Match Day Thread Arsenal v Super, Super Saints, Sat 10 September, 3pm

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Beefy said:
Not really, Puel needs a win and soonish. We might have been unlucky but we still lost. Football is a game about winning, Swansea will be a big game for us.

Puel for me needs to be man enough to be ready to drop the diamond. He also has to admit Redmond isn't a striker.

People need to remember the Prem league is cut throat as hell with managers. We will give him time, but not that much time.
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And our five matches following Swansea are:

- West Ham (A)
- Leicester (A), three days after returning from Israel.
- Burnley (H)
- Man City (A), three days after returning from Italy.
- Chelsea (H)

So he definitely needs a win very soon; fail to beat Swansea and we could well be sitting on 6-7 points come the end of October, which will have his job hanging in the balance.
 
Beefy said:
Not really, Puel needs a win and soonish. We might have been unlucky but we still lost. Football is a game about winning, Swansea will be a big game for us.

Puel for me needs to be man enough to be ready to drop the diamond. He also has to admit Redmond isn't a striker.

People need to remember the Prem league is cut throat as hell with managers. We will give him time, but not that much time.
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I think we'll give him time. And I think we'll be rewarded for doing so.

Thursday night could be a welcome distraction. European football, late kick off under floodlights, in front of our own fans, 1-0 Saints (which will still disappoint some I suppose) and everything starts coming up roses.
 
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Person that must be the most pissed off is Redmond. Him playing on the wing would be brilliant. But we have no wings...
 
Archers Road said:
I think we'll give him time. And I think we'll be rewarded for doing so.

Thursday night could be a welcome distraction. European football, late kick off in front of our own fans, 1-0 Saints (which will still disappoint some I suppose) and everything starts coming up roses.
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I'll give it to 10 games. We have hard games after the Swansea game, so it is huge. If we go into the tenth game without a win he is gone.
 
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tomw24 said:
It always amuses me when referees make mistakes they are crucified for weeks, even months but when a Saints player makes an equally big error of judgement everyone says oh well let's move on. Refereeing mistakes are as much a part of the game as footballer mistakes. It's called "human error". **** happens. Long missed a load of chances. The referee made a mistake. So really, Long made more mistakes than the referee.
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For me there is a big difference between a player's mistakes and the referee's.

For any player, there are, at the same time, opposition players trying to cause them to fail in whatever way possible.

E.g for Long, he has a GK running out at him, a defender chasing back....



A referee should not have any opposition working against them. The counter ot this is players diving, faking injuries etc. in which case I have sympathy for referees. (It's the same for me as a teacher - does this student really need the loo or have they just agreed to try and meet their friends there midway through the lesson....)

In today's situation there is no-one trying to cause them to fail. They have to watch and analyse the situations that arise in front of them. To make the wrong decision from that point is therefore indefensible. Yes, every referee is human and will make mistakes, but they can be expected to be critised for them too. Those that make the least will referee the top leagues.
 
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So, from what I gather, we played really well, but was undone by a ****e referee not following the rules of the game? (out of our control)

Onwards & Upwards!
 
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Only now realized that I'll be able to watch the Sparta match, as I'll be off work. Bonus: because I'm having an outpatient procedure done earlier in the day, I'll be coming off a pile of sedatives, so I'll be pretty relaxed no matter what happens.
 
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Beefy said:
I don't know whether people saw a different game ( as watching live and on TV you see it differently). But the formation didn't work again.
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I was listening to Solent post-match on the way home from work, they seemed to think it worked well today.
 
Saints Fan4Life said:
I was listening to Solent post-match on the way home from work, they seemed to think it worked well today.
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Midfield looked a little better, but Davis was nowhere. Redmond isn't a striker and it showed. Bertrand got confused with what to do a lot of the times. I am willing to give it a few more games. But the lack of width is killing us. Rodriguez looked pissed off with how deep he was played as well.
 
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