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If Saints are in the Championship next season we're gonna need him! Cant see Saints retaining Jander and Charles 😑

Under Still, I thought he was a very hot and cold player. I didn't think he was great and the effort wasnt there. However that was indicative of the whole team. However feel that he has really come on in the second half of the season in what he does for the team and all round play.

Puncheon-style?

The problem is (and you're right he's a bit one-footed from what I could see) is that he doesn't just get to the by-line and cross it, he tends to then cut back, pull it back or do something a bit more intelligent with it so while it's better to show him outside he's good enough to do something with it once he's got a bit of space.

We were fortunate to leave there with a point today. Largely outplayed but it's a valuable point all the same. IF we get an auto promotion it'll be a case of straggling over the finish line, not racing along at a canter. I'm not looking forward to our game next week as there's too much at stake and we can still just as easily finish third or below. As Saints can still mathematically make an automatic finish themselves it creates a whole lot of tension and nerves for all. I still think the final game home to Queens Park Rangers is key to promotion and where it will be done but don't really want to leave it to last fixture. Whatever happens both teams are assured of a top six finish and play off involvement whereas there's going to a number of disappointed club names who won't even get that chance. I think I'd take a point at Saint Mary's right now if they offered it although sorry to say would obviously hope for more.

He really lifted today and can hold his head high. Such an impressive, committed team performance. Manning’s been impressive lately but Wellington’s game was outstanding given his lack of recent game time. Jander would have turned a few heads today and returning to the Prem looks our only chance of keeping him. The same probably applies to THB, Scienza and Peretz.

That wasn't fair. To be beaten like that. OK Saints fans took a large number to London for the event and had a great time (score aside) and an experience to take away or even pass on to future generations but that must have hurt. Rival promotion fan or not that was harsh and I feel for the fans who came so close but were denied in the closing stages. Would have been great half a century on from 1976 for Southampton to have won it again and I'm sorry you fell at the penultimate hurdle. Manchester City (who we ourselves lost to in 1981 at the semi-final stage incidentally) are a very good team granted but even they must know they really had to dig in for victory there and put to the test by a really improved team since Russell Martin left that can once again challenge for honours. Don't be upset by today even though you must be as you really gave it a go and only just narrowly missed out. I'd wish you well for promotion now as you deserve something from the season but the team I follow makes that a little awkward. Sorry again you missed out today and can't repeat 50 years on. Would have been great for neutrals, Saints fans, I would have applauded it or been one of first in line to offer congrats. It's a pity we won't get to see that. You did well.

0-0. Arsenal and today v City were both great performances well above expectations. But then we get Bristol City to me indicates we can play at the top of our game half the time. Its just how the season has worked out. Even the 90 mins we can only play 45 good with the other 45 dodgy. We were unlucky to lose today playing some good football so let's hope we are lucky and win v Ipswich.

That's the problem with plastic fans that just support a team that has all tge top world players in. You cant afford to 20 SF. 20 Finals. 15 European semis etc etc. Like Man U, Chelsea. Liverpool Spurs these are arm chair pay per view fans all part of the global 2 million fan base. Its still a waste of seats and Saints could have sold another 5 000 easy.

Brilliant day at Wembley. Fantastic Saints atmosphere and 15,000 wasted City seats. Saints played outstanding and Azaz goal Brilliant, why cant he do that in leaque. Two luck goals for City we gave then, gutted. Only negative do NOT get a coach that parks in pinkcar park. Took 1 hour to get in so 4 hoour trip from Eastleigh and couldn't get out the bloody place. The parking rows are great but at end blocking in coaches across rows are two lines of coaches. Took well over an hour to move .

Same here,just back home,missed our train back home due to Portshite arriving back to Waterloo roughly as we started to arrive from wembley,who plans these things/,there would have been next to no trouble if we played ours Sunday ,but no powers to be must have thought nah things will be OK.....................yeah no trouble.................BTW we did OK better than id imagined for that one brief moment we dreamed it could happen but sadly no a lucky deflection and a worldy to win the game .We played saints and well done to us supporters for never dare to stop believing and singing.

Just got back thanks to having got on a coach with a blind driver who can't read his satnav and ended up turning into the most narrowest dead end road near Winchesters park and ride. When he did eventually manage to reverse out he then made a wrong turn in Southampton taking us away from our drop of spot that was so close yet so far! Anyway what a day, what a game, what a side and what bloody fantastic supporters we have. So so proud of our team and fans tonight. Defeat is always bitter but if you have to lose then Saints showed how it should be done with pure bloody guts. Tonda take a bow because you have given us our team back.

Fantastic day out, every single 'yellow' left it all on the pitch, or all in the stand, and did the city proud today.

Thanks Saints for a fantastic day at Wembley. Didn’t quite come off for us, but my God it was brilliant when we scored. Memorable goal. Whole team were fantastic and put so much effort in, on and off the ball. Very proud.

This lad is everything that makes me proud about the club. Come through the ranks, had a horrible time on loan and yet does not look out of place against the best in the country. Feel he is underrated as he doesn't do anything flash but his link up play is superb and he is only 21. Reminds me a lot of jwp in many respects. I truly hope the club give him a big contract extension in the summer as he has earned it.

Incredibly composed for someone who’s probably barely into double figures of senior appearances

Most of the ones we spoke to had southern accents.

I don't get this. Yes their support was more subdued and our fans were well on voice as you would be with nearly 20k more fans. But all the Man City fans I saw were fine, no different to any other fanbase. Plus they get to Wembley what, 2 or 3 times a year, every year, it's not cheap for us, let alone from Manchester.

Like all clubs, we do sadly have a very small minority of utter tools following us. A day out in the sunshine at Wembley with a teatime KO allowing for all afternoon drinking beforehand is, unfortunately, going to bring a lot of them out of the woodwork.

Inevitable to get some helmets who need to lay off the sniff and booze in the sun. I didn't see anything, but there's no excuse in this day and age to be a tool at the match like that. All clubs suffer from this though in large numbers.

So proud of this team, what an effort they all put in. Our end was fking rocking. They announced only 70000 in attendance doesn’t Wembley hold 80000? well we filled our end. The plastics were probably just waiting for the final, I really hope they lose. Leaving the stadium, having to walk amongst the mancs , what a load of arrogant, entitled twats.

Same ... and wide awake with noises in my head 😂 Brilliant day out, despite the score, love this team right now!

That is why they say "It is the hope that kills you".

Yeah how he didn't book any City players for time wasting is beyond me. He was just gesturing to them that he would add the time on at the end, then he just didn't. Can't say I'm shocked though.

Thought the ref handled the game pretty well to be honest.