Saints 2-1 (aet) Boro - Match Thread

[benjii]

Again, there, Leo way up front.

Why are we fannying around instead of doing the usual?

[obelisk]

Stewart terrible miss.

[vectraman]

Keep giving the ball away 😬.

Jander and Charles not in the game at all. 

[Suhari]

Big, big chance LND.

Terrific break.

[trousers]

More difficult for Stewart to miss that FFS

[Southner]

Great chance! 

[St Chalet]

LND so close

[Saint NL]

Oh Stewart, has to score

[Colinjb]

Too much on that. Great cross Manning. Fucks sake Stewart.

[Lighthouse]

Garlic bread!

[Viking Saint]

Dammit, should be level

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Oh, I had that counted. What a chance!

[Willo of Whiteley]

Larin and Downes both should’ve started.

Stewart and Charles are both better when coming on as a sub.

[trousers]

Dirty cheating northerners

[Saint NL]

Early yellow for them

[stknowle]

2 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

That's why Manning didn't deserve POTS. For all his recent improvement, he's still an awful defender.

Bang on. Followed up failing to get out to the cross with a classic Manning back off non-engagement against Whitaker

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Shows we can get in behind them.

[Suhari]

Better.

[John Boy Saint]

1 minute ago, Lighthouse said:

Garlic bread!

It’s the future

[coalman]

Much better.

[St Chalet]

Coming back into this now. 

[Suhari]

We seem to be looking for the channels early.

[Saint86]

Could be a case of Boro have scored too early here. It's given us a kick up the backside a least.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Good work from Bree. Needed bodies to be on the end of his cross, and Matsuki took the next header off him.

[Saint_clark]

Why the fuck does Jander turn back there? He's sometimes far too afraid of facing the opposition goal.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

I thought Jander could have shot, rather than look for the pass.

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Commentator obviously doesn’t know who Phil Campion is!

[Colinjb]

Boro have done what they needed to, now for us to break them down whilst they sit deep.

[Saint NL]

Scienza having a mare so far

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Saint NL said:

Scienza having a mare so far

Can't remember his last good game.

[Willo of Whiteley]

1 minute ago, Saint NL said:

Scienza having a mare so far

He’s been crap for months, Arsenal excluded 

[Colinjb]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

Can't remember his last good game.

Not being given the space he enjoys running into.

[Mr X]

Better possession no end product 

[PerthshireSaint]

I had no idea that Scienza was, until recently, playing in the fifth tear of Swedish football. Why oh why don’t more commentators mention this ?

[SNSUN]

2 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

Scienza having a mare so far

 

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

Can't remember his last good game.

 

Just now, Willo of Whiteley said:

He’s been crap for months, Arsenal excluded 

Well done lads. Keep that up.

Leo is shit. Shit I tells ya.

[DrSuess1979]

Just now, PerthshireSaint said:

I had no idea that Scienza was, until recently, playing in the fifth tear of Swedish football. Why oh why don’t more commentators mention this ?

Don’t forget that’s where Hellberg managed too

 

[Gary R76]

1 minute ago, Colinjb said:

Not being given the space he enjoys running into.

He should be makiing his own space , at least edozie runs at defenders

 

[Saint Scott]

Absolutely no width ahead of bree with Azaz and matsuki drifting in field

[Big M]

I'm utterly bemused as to why Downes hasn't started. We are giving them so much space, and Charles needs a rocket up his arse. 

[Sheaf Saint]

Whittaker falls over and blocks off Matsuki - FK to Boro 🫤

[Saint NL]

Giving away a lot of cheap fouls at the minute

[AlexLaw76]

Have to say, Boro have defended really well so far

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Lots of possession, as 'boro are happy to concede it. But we're not creating anything with it. No quickness to the play.

[Mr X]

We would have known to come out the traps with more intensity surely after Saturday? Conceding so soon with crap defending seems like we learnt nothing... I know long way to go but we just look not at the races again 

[saint michael]

Who is this co commentator he is driving me up the wall is it Hinchcliffe

[BotleySaint]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

Have to say, Boro have defended really well so far

They've been the superior side. Really solid and a threat. We need to keep working hard.. but I fear we dont have enough left after the burst needed just to get into playoffs.

[obelisk]

Their runners being left to do as they please. Not quite as bad as Saturday but we're not stringing anything together much in attack at all.

[Scoobysaint]

We’re just watching players run into space in the box. The responsibility of defending is too much for Charles. 

[Edmonton Saint]

Middlesbrough have two passes and are causing us problems, we have 30 and are going nowhere 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Well held by Peretz. They were waiting to pounce.