Saints 1-0 Sheff Utd - Match Thread

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, Farmer Saint said:

Great tackle Manning.

Not a sentence often written, but it was.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Jelert for Wood - full on panic!

[obelisk]

Saints just keep giving it away. The lack of confidence is obvious. Sheffield know they have a chance.

 

[Saint_clark]

Great, switch to the rock solid 3 at the back for injury time...

[tdmickey3]

Excellent, had to have the 3 cab at some time

[Suhari]

3 CBs!!

Fucking c'mon.

[Chez]

1 minute ago, obelisk said:

Peretz saves Saints after stupid defensive mix up.

Bamford should score.

[saint michael]

Here comes woody

[Sheaf Saint]

Well we couldn't go the whole game without bringing on another CB could we.

[tdmickey3]

Just now, Suhari said:

3 CBs!!

Fucking c'mon.

All ready for Sunday

[obelisk]

Referee seems determined to give Utd every chance.

[BotleySaint]

Classic Saints added time performance. Give them chance after chance until the inevitable.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Utter moron Ref

[Saint_clark]

Just now, saint michael said:

Here comes woody

There he goes chasing his man...

[tdmickey3]

Just now, obelisk said:

Referee seems determined to give Utd every chance.

So do we

[Mixedkebab]

Unfortunate to see c Wood and c Manning get their lazy, sulky arses on to the pitch.

 

4 at the back, drop a couple of shitheads- clean sheet and a win 

 

Edited 11 hours ago by Mixedkebab

[obelisk]

Have to be grateful that Sheffield are quite poor.

[BotleySaint]

Idiot ref. Total idiot all game.

[Chez]

fuckign get out there Manning. too slwo to close down and the cross comes in...thankfully its shit

[Saint Fan CaM]

And there's Manning's characteristic standing off his man to allow a dangerous cross.  Twat.

[obelisk]

Far post header into Side netting. Saints breathe again.

[Osvaldorama]

Manning is sooooooooo badddddd

[Harry_SFC]

Pretty terrible display, especially second half but can't moan. Huge win before the derby. 

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, Chez said:

fuckign get out there Manning. too slwo to close down and the cross comes in...thankfully its shit

If you hadn’t have typed Manning’s name, we’d still have known it was him you were referring to. We’ve regressed badly with, bar one good tackle, and Nathan Woodentop on.

[ChristopheVAFC]

Congratulations on tonight's victory, mates.

It wasn't the match of the year, but it's three more points in the league.

COYS !!!

[Sunglasses Ron]

Ohhhh, I guess we’ll be treated to a full time score report on the official Facebook page!

[Saint_clark]

Had to go into the Pompey game with a win. Please just don't lose that game for Christ sake.

[whelk]

Better. A well deserved victory

[obelisk]

1-0 then Three welcome points but that was harder work than it needed to be. Added time was painfully bad.

[Maggie May]

Phew.

[Gloucester Saint]

2 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

Pretty terrible display, especially second half but can't moan. Huge win before the derby. 

We were getting dangerously close to the bottom three and could not see where a win was coming from. Tonda still needs a result at Fratton though.

Edited 11 hours ago by Gloucester Saint

[Willo of Whiteley]

WE ARE STAYING UP SAY WE ARE STAYING UP

[adrian lord]

Relief, but it wasn't comfortable.

[Greenridge]

Won the match. Lost the xG. 

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, Greenridge said:

Won the match. Lost the xG. 

I’d always take that outcome.

[tdmickey3]

Shite 2nd half again.

Look forward to Manning and Wood back on Sunday🙄

[Zorba]

Poor performance. SU are crap. 3 points though and a confidence boost for the weekend. Welington must play.

[BotleySaint]

Bloody hell we needed those points.

Good to win, but that last 15 mins was awful. More luck than judgement that they didn't score.

Coincided with the subs...

[Saint Fan CaM]

On the face of it a decent win.  Our starting 11 AND 2 CB's gave us a platform to get three points.  Screw 3 at the back.  Screw Manning at LB.  Screw Fellows at RWB.  Well done Scienza, Stewart, Fellows, Jander, Welington, Jelert, Peretz...and yes, THB and Stephens. Notable could do better's - Azaz and Downes.

[Chez]

pretty happy with that. we created some good chances and then worked hard defensively. Road our luck a little at the end, but kept the blades pretty quiet

[Baird of the land]

Managed to survive a few moments of self sabotage at the end. Peretz with a nice save but he also looks a bit lost on corners.

loved seeing, a 4 at the back, Welington starting, Stewart giving us an aerial presence and Charles return. Stephen’s played very well too which will no doubt annoy his detractors.

Edited 11 hours ago by Baird of the land

[Sheaf Saint]

Full time. We won. And got a clean sheet.

But I feel absolutely nothing. I've had to emotionally detach myself for my own wellbeing, so I can't muster anything to celebrate a win.

Another awful second half performance. Was Leo's header the only chance we had after HT? 

[Micky]

17 minutes ago, Chez said:

no lack of effort out there from the likes of AA

Agreed, but the very least that we should see. 

[Crab Lungs]

‪Better. ‬

‪They’re gonna kick scienza off the park on Sunday, aren’t they? ‬

[captainchris]

Tonda please can you do some coaching this week… Can we assume Wellington will be dropped for Manning as Wellington played well…🤷‍♂️

 

Edited 11 hours ago by captainchris

[Scoobysaint]

A win but only because the opposition were dreadful. There was no excitement watching that performance, just boredom and an impending sense of doom. I’m normally a “glass half full” person but we are going nowhere with this squad. I think I have previously tended to blame tactics or formations but ultimately the team aren’t good enough. Paid special attention to THB this evening as he is allegedly being watched for this transfer window. I’d be amazed if anybody fancied paying for him. 
A win but I was hoping that at this stage of the season it would be to keep us fighting at the top rather than three points in our quest for safety. 

[washsaint]

I don't know what some of you are on but you sure are miserable feckers.

We were not going to play like Brazil with how low our confidence is but we were comfortably the better side and shold have won by more than 1 goal but for yet more woeful finishing (especially from Azaz and Fellows).

Jack made a real difference at the back with his leadership and tonight they actually fought for the shirt (which shod be a given but hasn't been).

We were still too weak in midfield and Downes gave the ball away in dangerous areas that opened up a ton of space in the middle for SHeffield.

A win and a clean sheet.  Gives Saints some confidence going into the derby game.

[Spoonman]

Well thank fuck for that

[Saint Fan CaM]

For Pompey I'd keep the same side except put Charles in for Downes.

[Lighthouse]

Our third consecutive league double against the Blades, they’ve not taken a point off us since 2009.