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Jack

Jack

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1 minute ago, benjii said:

Can anyone seriously say they wouldn't rather watch:

Jelert-THB-Stephens-Manning

-------Bragg---Jander--------

Fellows-Robinson/Azaz--Scienza

---‐-------Armstrong---------

Fairly radical not playing a goalkeeper but wouldn’t make a whole lot of difference 

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Willo of Whiteley

Willo of Whiteley

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You can predict his post match press conference:

- Gavin Bazunu showed his quality

- We go into every game looking to win/get three points

- We should be pleased that we got a point against a very good team

Utter pish

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Mboto Gorge

Mboto Gorge

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11 minutes ago, obelisk said:

Fellows showed at the end there what could have been if we didn't spend the game fannying around with it in our own half all the time. If TE really wants 3 points then maybe someone should tell him that Saints really need to think about attacking the opposition.

Don’t forget he plays for 3 points every game, because he keeps telling us that. Joker

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Challenger

Challenger

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Yet ANOTHER pathetic attempt to win a football match with boring, ineffective tactics and mostly weak, limited players marshalled by another useless yes-man.

SR ,s luck will surely run out soon with this perennial,insistent anti - football.

That day really can't come quick enough.

 

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Streaky

Streaky

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No point in having 65% possesion if you knock it around so slow you never pull the opposition out of there shape. Fellows is not a rwb either, why aren't we playing 4231 or 433 and actually pressing teams higher up.

So boring to watch, pass pass pass back to bazanu. Pass again then again absolute shit at home!

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coalman

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It honestly feels like I'm trapped in an abusive relationship with this football club now.

The zero intensity we approach the game with is painful to watch.

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E_H_Saints

E_H_Saints

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After attending;

1: keeper shouldn't be a priority, another attacker needed.  Made a crucial save and didn't put a foot wrong really. 

2: Manning is useless.  Hugs the line so he can't take players on, predictable to defend against and gives the ball away too many times.

 

 

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JohnnyShearer2.0

JohnnyShearer2.0

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I was hesitant that it would be more dross today and it was.  Not a good trend.

Positives were Bragg and Matsuki and the clean sheet. Bazunu made a good save.

Still first and now Tonda, really dont get the need for 5 at the back at home. 

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Gloucester Saint

Gloucester Saint

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1 minute ago, coalman said:

It honestly feels like I'm trapped in an abusive relationship with this football club now.

The zero intensity we approach the game with is painful to watch.

Trouble is, bar the jeers at the umpteenth pass back to the keeper, the fans at the ground are lapping up the SR corporate Koolaid. How on earth you can applaud that off is beyond me. It’s not the football I grew up with using quick wingers and steel in the middle with the likes of Stevie Williams or Jimmy Case. 

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qwertyell

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14 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

A mid-table Championship performance from a mid-table Championship team. 

Yes. Tired of hearing about our amazing players (for this division) while simultaneously seeing no on-field evidence to back that up.

Can't always be the manager's fault (although he's not exactly helping).

Our squad have found their level. And it's utterly mediocre.  

Happy new year, everyone. It's going to be crap.

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Midfield_General

Midfield_General

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15 minutes ago, gallaghert366@yahoo.com said:

Not one player in that squad would get into a Premiership team.

A lot of them who started today wouldn't even get into most of the Championship teams above us. 

If we put Bazunu, Manning, Stephens, Wood or Archer up for sale tomorrow, do you think teams like Coventry, Ipswich, Boro, Millwall would be scrambling to buy them? Because I don't. And that's half today's starting XI. 

Add in a manager out of his depth and that's why we are where we are, and it's why we're going to stay there. 

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redkeith

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Bragg did will, as did Matsuki, but there were too many changes in the starting line up . Not a good idea to leave the 2 top scorers on the bench at the same time.

Baz did well for once, maybe the new keeper will make him up his game. 

Hope we have seen the back of Aribo and Frazer now. 

 

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Gloucester Saint

Gloucester Saint

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Just now, Midfield_General said:

A lot of them who started today wouldn't even get into most of the Championship teams above us. 

If we put Bazunu, Manning, Stephens, Wood, Archer for sale tomorrow, do you think teams like Coventry, Ipswich, Boro, Millwall would be scrambling to buy them? Because I don't. 

Add in a manager out of his depth and that's why we are where we are, and it's why we're going to stay there. 

If SR are lucky, because League 2 isn’t out of the equation over the next 2-3 years.

JohnnyShearer2.0

JohnnyShearer2.0

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1 minute ago, Midfield_General said:

A lot of them who started today wouldn't even get into most of the Championship teams above us. 

If we put Bazunu, Manning, Stephens, Wood, Archer for sale tomorrow, do you think teams like Coventry, Ipswich, Boro, Millwall would be scrambling to buy them? Because I don't. 

Add in a manager out of his depth and that's why we are where we are, and it's why we're going to stay there. 

A bit over the top. Plenty of the players would get into the teams above us.

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bangkoksaint

bangkoksaint

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7 minutes ago, coalman said:

It honestly feels like I'm trapped in an abusive relationship with this football club now.

The zero intensity we approach the game with is painful to watch.

You need to be brave Coalman. Walk away, don’t turn back and whatever promises are made don’t believe them…….unless of course SR are bought out and TE is given his marching orders!!

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Midfield_General

Midfield_General

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Just now, JohnnyShearer2.0 said:

A bit over the top. Plenty of the players would get into the teams above us.

I don't think Bazunu, Manning, Stephens, Wood or Archer would. 

Which is why I said it. 

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tdmickey3

tdmickey3

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Just now, davefizzy14 said:

Matsuki and Bragg came into the team today and did well.

No better than average sadly but players will never be better than average with the team set up

Gloucester Saint

Gloucester Saint

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13 minutes ago, redkeith said:

Bragg did will, as did Matsuki, but there were too many changes in the starting line up . Not a good idea to leave the 2 top scorers on the bench at the same time.

Baz did well for once, maybe the new keeper will make him up his game. 

Hope we have seen the back of Aribo and Frazer now. 

 

Now the festive food has run out, BFJ might be off (Big Fat Joe). BFJ reminds me of some of the over-fed pigeons in our garden. I presume he ate Edozie (was probably a bit stringy in texture) given the latter’s Lucan-like disappearance.

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ant

ant

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Timid. Half-hearted. Dull.

The initial dynamism Eckert brought (or unleashed) feels a distant memory.

And unfortunately I've zero faith there's the desire/know-how to revitalise or evolve us.

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Mr X

Mr X

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Just now, Mboto Gorge said:

Wonder if this manager is trying to draw his way to a longer contract. Seems he is desperate not to lose games first and foremost 

Not losing games is a sound philosophy but at the moment we aren't even trying to win games..... Which is unforgivable...we aimed for a point today from the start at home! 

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Sarnia Cherie

Sarnia Cherie

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Just now, Mboto Gorge said:

Wonder if this manager is trying to draw his way to a longer contract. Seems he is desperate not to lose games first and foremost 

Surely even SR won't be offering this muppet a contract of any length. 

Gloucester Saint

Gloucester Saint

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4 minutes ago, Mboto Gorge said:

Wonder if this manager is trying to draw his way to a longer contract. Seems he is desperate not to lose games first and foremost 

Doubt it, I expect he was set top 6 in his objectives. He’s a kid miles out of depth at a club that has barely won a game of football for 18 months. Talk of an experienced assistant tells you how out of touch SR are and how desperate Rasmus is to micromanage.

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FredVaFC59100

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1 minute ago, Sarnia Cherie said:

Surely even SR won't be offering this muppet a contract of any length. 

rule #1: SR always applies opposite logic. it is called SR fuzzy logic.

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DT

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43 minutes ago, gallaghert366@yahoo.com said:

Not one player in that squad would get into a Premiership team.

Scienza will soon

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Mboto Gorge

Mboto Gorge

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I’ve seen Sunday league managers with more adaptability and tactical acumen than this idiot. To only be able to play one formation is fucking laughable at this level of professional football. He doesn’t have the confidence or belief in himself to change it or take a risk. 

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SaintsBarry74

SaintsBarry74

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34 minutes ago, Streaky said:

No point in having 65% possesion if you knock it around so slow you never pull the opposition out of there shape. Fellows is not a rwb either, why aren't we playing 4231 or 433 and actually pressing teams higher up.

So boring to watch, pass pass pass back to bazanu. Pass again then again absolute shit at home!

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Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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3 minutes ago, SaintsBarry74 said:

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At some point people might have to stop using the guy who got us promoted in fourth, with 87 points and as many goals scored, as an insult. It does look a little bit silly when you're in the bottom half.

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OttawaSaint

OttawaSaint

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59 minutes ago, gallaghert366@yahoo.com said:

Not one player in that squad would get into a Premiership team.

And a few might even struggle to get first team football in this league. 

Gloucester Saint

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6 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

At some point people might have to stop using the guy who got us promoted in fourth, with 87 points and as many goals scored, as an insult. It does look a little bit silly when you're in the bottom half.

KWP, Adams, Bednarek - all far better than currently and still conceded 60+ goals. Plus Brooks on loan. Why they haven’t used Sam Edozie is beyond me as he was effective pre-Norwich and Aribo was 5 stone lighter.

Having seen the shitshow at Rangers I firmly would not want him back and as for the PL season…but yes, he probably is better than Eckert, Still, and the other jokers SR bring in.

SR haven’t appointed an experienced manager yet for the size of the club. 

S-Clarke

S-Clarke

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The sort of performance that brings on depression. It was horrific. 

We have been horrific for weeks, absolutely back to baseline. This squad of players are an absolute mish mash, there are some good individuals, but as a collective it is an absolute mess and needs ripping up.

The attack is so isolated because the midfield is invisible, by having 3 at the back you have no numbers in the areas you need. You saw it today, as we saw against Birmingham, Coventry, Oxford - teams will stand back and let us have the ball in our third, they will sit off and block the channels and watch us pass between each other for 90mins. Our phases of play, if you can call it that, are actually worse than slow - it's like slow motion. Everything we do is predicted at least 5 mins before we do it, every pass is telegraphed before we attempt it.

It seems as if any imagination or spontaneous play is sucked out of individuals in an effect to make us play and adhere to a structure which is as anti-football as you can get.

Tonda has been brought in as a puppet. Modern football is all about having puppets on the touch line who adhere to the overall DoF/Technical Director club strategies and it's sucking the life out of this game quicker than anything I've seen.

Credit to Bazunu whilst I'm at it, it was a good save to keep it as 0-0. We probably should have lost it as I thought Millwall had the better openings.

Onto the next one, against a Boro side who have lost their last 4 without scoring. I think we all know what happens here.

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LuckyNumber7

LuckyNumber7

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50 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Birmingham fans signing “sideways and backwards, everywhere we go” today 😂
Take note Saints fans

Never been so bored at a football match.

There was a bit of "backwards again ole ole" near the end.

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sfc4prem

sfc4prem

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27 minutes ago, adrian lord said:

Timid, tepid, trepidation-filled football. 

It is awful and won't win anything. 

I think timid is such an apt word for our style of play. So very timid.

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Edmonton Saint

Edmonton Saint

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The writing was on the wall with the 2nd half collapse against West Brom. Since then, Wreckert has reverted to this timid, safety first possession game and we look as bad as we did under Still. I find it thoroughly frustrating to be honest, a team that has the potential to be doing much better than is it, shackled by fear and ineptitude. 

 

I was vocal in the summer, I wanted a clear out of most of these long standing " Servants" of the club, The malaise with them runs too deep, and I fear this latest charlatan in Wreckert is going to end up with a familiar fate as his predecessors.

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S-Clarke

S-Clarke

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1 minute ago, stfrancisofbenali said:

Tin hat on but Tom Fellows is far and away our most potent attacking threat and a better team player than Scienza. He has to start…as an attacker! 

He won't though, as we have to play 3 at the back. We have to. It cannot ever change. We are not allowed to play any other way, so if  Fellows plays he will be a wing back.

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stknowle

stknowle

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25 minutes ago, adrian lord said:

Timid, tepid, trepidation-filled football. 

It is awful and won't win anything. 

Exactly this. Excusable to an extent in the Prem but here? No, utterly inexcusable. It is pathetic, inept, and cowardly.

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