Saints vs Swansea - Tuesday 7:45pm

[saintant]

16 minutes ago, austsaint said:

As Baird of the Land suggests though, if it’s a midfield three of JWP, Bragg and Downes, essentially you’ve got a recycling midfield and just one running player in Scienza.   The balance looks wrong.

They'll play 433 so a strong midfield which we will need to match. As you say, our problem is that we are top heavy with ball recyclers and short of players who will drive the team forward. I'd prefer Downes as the anchor with two more offensive midfielders but we just don't have the personnel for that and hence I think we're in for some games where we get bogged down and the fans become frustrated. Our midfield options are inbalanced for me.

[Suhari]

18 minutes ago, saintant said:

They'll play 433 so a strong midfield which we will need to match. As you say, our problem is that we are top heavy with ball recyclers and short of players who will drive the team forward. I'd prefer Downes as the anchor with two more offensive midfielders but we just don't have the personnel for that and hence I think we're in for some games where we get bogged down and the fans become frustrated. Our midfield options are inbalanced for me.

How about, and go with me on this.... we try someone like Stephens in midfield?

[skintsaint]

1 hour ago, Suhari said:

we try someone like Stephens in midfield?

He would be like a Makalele/Pirlo hybrid...pinging the ball around and just dominating midfield for 90 minutes. Not sure why this hasn't been mentioned before.

[macca155]

1 hour ago, Suhari said:

How about, and go with me on this.... we try someone like Stephens in midfield?

That's been tried, I was a big advocate at the time...... it was a disaster, a useful reminder that you need pace, sound judgement, and quick feet to play in midfield. As I remember Jack was bypassed with ease.

I hope we see Bragg, JWP, and Downes starting today. Be good to see the midfield controlled. Forwards will have to work hard though.

[Charlie Wayman]

Same team as last match

 

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[CSA96]

[23rdSaint]

11 minutes ago, Charlie Wayman said:

Same team as last match

 

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Yep. Apart from Wood, Fellows and Manning. 

[trousers]

[Saint_clark]

Just now, 23rdSaint said:

Yep. Apart from Wood, Fellows and Manning. 

So not even close. 

Wood has been better than people give him credit for, him and Schlott should be our first choice pairing unless Abbott looks incredible in training or the odd rotation appearance. 

[trousers]

Surprised they're allowed to wear a striped shirt with red in it...?

[Saintinnot]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

So not even close. 

Wood has been better than people give him credit for, him and Schlott should be our first choice pairing unless Abbott looks incredible in training or the odd rotation appearance. 

Wood is absolutely awful - no where near the standard required - cost us 2 points on Saturday and will no doubt cost us tonight 

[CSA96]

1 minute ago, trousers said:

Swansea playing in red and blue stripes against us tonight? That'll be fun

[LiberalCommunist]

Need to get a tune out of Fellows tonight. Can't afford the brain farts against this lot. 

[hypochondriac]

4 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

So not even close. 

Wood has been better than people give him credit for, him and Schlott should be our first choice pairing unless Abbott looks incredible in training or the odd rotation appearance. 

Let's be honest we have no idea how good this Abbott bloke is.

[Winnersaint]

22 hours ago, Maury Dyer said:

Sorry to go back this. Can somebody help me.

met a bloke who was linesman, often ran the line at the Dell in Lauries time, 1970s.

who was the Hungarian player in the first team back then. ?

the great Ivan Golac and keeper Katalinic were from then Yugoslavia if that’s who you’re thinking of.

[saintant]

6 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

Swansea playing in red and blue stripes against us tonight? That'll be fun

Surely they play in all white don't they?

[CSA96]

2 minutes ago, saintant said:

Surely they play in all white don't they?

Not according to their team graphic 

[saintant]

Just now, CSA96 said:

Not according to their team graphic 

Would be ridiculous if they wear that kit considering there is no clash with their all white strip.

[suewhistle]

Could be worse.

They could be playing Palace.

[SNSUN]

19 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

Probably the strongest line up bar Jander. Fellows over Matuski is probably a case of 6 of one and half a dozen of the other but other than that, strongest team. 

If that first XI have aspirations of promotion, they frankly need to show it. Starting tonight. 

[Suhari]

5 minutes ago, saintant said:

Surely they play in all white don't they?

Only at the back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(All white at the back. Geddit?)

[Turkish]

22 minutes ago, trousers said:

WHO WHO WHO WHO WHO

 

you know where you are you know where you are, in our catchment area you know where you are 

[Nordic Saint]

17 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Let's be honest we have no idea how good this Abbott bloke is.

That could have been the conclusion of our recruitment team. I wonder if they said the same about Mubama?

[saintstowin]

I hope Alan Curtis celebrates when he gets the winner for us tonight, I hate it when players don't celebrate against former clubs.

[CSA96]

Panic over, they're in all black

 

[Paul_B]

Are we going to be any less shite than the weekend?

No....Vipotnik is going to bum us isn't he.

[saintant]

1 minute ago, Paul_B said:

Are we going to be any less shite than the weekend?

No....Vipotnik is going to bum us isn't he.

Maybe but he didn't last season.

[sfc4prem]

10 minutes ago, Paul_B said:

Are we going to be any less shite than the weekend?

No....Vipotnik is going to bum us isn't he.

Or maybe, just maybe... we'll turn up and give them a fucking good game.

[Saint_clark]

45 minutes ago, Saintinnot said:

Wood is absolutely awful - no where near the standard required - cost us 2 points on Saturday and will no doubt cost us tonight 

No, Eckert cost us 2 points by bringing him on as an extra CB and causing chaos in the shape/formation.

[obelisk]

Haven't seen a Saints win so far. Is this game on telly?

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Sorry all. At the game for this one. That’s can only be bad news for us sadly. 

[Dark Munster]

1 minute ago, Behind Enemy Lines said:

Sorry all. At the game for this one. That’s can only be bad news for us sadly. 

Cheers, at least we know who to blame. 👍

[sfc4prem]

4 minutes ago, Behind Enemy Lines said:

Sorry all. At the game for this one. That’s can only be bad news for us sadly. 

Why would you do that? You had to go and ruin it for us all 😅

[sadoldgit]

2 minutes ago, Dark Munster said:

Cheers, at least we know who to blame. 👍

As opposed to JWP passing sideways.

[captainchris]

2 hours ago, saintant said:

They'll play 433 so a strong midfield which we will need to match. As you say, our problem is that we are top heavy with ball recyclers and short of players who will drive the team forward. I'd prefer Downes as the anchor with two more offensive midfielders but we just don't have the personnel for that and hence I think we're in for some games where we get bogged down and the fans become frustrated. Our midfield options are inbalanced for me.

There is another fundamental issue which is we have stopped hunting the ball back in packs and other teams are doing to us…We are doing a lot of standing and watching which is so much less effective than last season when we were playing well.

[saintant]

Just now, captainchris said:

There is another fundamental issue which is we have stopped hunting the ball back in packs and other teams are doing to us…We are doing a lot of standing and watching which is so much less effective than last season when we were playing well.

Very good point.

[Hawkswood]

4 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

As opposed to JWP passing sideways.

🫣 🫣🫣too soon, too soon 

 

You dont know what youre going to set off 😉

[Colinjb]

13 minutes ago, obelisk said:

Haven't seen a Saints win so far. Is this game on telly?

On Sky Sports +

[Saint NL]

12 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

As opposed to JWP passing sideways.

bUT hE GoT aN asSisT

[Saint NL]

The ref has a fresh trim for the game at least 

[obelisk]

Swansea looking to nick the ball high up the pitch as expected.

[kjurwi]

Do not agree with the starting eleven. Would have picked Wellington over Manning and Mazuki over Fellows. 

 

Can only mean we win.

[Saint NL]

Looks like a fair few empty seats

[Saint NL]

Peretz kicking has been really erratic this season and doesn't look like it's any better tonight 👀