Saints v Charlton, Sat 3PM

[benjii]

On 16/02/2026 at 12:58, benjii said:

Bearing in mind what happened up there, I'm pretty sure they will be keen to make it tight and restrict the space. 

Crowd needs to stay lively if we are being frustrated. With the talent we have on the bench, we've always got a chance of unlocking them late on.

You vant know footbol? You speak Benjii.

[Saint NL]

First few minutes looked very promising because Charlton gave us space down the wings, they've stopped that now and neither Scienza or Fellows are in the game.

This game is there for the taking, just need a goal from somewhere 

[tdmickey3]

1 minute ago, coalman said:

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.

Well, we have Archer to look forward and we know what that means..

 

 

 

Absolutely nothing 

[Baird of the land]

Take fellows off(he’s hardly been involved)and get larin on.

[saintant]

Could be a game for the energy of Matsuki.

[AlexLaw76]

Simply need to be far more adventurous in the final 3rd..very static when we walk the ball up to 40 yards out....

[CB Fry]

Smash and grab written all over it

[adrian lord]

We breakdown in their penalty area.

[SouSaint]

This screams 0-1 Charlton. Pathetic performance from a side that has cost millions to put together. 

[benjii]

1 minute ago, Baird of the land said:

Take fellows off(he’s hardly been involved)and get larin on.

Harsh. He put the cross in that Scienza hit that required a brilliant goal-line clearance.

[Obstacle1]

Wouldn't be opposed to matsuki on for fellows at half time. He deserves a chance

[RedArmy]

22 minutes ago, pingpong said:

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.

https://fbref.com/en/comps/10/2023-2024/keepers/2023-2024-Championship-Stats
 

Baz with a back 4 in this league. 

[Saint_clark]

Just now, SouSaint said:

This screams 0-1 Charlton. Pathetic performance from a side that has cost millions to put together. 

Calm down, been completely in control and had 15 or more shots on goal. 

[obelisk]

Saints with loads of possession that has created a few reasonable chances. Nice move with Manning hitting the bar. All about slow though and too many final third balls nowhere near finding an attacker. 

We're obviously much better in the second half these days so with more intensity, more bodies in the box, more speed Saints ought to get the required 3 points. Although Charlton have created the odd chance so I'm going for a pessimistic 0-1 result.

[Toussaint]

1 minute ago, CB Fry said:

Smash and grab written all over it

Hope not, but you can’t squander the dominance we have had. We need an early goal in the 2nd half and then annihilate them. 

[benjii]

If we haven't scored in the next 15, I'd consider bringing Matsuki on for one of the CMs. Get an extra player further forward in the middle. Then if we need a goal a bit later, move Scienza to right and bring Edozie on left.

I'm assuming Larin will be on for Stewart by 70 mins regardless, but if Stewart has 90 mins in him, this might be one for two strikers.

[Toussaint]

1 minute ago, SouSaint said:

This screams 0-1 Charlton. Pathetic performance from a side that has cost millions to put together. 

Really , ten shots with five on target? Only so much you can do against two lines of five.

[trousers]

This has got 0-0 written all over it

[tdmickey3]

2 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Calm down, been completely in control and had 15 or more shots on goal. 

But nothing to show for it

[Toussaint]

Just now, trousers said:

This has got 0-0 written all over it

It has right now. But is half time, so not much is going to change.

[Saint_clark]

Just now, tdmickey3 said:

But nothing to show for it

Good job the games not over yet isn't it.

[Convict Colony]

Fellows is like 0.5 of a robben, he cuts inside and instead of shooting passes back to THB

[NewYorkSaint]

Huge difference in quality between the teams...  And we have a powerful bench a-waiting. Football can always break your heart w a bad run of the ball... but we really deserve this one. I'd love to see Larin get another.

[Baird of the land]

2 minutes ago, benjii said:

If we haven't scored in the next 15, I'd consider bringing Matsuki on for one of the CMs. Get an extra player further forward in the middle. Then if we need a goal a bit later, move Scienza to right and bring Edozie on left.

I'm assuming Larin will be on for Stewart by 70 mins regardless, but if Stewart has 90 mins in him, this might be one for two strikers.

Even if Stewart only has 70, give them 25 minutes together

[benjii]

5 minutes ago, SouSaint said:

This screams 0-1 Charlton. Pathetic performance from a side that has cost millions to put together. 

Grow up.

[tdmickey3]

Just now, Saint_clark said:

Good job the games not over yet isn't it.

True, anything other than 3 points is failure 

[badgerx16]

1 minute ago, NewYorkSaint said:

I'd love to see Larin get another.

Seconded

 

[Micky]

Seen this a hundred times before, all fart and no shit in front of goal, nowhere near enough urgency to get the goal.  We'll sleepwalk to defeat and contrive to lose this one, prepare for a kick in the bollocks.

[for_heaven's_Saint]

Need to really go for it in the second half.  Hope Tonda can change the game like he did at Leicester.  Agree Fellows could come off- really not offering much.

[Saint NL]

Needs a big half time team talk from tonda which hasn't really been his strong point

Edited 2 hours ago by Saint NL

[badgerx16]

19 minutes ago, Winnersaint said:

 

 

Ingleborough, nice.

Brilliant walk.

[SWLondon Saint]

Only saw the last 15 mins or so but our ball movement is so slow and too conservative. I really don't like the Stephens-Manning combo, I think they bring the worst out of each other. Also Manning never seems to drive forwards with the ball, he's very passive.

[Convict Colony]

You know how shit this game is we are only on 6 pages

[obelisk]

Anything other than 3 points today is going to be quite a disappointment. Need to jeep the upward momentum and I'd like to see much more urgency with that in mind for the 2nd half.

[trousers]

1 minute ago, Saint NL said:

Needs a big half time team talk from tonda which hasn't really been his strong point

Isn't he on record as saying that he doesn't do half time talks and leaves it to the players to motivate themselves...?

[LiberalCommunist]

Ponderous and predictable. We need to take risks to get rewards. 

The longer we are shut out, the worse our performance will be towards the end. 

Come on Saints, do something different. 

[Toussaint]

Just now, SWLondon Saint said:

Only saw the last 15 mins or so but our ball movement is so slow and too conservative. I really don't like the Stephens-Manning combo, I think they bring the worst out of each other. Also Manning never seems to drive forwards with the ball, he's very passive.

Manning, although I don’t hate him the way some do, is a serious downgrade on Wellington, he consistently gets behind, or level with the forward play and ends up recycling.

[tdmickey3]

1 minute ago, trousers said:

Isn't he on record as saying that he doesn't do half time talks and leaves it to the players to motivate themselves...?

Yep, ridiculous 

[Saint NL]

No changes at half time

[OttawaSaint]

My mental scars are telling me we'll make a few more chances, miss an absolute sitter and then Lyndon Dykes will bully in a winner for them.

[Hopper]

I don't think we've played poorly. More that Charlton have executed their gameplan well. Now we see if Tonda decides to stick or twist.

Edozie a must for me given what we've seen.

[adrian lord]

goaaaal

[BotleySaint]

Superb header!

[Saint NL]

Stewart, nice

[benjii]

LND. 

 

Suck that.

[Hopper]

Just now, Hopper said:

I don't think we've played poorly. More that Charlton have executed their gameplan well. Now we see if Tonda decides to stick or twist.

Edozie a must for me given what we've seen.

I take it all back. GET IN DROGBA

[Saint_clark]

Get in there! Great goal from Stewart, directed the header so well.

[Sheaf Saint]

NESSIE!!!

[RedArmy]

1-0 Charlton written all over this. 

[OttawaSaint]

Yessssss! Stewie!