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Full strength city getting a 1-0 vs Burnley (a side we'd fancy ourselves to beat) in a must win game. Albeit they absolutely dominated them and the Burnley keeper was MoTM. https://www.flashscore.com/match/football/burnley-z3dmTMMO/manchester-city-Wtn9Stg0/summary/lineups/?mid=6mtC9buh Very strong side from city though: Ruma Nunes, khusanov, Guehi, Ait-Nouri(off on 65min) Silva, O'reily Semenyo (off on 65min), Cherki, Doku Haaland You have to fancy they'll rotate a fair amount on the back of this - especially with just 3days until the semi final, which might just give us chance 🤷‍♂️ (I am very much aware that whatever side they put out will be superb). May sound mad, but we've secured playoffs, so i fully expect us to go all in on this. That Ipswich game is largely irrelevant to us and they'll be just as jaded as we are. And we are guaranteed 5th now as a minimum unless we somehow fail to beat an absolutely awful Preston side that have been on the beach for weeks and failed to beat both Leicester and qpr recently (and the boro Wrexham remaining games all go against us) . Happy days i say. Their bench still features the likes of Foden, Ake, Kovacic, Marmoush, and Reijnders. Looks likely that Ruben Dias and Rodri will be out of the semi, plus Gvardiol has a broken leg... Whisper it quietly, but they're might just be something in this for us on Saturday, if the cards fall our way anyway. City fans aren't sounding quite so confident after tonight either... https://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/southampton-n-sat-25th-april-17-15-fac-pre-match-thread.371524/

Has anyone been able to access their tickets in the saints ticket app. I note the email confirmation says they'll be available from Wednesday 23rd of April - which i am not guessing was meant to be Thursday and they aren't coming out today?

I know people get apprehensive, but I don't think I've ever seen someone fearing a 21goal swing in 2 games before 😂😅. People can relax! From this stand point, we're in the playoffs and almost certainly playing Boro imo... Which I would take over Wrexham away in a 2 legged playoff semi, with all the associated buzz. Win our 2 legs and we have to have the advantage over whoever we face in the final - we have players who've won the playoffs before, plus we've already had 1 trip to Wembley this season 🤷

Agreed. The fans were behind the team tonight when they needed it. St Mary's is rarely a cauldron of noise for a whole match.

I think this has a silver lining tbh. It was always incredibly unlikely we get top 2 (Millwall will win all 3). Now the autos are gone, playoffs are secured, we can have our day out at wembley, and then recoup for a bit. The Ipswich game no longer really matters, and we have Preston last game. This is far better than keeping some faint hope alive and missing out on the final day 🤷 This run couldn't go on forever, the team has looked jaded for the last 3 matches, they've done incredibly well (we have secured playoffs with 2 matches to go - which is mental from where we were), but something had to give - rather now than in the playoffs. And we still didn't lose! So lets all look forward to a great day out at wembley, and then 2 playoff matches Vs likely Boro, and hopefully at least 1 more trip to Wembley. And if we do make the playoff final, the semi Vs man city can only help prepare us for it mentally - whatever happens on Saturday.

This. The reality is that Millwall would absolutely kick themselves if Ipswich fluffed it and they didn't win 3 from 3.

Ross' hamstrings have done some good work as well 😂

I just hope we win!!! 😅 Have to pinch myself every game at the moment (15wins, 3 draws... where is the loss coming from 😅😄). This has banana skin written all over it in my mind, but then so did Blackburn and derby... and we just keep winning. What is happening?!?!?!? Not sure i can handle this, especially after supporting saints last season (which i would liken to the footballing equivalent of an abusive relationship) - are we actually allowed nice things this year?🤣

Season ticket holders do 19 or 23 home games a season... I would argue that if a member/non-member does the same number of games (same effort) then they should be in the same access bracket personally (although they've paid a lot more for it).

That was my recollection.

Well said. And what shouldn't need to be said, is that if two fans both attend the same number of matches (be it 3, or 5, or 8 etc.), one of them isn't a better fan because they have a membership and the other doesn't. We're all saints fans, anyone who makes the effort to go and support the club shouldn't be looked down on as a second class fan because they didn't buy a membership in July!!

It is absolutely mental how long it took successive managers (including Eckert) to adopt the obvious 4-2-3-1 formation, the uptick in form post this is stark. What is it now, 18 matches, 15 wins, 3 draws... 😄. It feels like a distant memory when people were asking where the 5 at the back crap was coming from through successive managers.

Looks like the Ipswich board have selected a few comments from prized posters on SaintsWeb (and then compared us to the Millwall board). The overall verdict being that we are "a well mannered and good footy forum"... take a bow all😄😅 Forum | The RUN-IN - Town & Rivals - REFRESHED - Saints now in the mix! by unstableblue | TWTD.co.uk

Not sure its as straight forward as this? If you aren't logged in then you won't be eligible to join the queue?

This season is getting to the "pinch yourself" stage...