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Starting to feel sick with nerves constantly.. I think if Watford get a positive result tonight it'll be massive for tomorrow - I do worry about Norwich but I think if we can start the game well and get the monkey of our back then we can hopefully kick on... Up the Saints!

There is next to no margin for error and I think it'll come down to a point or two so all focus should be on the league but Arsenal should be considered a free hit. Put out a decent team and we surprise a few people by playing well. We lose the game playing well with our heads held high does no damage (IMO) to morale - losing to the PL champions elect. Win and it could very well be the game the catapults us to play offs. For what its worth I think we might just fall short but my eyes are on Hull - I think Wrexham will make it into play offs.

You don't have to worry any more - I did a Championship predictor for remaining games and had Saints finishing 6th on 70 points and Hull finishing 7th on 68. If you're interested, Wrexham finish on 73 and Ipswich have a late surge to usurp Boro and finish 2nd. Pompey stay up on goal difference. WBA down.

Got a mate still looking for a ticket if anyone hears of one

Got a mate looking for a ticket if anyone has a spare

Any boozers nearby that'll be selling pints at 11am?

More tickets released - just got two.

There is an automated messaged when you call the ticket office to say it's sold out but they're awaiting info from Fulham as to whether we can have more.

AH I just had a work call and finished just in time for them to sell out... SO I'm looking for 2x if anyone has a change of heart. Gutted!

It's an odd choice this - surely it makes more sense to keep AA until the summer rather than risk it with a 30 year old with a poor scoring record?

Apparently Armstrong to Boro according to some local hack on Twitter - it would make sense from a geographical POV

Ipswich in for Piroe on a permanent deal

Is mad that there hasn't even been a sniff of an incoming transfer - fair play for keeping it quiet (presuming LeG's source is correct and we're working on two)

Let me rephrase, you're right, plenty will want to come here BUT I don't think they'll be able to tempt players here that we, the fans, deem better than we currently have. People have been talking about players such as Callum Wilson, Josh Sargent and Taiwo Awoniyi and I'm saying nobody of that sort of calibre is going to come here. Not a chance in hell. So, we'll be left with players who are seen as risks - lower leagues etc or young foreign imports. Obviously for every Scienza there is a Damion Downes so it's just more gambling. We shouldn't have signed Downes in the summer, we should have signed a proven Championship striker who at the time would have seen us a shoe in for top 6 and an easier sell. Once again, they opted for a clever move and once again it's not worked out.

As we’ve discussed plenty of times, while SR are shite, they’ve never been afraid to spend money. I imagine they’ll feel they have to bring in some reinforcements - if nothing else, to take the heat off themselves for a bit. But, as with last January, who exactly is going to want to come here? Everyone keeps banging on about needing a big, strong number nine, but anyone half-decent isn’t choosing a mid-table Championship club unless it’s a gamble for them. And if we do sign someone, we’ll inevitably be up in arms about either (a) an unknown quantity or (b) someone with pretty underwhelming numbers. It’s a lose–lose. To be clear, the blame sits squarely with SR - we shouldn’t be anywhere near this position in the first place. But right now they’re stuck between a rock and a hard place. Semmens absolutely put us in this mess by selling to SR, but on reflection I think he and the old board did a better job than I gave them credit for at the time, especially given the circumstances.