Saint Pete

Ipswich really wobbling. If we can just beat them, preferably by a couple of goals, it would make it very interesting on the final day with 4 teams within a point!

Yeah, Ipswich should be better but on current form, Millwall look trickier.

I'd like to know if those offsides towards the end of the 2nd half were correct. There were a succession of 4 or 5 given against us in the last 15 mins or so that from where I was sitting (Kingsland side on to penalty area) looked either extremely close or in a couple of cases baffling as to how they could have been offside. Obviously I do have Saints tinted spectacles but it felt like the lino was desperate to give decisions against us and a little on the dodgy side?

City not put it to bed vs Burnley yet, possibly good for us as the likes of Haaland and Cherki still on the pitch. May be rested against us if they play the full match?

Boro 1 up on Sheff W. We could do without them scoring a hatful, they need 5 tonight to go above us in 4th.

He only aged his men by 106 days then?! 🤣

Agree with almost all of that about the game today. Agree that Charles seemed off today and was also surprised he didn't go off rather than Downes, although think he switched more to RB when we went more direct with Larin and Stewart up top? Weirdly, I quite enjoyed us going a bit more direct towards the end! I actually was crying out for us to find a way to get it out to Fellows on the right wing to try to get more crosses in like for Stewart's goal. But I guess I can see why we were funneling it more often to Scienza on the left.

Well, they didn't create an awful lot of clear chances if they were constantly breaking through us that easily.

In fairness, they did have some periods where they kept the ball quite effectively and we weren't able to chase them down for a while, possibly due to fatigue. They were not always breaking quickly.

Nah, disagree. We didn't deserve the 3 points today, but it's harsh to say we deserved to lose. Yes, Bristol played well, a good away performance, wouldn't expect anything else from a Hodgson team. They had the edge in the first half, we looked hesitant and out of sorts. We had the edge in the second half without obviously reaching the heights of previous games. But still could have snatched it near the end. Overall, draw a fair result. The stats for the game back that up.

Well, it's probably just the play offs now but still an incredible achievement to be as high as we are now after where we were. And unbeaten run still intact going into the Cup game. It just seemed we ran out of a bit of steam today really but still put a shift in, which is a good sign. It seemed to me the late absence of Stephens (why did he not play?) unsettled us in the first half and Wood looked edgy, particularly in first half hour. We never really got going in truth but hopefully with a bit of a rest for a few days we can go again on Saturday.

I'm actually OK with the draw. Keep both of them suffering right to the end and then Spurs go on the last game! 😁

They will be falling over themselves to be the first out the door!

This is where bookmakers odds are not always the best guide in my opinion. Objectively, surely Millwall are more likely for top 2 as it stands. They are ahead of us in the table by a point and have a more favourable last 3 games, the highest placed team they have left to play is Stoke in 17th. The odds putting us above Millwall probably driven by optimistic Saints fans lumping bets on us for 2nd place? Not saying we can't/won't do it, but objectively it still seems against the odds and we should be considered 3rd favourites as it stands behind Ipswich and Millwall.

Well, Boro at least can't catch us if we do win our last 3 now after they dropped 2 points today. It's still against the odds but it's getting more possible with every game at the moment! My feeling is that I can see Ipswich slipping up in one of their other remaining away games (Charlton, West Brom), which could put us in business for pipping them. If they even just draw one of those and we win our 3, the goal difference thing won't matter. But Millwall worry me looking at their last 3, best chance of a slip up for them may be Stoke on Tuesday, as can't see them dropping points v Leicester or Oxford.

Nice! And Forest have a great chance to put distance between them and Spurs (and West Ham) tomorrow, home to Burnley. 🙂

I get what you're saying but in fairness I would imagine there are quite a few fans who haven't bothered with a membership this season but still attend a fair few Saints games. For these folks, they will have taken the half price membership now to guarantee getting a ticket. I don't know but would be surprised if there are thousands of people who have bought memberships now who haven't attended any Saints games to this point this season. That said, wouldn't have had any objection to the club doing more stages of releasing the tickets to recognise the ones who were members already etc, but club probably keen to get the sales done fairly quickly I guess. And to add, getting the sales done quickly may mean the club can have better chance of obtaining more tickets in the coming days so more Saints fans can attend?

Brett Ormerod?! Probably less Saints goals than Shane Long?

Arsenal doing their best to f*ck up leg 3 of the quadruple! Very nervy performance so far. I can see them being pipped by City for the title on this form.

I think everyone needs to be assessed at the end of the season depending on what league we will be in. Personally, I still think Fellows has a lot to offer at Championship level, but he is clearly at a low ebb confidence wise at the moment (as was Archer until last night by the way). Fellows has an excellent previous record at this level with West Brom and has still shown flashes of what he can do for us, including a great assist for the winner against Arsenal recently and he's still young, so I don't think we need to write him off just yet.

Whilst Archer put in a good performance against a pretty low level opposition last night, I think it's premature to see him as a starter in our best 11. We shouldn't lurch from thinking he shouldn't be anywhere near the 1st team to he should be starting in big games on basis of one decent showing in my opinion. Yes, Fellows has been disappointing this season, but he himself has contributed a fair few assists along the way and at least some good performances. And we do also have Matsuki as another good option on that right hand side. I have a feeling he may get the nod in the big games coming up. Don’t get me wrong, I'm happy that Archer put in a much improved performance and that goal will do him good, but I think we should be seeing him mainly as another good option off the bench in a wide position at the moment, particularly if we are chasing a goal late in the game.

Larin seems to have the edge in terms of current form and has been way better than I expected him to be at this level. I still feel that Stewart probably has a higher potential bar as a player though (if only he could remain fit). It's a great problem to have and whoever Tonda goes with to start in the big games to come, I am sure both will be needed and play their part over the 90+ minutes.

Brilliant management of the squad again tonight, a comfortable efficient win and several of our best players given a break at the same time. Also, the bonus of Archer turning in a good performance to give us another viable option for the last few games. Also, I love that the goals are coming from all over the team (and squad) now. Just looked back and we've scored 12 goals in last 4 games, including 10 different goalscorers! Sign of a very well functioning team/squad.

Yep, the home game v Ipswich gives us a chance to overturn the 6 goal gap. Win by 2 goals and that's 4 goal swing.

Er, nope! You are still forgetting that Ipswich have 5 to play and we have only 4. So, even if we win our remaining 4 including the Ipswich game, they could still win their other 4 games and finish 3 points above us. That said, we have much more of a chance after tonight's results, particularly with the 5 goal swing.