Saints vs Swansea - Tuesday 7:45pm

[sockeye]

Onto the next one, luckily we are at home this time against a strong Swansea side. We are lucky that the LND is not fit as they sit at the top of the table undefeated so far this season.

Need to see a response following the pathetic effort against Lincoln, and for these new guys (Dobbin, Mubama) in attack to start kicking on.

It would be great if we could give a Schlott-Abbott pairing a go for this game.

[saintant]

Think this will finish 0-0 followed by a loss at home to Brizzle City who usually seem to have our number.

[Turkish]

FFS you bunch of melts were playing Swansea and Bristol City! Both clubs in our catchment area and we are bigger than they could ever dream of being. Yeah I get it’s their cup final but 9/10 the small guy loses and Watford have already had the 1. Easy wins to the south coast Real Madrid 

[Harry_SFC]

Peretz, Bree, Abbott, Schlotterbeck, Manning, Downes, JWP, Scienza, Azaz, Fellows, Larin. 

I would give Abbott and Schlotterbeck a run of games now and hope they are able to form a solid partnership because I just don't trust Wood or Stephens. Especially the latter. 

[saintant]

53 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

Peretz, Bree, Abbott, Schlotterbeck, Manning, Downes, JWP, Scienza, Azaz, Fellows, Larin. 

I would give Abbott and Schlotterbeck a run of games now and hope they are able to form a solid partnership because I just don't trust Wood or Stephens. Especially the latter. 

Agree with this - there's not much to lose other than discovering he's worse than Stephens and Wood but at least we'll find out.

[Patrick Bateman]

Keep Stephens away from the team, tell Scienza to stop fucking falling over and run at his man, get Jander fit. Easy win ... 

[benjii]

7 hours ago, Harry_SFC said:

Peretz, Bree, Abbott, Schlotterbeck, Manning, Downes, JWP, Scienza, Azaz, Fellows, Larin. 

I would give Abbott and Schlotterbeck a run of games now and hope they are able to form a solid partnership because I just don't trust Wood or Stephens. Especially the latter. 

Agree with this, although Matsuki over Fellows.

[Baird of the land]

Hopefully after their strong start they’ll come onto us like Millwall, which will help us break them down despite our horribly limited midfield.

 

[BarberSaint]

6 hours ago, Patrick Bateman said:

Keep Stephens away from the team, tell Scienza to stop fucking falling over and run at his man, get Jander fit. Easy win ... 

Tongue in cheek, I hope.

If we're not at our best they'll beat us. 

And Jander - even if fit - will play his first game in months.

[Pilchards]

Around 60 minutes hook off Larin, Scienza, Downes and whoever else is playing really well as we need to save them for Bristol City.

According to the coaching team the next game is more important than the current one.

[Football Special]

10 minutes ago, Pilchards said:

Around 60 minutes hook off Larin, Scienza, Downes and whoever else is playing really well as we need to save them for Bristol City.

According to the coaching team the next game is more important than the current one.

That's accurate, especially as Bristol City have had their midweek game vs Lincoln postponed (Lincoln involved in Carabao cup) so our analysts will fear Bristol's fresher legs 

Snoop Dog's Swansea look very good so far, only 1 goal conceded in 5 league games , last seasons top scorer Vitopnik now back and available , from what ive seen they are opposite of Lincoln's style, good passing football on the floor so perhaps a better style for us to play against. 

Prediction: 0-0 

 

[Football Special]

P.S. are they still trying to sue us for poaching Russell Martin? 

[Toadhall Saint]

Draw at very best esp if we play like we did in the second half vs Lincoln.

[Obstacle1]

1 hour ago, Football Special said:

P.S. are they still trying to sue us for poaching Russell Martin? 

They dropped the case and now we're countersuing them for letting us have him

[beatlesaint]

1 hour ago, Pilchards said:

Around 60 minutes hook off Larin, Scienza, Downes and whoever else is playing really well as we need to save them for Bristol City.

According to the coaching team the next game is more important than the current one.

Unfortunately this is the trap that Tonda has fallen into, he's not the only manager to do it, but they hide behind "data" saying Player A was getting fatigued etc. 

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

17 minutes ago, beatlesaint said:

Unfortunately this is the trap that Tonda has fallen into, he's not the only manager to do it, but they hide behind "data" saying Player A was getting fatigued etc. 

Training and physical conditioning needs to improve then you'd have thought.

Maybe something is lacking at club level for this.

[beatlesaint]

Just as an aside anyone coming from the west of Southampton remember the main A31 through the New Forest is closed overnight so its a lovely trip through Lyndhurst and Christchurch on the way home !

Edited 20 hours ago by beatlesaint

[Football Special]

33 minutes ago, beatlesaint said:

Just as an aside anyone coming from the west of Southampton remember the main A31 through the New Forest is closed overnight so its a lovely trip through Lymington and Christchurch on the way home !

Do you mean Lyndhurst and Christchurch? Won't be too bad on a35 that time of night, a mate of mine drives from Dorset and planning to park at Brockenhurst and get train in which also seems a good option 

[Pamplemousse]

We seem to be quite good at home (in the league) so I'll go for a routine 3-1 victory

[beatlesaint]

52 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Do you mean Lyndhurst and Christchurch? Won't be too bad on a35 that time of night, a mate of mine drives from Dorset and planning to park at Brockenhurst and get train in which also seems a good option 

I do yes, old age moment, i'll change it 🙂

 

[die Mannyschaft]

Draw 1-1. Based on last two games, think tactics will revert to sit back as much as possible and wast as much time holding the ball. Larin to score. 

[SouthWalesSaints]

Good ticket sales, only 1000-1500 left. 
 

Need a top atmosphere and hopefully a good home week of 6 points puts us right in the mix. 
 

Watching wolves struggle at Birmingham has cheered me up, no one other than West Ham are ahead of us in terms of quality. 
 

Hope TE can get us going. 

[Badger]

31 minutes ago, SouthWalesSaints said:

Good ticket sales, only 1000-1500 left. 
 

Need a top atmosphere and hopefully a good home week of 6 points puts us right in the mix. 
 

Watching wolves struggle at Birmingham has cheered me up, no one other than West Ham are ahead of us in terms of quality. 
 

Hope TE can get us going. 

Sorry to say it, and it won’t be popular, but I reckon Middlesbrough are up there this season. Appear to have made some good signings.

But previous years they’ve started well and faltered. Can only hope. 

[Jack]

1 hour ago, SouthWalesSaints said:

Watching wolves struggle at Birmingham has cheered me up, no one other than West Ham are ahead of us in terms of quality. 
 

When did you see this quality you’re talking about? We lost to Watford who haven’t won since, edged past Stoke and were outplayed by Birmingham and Lincoln. We looked good against Millwall but they also got pumped at home by Wrexham in the next game. I think we’ve been incredibly average, the likes of Swansea and Boro look far far more convincing 

[Football Special]

1 hour ago, SouthWalesSaints said:

Good ticket sales, only 1000-1500 left. 
 

Need a top atmosphere and hopefully a good home week of 6 points puts us right in the mix. 
 

Watching wolves struggle at Birmingham has cheered me up, no one other than West Ham are ahead of us in terms of quality. 
 

Hope TE can get us going. 

Really good sales helped by more sensible pricing, I decided to take the kids as more affordable 

Swansea have sold just over 700 apparently which is pretty good for them midweek 

 

Edited 16 hours ago by Football Special

[RedWillie]

43 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Really good sales helped by more sensible pricing, I decided to take the kids as more affordable 

Swansea have sold just over 700 apparently which is pretty good for them midweek 

 

Yep,was persuaded this time by cheap tickets.  Definitely one I would have listened to at home before the offer.

[Toussaint]

Interesting game this one, Swansea looked really good against us at their place last season, very dangerous. We win and we will be somewhat placated regarding the stuttering start to the season, anything less and the natives will be asking question and getting a bit restless. 

[Willo of Whiteley]

0-0 written all over this followed by a weekend defeat to Bristol City.

[benjii]

Win these 2 home games and we will have earned 14 points from 7 games, which is a good start in anyone's book. 

 

So let's be positive.

[sfc4prem]

4-1 to the Saints.

[trousers]

52 minutes ago, benjii said:

Win these 2 home games and we will have earned 14 points from 7 games, which is a good start in anyone's book. 

 

So let's be positive.

I've seen a slight flaw in your positivity...

[Scummer]

11 minutes ago, trousers said:

I've seen a slight flaw in your positivity...

We've won 7/8 (win against Boro in the playoffs but level after 90 minutes) of our last 10 matches at home, and haven't lost in our last 11.

[Wade Garrett]

Eckert needs to up his game.  Stop worrying about upsetting players - play your best team and if any whinging cunts come knocking your door tell them to do their talking on the pitch.

Team need to up the energy levels.  We were slow and ponderous yesterday and lots of square passing was down to a lack of movement.

Fuckers need a rocket up their arse.   

[trousers]

4 minutes ago, Scummer said:

We've won 7/8 (win against Boro in the playoffs but level after 90 minutes) of our last 10 matches at home, and haven't lost in our last 11.

Fair point... I'm whipping my life savings out of my account as we speak to put it all on 'home win'...

 

[AlexLaw76]

Draw. 2-2

[Willo of Whiteley]

He’ll get to half time and then start thinking about the subs ahead of the next one, regardless of the score.

[AlexLaw76]

What ever striker starts will be subbed at 60-or-so mins

Dobbin and Edozie to come on... Maybe Wood/Stephens

[Football Special]

18 minutes ago, trousers said:

Fair point... I'm whipping my life savings out of my account as we speak to put it all on 'home win'...

 

No home league defeats since January...... so we must be due one! 

That said its usually Bristol City who like to end our runs so that could be them on Saturday 

[SouthWalesSaints]

5 hours ago, Football Special said:

Really good sales helped by more sensible pricing, I decided to take the kids as more affordable 

Swansea have sold just over 700 apparently which is pretty good for them midweek 

 

If that’s true about Swansea that’s appalling. Top of the league, and one of the better trips for them. I’m only 10 mins closer and I do it 23 times per season.  The Welsh clubs do have poor support. 

[die Mannyschaft]

We had more than that at Birmingham. 

[Football Special]

2 hours ago, SouthWalesSaints said:

If that’s true about Swansea that’s appalling. Top of the league, and one of the better trips for them. I’m only 10 mins closer and I do it 23 times per season.  The Welsh clubs do have poor support. 

They reckon 800 now but that might be pushing it, certainly will be at least 2000+ empty seats in that away corner.  

They brought some small followings in recent years, like that fa cup game that was moved to a Sunday evening for bbc Wales 

Still be a decent atmosphere hopefully 

Some thoughts from the opposition- https://www.jackarmyforum.com/d/904-the-match-thread-saints-v-swans-745pm-tues-8th-sept-26-efl-ch/29

[Cuddles]

3 hours ago, Football Special said:

No home league defeats since January...... so we must be due one! 

That said its usually Bristol City who like to end our runs so that could be them on Saturday 

Ah crap, not Bristol City again 🤦‍♂️

[Saint Fan CaM]

Hoping Tonda gets shot of the brain fog and organises his game plan MUCH better for this one - I’ve got my Son and I tickets for his birthday and I don’t want him remembering it for all the wrong reasons! It’s going to be a tough one - they’re where they are for a good reason. If we’re lucky… 2-2.

[Saint_clark]

12 hours ago, Jack said:

When did you see this quality you’re talking about? We lost to Watford who haven’t won since, edged past Stoke and were outplayed by Birmingham and Lincoln. We looked good against Millwall but they also got pumped at home by Wrexham in the next game. I think we’ve been incredibly average, the likes of Swansea and Boro look far far more convincing 

We're 5 games in mate. Without the minus four we're only 3 points behind Swansea.

We also weren't outplayed by Birmingham and Lincoln, they were fairly even games as shown by the results.

Millwalls loss to Wrexham was a symptom of them getting destroyed by us - if you look at their lineup, they changed their formation to a 5 at the back after we beat them and it obviously didn't work. They switched back to their usual formation the game after and demolished Bolton.

 

What we aren't doing, and we need to start, is using Mubama the way we were using Stewart last season. Starting Larin every game and hooking him as he gets fatigued earlier and earlier isn't going to work. We need to trust Mubama to start every other game, or at least every third game.

[StrangelyBrown]

4 hours ago, Saint_clark said:

We're 5 games in mate. Without the minus four we're only 3 points behind Swansea.

We also weren't outplayed by Birmingham and Lincoln, they were fairly even games as shown by the results.

Millwalls loss to Wrexham was a symptom of them getting destroyed by us - if you look at their lineup, they changed their formation to a 5 at the back after we beat them and it obviously didn't work. They switched back to their usual formation the game after and demolished Bolton.

 

What we aren't doing, and we need to start, is using Mubama the way we were using Stewart last season. Starting Larin every game and hooking him as he gets fatigued earlier and earlier isn't going to work. We need to trust Mubama to start every other game, or at least every third game.

Why would we trust mubama? He's shown nothing to suggest he fits into the system, plus he doesn't look like he's arsed. It is a mighty cock up by recruitment that will likely cost us autos.