR victory please to stop Spors appointing Tonda Eckert. Hope the Owls get three off us as well.

No, don’t be daft. A couple of defeats and they may look to bring Lego back.

Have to give Eckert full support over the next two games.

18 minutes ago, sockeye said:

I'm looking forward to the return of Bazunu, Stephens, Manning and Downs to the lineup as the new manager finds his best 11.

Although then again support for the new manager might not even make it to kick off … 

[Dr Who?]

3 hours ago, macca155 said:

Well yes obviously he's no 1 option, but he looked so unfit and lost on Saturday, I'm not so sure 

There was a reason he/they look lost, they were not being managed correctly. Let’s see what we look like at Christmas. Hopefully a Christmas miracle! 

[SaintLondon]

Anyone know of 2x tickets for sale?

[CamberwellSaint]

On 02/11/2025 at 11:15, Gloucester Saint said:

Good and sad memories there. Good was David Hughes bicycle kick in a 2-2 draw under Bally.

Sad was playing them the Saturday after their bright young striker Ray Jones was killed in a car accident that week. Won 3-0 but very subdued understandably by everyone. 

Good point. Was the 3-0 win the final game Theo Walcott played for us? If so I was at that.

If you are Tonda Eckhart what would you do?

I'd go 4-1-4-1 with, Fellowes, Scienza, Azaz, Arma ahead of Downes [who can be told to work harder] and Downs up front who can be told he'll get crosses and passes fired at him all game. If he can't put 3 shots on target at least then he's off the the U21s for the season. 

Am I mad?

[Saint Matty 76]

Eckert to win and inexplicably get the job, Selles style.

[tdmickey3]

12 minutes ago, Saint Matty 76 said:

Eckert to win and inexplicably get the job, Selles style.

Nothing is inexplicable, its Sports Republic

Edited 1 hour ago by tdmickey3

[saintant]

41 minutes ago, CamberwellSaint said:

Good point. Was the 3-0 win the final game Theo Walcott played for us? If so I was at that.

If you are Tonda Eckhart what would you do?

I'd go 4-1-4-1 with, Fellowes, Scienza, Azaz, Arma ahead of Downes [who can be told to work harder] and Downs up front who can be told he'll get crosses and passes fired at him all game. If he can't put 3 shots on target at least then he's off the the U21s for the season. 

Am I mad?

He's another 3 centre back aficionado isn't he? God help us.

[CSA96]

7 minutes ago, saintant said:

He's another 3 centre back aficionado isn't he? God help us.

Who knows. It's how our U21s play but our U21s always play however the first team play, as is common at an awful lot of clubs, with the logic being that it's easier to then integrate the young guys into first team training and help their understanding of match roles 

[SWLondon Saint]

18 minutes ago, saintant said:

He's another 3 centre back aficionado isn't he? God help us.

I know I slagged off the u23s manager for playing it, but the last 3 games we lost were to teams playing 3 CBs, it's more about how you play it than the system itself.

[CamberwellSaint]

12 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

Who knows. It's how our U21s play but our U21s always play however the first team play, as is common at an awful lot of clubs, with the logic being that it's easier to then integrate the young guys into first team training and help their understanding of match roles 

In our case surely better if the U21s have no idea what happens in first team training, and and zero understanding of match roles as currently being played?  

[WALK DMC]

2 minutes ago, SWLondon Saint said:

I know I slagged off the u23s manager for playing it, but the last 3 games we lost were to teams playing 3 CBs, it's more about how you play it than the system itself.

I agree, but I think that the players that we have acquired are actually more suitable for 4-2-3-1, or 4-4-1-1 than 3 at the back.