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Jander was absolutely superb in comparison - how he has the legs for those 2 performances back to back i don't know.

Aside from a little flurry at the end when we were shattered and had to comit men forward, they've scored from a foul and our defence with tired legs (not closing clarke).

I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever that they're going straight back down. That bet is free money the second the market opens 😅

Deserved to win that game, despite being absolutely shattered after City, and at least we stopped Ipswich's promotion party and have given them something to stress about during the week. Ipswich are bang average and very lucky the season isn't a couple of games longer. Maybe even 1 longer as i've got no doubts both us and Millwall would have caught them. As for tonight, the Ref certainly gave them every decision going in this one as well. They're very lucky they'll dodge the playoffs as i'd rank them behind Saints and Millwall for quality.

This ref is a joke.

Larin just pushed 2 hands in the back when going for that cross... blatant. That one was a pen.

Should it not be a red card for the tackle on Azaz? If he doesn't jump out of the way he gets his leg snapped or an ankle ligament injury.

Whats annoying is that Ipswich really are pretty average, we'd much rather have them in the playoffs than Millwall ffs.

Clear foul in the buildup there.

Yeah, I sadly think so to. Will likely catch up with us at some point in this match. Ah well, let's see what they can do, who knows, we may still spoil their promotion party.

Lots of silly mistakes first few minutes - tired, or nerves?

He's had a disjointed season, but i agree that there is a decent player in there. Hopefully he stays fit going into preseason and can hit the ground running in August.

Don't think there can be any doubt that we fully rattled them and fundamentally they just didn't like it. We were the far better fans (not even a question), and then we had the nerve to scare the crap out of them by keeping a clean sheet for 82min and taking a lead that left them needing a lucky deflected and bouncing shot to get back into the match. They almost got proper humbled and they know it, and that's just too much for their billy big bollocks "fans" online - pretty funny really 😄

Checked their forum (btw - they have to have the worst forum organisation / layout I've ever seen, what is with all their micro threads all covering the same subject 😅🤦‍♂️), but my lord are they cocky. They may or may not beat us, but it's beyond complacent to be that confident of beating this Southampton side away from home 😅

Very very hard to chose between: Scienza, THB, and Peretz for me - for the top award. But even that is harsh on the likes of Azaz, Downes, Bree, and Manning... and its not like the majority of the squad haven't had very good seasons as well. After the misery that was last season, this year has yielded a special team - one that has to get promoted or face dismantling.

Walked to wembley central with my lad after the game, mixed fans all the way. Saw absolutely zero scuffles and no police were involved. So whatever it was must have been very isolated - could equally be complete horeshit from some very sad city fans. Most city fans I met were pretty friendly and normal tbh. Didn't see any trouble the entire day.

Given where they are and where they're likely heading, i think they could do far far worse than trying to keep Rowett... maybe he's seen the writing on the wall and won't be persuaded to stay?

I presume he was quoting transfermarket, which states all monetary values in euros. Its not like the unit matters when comparing like for like anyway 😅

The Analysis Series: Leicester City’s fall from grace This makes pretty grim reading from a Leicester perspective.

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.