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Match Day Thread Saints vs Stoke City - Saturday, August 23 - 15:00 KO

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  1. Toss saints

    Toss saints Well-Known Member

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    Just got out the sea from body boarding. Not a great score and two shots out of 17 on target. Will read the thread this evening. But it seems like same old Saints. I maybe doing a miss service, but having seen the Wrexham game and Northampton games, losing to Stoke was a strong possibilty
     
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    ****ing booooooooooo

    Useless ****s
     
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    Pretty crap tbf
     
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    Paddy Podped Well-Known Member

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    Well… we had over double Coventry’s xG today.


    We scored 1, they scored 7.
     
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    Paddy Podped, Aug 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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    AshbySaint Well-Known Member

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    If informed judgement made him pick that initial lineup then I'm still baffled and concerned.

    Hope you have a good holiday
     
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    AshbySaint, Aug 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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    Useless tactics
    Useless players
     
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    LincolnSaint, Aug 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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    Full time, poor
     
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    So much for making St Mary's a fortress.
     
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    Yeah, I am fully on the ‘if he plays 5 at the back again he might actually be a bad coach’ wagon now.
     
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    It'sOnlyAGame Well-Known Member

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    Glad that season's over.
     
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    Not going up anytime soon
     
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    More like a takeaway.
     
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  13. Libby

    Libby Derby County, we're coming for you

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    Well that's what you deserve when you can't finish your dinner.

    Far too shaky in defence to get away with missing chances like that.
     
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    Pretty much what I feared based on the first 3 games. As soon as we came up against a competent attacking team we will be put to bed. I’m so ****ing fed up of watching teams slice through us in 3 passes while we **** around with 50 passes with the pentetration of a softcore porn film.

    We aren’t relying on good football we are relying on overloading the box and crosses and that’s a whopping red flag.
     
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    Deserana, Aug 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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    Still has said that we don't have the wingers/attacking midfielders to play his preferred formation yet, which I imagine won't change until after the window is shut.
     
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    Didn’t watch any thankfully. Will be interesting to hear his comments.
     
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    West Kent Saint Well-Known Member

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    We still do seem to have a pass round the back philosophy, though didn’t see today’s game.
     
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    Missed this, no wonder we lost
     
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    But we don’t have the players to play 5 at the back as we give all the initiative away. I am at the point where I would rather some square pegs in round holes in a better system.
     
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    Not confident about our purchasing forwards. Downs, Stewart, Archer are our recent buys. Very lightweight.
     
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