Saints 1-1 Charlton - Match Thread

[Gloucester Saint]

24 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

Charlton striker is wearing the number 99.

Oooh Scienza nearly scored, blocked on the line

Let’s hope he flakes his shots today and doesn’t get hundreds and thousands of them. Could’ve been an interesting partnership with Maxwel Cornet.

[Pancake]

Banging commentary on this Japanese stream. 

[Saint_clark]

Just now, pingpong said:

 

Usually my stance on players is similar to most on here, manning is awful etc. I guess because my position was always GK I'm more aware of GK choices and peretz doesn't make good ones in terms of positioning and angles, and his distribution is a tenth of what we had previously.  Long is not spectacular, but has stronger positioning, I think they are probably equal in quality. Baz with a back 4 would be superior to both, shame he had to sit behind 3 and so ended up rooted a lot of the time.

You're a lunatic if you honestly believe all that.

[Hopper]

Shea Charles playing very well. Rolls Royce performance so far.

[hypochondriac]

I still don't see the appeal of Azaz. Pretty limited championship player imo.

[Gloucester Saint]

1 minute ago, Saint NL said:

He let play go on (fair enough) but didn't book the player and then touched the ball to stop our attack

Sorry I was making a joke about fucking ref…clearly not a good joke…

[Hopper]

Azaz got his trampoline boots on today.

[Saint86]

Azaz's finishing leaves a lot to be desired.

[tdmickey3]

Azaz, poor effort 

[Mr X]

Azaz's shooting has been very poor lately! 

[Saint NL]

1 minute ago, Hopper said:

Shea Charles playing very well. Rolls Royce performance so far.

The eejit Charlton commentators have identified that Charles' runs forward are causing them a lot of trouble

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, Saint86 said:

Azaz's finishing leaves a lot to be desired.

Get him to Twickenham, that would have been three points

[tdmickey3]

Speed it up ffs

[Turkish]

26 minutes ago, tdmickey3 said:

Any streams?

 

 

[Saint NL]

Just now, Gloucester Saint said:

Get him to Twickenham, that would have been three points

For Ireland? 

[Saint_clark]

Another foul by Shichenje. 

[AlexLaw76]

3 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

I still don't see the appeal of Azaz. Pretty limited championship player imo.

well, he has 1 less assist and 3 more goals than Scienza

[tdmickey3]

Just now, Turkish said:

Is that you?

[Saint NL]

Bree misses a header

[Hopper]

Breezy has to score. Huge miss.

[hypochondriac]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

well, he has 1 less assist and 3 more goals than Scienza

Lucky that football isn't judged purely on stats then.

[Sheaf Saint]

Just not happening today is it.

Got 0-0 written all over it.

[Mr X]

We've had our chances in this game! We all know where this is going 

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Hopper said:

Breezy has to score. Huge miss.

Harsh, think it was too high for him to direct it downwards. 

[Saint NL]

Fellows not really making a strong case to start ahead of Matsuki 

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, hypochondriac said:

Lucky that football isn't judged purely on stats then.

but shows he is more than a limited championship player.

[Challenger]

Shaping up to be one of " those" games.

[badgerx16]

2 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Another foul by Shichenje. 

What odds on a Saints player getting the first card ?

[Hopper]

2 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Harsh, think it was too high for him to direct it downwards. 

Yeah on second watch it came to him quicker than I thought. Shame as he was wide open.

Edited 5 hours ago by Hopper

[adrian lord]

Need to sort this out 

[SouSaint]

Tom Fellows really isn't all that. 

[tdmickey3]

Its a bit drab tbh

[Winnersaint]

5 minutes ago, tdmickey3 said:

Is that you?

 

6 minutes ago, tdmickey3 said:

Is that you?

 

7 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Ingleborough, nice.

[Gloucester Saint]

8 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Ingleborough in the background.

[Saint_clark]

Charles won the ball there. 

[tdmickey3]

Pass pass pass and going nowhere, seen this before

[AlexLaw76]

Lots of control but not enough movement when we get into the final 3rd...not many runners into the box as we advance....

[Willo of Whiteley]

Currently working, can someone summarise the first half for me

[LGTL]

Sort of game you buy Azaz for really.

[tdmickey3]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

Lots of control but not enough movement when we get into the final 3rd...not many runners into the box as we advance....

Yep, no tempo at all, easy to defend against 

[for_heaven's_Saint]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

Lots of control but not enough movement when we get into the final 3rd...not many runners into the box as we advance....

There's also been quite a few times when Stewart has run across the line and got himself into a good position and the player on the ball hasn't looked up or has passed sideways instead.

[Saint NL]

Derby losing, we really need a goal out of somewhere

[tdmickey3]

Just now, Willo of Whiteley said:

Currently working, can someone summarise the first half for me

A few chances, other than that drab

[Saint_clark]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

Lots of control but not enough movement when we get into the final 3rd...not many runners into the box as we advance....

Azaz in AM is a trade off, he doesn't make runs into the box so crosses are pretty much fully reliant on Stewart getting on the end of it. Very easy to defend. 

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, for_heaven's_Saint said:

There's also been quite a few times when Stewart has run across the line and got himself into a good position and the player on the ball hasn't looked up or has passed sideways instead.

Yes, way too much of the ball coming back central when wide, coupled with no real runners into the box.

[coalman]

If ever there was a case for playing two up top...

Shame that neither Larin nor Stewart has 90 mins in them at the moment.

[coalman]

1 minute ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Currently working, can someone summarise the first half for me

Lots of possession. Charlton have parked the bus. We've slowed our pace to a crawl.

[badgerx16]

4 minutes ago, tdmickey3 said:

Pass pass pass and going nowhere, seen this before

We have never been the best at unpicking a massed defence. When we get wide there aren't players in the middle, and trying to go through the middle there are just too many Charlton shirts.

A bit more pace and guile, coupled with a slice of fortune.

Edited 5 hours ago by badgerx16

[saintant]

Just now, coalman said:

Lots of possession. Charlton have parked the bus. We've slowed our pace to a crawl.

The exact opposite of what you should do against a team that has parked the bus.

[pimpin4rizeal]

This match is set for edozie to unlock dribbling them to death