Norwich 2-1 Saints - Match Thread

[BotleySaint]

I think we deserved a point. We weren't going to win at any stage, but we hung in there at the back and it took the handball to score. Cheats.

[Sheaf Saint]

1 minute ago, Lighthouse said:

You just know if we were 2-1 up with seven minutes of injury time, we’d be defending four consecutive corners. Saints? Nope, let’s turn back inside and find a pass to a CB, then misplace it straight to a Norwich player.

And you were digging me out before KO for questioning if we had enough attacking options on the pitch and bench.

[Katalinic]

No way this team will go up. GK and defence poor, physically weak side generally, mentally weak side generally, fuck all on pitch leadership.  

[Winnersaint]

Just now, obelisk said:

There's no way this lot are getting promoted. Playoffs a long way off too.

On the basis of today's performance you're not wrong. However we won't play like that each week so the optimism will back on when we click again. I don't think it means that well get rinsed by the mighty Coventry next week either. Just a shit Saturday lunchtime watching Saints.

[James]

Just now, Saint Fan CaM said:

Easy to say when you’ve got a zoom lens and slow motion. That goal is down to weak defending and a chicken-shit goalkeeper.

It would have been saved had the striker not cheated.

[sandwichsaint]

3 minutes ago, tdmickey3 said:

Not a popular thing to say but we need experience at this level.

 

Calling MLG to the main board, BAz, THB,Stephens,Wood, Manning, Downes, RF,Arma, Charles, can’t be many teams with more Championship appearances than we have.

[Sheaf Saint]

Just now, BotleySaint said:

I think we deserved a point. 

I don't. We were awful.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

1 minute ago, James said:

And yet the only reason they won is by handballing it into the net…

How many chances did we have in that second half?

[Matthew Le God]

Just now, Saint Fan CaM said:

Easy to say when you’ve got a zoom lens and slow motion. That goal is down to weak defending and a chicken-shit goalkeeper.

No, it is down to an opponent scoring with his hand 

[Scoobysaint]

Poor result but one of those days that we had often under Still. Plenty of really good chances to score  and put the game to bed but missed them. We could have been out of sight before half time and it would have been an easy win. 
The main concern is the Plan B or apparent lack of one. I do think we will be a different second half team once we have Stewart fit. Will give us a better outlet. 
This result does show why autos are gonna be out of reach though. 

Edited 8 hours ago by Scoobysaint

[tdmickey3]

5 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:

Why are we so bad in the second half of games?

Zero game management, it doesn’t exist.

We really have 1 way to play and when it doesn’t work Ekhert is clueless 

Edited 8 hours ago by tdmickey3

[sockeye]

Just now, Katalinic said:

GK and defence poor

two biggest criticisms of SR this summer window - no new keeper and Stephens extension - direct alignment with these issues.

[Sheaf Saint]

Just now, sandwichsaint said:

Calling MLG to the main board, BAz, THB,Stephens,Wood, Manning, Downes, RF,Arma, Charles, can’t be many teams with more Championship appearances than we have.

I think he was referring to the manager.

[StrangelyBrown]

Well that was fucking shite.

Poor penalty, shambolic defending, same old Bazunu and far too much Martinball. Once again we surrendered the midfield by only playing 2 in there.

Desperately need a GK, CB, LB and striker - all very weak positions. And stop playing 5 at the back.... 

[BotleySaint]

Just now, Katalinic said:

No way this team will go up. GK and defence poor, physically weak side generally, mentally weak side generally, fuck all on pitch leadership.  

Is anyone still expecting a promotion charge? With Will Still i was just hoping we'd stay up. Now I'm hoping for midtable with a late push for the playoffs. Going straight back up isn't going to do us any favours.. 

[Jack]

10 minutes ago, Turkish said:

It was. It was an absolute mess at the back, outrun in midfield and no threat at all second half. The amount of time they had to put crosses in beggared belief. 

With Manning and Fraser in a back 5, that was always going to be happen. 
 

Fucking sick of Manning, yes he’s got a decent shot but can’t defend for shit, shocking in possession today and too slow to ever get back into shape defensively. 

Edited 8 hours ago by Jack

[James]

Just now, Lee On Solent Saint said:

How many chances did we have in that second half?

What has that got to do with it? Had the ref done his job we’d have got a point. Also, it came immediately after we’d equalised. If the correct decision had been made it would likely have been a totally different ending.

[Saint86]

1 minute ago, StrangelyBrown said:

Well that was fucking shite.

Poor penalty, shambolic defending, same old Bazunu and far too much Martinball. Once again we surrendered the midfield by only playing 2 in there.

Desperately need a GK, CB, LB and striker - all very weak positions. And stop playing 5 at the back.... 

Need a proper manager or we aren't going up... Or he needs to learn very fast.

Edited 8 hours ago by Saint86

[SambaMaverick]

Crying about the handball is just a waste of energy. If Tonda takes that attitude away from the result then he's a coward and a fool.

The writing was on the wall in that second half, now he's got to fucking sort it and quick.

[Sheaf Saint]

Makama basically admitting he cheated in his post match interview. How the fuck can he have the nerve to accept that POTM award? Prick.

[StrangelyBrown]

Just now, Saint86 said:

Need a proper manager or we aren't going up.

It's looking that way...

[Micky]

3 minutes ago, davefizzy14 said:

There was hardly any urgency in the last ten minutes from us. Really dissapointing 

Last 10 minutes.  There was no urgency for the whole of the second half.  We were walking, we were weak. 

[benjii]

5 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:

Tbf, should be a point away from home if the ref had eyes. 

We didn't manage a meaningful attack in 52 minutes. Can't blame the ref.

[Football Special]

3 hours ago, Football Special said:

Same, got a Millwall away feel to it , 2nd half against WBA was so bad feels like we could let that drag over into this game 

Hated that game, felt like Norwich were more streetwise and wanted it more, we're so easy to bully. All the same old weaknesses on display. 

Load of shite from Tonda with really tough run of games now to come. Azaz poor I think, second half we were too easy to defend against. 

[Saint Fan CaM]

2 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

No, it is down to an opponent scoring with his hand 

Stop trying to be a clever twat and read what I’d answered. Dick.

[benjii]

Just now, Sheaf Saint said:

Makama basically admitting he cheated in his post match interview. How the fuck can he have the nerve to accept that POTM award? Prick.

He should give the TV back to Rumbelows.

[BotleySaint]

1 minute ago, James said:

What has that got to do with it? Had the ref done his job we’d have got a point. Also, it came immediately after we’d equalised. If the correct decision had been made it would likely have been a totally different ending.

Exactly. Whatever else happened on the game. However poor our threat was second half. They cheated to win.

[davefizzy14]

1 minute ago, James said:

What has that got to do with it? Had the ref done his job we’d have got a point. Also, it came immediately after we’d equalised. If the correct decision had been made it would likely have been a totally different ending.

Exactly this. Shocking decision that. It was a clear handball.

[tdmickey3]

1 minute ago, Matthew Le God said:

No, it is down to an opponent scoring with his hand 

Do stfu, the defending leading up or it was terrible, if we had been even slightly better the chance doesnt happen 

[Football Special]

Just now, Micky said:

Last 10 minutes.  There was no urgency for the whole of the second half.  We were walking, we were weak. 

We don't play second halves 

[James]

Just now, benjii said:

We didn't manage a meaningful attack in 52 minutes. Can't blame the ref.

Again, what has that got to do with it? Had the ref gotten it right we’d have gotten a point so I’d say it’s fairly straightforward to blame the ref actually. 

[badgerx16]

2 minutes ago, James said:

It was both a foul and a handball. Deserved or not they got a huge assist from the ref today. 

And we got what our approach to the game merited. They were in total control in the second half, and we basically capitulated after that second goal.

[Miltonaggro]

2 minutes ago, sockeye said:

two biggest criticisms of SR this summer window - no new keeper and Stephens extension - direct alignment with these issues.

Yep, and watch these cunts give the former a contract extension within the month. Learning appears so difficult for these owners.

[saint michael]

They need to spend weeks on the practice ground playing big ugly players and learn to become men and defend 

[ally_uk]

Norwich bullied us today and kicked us about.

Our inability to switch up the tactics also cost us.

Been saying it for 3 seasons now, get some strength, bollocks and physicality in this team. 

Edited 8 hours ago by ally_uk

[die Mannyschaft]

Oh well. I'm still sticking to what I think will happen and that a mid table finish. We have such a bad defence its unbelievable. You cant get into top 6 place anx then play like we do week in week out expecting other teams to be crap in attack. Sheffield Wed, lucky, Leicester lucky the list goes on. Yes we have played some top level attacking football but its masking the fact we are terrible at back. Why on earth are we bringing on someone who played for us years ago? Returning players haven't worked in last few seasons. Just get a fit player in Jan window.

[James]

1 minute ago, badgerx16 said:

And we got what our approach to the game merited. They were in total control in the second half, and we basically capitulated after that second goal.

We played poorly and didn’t deserve to win but we were still cheated out of a point. 

[badgerx16]

Just now, James said:

Again, what has that got to do with it? Had the ref gotten it right we’d have gotten a point so I’d say it’s fairly straightforward to blame the ref actually. 

Or they might have scored another. There is no causative thread that guarantees a draw if that handball is spotted.

We deserved to lose.

[Big M]

We deserved that purely because having zero urgency with 10 mins left is unforgivable,yes we miss fellows but players need to get the basics right,slow passing, lack of running and bottling it against physical players is just crap.Too many individual players who are more interested in golf tomorrow and going out tonight I'm afraid,I've said for ages we needed a manager who'd tear them a new one when required, can Tonda do that, at 32...probably not and there in lies an issue, I'm not saying he's the wrong manager, I'm saying our dressing room probably has too much player power. 

[Lord Duckhunter]

1 minute ago, James said:

What has that got to do with it? Had the ref done his job we’d have got a point. Also, it came immediately after we’d equalised. If the correct decision had been made it would likely have been a totally different ending.

Fucking load of old pony. We’ve got some right noddy supporters. Crying about a handball you can’t expect the referee to see. No doubt you would have been moaning  if that disallowed goal was at the other end. We got what we deserved, fuck all,  and that had absolutely nothing to do with the referee. 

[vectraman]

3 minutes ago, BotleySaint said:

Is anyone still expecting a promotion charge? With Will Still i was just hoping we'd stay up. Now I'm hoping for midtable with a late push for the playoffs. Going straight back up isn't going to do us any favours.. 

well if we don’t go up, leaving it until next season on reduced parachute payments certainly won’t do us any favours….

[Lee On Solent Saint]

2 minutes ago, James said:

What has that got to do with it? Had the ref done his job we’d have got a point. Also, it came immediately after we’d equalised. If the correct decision had been made it would likely have been a totally different ending.

We didn't deserve anything on that second half showing. Yes it was a handball but that incident happened with well over 25 minutes to play. We would not have held on for anything regardless of the goal or not. Second half we were completely dog shit again.

[James]

Just now, Lord Duckhunter said:

Fucking load of old pony. We’ve got some right noddy supporters. Crying about a handball you can’t expect the referee to see. No doubt you would have been moaning  if that disallowed goal was at the other end. We got what we deserved, fuck all,  and that had absolutely nothing to do with the referee. 

What about what I said is “pony”? It was a handball, you can’t score with your hand and so it should have been disallowed. If it had, we’d have gotten a point. You really do write some utter nonsense. 

[OttawaSaint]

2 minutes ago, Football Special said:

We don't play second halves 

Years from now we'll find out it was a misunderstanding. 

Our super duper marketing team were trying to come up with a new "we march on" to annoy us with after crushing defeats. Tonda overheard, "Saints we don't do things by half" and it got lost in the translation.

[Matthew Le God]

3 minutes ago, tdmickey3 said:

Do stfu, the defending leading up or it was terrible, if we had been even slightly better the chance doesnt happen 

If the laws of the game were applied... it wouldn't happen. As it was handball

[James]

1 minute ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

We didn't deserve anything on that second half showing. Yes it was a handball but that incident happened with well over 25 minutes to play. We would not have held on for anything regardless of the goal or not. Second half we were completely dog shit again.

You’re sure we wouldn’t have held on and yet they didn’t score another goal? Righto. 

[Baird of the land]

Also peak saints to play a team without their star striker and let the replacement score twice.

Also while I know their second was a handball, but I have zero faith bazanu would have saved the pre-handball shot.

[sockeye]

3 minutes ago, Miltonaggro said:

Yep, and watch these cunts give the former a contract extension within the month. Learning appears so difficult for these owners.

I don't think it's learning so much but more a refusal to admit their mistakes. (pride/ego?)

They just double down on them.

Blackmore being scolded for his comments on Still is very telling

[benjii]

4 minutes ago, James said:

Again, what has that got to do with it? Had the ref gotten it right we’d have gotten a point so I’d say it’s fairly straightforward to blame the ref actually. 

You don't know what would have happened. Are you that stupid, really?

[benjii]

1 minute ago, Matthew Le God said:

If the laws of the game were applied... it wouldn't happen. As it was handball

So?