Pamplemousse Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Hopefully Brighton will give them a bit of a hard time this evening. I’m hoping they go wild and win 6-0, get it out of their system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 2 yellow cards in a match = 1 match ban so yes Yoshida is availableGood to see him on the pitch at the end with the rest if the team celebrating in front of us. Suited, if not booted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Never change a winning team, in principle. Is that another Natalie Imbruglia lyric? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Good to see him on the pitch at the end with the rest if the team celebrating in front of us. Suited, if not booted. He seemingly hasn't taken a leaf out of the John Terry celebration manual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Is that another Natalie Imbruglia lyric?Who or what is Natalie Imbruglia and which team does he manage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 He seemingly hasn't taken a leaf out of the John Terry celebration manual Yoshi has dignity and class. Much too nice to be a central defender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Hopefully Man City players won't want to be injured pre WC. Go in with some hard crunching tackles early on and see what's what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 (edited) I’m hoping they go wild and win 6-0, get it out of their system. Perhaps but not before getting roughed up a bit. Anyway I doubt that it matters, can't see us losing by any more than one or two if that. Think we may even win, players and crowd will be full of confidence. Last day at home for Saints is usually pretty good. Anyone got the last day stats at home for say the last 10 years ? Edited 9 May, 2018 by Window Cleaner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Hopefully Man City players won't want to be injured pre WC. Go in with some hard crunching tackles early on and see what's what. Sign of the times that a few season ago we'd be worried about most of our squad protecting themselves for the world cup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Sign of the times that a few season ago we'd be worried about most of our squad protecting themselves for the world cup! We still have a goodly number of WC candidates though don't we? Half of the team perhaps ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Isn't there a minimum number of appearances needed in order to get a League Winners medal? Pep is good at man-management and has an air of sentimentality about him so if any of his players need one more run out then I would expect him to play them at some stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 1-0 Saints, big Guido to score in the 96th and final minute before he is sold to Rotherham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Go for it. Teams that go for city have had joy in attack. We won't be keeping a clean sheet. I'd like Carrillo to play. Before we write him off completely, might as well see if he can do anything, and if he can do it against city he's worth keeping. Assume Bednarek is injured? McCarthy Stephens Yoshi Hoedt Cedric Romeu Hojbjerg Bertrand Gabbiadini Carrillo Redmond Yeah. **** it why not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Tadic, Bertrand, Cedric. Isn't so bad for an awful season. In a better season there are others who could have made it too if their teams had qualified or they'd played more consistently. McCarthy, Hojbjerg, Gabbiadini, Boufal, Hoedt, even JWP given how rubbish england's midfield is. Right. I thought Boufal still played for Morocco and Hojbjerg for Denmark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Really? If we had any mettle as a fan base it would be a protest, not a party. Ridiculous thing to say, if you want to protest aim it at the board after the game - Hughes and the players who have put the effort in over the last month deserve the celebration / plaudits and I’ll certainly give him a warm round of applause if they do a lap of the pitch. Looks like we’ve got out of jail this season but I’ve really enjoyed the buzz of the last few games, brings back great memories of the 90s. As to this game - hopefully Man City play a few youngsters and we can finish the season with a point or three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 McCarthy Cedric Bednarek Yoshida Hoedt Bertrand Romeu Hojbjerg Lemina Tadic Long Just keep it tight and play on the break. Even we have won 8-0 in the prem, City are more than capable of sticking 6 past anyone in the league. It's not over yet, and I'll certainly be worrying if we're 3-0 and Swans are 2-0 up at HT...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tajjuk Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 We can't sit in and just park the bus, doesn't really work against City, Huddersfield for most of the first half of each half pressed City back pretty high until they got knackered and sat deeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenridge Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Gabbi will score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarrettIvo Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Still a lot of permutations, but I don't think City will necessarily be out to tear us one on Sunday. And I don't see Swansea scoring anything like what they would need too in order to trouble us. In fact I reckon Stoke will take them for at least a point and they'll be relegated. I would enjoy seeing Huddersfield stay up, which may not be the majority view. But they've done pretty well all things considered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Isn't there a minimum number of appearances needed in order to get a League Winners medal? Pep is good at man-management and has an air of sentimentality about him so if any of his players need one more run out then I would expect him to play them at some stage. There is also a vanity there I think. They are currently on 94 points with 2 games to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 (edited) There is also a vanity there I think. They are currently on 94 points with 2 games to go. Perhaps but from the 20 minutes or so that I saw of their game with Huddersfield some of their players look like they've had enough. Plenty of them are at over 50 games for the season so far and have another 5 or 6 to go. Just can't see 100 points being any particular motivation to them now. Edited 9 May, 2018 by Window Cleaner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 (edited) Right. Let's go for this one, beat a Man City team already on the beach, and continue our run of finishing above West Ham every season since the promotion season. Edited 9 May, 2018 by Jimmy_D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nta786 Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Right. Let's go for this one, beat a Man City team already on the beach, and continue our run of finishing above West Ham every season since the promotion season. they finished above us in 2012-13 season (our first PL season back up)? remember a very pis*ed off me after losing 4-1 there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat from Poole Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Bit of a long shot, but..... I have a ticket for the City game, but am very keen to get hold of 2 more for a good friend who drove me up to Swansea last night, and his son. Both are very keen Saints fans. If any of you have tickets you may not be able to use, will more than gratefully buy them!! Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 they finished above us in 2012-13 season (our first PL season back up)? remember a very pis*ed off me after losing 4-1 there Huh, so they did... had completely forgotten that one, good knowledge Still, the point stands, West Ham are always one of the teams I look for us to finish above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyinthesky Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 I doubt if there are too many people who remember the last game of the 1965/66 season (our first promotion to the top division) We played Man City away on the last game of the season and had to avoid a 6-0 defeat to ensure promotion ahead of Coventry City. The City Manager at the time was Malcolm Allison and he boasted about the fact that his team would look to beat us by that score As it turned out we drew 0-0 and I can remember going for a celebratory under age drink at the Manor in Portsmouth Road A similar 0-0 result would suit me fine Meantime if the worst happened and we lost the 9 goal difference and ended level with Swansea on goal difference what happens then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nta786 Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 I doubt if there are too many people who remember the last game of the 1965/66 season (our first promotion to the top division) We played Man City away on the last game of the season and had to avoid a 6-0 defeat to ensure promotion ahead of Coventry City. The City Manager at the time was Malcolm Allison and he boasted about the fact that his team would look to beat us by that score As it turned out we drew 0-0 and I can remember going for a celebratory under age drink at the Manor in Portsmouth Road A similar 0-0 result would suit me fine Meantime if the worst happened and we lost the 9 goal difference and ended level with Swansea on goal difference what happens then? then they look at total goals scored. if the goals scored is also the same- then they would have another game in a neutral location I think (don't think PL uses head to head record)- but they'd only do that if a relegation spot/european spot/title is on the line- it wouldn't happen if huddersfield occupy 18th spot however and us and swansea were joint '16th' per se. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100%Red&White Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Meantime if the worst happened and we lost the 9 goal difference and ended level with Swansea on goal difference what happens then? 'SO' comes before 'SW' in the alphabet so they go down. My rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint in winchester Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Then it goes to the Fair Play table, and Swansea went bottom last night with the hotel and coach fiasco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snopper Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 'SO' comes before 'SW' in the alphabet so they go down. My rules. Maybe a jump off against the clock, but just to be on the safe side, we should change our name to Aardvark Saints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 'SO' comes before 'SW' in the alphabet so they go down. My rules. Let's hope we don't encounter a similar situation with Swindon then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalek2003 Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Anyone else starting to get jittery about Sunday despite last night's result and the goal difference cushion? No? Just me then...! Well, put it this way, last night was fantastic but we cannot take anything for granted. Could Swansea put 4 or 5 past Stoke? Yes. Could Man City run riot, yes. Saints need to be very professional. Calm the game down. Keep it tight and match City in an utterly professional way. Get the job done, there will plenty of time to party if we are successful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 It goes to Welshness, and we win with Mark Hughes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 One of the players should say to Man City that we will go easy on them, not hurt them, and agree that they can win 2-0. Job done all round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_John Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Can Bednarek play ? The FA rules on Head Injuries suggests to me he cannot play http://www.thefa.com/get-involved/head-injuries-in-football (A couple of paragraphs) The medical staff will assess the injured player. If there has been a confirmed or suspected period of loss of consciousness, the player must be removed from the field of play, and not be allowed to return. The player should not be allowed to return to play for at least 6 days after the injury (it often takes longer than this) and in strict accordance with the return to play guidelines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Perhaps we could put a really virus in the hotel as well...Ebola should do the trick. Sent from my SM-J330FN using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Can Bednarek play ? The FA rules on Head Injuries suggests to me he cannot play http://www.thefa.com/get-involved/head-injuries-in-football He clearly shouldn’t be allowed to. I’m interested to see if he does as it’ll be a bell weather on how seriously football takes head injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Can Bednarek play ? The FA rules on Head Injuries suggests to me he cannot play http://www.thefa.com/get-involved/head-injuries-in-football (A couple of paragraphs) If not then Stephens would presumably take his place, with Yoshi returning after his 1 game ban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minsk Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 I honestly think that we can and will get something from this match. 1-1 or 2-1 to Saints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFCRedandWhite Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Romeu or Long to fly in to a tackle in the first few minutes, clattering one of the players with eyes on the world cup. That should be enough to keep them out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Romeu or Long to fly in to a tackle in the first few minutes, clattering one of the players with eyes on the world cup. That should be enough to keep them out! Absolutely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 541 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefoggy Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 After Huddersfield secured safety tonight, I've suddenly got the jitters. This aint over yet guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 After Huddersfield secured safety tonight, I've suddenly got the jitters. This aint over yet guys It is. Swansea are relegated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Me too. We need to go in 0-0 at half time and hope Stoke play for pride, not Hughes hatred Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 After Huddersfield secured safety tonight, I've suddenly got the jitters. This aint over yet guys A 10 goal swing is not going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefoggy Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 It is. Swansea are relegated. Not officially... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Not officially... 99.9% relegated. They just need to colour their position red, which will happen on Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefoggy Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 99.9% relegated. They just need to colour their position red, which will happen on Sunday. Ok i believe you. I need to stop listening to talksport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted 9 May, 2018 Share Posted 9 May, 2018 Y do we think stoke players hate Hughes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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