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saintant

saintant

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Scienza, Fellows, Azaz and Armstrong have been very very poor. They are normally our best players so that tells you how shit we've been. Once again we are far too content to play slow Russball at the back instead of making quick vertical passes to progress us through the lines. zzzzzzzzzzzz!

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Baird of the land

Baird of the land

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Really poor half. So much non threatening scared possession football.

think scienza is drifting wide too often too.

Really hate how deep we sit on defensive corners. We make zero effort to stop second balls.

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tdmickey3

tdmickey3

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1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said:

I’m sure he will change it up, he ain’t wedded to a system after all, right?

Yep,Aribo will come on and amble about

Dr Who?

Dr Who?

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Leaning to much towards possession game. Need to go back to the play that landed him the position permanent manager and that is impact counter attack, which suits our players. Attack and fast and ruthless. Not tappy tappy possession football. We have seen this all before. 

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Zorba

Zorba

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Prioritising safe possession passing over getting the fucking ball up the park and in the back of the net. Far too boring for the quality players we have!

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Gloucester Saint

Gloucester Saint

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1 minute ago, tdmickey3 said:

Yep,Aribo will come on and amble about

Can you imagine how much BFJ ate yesterday? Probably the size of Micky Quinn or Akinfenwa by now.

Or Neil Shipperley minus the van wanking.

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Mboto Gorge

Mboto Gorge

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You just know he will come out with exactly the same system and personnel second half, and we will be a yard slower than them, half asleep after the break as usual. What a shock , he’s appointed permanently and we revert back to mediocrity and turgid football, people say about managers being too rigid and too wedded to a system, well this bloke seems to be the worst of all for that. It’s like he actually doesn’t know how to coach a team to play another way or in another formation hence having 5 at the back regardless of the scenario in each and every game 

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Disco Stu

Disco Stu

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75% possession yet they've had more shots. I'm getting flashbacks of Russell Martin and I don't like it.

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Harry_SFC

Harry_SFC

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Just now, Baird of the land said:

Really poor half. So much non threatening scared possession football.

think scienza is drifting wide too often too.

Really hate how deep we sit on defensive corners. We make zero effort to stop second balls.

Doesn't help when you're constantly outnumbered in the middle of the park.

No one will ever be able to convince me having 3 CB's is a good formation for a team looking to get promoted. 

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StrangelyBrown

StrangelyBrown

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Manning really is spectacularly shite. He literally can't carry the ball and beat a man. This on top of not being able to defend makes me wonder how he gets in the side.

Stephens literally adds nothing, just slows us down in the same way that Quarshie does but has no recovery pace.

Anything resembling a shot that goes near Baz is a goal.

Armstrong looks like he's got a hangover.

Downes can't do anything other than play the ball backwards.

Azaz and Fellows not playing at all well either.

This is shite.

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tdmickey3

tdmickey3

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1 minute ago, Mboto Gorge said:

You just know he will come out with exactly the same system and personnel second half, and we will be a yard slower than them, half asleep after the break as usual. What a shock , he’s appointed permanently and we revert back to mediocrity and turgid football, people say about managers being too rigid and too wedded to a system, well this bloke seems to be the worst of all for that. It’s like he actually doesn’t know how to coach a team to play another way or in another formation hence having 5 at the back realness of the scenario in each and every game 

Spot on, one trick pony

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SouSaint

SouSaint

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Boring football and 3 CBs mean we find ourselves sitting very deep once again. We need another body in midfield. 

Hopefully the anti SR chants make a return soon, dreadful owners. 

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saintant

saintant

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Cowardly football from us. No risk taking. Just content to recycle in areas where we can't hurt them. If we don't up our game considerably there's a fair chance this will be our 3rd straight away defeat. Buck your ideas up guys because that was very safe and uninspiring against a very poor opponent.

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Gloucester Saint

Gloucester Saint

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The Cheltenham game isn’t loading. Drat.

Need to find another game where I can actually see some football and some movement, not Rasmus-ball.

Yay - CTFC game has loaded! Sorry lads, I just cannot watch 45 minutes corporate plastic Pep ‘football’. I might be watching Cheltenham permanently until SR sell up. 

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StrangelyBrown

StrangelyBrown

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Just now, OttawaSaint said:

Manager after manager and the players just revert to this weak, slow, boring shite. WTF!?!?

Same boring shite players at the core: Baz, THB, Stephens, Manning, Downes, Armstrong. We need a clearout

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Willo of Whiteley

Willo of Whiteley

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9 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

There were quite a few games you missed in the Championship last time out then. 

I had a season ticket and we got promoted. Good season all round. 😂

You cannot be thinking this is better to watch than this time two years ago?!

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die Mannyschaft

die Mannyschaft

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6 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said:

Fuck I'm bored. Players look like they can't be bothered. So slow and ponderous. 

Edit: better from Leo.

 

Don't understand why we slow game down,  even after starting. Can Saints really get promoted via play off final for second time playing RM possession? Very unlikely. Am I imagining things or was RM football more attacking!!

Harry_SFC

Harry_SFC

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2 minutes ago, StrangelyBrown said:

Manning really is spectacularly shite. He literally can't carry the ball and beat a man. This on top of not being able to defend makes me wonder how he gets in the side.

Stephens literally adds nothing, just slows us down in the same way that Quarshie does but has no recovery pace.

Anything resembling a shot that goes near Baz is a goal.

Armstrong looks like he's got a hangover.

Downes can't do anything other than play the ball backwards.

Azaz and Fellows not playing at all well either.

This is shite.

Very accurate summary. 

If Scienza and/or Fellows aren't playing well we've got absolutely nothing. 

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Holmes_and_Watson

Holmes_and_Watson

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We've set up exactly the same way, but now against sides that are a little wiser to us. We've had less room through Downes and Jander. Fellows and Manning have pushed up. That cut off midfield has made it harder to create in the middle, and more tellingly, our lack of a centre forward has meant there's not many faces to get on the end of wide deliveries.

At the same time as our wing backs have pushed up, we're vulnerable to breaks down the flanks.

We need a second half where we can keep the tempo up. Also one, where a Robinson or Archer can contribute to keeping the energy and chances going.

Hoping to see more of Azaz providing an outlet and support in the middle.

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trousers

trousers

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Just now, davefizzy14 said:

I would bring Romeu on alongside Downer and Jandar and midfield and go to a 4-3-3.

And that's why you'll never pass the Sport Republic interview for Saints manager... ;)

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saintant

saintant

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Can't see this lot getting a play-off spot unless there is some serious movement in the Jan window. For all the talk of having a better squad than most we are actually incredibly average all over the park.

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bpsaint

bpsaint

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Just now, die Mannyschaft said:

Don't understand why we slow game down,  even after starting. Can Saints really get promoted via play off final for second time playing RM possession? Very unlikely. Am I imagining things or was RM football more attacking!!

We’re going to be nowhere near the playoffs without some very shrewd business in January which Spors has already indicated won’t be happening. We’re leaking too many goals to challenge for promotion.

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die Mannyschaft

die Mannyschaft

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Just now, Willo of Whiteley said:

I had a season ticket and we got promoted. Good season all round. 😂

You cannot be thinking this is better to watch than this time two years ago?!

Just thinking the same. I'm 100% sure RM football was more entertaining.  Charlton was an one off mystery, we are firmly in boring high risk football allowing opposition to counter at will.

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bangkoksaint

bangkoksaint

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1 minute ago, die Mannyschaft said:

Don't understand why we slow game down,  even after starting. Can Saints really get promoted via play off final for second time playing RM possession? Very unlikely. Am I imagining things or was RM football more attacking!!

The thing is if we did pull a massive rabbit from a hat and get promoted what are they going to do then? Ditch this style or try it again in the Prem, just for us to repeat another disastrous season? Obviously we won’t get anywhere near promotion so it won’t be an issue 

OttawaSaint

OttawaSaint

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Stephens is just so terrible. He's never near anything, just ambles around the field. Doesn't add a single thing to the team. Massive liability. 

He needs to be gone.

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trousers

trousers

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4 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

We've set up exactly the same way, but now against sides that are a little wiser to us

Why are we (seemingly) the only team in the history of football where other teams "get wise" to us when playing well and subsequently turn us into an ineffectual team overnight? How come no one has "got wise" to how Coventry play and snuffed them out in the same way...?

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Mboto Gorge

Mboto Gorge

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5 minutes ago, saintant said:

Cowardly football from us. No risk taking. Just content to recycle in areas where we can't hurt them. If we don't up our game considerably there's a fair chance this will be our 3rd straight away defeat. Buck your ideas up guys because that was very safe and uninspiring against a very poor opponent.

Let’s be honest who at all would be surprised if this ends up as a 2-1 defeat?

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Saint NL

Saint NL

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At least it's Christmas and heavy drinking is acceptable this time of year. Not sure how I'll cope with these second halfs in dry January.

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