Oxford 2-1 Saints - Match Thread

[BotleySaint]

Typical of our poorer days lately. Only going to be one winner here. 

[Willo of Whiteley]

Let’s establish some very fair facts:

- Three CB’s is cowardly against a relegation threatened team, you limit your own attacking options.

- Counter attacking football is not the best system for our players, we have one of the best technical squads in the league (supposedly).

- The manager doesn’t change formation when shit hits the fan.

- This IS NOT BETTER than we were under Russell Martin two years ago.

[Harry_SFC]

Deary me. He's always thinking about the next game isn't he. Hello earth to Eckert...it's 1-1 against a side in the relegation zone!!

[trousers]

Just now, saint michael said:

Scienza off 😂

We used to scratch our heads when Will Still took off our best players... Tonda now reverting to the very same 'tactics'...

[Saint NL]

Azaz has reverted to his form under Still.

Mind you, so have most of the others...

[Mr X]

1 minute ago, tdmickey3 said:

Scienza off.... TE is fuckin clueless 

The only player trying to be positive 

And played him in the wrong position 

[tdmickey3]

Manager well and truly sussed out. 

Another master class of recruitment 

[die Mannyschaft]

At this rate Bazunu is getting player of the season. 

[OttawaSaint]

Holy shit! Fellows is playing!

[benjii]

8 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Let’s establish some very fair facts:

- Three CB’s is cowardly against a relegation threatened team, you limit your own attacking options.

- Counter attacking football is not the best system for our players, we have one of the best technical squads in the league (supposedly).

- The manager doesn’t change formation when shit hits the fan.

- This IS NOT BETTER than we were under Russell Martin two years ago.

Why would you expect it to be better than under Martin?

We were class under Martin and we had KWP and Stuart Armstrong. 

And Adams!

Edited 3 hours ago by benjii
Forgot Che Adams

[trousers]

1 minute ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Counter attacking football is not the best system for our players

Despite that being the approach Tonda initially deployed, winning 6 out 8 in the process...?

[die Mannyschaft]

Same football but less action up front.

[Gloucester Saint]

There’s some decent games on in the EFL Sky selection today. I’m enjoying Cheltenham thrash Shrewsbury but as long as it isn’t the skates game you can’t go wrong. 

Anything is better than a dead once-great football club being run by a clueless Danish prick and imposing a style of play even Ian Branfoot would get bored with deploying. 

[Hawkswood]

Actually starting to  get angry watching this

 

[Sheaf Saint]

1 minute ago, trousers said:

We used to scratch our heads when Will Still took off our best players... Tonda now reverting to the very same 'tactics'...

It's almost as if appointing him wasn't really the best option.

[RedArmy]

1 minute ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

 

- Counter attacking football is not the best system for our players, we have one of the best technical squads in the league (supposedly).

 

It absolutely is, but you have to actually do the attacking part with some purpose and urgency. Something we have lacked the last few games, Coventry obviously being a lot more difficult because you can’t counter a team that doesn’t attack. 

[Saint NL]

Classic saints performance so far, the only thing missing is a Bazunu clanger. 30 mins left to rectify that I guess.

[AlexLaw76]

Tonda literally has no other way at all of playing. 

[BotleySaint]

Just now, OttawaSaint said:

Holy shit! Fellows is playing!

Yes I was waiting for him to be subbed on at one point till I realised he was already out there. He's been very quiet today.

[bangkoksaint]

It’s pretty simple. The decision maker re tactics isn’t TE. I was laughed at when I suggested this recently but any manager worth their salt wouldn’t continue with these tactics and these players if they weren’t being told what to do

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, Hawkswood said:

Actually starting to  get angry watching this

 

Change to one of the other EFL games - there’s some good ones active. 3-1 now at Cheltenham, sadly it’s a ex-skate scoring.

[Gloucester Saint]

1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Tonda literally has no other way at all of playing because he’s scared to disobey Rasmus.

 

[Willo of Whiteley]

Tonda has been found out.

[bangkoksaint]

2 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:literally has no other way at all of playing. 

Rasmus you mean?!

[OttawaSaint]

Should be 2-1 Oxford. Our illustrious CBs doing what they do best...nothing.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Amazingly I’ve gone from disliking this team with a passion to recovering some interest to now holding some serious disdain for them. And Tonda is just a bystander.

[OttawaSaint]

FFS Adam!

[trousers]

At least we've got a couple of no-nonsense local journos to robustly question Tonda's introverted approach to tactics since getting the job full time and thus hold him to account... Ah... On second thoughts...

Edited 3 hours ago by trousers

[Gloucester Saint]

1 minute ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Tonda has been found out.

Rasmus is behind it all - told everyone he wouldn’t be settling for focusing on Goztepe.

[Edmonton Saint]

Armstrong 🤦

[Mr X]

1 minute ago, tdmickey3 said:

Manager well and truly sussed out. 

Another master class of recruitment 

Agree to a certain extent... We had a good run and SR got carried away with his appointment seeing it as a quick get out of jail card... I've Seen nothing that he is capable of turning around Games where we don't immediately run to a lead in  the first half... Very questionable second half substitutes and passive tactics and formations! 

[die Mannyschaft]

6 minutes ago, Mr X said:

And played him in the wrong position 

He needs to play on wing. 

[Gloucester Saint]

1 minute ago, Mr X said:

Agree to a certain extent... We had a good run and SR got carried away with his appointment seeing it as a quick get out of jail card... I've Seen nothing that he is capable of turning around Games where we don't immediately run to a lead in  the first half... Very questionable second half substitutes and passive tactics and formations! 

They’re passive in the sense Rasmus dictates them. Why do you think Spors wants out already? But if you’re a 31 year old kiddie you are easily led and he’s grateful for being a figurehead for Rasmus’s dirty work.

[die Mannyschaft]

The players have been told this is the fa cup game and think they are at Doncaster.  

[badgerx16]

If we had a leader on the pitch maybe the players would collectively grow a pair and sort things out for themselves - despite what those on the touchline are telling them.

[OttawaSaint]

Saints fans nice and loud.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Is it on Tonda or is he trapped between SR and a team of players hell bent on ignoring how he wants them to play?

[AlexLaw76]

All he does is change like for like

 

[BotleySaint]

We're throwing on a training cone. Fraser for Fellows.

[badgerx16]

Just now, die Mannyschaft said:

The players have been told this is the fa cup game and think they are at Doncaster.  

If we are 1-1 with Doncaster this far into the second half things will be worse than they currently appear.

[Saint NL]

Fraser on 🤢🤢🤢

[Mr X]

3 minutes ago, die Mannyschaft said:

He needs to play on wing. 

Exactly his more natural position 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

CHANGE THE FUCKIN FORMATION TONDA YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKIN COWARD

[OttawaSaint]

Fraser on. Only a matter of time before we get Aribo on and hand the points to Oxford.

[die Mannyschaft]

Fraser and Romeo on, cricky is this a relegation 6 pointer.

[badgerx16]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

All he does is change like for like

 

Like for worse.

[BotleySaint]

Just now, Saint NL said:

Fraser on 🤢🤢🤢

2 years ago, it'd be a good sub. But Fraser is broken since the Prem and legs have gone.

[whelk]

Offside you fucking prick 

[Jack]

Horrible horrible stuff 

[saint michael]

This is on Tonda. He’s made shit decisions again. He has taken the onl6 natural scorer off and he hasn’t driven the team to change their style to higher intensity and more direct. This is shit and so is he