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Saints 1-0 Watford - Match Thread

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Chez

Chez

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1 minute ago, benjii said:

Nonsense. He was with his man and Scienza was supposed to be covering.

His man is the right winger.

Mr X

Mr X

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Just now, Chez said:

Sorry, he right in front of me. He's been terrible defensively 

Commentators are saying he's had a good game 

Harry_SFC

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Just now, Chez said:

His man is the right winger.

Not always. Scienza should've seen Welington was involved elsewhere and went with the winger. 

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Gloucester Saint

Gloucester Saint

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Just now, tdmickey3 said:

All gone a bit shit

Watford a level above Blades, Skates, and Stoke so far. Defensively they aren’t brilliant but getting bodies behind when we get to their D, but they are very effective on the counter. 

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obelisk

obelisk

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Leo needs to realise he's not going to get more than a couple of touches at a time. When there's two on him he needs to find a team mate.

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SNSUN

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Watford more in it now, we seem to have forgotten we can attack. Take the 0-0 at half time and go again in the second half.

Gloucester Saint

Gloucester Saint

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Just now, hypochondriac said:

What a dull half.

Seen a lot worse, Watford are tactically challenging to the way Saints like to play sitting off, crowding out and countering at pace, and we know the team and club aren’t great at adaptation. 

Mr X

Mr X

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0-0 written all over it so hopefully goals galore in the second half! The second 45 is always our best 

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coalman

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Two things there which we haven't done for most of the season. The keeper kicking long and Stewart making a nuisance of himself and giving the defenders a torrid time. Nearly got something from it.

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tdmickey3

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4 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Watford a level above Blades, Skates, and Stoke so far. Defensively they aren’t brilliant but getting bodies behind when we get to their D, but they are very effective on the counter. 

Its all to slow going forward again 

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Sheaf Saint

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I'm trying to think when was the last time we scored a header from an open-play cross? Seems like we've just been utterly incapable of that for many years now. 

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JohnS

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Pretty poor 1st half - very much the same slow predictable play we see far too often.  Evenly matched teams & game could go either way - do prefer Watfords faster/directness.  Think we should be doing so much better with the quality in our squad, but it just doesn’t quite click.  Need to show in the 2nd half how much fight & will we have to want to win this game.

Downes was absolutely superb until his injury. Scienza pretty poor again - both wingers not doing enough.  Goalkeeper living on the edge with his passes & we still look very vulnerable from crosses 

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SNSUN

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Yeah not great that. We had a couple of decent attacks and half chances but then Watford came into the came more and we looked like were the away team.

Downes was having a good game so it was a shame he went off. Hopefully Charles can dominate things more in the second half. 

1-0 win with a Larin goal still on the cards! 😀

Saint_clark

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2 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

I'm trying to think when was the last time we scored a header from an open-play cross? Seems like we've just been utterly incapable of that for many years now. 

Don't see a huge amount of them in the modern game full stop. It's not something that gets practiced anymore, with coaches preferring to tell players to look for an open man instead of playing the percentages.

Saint NL

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I've got the Watford commentary on my stream and the guys there reckon the Watford players are knackered. They've looked much more lively so hopefully they'll fade in the second half.

for_heaven's_Saint

for_heaven's_Saint

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2 minutes ago, benjii said:

They struggle with Stewart. Think we should get it to him a bit quicker. 

Was going to say this too. Think we need to switch it up a bit and play over the top/in the channels a bit. Get Stewart up against their CBs and players around him. Then stick Larin on to do the same.  

Lighthouse

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3 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

I'm trying to think when was the last time we scored a header from an open-play cross? Seems like we've just been utterly incapable of that for many years now. 

Manning at Charlton was definitely one. There are probably a few more this season.

Chez

Chez

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2 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

That Georgian fella just plainly refuses to use his left foot 😂

Decent footballer although he's been wasteful so far.

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tdmickey3

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Poor stuff and will likely end 0-1 with us giving it away over playing at the back .

Azaz having to come deep to get the ball or ending up out wide 

Need to get him in the no 10 role more often.

Scienza not doing much and overplaying.

Fellows keeps cutting inside 

Stewart had best chance but no power in the shot

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saintant

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Not great and, if I'm honest, they look slightly the better side. Leo has been poor. A draw is no use so we might as well throw more men forward and go for it in the second half. Could go either way and a defeat wouldn't be a surprise based on first half.

captainchris

captainchris

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Bree has to be told to engage his attacker, he’s doing Nothing to stop the crosses. 
Something isn’t quite right with our set up, not getting the midfield forward enough when we break….. 

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Micky

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Worrying given our second half performances this season have generally been poorer than our first.  That coupled with the fact that we will also inevitably make exactly the same substitutions, at exactly the same time that we always do, just because, errrrr that's what we do! Not confident we'll get anything today, Watford look pretty decent on both flanks as well. 

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obelisk

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I'd say Saints might consider themselves a tad fortunate not to be behind at HT. Watford have spurned some good chances with their more direct style. Meanwhile Saints have had a couple of openings but the build up is too slow again. There really is no reason to fanny around with it at the back all the time when in possession giving Watford time to get into their defensive shape.

Considering it's a "must-win" game I'd suggest we'd better instead start to think about next season and whether Tonda's the right man to go for a promotion push.

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Chez

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5 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

A dull game and a cold, damp early kickoff. Hardly surprising.

Watford have been very solid, making it hard going for us. Not a lot of space to work with in the final third. A couple of half chances. Crossing has been poor. Same for them. They have broken but not done enough with it, thankfully. Losing Downes was a blow. 

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Obstacle1

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None of the front 4 have produced anything of quality in that half. Interesting that we seem to have put a lot of balls in the box but none of them seem to be anywhere near Stewart

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