Match Day Thread West Ham vs Saints, Sun 2nd April 2pm, Sky Sports

Man we play some boring football.

Games not over but we need some positive subs.

 

Probably something that comes with experience, but Mara should have been charging down the near post rather than sitting in no man’s land when Ely is there on the edge of the box. Just a slight nick could have got something.

 

Mara looks so isolated as well. Having zero pace from wide areas or midfield means there is always plenty of time for West Ham to regroup when we do come forward. Feels like it takes ages when we are breaking where West Ham were in behind a couple of times with someone carrying the ball and then playing a relatively easy through ball

 

****ing atrocious.

Get Mara off immediately. Like Sunday league.
Ely and Armstrong too.
Would also hook DCC as he will probably get sent off.

Just horrific supporting this pathetic team tbh. Absolutely pathetic all round

 

It's like that quote from Band of Brothers. Once you accept the fact we're already relegated, it becomes much easier to support saints.

 

In fairness to Mara, the far more lauded Danny Ings hasn’t done a sausage so far either.

 

Jack Stephens

Oh, no

 

He ought to be taken off - bloody lunatic

 

You mean there's people out there who still haven't accepted it? Those poor souls.

 

In some ways I’d be more concerned if I were a West Ham fan. Saying that our front three are crap is hardly a revelation. If you look at their squad, they have a bunch of PL quality players (unlike us) who look equally crap.

 

Might be Stueys worst performance in a Saints shirt that half.

 

An ok 1st half undone by typical poor defending at a set piece.

Alcaraz for Armstrong
Onuachu for Mara

I'm in two minds about replacing Ely because he does track back well a lot.

Attacking Saints have been woeful.

 

Perraud is our best finisher, still pushing for him to go up front. I'm not joking.

 

Spurs was equally bad.

 

I'm glad Tom didn't say that

 

Moyes has clearly done his homework. Give us the ball, pull 9 players back and ask us to play through them.
We’ve had some decent possession near their box but we have been so negative in supporting the attacks.
I don’t think JWP has been within 30 yards of their goal yet. He needs to be pushing on more.
Definitely need Charly on for Stuart (who looks unfit to me) and maybe Sulemana for Mara, but in a deeper role so he can pick the ball up and run with it.

 

I did hesitate before doing so, but apparently we’re already relegated, and the game is over, so it doesn’t matter.

 

Brendan Rogers just got sacked, so not a bad first half after all!

 

Groundhog Day

 

I hope that this is a positive for Saints, but we do seem capable of shooting ourselves in the collective feet, and pulling defeat from the jaws of victory