Birmingham 1-1 Saints - Match Thread

[adrian lord]

Not the end of the world that result.
 

[tdmickey3]

Awful 2nd half 

[saint michael]

We are standing off them 

[Saint86]

St Andrews under the lights vs a very tough and ugly Birmingham side. I think thats a solid point all in all. Especially given we're missing Jander, have had THB just taken out of the side with a new CB starting, and have JWP settling in.

Onwards and upwards.

[Disco Stu]

Got to respect the away point.

[Saint NL]

Would have taken a draw at the start so can't be disappointed.

 

[CB Fry]

Felt like a 1-1 all day.

[AlexLaw76]

fair result that. They defended very well and missed a couple of good chances

[Hawkswood]

Tbh, wouldve taken a draw before kick off. Hard away game normally and they were defensively pretty solid. Plus a lot of players had an off day. One of those things and not the end of the world.

[Osvaldorama]

Take a point tbf. 
 

Still growing into this season. 
 

We didn’t really turn it on tonight but still looked pretty decent, I thought. Lots of room to improve, and I know we can. 

[Baird of the land]

fair point in the end.
Our midfield is just so limited. 

[saint michael]

Frustrating game but good point 

[sadoldgit]

Draw a fair result but Larin seems to have left his shooting boots at home. Our new CH seems to have a Captain Jack Brian fart in him but scored a cracking goal. We need to do better.

[Colinjb]

A useful away point.

[LGTL]

Decent point if we beat Lincoln. 

JWP is far better than Bragg and should be starting if we’re without Jander

We’re going to regret not getting another striker in.

Kevan is going to be fun. In one way or another. 

[trousers]

Take Lincoln apart on Saturday and it'll  be a decent return from the two games this week 

[hypochondriac]

This game has highlighted some of the concerns about our squad now. Previously we had the x factor of either Stewart or Larin from the bench along with Charles. If we're bringing on the likes of Dobbin and Mubama at the moment it's simply making us weaker. I hope they come good but Dobbin and Mubama are not anywhere near the level of the players they are replacing at the moment. 

Still a point away to brimingham isn't a bad result. Have to win Saturday now and it's a good start.

[Tanlee]

Thoughts on Mubama?  

Don't think I would want larin to get injured or suspended are mine 

[Saint NL]

Now to open the transfer thread and see which striker we've signed.....

[Harry_SFC]

Lack of genuine options off the bench very noticeable. It's what we are gonna have to go with though. 

[Sheaf Saint]

Could have won it, but also rode our luck in defence at times so can't say we deserved to. A scrappy game with both teams looking very sloppy late on, so a draw is a fair result. 

[Saint NL]

Just now, Tanlee said:

Thoughts on Mubama?  

Don't think I would want larin to get injured or suspended are mine 

Hard to say because he hasn't really done anything. Same as Dobbin.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Not the worst result. Subs didn't really contribute much. Overall probably a fair result.

[Mr X]

A decent point all said and done.... Have we had any clean sheets this season? 

[Saint Fan CaM]

A fair result but we’re lacking in quality up top - Larin looked tired today and Mubama is not good enough to press him for a starting slot. Think this is going to undo us until the January window possibly..

[Mboto Gorge]

Disappointing to give up the lead but overall we didn’t deserve to win, we also didn’t deserve to lose in my opinion so will take a point there. They’re usually a strong side at home so can’t complain 

[Disco Stu]

1 minute ago, Tanlee said:

Thoughts on Mubama?  

Don't think I would want larin to get injured or suspended are mine 

My opinion hasn't changed on Mubama. Can't hold the ball up. Didn't win any headers against their centre halfs today. Not the right profile for what we need.

[hypochondriac]

Worth pointing out that accepting that some people still have to play, without the minus 4 we would be third.

[Wade Garrett]

Average performance but a decent point.

JWP has to start games, Matsuki looked dangerous as well.  Big Kev has to cut out the brain farts.

Larin looked absolutely fucked tonight.
 

[Swaythling Saint]

Would have taken a draw before the game so cant be too disappointed, - have to get all 3 at Lincoln at the weekend

[ecuk268]

Pretty mediocre game but we're now above the Skates

[SaintBobby]

Bit lucky there.

If Scienza, Azaz and Larin all play well, we are brilliant. But Leo & Cyle weren’t at it tonight.
 

Props to Flynn Downes. Excellent. MotM.

 

[macca155]

Take that, we weren't at our best, and to be fair to Birmingham I thought they played well. Their full back owned Scienza tonight. Didn't lose that's important.

Positives for me were another solid game from Wood. He is what he is, but you need a no nonsense defender in the Championship. 

Matsuki looked lively when he came on, and it was good to see JWP getting into the groove.

Up front there just doesn't seem to be another option to Larin. Guess we'll have to wait until January now.

Onto the next game.

[BotleySaint]

On reflection tonight was a great result. They look an excellent side and really worked us. But we also had our chances. A point away is decent.

[Dan Johnson]

Pretty even game, had the chances to win it, Larin had an off night in front of goal, spurned 2 good opportunities.

 

Mubama was very poor when he came on, offered nothing, seemed to be positionally poor, and lacked physical presence. 

 

Schlotterbeck not as solid as he looked on Saturday, a few nervy moments. Wood looked the more composed CB tonight.

 

Birmingham worked very hard, thought we’d nick it after 75 minutes but the game fizzled out.

 

It’s a solid point against tricky opposition but a come down after the weekend

[LGTL]

Frustrating that we’ve paid £9m to just buy another copy of Cameron Archer, who we paid £18m for and have just loaned out. Really weird recruitment that one. 

[Polaroid Saint]

Away at one of the four or five pre-season contenders for automatic places (IMHO) is okay at this point in the season. 

We were pretty ugly at times, but this is the sort of away point that means we will be one of the (16? 18? lol) teams in the play-offs places after 46 games. More importantly it suggests that (once the dusts settles, post-Tonda ban, etc ) we will have the opportunity to push for those automatic spots/have momentum for the play off circus.

Would prefer 3 poiints, obvs, but not unhappy with that result/performance either. 

[Lighthouse]

Win your home games, draw your aways and you get promoted. Can’t moan about a point on the road.

[whelk]

Still not showing that Larin first half chance on highlights 

[tdmickey3]

Very disappointed in the performance, sluggish all round. 

Fair result but we should be winning it tbh.

They are very one dimensional, long ball and smack it in the box from anywhere. 

We just played so little football and we're sloppy 

[sfc4prem]

Tricky game, that. Decent result.

[whelk]

Just now, Lighthouse said:

Win your home games, draw your aways and you get promoted. Can’t moan about a point on the road.

I’ll fucking moan about a point at Lincoln

[StrangelyBrown]

Not the worst point in the world, but a few too many poor performances.

Leo and Azaz both looked off it. Manning had a game to forget. Bree wasn't great either. Peretz was a bit dodgy. Mubama really isn't very good and Dobbin looks bobbins.

[Patrick Bateman]

A very "Championship" match. In the end a point is a good one away to a decent side, but we do still need a couple of players in this team.  Jander will be like a new signing though I guess.

[sfc4prem]

1 minute ago, Dan Johnson said:

 

Pretty even game, had the chances to win it, Larin had an off night in front of goal, spurned 2 good opportunities.

 

Mubama was very poor when he came on, offered nothing, seemed to be positionally poor, and lacked physical presence. 

 

Schlotterbeck not as solid as he looked on Saturday, a few nervy moments. Wood looked the more composed CB tonight.

 

Birmingham worked very hard, thought we’d nick it after 75 minutes but the game fizzled out.

 

It’s a solid point against tricky opposition but a come down after the weekend

Agreed with this summary

[Zorba]

Disappointing.

We didn’t get going.

Azaz had an off day.

SchlotterJack makes me nervous.

A point is a point.

On to Lincoln. Only 3 points will do.

[saintant]

Decent point in the end from one of the tougher away fixtures of the season so happy with that if not the overall performance. Their fullback played Leo very well which negated one of our key attacking outlets. Liked Matsuki's contribution and think he should start ahead of Fellows at the moment.

Schlotterbeck scored a great goal but he did give me some causes for concerns with a couple of basic errors which he needs to cut out pretty sharpish. Not Peretz's best game either - he flapped at a couple of crosses and his distribution was off tonight. Thought Wood had a decent game.

We need Jander back in midfield sooner rather than later so hope he's going to be fit for a game in near future.

[Jimmy_D]

Slightly disappointing but a real 'could have gone either way' game.

At least we're above Pompey!

[Challenger]

6 minutes ago, Mr X said:

A decent point all said and done.... Have we had any clean sheets this season? 

I'm sure the vast majority of clean sheets we seem to have are 0-0,s in recent seasons.

[OneMrsWallace]

After smashing Millwall I was hoping for more but a point is ok. Without the four point deduction we would be 7th tonight I think, so we're doing ok. Need to win on Saturday though, no excuses.