SaintBobby

Well, if some asked me how we'd played over the last three games, I don't think my reply would be "very well". So, I stick to saying we aren't playing very well. But I agree we have some real strengths to our game. And I think we might be able to bulldoze our way through the last few games. Our 2nd half performance today wasn't bad at all. If our central midfield could up their game a bit, I think we might just start to click. Getting Lallana back would be a boost too. I'm sure we would have won today with some ease if he'd been on the pitch.

I'd start with Connolly unless the medical advice is that he really can't last for more than 30-45 minutes. If Barney's out for the season, we're down to just three recongised strikers - including Guly. Who is probably the most frustrating player I've seen in a Saints shirt. Amazing natural ability, but still manages to look sh1t quite a lot.

Genuine congrats to Brighton, they have had a fantastic season and are very worthy winners of the division. They had one minor dip in form all season. Their overall record is outstanding. All that said, I'd probably only make them narrow favourites on Saturday. We really do have a good chance of getting something out of the game.

What total garbage. If we win 4 of our last 5, we are 100% promoted. Most likely, we will go up in 2nd with a lower return than this. It's not in the bag, but is in our own hands. We aren't playing very well just now, but we only need to overcome some fairly mediocre opposition to get promoted. The return of David Connolly could be crucial. He was superb today, and I presume he now needs to start alongside Lambert if Barnard is out until next season.

Yes...but the assumption you've based that on is 50/1 against...

don't risk Lallana, I'd say. losing tonight isn't a total disaster...

Ouch. Ok, well, we know we can win 3-2 with just 25 mins left.

Groan. "Too easy" says Merrington.

Nice one Kelv. Seems I cursed Jaidi by saying how brilliant he's been recently.

two goals in a minute for Brighton.....grrr..... Pompey 0 Coventry 1

Has Stephens touched the ball yet?

This is getting better....

This si more like it...strong 30 yd effort from a free kick, saved.... and finally a bit of pressure

Just keep it tight for 15 mins and ease ourselves into the game....

Brighton 1-0 down

gees....nervy start

Saintsplayer commentator: "We're very close to ground level, so we have a bird's eye's view of the technical area" Yeah, the view of a bird on the f*cking ground, you ***t....

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Jaidi seems to have found a new lease of life. Playing very, very well and in game after game.

Above average, certainly. Over the last 2 games, we're averaging 3 points a match. Even better.

Arse. We probably get promoted at bl00dy Griffin Park then....

This has been my hope for some time, but just looking again at the fixture lists for us, Hudds and Posh, it does seem quite likely. On Sat 30th April, we're at home to Hartlepool, Posh are away at Rochdale and Huddersfield travel to Brighton. Even if all three of us (Saints, Hudd, Posh) start the day on an equal number of points, if we win and they both lose, we're promoted at 5pm.

I think the problem is that you've basically decided to start your calculations with a "win". Dec 25th seems an arbitrary cut-off point to me. You could just as well start measuring from the last eight games, when the team has properly "gelled" and note that we're averaging 2.75 points per game since then.

In our first 6 games, we drop a total of 16 points - at a shocking rate of 2.33 a game. In our next 33 games, we drop just 27 points - at a decent rate of a mere 0.82 a game. Our improvement would look even more impressive, I think, if the vertical axis was "average points per game".

No. HTH.