West Brom 1-1 Saints - Match Thread

[Whitey Grandad]

Stephens 🙄

[Saint86]

Is that not a dive? He felt the (minimal) contact, and then a split second later throws himself down. Silly from Stephen's to give the ref a decision though - but still, that's more of a cheat than spygate 🙄

Edited 2 hours ago by Saint86

[Turkish]

Stupid from Stephens that 

[SaintBobby]

Damn 

[Saint Fan CaM]

Stephens fucks up and gives them a pen. Nice.

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Suhari said:

Nutz. Penalty.

We've really not got going yet.

it will be our away form that kills auto's

[obelisk]

That penalty doesn't get given at the other end.

[Saint86]

Terrible start from us though regardless.

[Saint Matty 76]

Soft but no idea why Stephens put his leg where he did.

Deserve to be behind. Can’t play much worse.

 

[stknowle]

We’ve been comfortably 2nd best. 

[SNSUN]

Well they probably deserved that. Now we need to show we belong at the top echelons of the table.

 

[Obstacle1]

This commentator might be the biggest bellend in football

[Saint NL]

No saving that

[die Mannyschaft]

Dive.

We look a bit lacking on creativity on wing.

[igsey]

Just now, Saint86 said:

Is that not a dive? He felt the (minimal) contact, and then a split second later throws himself down.

Agreed it's soft but the ref gives that 9 times out of 10. Daft challenge.

[Whitey Grandad]

Just now, obelisk said:

That penalty doesn't get given at the other end.

If we ever get up there.

[Winnersaint]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

it will be our away form that kills auto's

Indeed it will. Especially with the points deduction.

[LGTL]

They deserve that, we’ve been appalling. 

[bangkoksaint]

So many players off the pace

[benjii]

That is not a penalty.

 

Need Edozie and Azaz to do more.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Not laid a glove on them so far. Edozie so poor. 

[adrian lord]

Naive play by Stephens in this soft soap world of modern football
 

[Colinjb]

Jack Stephens, proof that experience doesn't automatically grant wisdom.

[trousers]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

we'd want/expect that all day

As per every time you say that: Well, of course we'd want / expect it... That's how bias football supportership works... Doesn't mean it's right though... 

[Winnersaint]

This has both the look and feel of a bad day at the office atm.

[AlexLaw76]

bit like sat (and many other games), we have started pretty badly....like QPR, WBA are able to move through out team at pace...

[Saint Fan CaM]

To be fair to them - get in the pen area - make the oppo team make a mistake. Things we don’t do enough of that. Plus note where their attack came from - our left.

[igsey]

I feel like Manning has improved so much this year defensively, he's been much more positionally disciplined... and it's all gone out the window tonight.

[Saint_clark]

Stephens was nowhere near the ball, what the fuck was he aiming for.

[SNSUN]

1 minute ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

Stephens fucks up and gives them a pen. Nice.

Stupid from Jack even though there wasn't much in it. He was asking for trouble. Good penalty though. 

Wake up Saints, it's like we've barely started. Mubama and Edozie are not the answer so far as we've done dick in attack.

This could be a mullering if we don't get a grip.

[badgerx16]

1 minute ago, stknowle said:

We’ve been comfortably 2nd best. 

Uncomfortably.....

[macca155]

Not every game is going to go our way. Have some faith they've fought back from worse positions.

Shame Scienza isn't available, they are able to push forward too much without a threat from Saints.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Sod. We've been passed through often enough in the game, for that to have been a massive warning. 

Not sure how much contact there was, butvWBA have been the better side.

Our third choice forward, and without Leo has stopped us having that fluid front four. This is Plan C and isn't looking convincing.

[RedArmy]

Absolutely nothing going forward. Front 4 have all been very poor. 
 

This is going  to be a long evening. 

[bpsaint]

Just now, benjii said:

That is not a penalty.

 

Need Edozie and Azaz to do more.

Even with the Saints tinted glasses on that’s a pen nowadays. Foolish from Jack to be sticking his leg out like that.

[capitalsaint]

1 minute ago, die Mannyschaft said:

Dive.

We look a bit lacking on creativity on wing.

agreed, neither Edozie nor Matsuki providing enough

[Colinjb]

If any game is crying out for Fellows, it's surely this one?

[St Chalet]

Just when Stephens starts to string a few decent games together he has another brain fart to remind us why we needed another CB. 

[Winnersaint]

Just now, SNSUN said:

 

This could be a mullering if we don't get a grip.

We get one every season.

[hypochondriac]

Bring Dobbin on 

[adrian lord]

That goalie of theirs is getting everything we balloon into the box

[captainchris]

2 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

Not laid a glove on them so far. Edozie so poor. 

Hardly fair, he is not a left back is he! 

[Turkish]

We’ve been shite going forward final ball been crap

[skintsaint]

2 minutes ago, Winnersaint said:

This has both the look and feel of a bad day at the office atm.

Yeah game is done.

[danjosaint]

Maybe, just maybe Tonda should try and sort out our left hand side, its fucking abysmal 

[Window Cleaner]

2 minutes ago, benjii said:

That is not a penalty.

 

Need Edozie and Azaz to do more.

Of course it was. Kicked him in the penalty area. Et

[Harry_SFC]

1 minute ago, bpsaint said:

Even with the Saints tinted glasses on that’s a pen nowadays. Foolish from Jack to be sticking his leg out like that.

It's a penalty for me. Soft but Stephens is no where near the ball and catches him. 

[AlexLaw76]

this is a game where we clearly need a lump up front....just to move up the pitch

[RedWillie]

Edozie being Edozie🤯

[Saint86]

Goal is manning's fault as much as Stephen's tbh. What was he doing, that pass was telegraphed a month in advance.