Saints 1-1 Coventry - Match Thread

[Patches O Houlihan]

Who the f..k are these one eyed muppets on comms?!!

[Sheaf Saint]

Cov forgot to bring their away kit so we let them use some of our old training tops we had lying in storage.

[BotleySaint]

Literally asking for trouble at the moment. Backwards sideways.. 

[saintant]

This is what we all feared.

[obelisk]

Coventry pressing well against Saints fannying around at the back. Saints yet to get within 30 yards of the Coventry goal.

[RedArmy]

Have they not done their research on Bazunu? If he smashes that near post it’s a goal. 

[Sheaf Saint]

So we're still just trying to use our one and only tactic then. And Baz's first attempt at a mid length bal goes straight out of play under no pressure.

[Saint NL]

Quarshie has had the most touches so far, I think we'd all prefer THB on the ball rather than him

[saint michael]

As an attacker I would so love to play against our defence 

[Saint_clark]

How the hell did Downes not intercept that pass through then, just completely static watching the play. 

[SouSaint]

Let off there. Pissing around with it at the back and failing to deal with their press. 

[Turkish]

Shit finish from Armstrong 

[BotleySaint]

Cut through easily. Defence nowhere. Awful start. Need someone to drop in the gap between midfield.

[obelisk]

ArmA through on goal. Misses badly.

[Kermitzasaint]

Utterly shit . Going full Russell Martin so far

Edited December 20 by Kermitzasaint

[Sheaf Saint]

How is that not a yellow for that wild challenge on Manning?

[John Boy Saint]

Need to switch from faffing about at the back Coventry so far are too good for us to be playing that game - we panic it out and straight back it comes at us

[Saint NL]

Arma never looked liked scoring there, ball was stuck under his feet

[BotleySaint]

Just now, John Boy Saint said:

Need to switch from faffing about at the back Coventry so far are too good for us to be playing that game - we panic it out and straight back it comes at us

Without Fellows we lack someone to transition the ball forward from midfield.

[adrian lord]

Are Cov looking like world beaters?

[Saint_clark]

Just now, adrian lord said:

Are Cov looking like world beaters?

They do look very good tbh. Lampard has assembled a quality side there.

[BotleySaint]

Just now, adrian lord said:

Are Cov looking like world beaters?

They are quick to get the second ball and pressing hard. Meaning we've resorted to panic at the back and hoof it long. Lampard tactics working perfectly so far.

[Saint NL]

We're playing like it's the second half already

[Gloucester Saint]

Atrocious so far, reheated Martinball.  

[Sheaf Saint]

Really poor so far.

[Harry_SFC]

Just now, BotleySaint said:

They are quick to get the second ball and pressing hard. Meaning we've resorted to panic at the back and hoof it long. Lampard tactics working perfectly so far.

It's not hard though. This football is so easy to nullify. I said earlier that in the thread. Could be embarrassing today.

[sockeye]

We seem to have time-travelled back to 2023.

[saintant]

Wing backs playing as full backs.

[Saint_clark]

I would have thought Manning at RWB would have been better than Welington to be honest, at least he's match sharp and has shown he can cut inside and get a good shot away. Welington being thrown back into the team on the wrong side is just asking for him to be awkward and uncomfortable.

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, Harry_SFC said:

It's not hard though. This football is so easy to nullify. I said earlier that in the thread. Could be embarrassing today.

Crowd are too patient, give the passing around the back a full load of jeers and slow hand claps. Knock it out of the player’s systems. 

[Sheaf Saint]

1 minute ago, Saint NL said:

We're playing like it's the second half already

Forgotten that we need to have a 2 or 3 goal lead before retreating into our shell.

[RedArmy]

Looking like a Will Still team again today. 

[Challenger]

The lack of a target man and the ability to try something different is so blatantly obvious.

[Gloucester Saint]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

I would have thought Manning at RWB would have been better than Welington to be honest, at least he's match sharp and has shown he can cut inside and get a good shot away. Welington being thrown back into the team on the wrong side is just asking for him to be awkward and uncomfortable.

That would have been too sensible and obvious to the muppets ruining the club.

[Harry_SFC]

1 minute ago, RedArmy said:

Looking like a Will Still team again today. 

More like Russell Martin to me.

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Challenger said:

The lack of a target man and the ability to try something different is so blatantly obvious.

I see people criticising "return to Martinball" but in all honesty there is no point in going long today, they are too big and powerful at the back. 

[Sheaf Saint]

I know it's a lunchtime game right before Xmas, but the atmosphere sounds terrible.

[Saint_clark]

1 minute ago, Sheaf Saint said:

I know it's a lunchtime game right before Xmas, but the atmosphere sounds terrible.

Harsh, Coventry fans are in great voice...

Edited December 20 by Saint_clark

[Saint_clark]

Scienza should have scored.

[AlexLaw76]

I see we are trying to do absolutely nothing  different 

[Turkish]

Got one on one now twice and fluffed it need to take these chances 

[saintant]

Leo should be passing that.

[obelisk]

Coventry have a decent 'keeper. Saves well from Leo.

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, Saint_clark said:

I see people criticising "return to Martinball" but in all honesty there is no point in going long today, they are too big and powerful at the back. 

Could stretch them via the channels though, doesn’t have to be diagonals straight at their CBs. This ponderous, plodding shit just fuels their press and proving very effective for Coventry.

[Behind Enemy Lines]

14 minutes ago, Patches O Houlihan said:

Who the f..k are these one eyed muppets on comms?!!

I know right?! They just said comfortable save for Bazunu. Don’t they know that EVERY shot he faces is world class and placed perfectly. No such thing as a comfortable save for him! 😂 

[Sheaf Saint]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

I see people criticising "return to Martinball" but in all honesty there is no point in going long today, they are too big and powerful at the back. 

They've got both their first choice CBs our though. That's something that we really should be exploiting, but obviously won't be.

[Mr X]

It's clear so far Coventry are a well organised dangerous side, if we can contain them for a while we have a chance but we are far to passive recently

[Saint NL]

We've been mostly shit, but had two clear cut chances so far....

[RedArmy]

1 minute ago, saintant said:

Leo should be passing that.

Needs to get his shot off the ground and he probably scores that. 

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Gloucester Saint said:

Could stretch them via the channels though, doesn’t have to be diagonals straight at their CBs. This ponderous, plodding shit just fuels their press and proving very effective for Coventry.

I get it, but we've tried that too and they're just too on it. Coventry are dominating because they started the game right up for it. If we can keep them out until they settle down we might be able to try a few different things, right now it's just about frustrating them.

Just now, Sheaf Saint said:

They've got both their first choice CBs our though. That's something that we really should be exploiting, but obviously won't be.

Doesn't mean they're not any good. Their backup CBs are almost certainly better than our first choice.