Saints vs West Ham - CC - 1945 25th August

[Baird of the land]

Assuming this is going to be an opportunity to rotate heavily and give squad players match minutes.

We may have to start Wood/Downes due to lack of options though.

[SouthWalesSaints]

1 hour ago, Saint Garrett said:

It is, but I'm kind of glad ppl aren't paying the money the club want. 
Idiotic pricing and ppl will stay away.

I don't see it as idiotic.  Everything has gone up with inflation and i cant ever remember footie tickets being less than £25. Even for cup games. 

[for_heaven's_Saint]

Struggling to find out whether this is actually on Sky or not. Some places list it as being on Sky+ but I can’t see any mention of it on the actual Sky website. Anyone seen anything?

[Oh no Mick Mills]

12 hours ago, SouthWalesSaints said:

Horrific. Genuinely horrific. 

Maybe they should have charged 15 quid and a 5er for kids.

5/10k more fans would have gone.

Parents can then afford to take their Kids to their first match and possibly becoming lifetime supporters.

More food , drinks, shop merchandise sold. 

Better atmosphere for the players.  

[EssEffCee]

2 hours ago, Saint Garrett said:

It is, but I'm kind of glad ppl aren't paying the money the club want. 
Idiotic pricing and ppl will stay away.

Yeah the club will get the attendance they deserve. Ridiculous pricing.

[EssEffCee]

7 minutes ago, for_heaven's_Saint said:

Struggling to find out whether this is actually on Sky or not. Some places list it as being on Sky+ but I can’t see any mention of it on the actual Sky website. Anyone seen anything?

Think every league cup game is now.

[M271]

7 minutes ago, for_heaven's_Saint said:

Struggling to find out whether this is actually on Sky or not. Some places list it as being on Sky+ but I can’t see any mention of it on the actual Sky website. Anyone seen anything?

Yes it’s on Sky sports+

https://www.live-footballontv.com/#2026Aug25

[Lee On Solent Saint]

15 minutes ago, EssEffCee said:

Yeah the club will get the attendance they deserve. Ridiculous pricing.

Totally agree. Club are lucky that they have sold as many as they have. Would have been nice if they had used this game to acknowledge the shit show from last season. 

[Saint86]

Based on the press conference (and concerns over minutes), it sounds like we'll see a very rotated side for this one.

Mubama over Larin.

Wellington over Manning.

Dobbin over Azaz.

Suspect Quarshie may get some minutes over Wood (if not starting then second half sub).

Fancy Romeo and Bragg to get starts as well.

And ofc, Long in goal over Peretz.

Don't get me wrong, we have a good squad and the way Eckert sets his team up and coaches the players we at least know that they'll know their jobs and play together well, but i fear west ham may go with a very strong side to try and recover some momentum.

Personally i would want the win in this - builds are confidence up ahead of Millwall, and potentially upsets the start of West Ham's season just a little bit more.

Edited 52 minutes ago by Saint86

[Saint86]

1 hour ago, M271 said:

Yes it’s on Sky sports+

https://www.live-footballontv.com/#2026Aug25

Can that be watched on Now TV?

[2Morrow]

 

6 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Based on the press conference (and concerns over minutes), it sounds like we'll see a very rotated side for this one.

Mubama over Larin.

Wellington over Manning.

Dobbin over Azaz.

Suspect Quarshie may get some minutes over Wood (if not starting then second half sub).

Fancy Romeo and Bragg to get starts as well.

And ofc, Long in goal over Peretz.

Don't get me wrong, we have a good squad and the way Eckert sets his team up and coaches the players we at least know that they'll know their jobs and play together well, but i fear west ham may go with a very strong side to try and recover some momentum.

Personally i would want the win in this - builds are confidence up ahead of Millwall, and potentially upsets the start of West Ham's season just a little bit more.

We expecting:

Long

Roerslav Quarshie Stephens Welington

Bragg Downes

Akachukwu (Archer) Dobbin Edozie

Mubama

Edited 46 minutes ago by 2Morrow
Double paste

[goneawol]

50 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Can that be watched on Now TV?

Yes