Saints 1-1 Coventry - Match Thread

[Lighthouse]

3 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

The difference a quality keeper makes. 

Didn’t come and claim the cross for our goal though.

[tdmickey3]

All fizzled out really. 
 
One trick manager

[Suhari]

Tall Paul to come on and win it.

[coalman]

It's lucky we've got THB and Downes to recycle the ball for us.

[Saint_clark]

Bit of quick thinking there and we could have crossed it in for someone behind the defence but played onside by the defender who was down. 

[obelisk]

Coventry currently playing with 9 men. Saints still don't look like scoring.

[DT]

Still playing a back five with three lumbering centre backs, searching for a goal against 10 men at home.

Not sure this manager knows much about tactics, sorry.

[Saint_clark]

Grimes so injured he needs a sip of magic lucozade and no other treatment from the physio.

[Saint NL]

Not sure where a goal would come from. We look a bit short of ideas

[James]

Cov in full time wasting mode now. 

[skintsaint]

Cov settled for the draw and its easy to do with us playing 3 centre backs.

[Sheaf Saint]

Just now, DT said:

Still playing a back five with three lumbering centre backs, searching for a goal against 10 men at home.

Not sure this manager knows much about tactics, sorry.

No we're not! It's a back 3 FFS.

[Saint NL]

Might as well bring Bazunu up for the next corner

[Saint_clark]

What a fucking awful corner that is. 

[DT]

Same old story - we didn’t go for an experienced manager because SR know best with their clever clever bollocks approach to recruitment. Pathetic.

1 minute ago, Sheaf Saint said:

No we're not! It's a back 3 FFS.

There’s five at the back

[saint michael]

Their keeper is excellent 

[Lighthouse]

Just now, DT said:

There’s five at the back

You stick to your guns, don’t let those primary school maths teachers brainwash you!

[Saint NL]

Archer doing his normal invisible man impression

[Sheaf Saint]

Just now, DT said:

Same old story - we didn’t go for an experienced manager because SR know best with their clever clever bollocks approach to recruitment. Pathetic.

There’s five at the back

You're obviously watching a different game from me then.

Fellows and Manning are not playing at the back, they are much higher up and effectively wingers.

THB is pushing right up as well.

There is just no way you can describe this as a back five.

[Saint_clark]

We're not even making their defence work FFS.

[adrian lord]

not good if we only draw

[DT]

The forwards need shooting practice.

Actually the forwards just need shooting

[Saint_clark]

If I see THB and Downes passing it sideways to each other one more time in this game my laptop is flying out the window.

[Gloucester Saint]

12 minutes ago, pingpong said:

This. We'd be losing this game with McCarthy, baz coming into the team has really made the difference in turning our season round.

Gone 🎣 

[obelisk]

What the hell is Bazunu doing?

[Mr X]

A point would be a good result all said and done the game was only going one way before the sending off so we've got out of jail in a way... That said is it good enough for a whole second half against ten? 

[Lighthouse]

Just now, Saint_clark said:

We're not even making their defence work FFS.

Apart from all the shots, runs, crosses and corners you mean?

 

WTF Bazunu?!  😂

[coalman]

C'mon Baz

[SaintsBarry74]

Lmao did Baz headbutt their GK there

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Lighthouse said:

Apart from all the shots, runs, crosses and corners you mean?

 

WTF Bazunu?!  😂

Speaking specifically about injury time. Playing it around in midfield isn't making the defence work, we should be putting them under sustained pressure not giving them a few minutes between attacks.

[obelisk]

Saints without many ideas in attacking areas. All a bit desperate.

[Sheaf Saint]

When was the last time a keeper was penalised for fouling another keeper I wonder?

[Gloucester Saint]

2 minutes ago, SaintsBarry74 said:

Lmao did Baz headbutt their GK there

Went with his arm but not dangerously.

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[kitch]

2 minutes ago, Mr X said:

A point would be a good result all said and done the game was only going one way before the sending off so we've got out of jail in a way... That said is it good enough for a whole second half against ten? 

I'd have taken a point at half time.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Didn't do nearly enough in that second half

[badgerx16]

I think Saints are confused by being the dominant team in a second half.

[obelisk]

1-1 at FT. Would have taken that at the start but against 10 men for all that time it feels like a defeat.

[LGTL]

Absolutely criminal not to win that game.

[Daft Kerplunk]

Too little too late really.  Defenders passing it between each other at the end says it all.  

[Big M]

This is points dropped for me, nearly 45 mins with an extra player. The only player with any real credit is Scienza, and if we lose him to a big bid in January this team becomes very very poor. 

[pingpong]

1 minute ago, Sheaf Saint said:

When was the last time a keeper was penalised for fouling another keeper I wonder?

Just now - bazunu just got penalised for fouling the Coventry keeper.

[AlexLaw76]

2 points dropped in the end 

[Sunglasses Ron]

Well, they didn’t ruin my Christmas, so I’ll take that! 😅

[Saint_clark]

Back into the bottom half by the end of today then.

[Zorba]

Should have won. Could have been worse. 

[obelisk]

A nice bit of Christmas handbags at the end.

[CB Fry]

Lovely bit of handbags at the end

[Saint NL]

I would have taken a point before the game, but have to say that feels like a disappointment.

 

Nice to see Lampard getting riled up by the saints bench 😂

[Baird of the land]

The lack of a big target man really hampered us there. Only real threat was coming from scienza.

[ScandiSaint]

So frustrating. But so predictable. Why do we waste our time with it? 

Why is it so challenging to get a semi-decent manager, striker and playing style?