Saints vs Blackburn - Match Thread

[SylvianSylvian]

Given how much so many of our players have improved under Eckert, excited to see if Robinson can kick on in the Tondaverse 

[Sheaf Saint]

Azaz not even on the bench. He looked in some discomfort when he went off on Saturday. I hope that's not him out for the rest of the season now 😕

[Saint NL]

Defense is the same, we know what we're getting.

Bragg and Charles midfield is decent.

Fellows, Matsuki, Archer and Larin forward line. Not sure who plays where.

That lineup feels a bit more robust, maybe the plan is let Blackburn do the rough stuff first and then bring on the subs once they've had a few cards

[trousers]

Too much rotation or Tonda serving up yet more genius...? Time will tell...

 

Edited 3 hours ago by trousers

[Football Special]

1 hour ago, trousers said:

Tonight's got "sod's law" written all over it... i.e. Pompey will beat Ipswich but we'll drop points and fail to capitalise....

Southampton 0-1 Blackburn Rovers (Redmond 22 mins) 

[Zorba]

Why’s no-one posted the line-ups? 

[Saint NL]

2 minutes ago, Zorba said:

Why’s no-one posted the line-ups? 

Pictures no longer work on this here website. Guess it's the trade off for the constant errors we've been having recently.

[trousers]

3 minutes ago, Zorba said:

Why’s no-one posted the line-ups? 

Because the forum software isn't allowing uploads at the moment... I'm sure @stevegrant is on the case though...

[Sheaf Saint]

3 minutes ago, Zorba said:

Why’s no-one posted the line-ups? 

I assume Steve has had to disable all image attachments and video embedding to overcome the server performance problem that was causing all the 502 Bad Gateway errors recently.

[Baird of the land]

As I expected archer starts. Surprised to see fellows starting though.

[trousers]

7 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Southampton 0-1 Blackburn Rovers (Redmond 22 mins) 

Yep... May as well chuck that into the mix for good measure... 😉

[saint francis]

Peretz

Bree

Harwood-Bellis

Stephens (C)

Manning 

Charles 

Bragg

Fellows

Matsuki

Archer

Larin

Subs: Long, Wood, Welington, Downes, Jander, Robinson, Edozie, Scienza, Stewart

[a1ex2001]

7 minutes ago, Zorba said:

Why’s no-one posted the line-ups? 

Southampton XI

Daniel Peretz
James Bree
Taylor Harwood-Bellis
Jack Stephens
Ryan Manning
Cam Bragg
Shea Charles
Kuryu Matsuki
Tom Fellows
Cameron Archer
Cyle Larin

[Zorba]

Just now, saint francis said:

Peretz

Bree

Harwood-Bellis

Stephens (C)

Manning 

Charles 

Bragg

Fellows

Matsuki

Archer

Larin

Subs: Long, Wood, Welington, Downes, Jander, Robinson, Edozie, Scienza, Stewart

Cheers

[SaintsRoyalty]

Not Bragg, please no! We’ve suffered enough. 
 

Anyone else think Jelert and Quarsie are being treated pretty badly? Tonda likes to rotate and even garbage level dross like Archer gets a look in. Why not give those guys minutes? 

[Zorba]

Come on Cam. Tonight’s the night, lad!!

[LiberalCommunist]

Strong, but lacking goals. Lets see what happens. 

[sfc4prem]

Just now, Zorba said:

Come on Cam. Tonight’s the night, lad!!

I've got that same feeling.

Reckon he has just found his shooting boots down the back of his sofa... here we go!

[trousers]

4 minutes ago, SaintsRoyalty said:

Not Bragg, please no! We’ve suffered enough. 

Yay! I had 19:13 in the sweepstake.... Trousers is the winner!

Edited 3 hours ago by trousers

[Zorba]

3 minutes ago, Zorba said:

Come on Cam.

Ooh.. just re-read that.

[SNSUN]

Big decision tonight by Tonda. A Chance for Archer to actually contribute something. I worry with no Azaz we may be a bit disjointed up front. But it's a squad game and we have a relentless run of fixtures and this is probably the fixture to try it. Anything other than a win and 2nd is probably gone. However our recent good run means we're well in the play-off hunt so even a loss isn't the end of things today. Hoping for a win though. 

Up the Saints! 

 

[benjii]

Hell of a bench!

[swedish dave]

4 minutes ago, SaintsRoyalty said:

Not Bragg, please no! We’ve suffered enough. 
 

Anyone else think Jelert and Quarsie are being treated pretty badly? Tonda likes to rotate and even garbage level dross like Archer gets a look in. Why not give those guys minutes? 

until they change the rules, we can still only have 11 on the pitch, and only 5 of the 9 subs. 

seems like Tonda has TOO many good players to choose from. They will have to wait their chance.

 

[SaintsRoyalty]

3 minutes ago, trousers said:

I had 19:13 in the sweepstake.... Trousers is the winner!

Bingo!

Ive got a double my money bet on the time you post a pic of your ugly dog.

Fancy having a problem with someone else on a football forum having an opinion on a player.

[Saint NL]

1 minute ago, SaintsRoyalty said:

Ive got a double my money bet on the time you post a pic of your ugly dog.

Well you lost because the forum doesn't allow us to post pictures any more 😂

[a1ex2001]

10 minutes ago, SaintsRoyalty said:

Not Bragg, please no! We’ve suffered enough. 
 

Anyone else think Jelert and Quarsie are being treated pretty badly? Tonda likes to rotate and even garbage level dross like Archer gets a look in. Why not give those guys minutes? 

Bree has been a key component in the teams success since he returned Jelert isn’t getting a start unless it’s a dead rubber and he hardly rotates the centre backs so it’s not surprising Quarsie is struggling for game time as he has been bang average.

[Patches O Houlihan]

4 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

Big decision tonight by Tonda. A Chance for Archer to actually contribute something. I worry with no Azaz we may be a bit disjointed up front. But it's a squad game and we have a relentless run of fixtures and this is probably the fixture to try it. Anything other than a win and 2nd is probably gone. However our recent good run means we're well in the play-off hunt so even a loss isn't the end of things today. Hoping for a win though. 

Up the Saints! 

So will the front four look like:

                             Larin
                    Archer
Fellows                                        Matsuki

OR


                            Larin

Archer                Matsuki            Fellows


At least we have Leo and Edozie (and potentially Robinson) to bring on a half time if it isn't working.

[Zorba]

4 minutes ago, SaintsRoyalty said:

Bingo!

Ive got a double my money bet on the time you post a pic of your ugly dog.

Fancy having a problem with someone else on a football forum having an opinion on a player.

That’s a waste of money.. photos aren’t working on the site apparently.

 

* I’m so slow at typing!

Edited 2 hours ago by Zorba

[trousers]

3 minutes ago, SaintsRoyalty said:

Bingo!

Ive got a double my money bet on the time you post a pic of your ugly dog.

Fancy having a problem with someone else on a football forum having an opinion on a player.

Fancy

[Sheaf Saint]

4 minutes ago, SaintsRoyalty said:

Bingo!

Ive got a double my money bet on the time you post a pic of your ugly dog.

Fancy having a problem with someone else on a football forum having an opinion on a player.

What is it you're seeing in Bragg that nobody else does? I'm genuinely interested to know because he has really impressed me for such a young lad in a critical role recently. What is it about his game that you think is so lacking?

[Badger]

6 minutes ago, swedish dave said:

until they change the rules, we can still only have 11 on the pitch, and only 5 of the 9 subs. 

seems like Tonda has TOO many good players to choose from. They will have to wait their chance.

 

Yet Martin, and Still had TOO many crap and average ones to select from. Strange that. 

[trousers]

9 minutes ago, SaintsRoyalty said:

Ive got a double my money bet on the time you post a pic of your ugly dog.

 

7 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

Well you lost because the forum doesn't allow us to post pictures any more 😂

Nor do I own a dog or post photos of dogs... Apart from that... 😂

[Patches O Houlihan]

21 minutes ago, SaintsRoyalty said:

Not Bragg, please no! We’ve suffered enough. 
 

Anyone else think Jelert and Quarsie are being treated pretty badly? Tonda likes to rotate and even garbage level dross like Archer gets a look in. Why not give those guys minutes? 

 

5 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

What is it you're seeing in Bragg that nobody else does? I'm genuinely interested to know because he has really impressed me for such a young lad in a critical role recently. What is it about his game that you think is so lacking?

Bragg started in the win over Arsenal and nothing bad happened.
How much more do you want from a lad who had his debut this season; arriving by taxi from the U21 game and wearing a blank shirt?!!

Edited 2 hours ago by Patches O Houlihan

[Sheaf Saint]

1 minute ago, trousers said:

 

Nor do I own a dog or post photos of dogs... Apart from that... 😂

I think he's got you confused with Badgerx16. Bit harsh to call his dog ugly though. 

[Saint NL]

BBCs live coverage of tonights football is as follows:

1. Woman's world cup qualifier, England.

2. Champions league

3. Woman's world cup qualifier Wales

4. Woman's world cup qualifier Northern Ireland 

5. Woman's world cup qualifier Scotland 

6. League 1 and League 2.

 

No championship, wtf

 

[Saint Pete]

2 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

BBCs live coverage of tonights football is as follows:

1. Woman's world cup qualifier, England.

2. Champions league

3. Woman's world cup qualifier Wales

4. Woman's world cup qualifier Northern Ireland 

5. Woman's world cup qualifier Scotland 

6. League 1 and League 2.

 

No championship, wtf

 

Maybe just haven't started it yet as both games are 8pm kick off? 

[Colinjb]

Archer hat trick. You heard it here first.

[Lighthouse]

Well, since attaching images crashes the server, here are today’s lucky boobs:

 

(oYo)

 

You’re welcome.

[PerthshireSaint]

Just now, Colinjb said:

Archer hat trick. You heard it here first.

That is an entirely factual sentence 

[Zorba]

7 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

BBCs live coverage of tonights football is as follows:

1. Woman's world cup qualifier, England.

2. Champions league

3. Woman's world cup qualifier Wales

4. Woman's world cup qualifier Northern Ireland 

5. Woman's world cup qualifier Scotland 

6. League 1 and League 2.

 

No championship, wtf

 

Even worse, Skates are the main event on Sky.

[trousers]

12 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

I think he's got you confused with Badgerx16. Bit harsh to call his dog ugly though. 

Easy to get such things confused... A bit like decent players and crap players, I guess...

[PerthshireSaint]

53 years of conditioning says we are going to fk this. 

[Toadhall Saint]

14 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

I think he's got you confused with Badgerx16. Bit harsh to call his dog ugly though. 

He’s just confused full stop.

[SNSUN]

25 minutes ago, Zorba said:

That’s a waste of money.. photos aren’t working on the site apparently.

 

* I’m so slow at typing!

Nope they've been removed. Shame as I had a photo of a banging bird going in to St Mary's in a bikini that was in no way AI generated... 

[Dark Munster]

8 minutes ago, Colinjb said:

Archer hat trick. You heard it here first.

And probably last too.

On another note, if we fall behind we are in trouble because pictures of sexy nuns can't be uploaded. Fix this Grant, FFS.

[Miltonaggro]

Announcer just confirmed Ronnie Pickering is playing for Blackburn, so expect a tasty first 15! 

 

[Zorba]

Just now, Miltonaggro said:

Announcer just confirmed Ronnie Pickering is playing for Blackburn, so expect a tasty first 15! 

 

i don’t know who that is.

[ChrisPY]

1 minute ago, Miltonaggro said:

Announcer just confirmed Ronnie Pickering is playing for Blackburn, so expect a tasty first 15! 

 

Who?

[Sheaf Saint]

1 minute ago, Miltonaggro said:

Announcer just confirmed Ronnie Pickering is playing for Blackburn, so expect a tasty first 15! 

 

And I can't post GIFs or videos 😔 

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

53 minutes ago, trousers said:

Too much rotation or Tonda serving up yet more genius...? Time will tell...

 

In Tonda we trust.

The sooner we offload Archer the better, but playing off a striker like Larin could be his best chance at showing us he's got some talent. Vaguely recall against Norwich in the League Cup earlier in the season he did well working off Ross.