Wrexham vs Saints - Saturday 3pm

[Monkeyboy]

Hopefully the West Ham game means they’re going to be told to get after us and press. We’ve already shown this season we can beat a press and are pretty lethal when we get beyond it. 

[Matthew Le God]

5 minutes ago, JohnnyShearer2.0 said:

Ok mate. Can you define what a short spell is versus a tactical switch?

Does Matsuki drifting into a number 10 position to score his goal mean he also made a tactical switch to play as a false 9 type role?

So technically he was playing as an inside forward no?

No, Matsuki was playing in central midfield, not as a number 10 or a false 9 from the 69th minute onwards after Scienza went off. Ward-Prowse went wide left, Matsuki in the Ward-Prowse central role.

[Patches O Houlihan]

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Edited 20 hours ago by Patches O Houlihan
can't be arsed

[TheAlehouseBrawlers]

I know Wade G's gonna deliver his scathing verdict on the Taffs at some point but had a little scoot over their forum, they're not generally overly confident about this game and at least one of them is talking sense...

"Banning orders for anyone who brings binoculars or dresses as a shrub for 'bantz”

[LeG]

Phil Parkinson will take one look at what Lincoln did and try to emulate...so expect direct high balls into the box. Only they won't be as good, we will be expecting it, and we will win 4-1

[Football Special]

7 hours ago, Sheaf Saint said:

We struggled against him last year when we had JS and Edwards at CB.

Something tells me he won't be quite such a handful for Schlott and Wood.

Lets just put that down as TBC for now 

[benjii]

17 hours ago, TheAlehouseBrawlers said:

I'd certainly recommend a Chester weekender, I've done it for North West games, great if it ties in with the races which you can even watch from the higher roadside!

Hi Will!

[TheAlehouseBrawlers]

3 hours ago, benjii said:

Hi Will!

Hi Benjamin

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

Anyone know the status of Digital tickets. Nothing in the app yet...

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

On 13/09/2026 at 10:15, LegalEagle said:

5 of our 7 games so far have been against teams currently sitting in the top half. From a cursory check we’ve had the hardest start out of any of our main competitors i.e. West Ham, Boro, Wolves etc. Yet without the points deduction we’d be sitting second. It all bodes well. Now need a win on the road.

Different ways of looking at it. We've also only played one of the top seven and not yet come up against W.Ham, Boro or Wolves.

Had a great night out earlier in the year at their place. Think it's not in their DNA to sit back and defend, so hoping for a similar scoreline this time. And if staying overnight, fully agree with those recommending the stay in Chester option. 

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

1 hour ago, OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint said:

Different ways of looking at it. We've also only played one of the top seven and not yet come up against W.Ham, Boro or Wolves.

Had a great night out earlier in the year at their place. Think it's not in their DNA to sit back and defend, so hoping for a similar scoreline this time. And if staying overnight, fully agree with those recommending the stay in Chester option. 

Yes, but if those teams had beaten us (I.e. Bristol, Swansea, Millwall, Birmingham etc) then they would all be sitting more comfortably in the top 7.

In summary, looking at the table at this stage of the season is relatively pointless.

Also, Chester is significantly nicer than Wrexham. Even if not staying over, you could hop off the train and have a few beers there, before heading on to Wrexham (there's a good pub in the station at Chester and a few others within about a 3 minute walk).

[suewhistle]

I just enjoy the football, hence why I don't go round disputing points with MLG..

[LGTL]

3 hours ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

Anyone know the status of Digital tickets. Nothing in the app yet...

Just came through now. 

[Verbal]

3 hours ago, suewhistle said:

I just enjoy the football, hence why I don't go round disputing points with MLG..

Mods, can this be the motto in the Saintsweb masthead?

[SNSUN]

Our Line up against them away last season when we won 5-1 had Edozie, THB, Charles and Jack starting, otherwise it is the same as our starting line up is now. We've replaced THB with Schlotterbeck, arguably Wood is better than Jack, JWP has slotted in well and is not a downgrade on Shea and Scienza over Edozie is a no brainer. Ergo IMO we are will put out a stronger team than we did earlier in the year. Obviously question marks over Flynn (he should be fit according to Tonda), and whether Jander will be back (give him the International break to get fit), but put the strongest side out and hope for a similar scoreline. 

Peretz, Bree, Wood, Schlotterbeck, Manning, Downes, JWP, Matsuki, Azaz, Scienza, Larin. No brainer. 

Tricky to see past a Saints win right now but stranger things have happened. 

[Football Special]

35 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

Our Line up against them away last season when we won 5-1 had Edozie, THB, Charles and Jack starting, otherwise it is the same as our starting line up is now. We've replaced THB with Schlotterbeck, arguably Wood is better than Jack, JWP has slotted in well and is not a downgrade on Shea and Scienza over Edozie is a no brainer. Ergo IMO we are will put out a stronger team than we did earlier in the year. Obviously question marks over Flynn (he should be fit according to Tonda), and whether Jander will be back (give him the International break to get fit), but put the strongest side out and hope for a similar scoreline. 

Peretz, Bree, Wood, Schlotterbeck, Manning, Downes, JWP, Matsuki, Azaz, Scienza, Larin. No brainer. 

Tricky to see past a Saints win right now but stranger things have happened. 

Its really not that hard to see past a Saints win, just watch back any of our away performances so far this season, we have very recently failed to beat three very unremarkable sides 

[Saint86]

19 hours ago, TheAlehouseBrawlers said:

I know Wade G's gonna deliver his scathing verdict on the Taffs at some point but had a little scoot over their forum, they're not generally overly confident about this game and at least one of them is talking sense...

"Banning orders for anyone who brings binoculars or dresses as a shrub for 'bantz”

Always quite liked Wrexham fans, and they've been on a fairytale journey in fairness.

[Saint86]

13 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Its really not that hard to see past a Saints win, just watch back any of our away performances so far this season, we have very recently failed to beat three very unremarkable sides 

Overly negative in my opinion.

Watford (first game of the season, very physical, kicked us off the pitch first 15min, home crowd well up for it).

Birmingham (away under the lights, only 3 teams won there all last season, very physical side - and a difficult place to get a win regardless)

Lincoln (newly promoted, home crowd and team full of confidence, and a extremely physical side - probably the most physical in the league)... So all in, a draw isn't the worst result.

Wrexham (fan and player morale through the floor, they got a hiding from us last time we played them there which will be in their minds, but they still remain reasonably physical)... I think the general factors that weighed against us in the other 3 away games will not be as significant in this game.... And clearly our confidence is starting to flow.

A win is there for the taking, but as alehouse says, funnier things have happened. Tends to be the games where both sets of fans expect the same result that deliver the shocks... 🫣

Edited 39 minutes ago by Saint86