markr27

Win the last 3 and see where Saints finish. If Ipswich, Millwall and/or Boro (by bettering their goal difference) finish above us, fair play to them.

If Azaz is not fit to start (seemed to go off with a knock on Saturday), who replaces him in the 10 position? Leo? Shea? Archer as a second striker?

I guess not but first time we've done it since Wrexham on the first game of the season (I think?!)

Ipswich could be 5 points clear of 3rd on Tuesday night... Saints can quite easily finish best of the rest if the unbeaten run of form is maintained .

Was this the Huddersfield / MK Dons moment of the this season at St. Marys? Time will tell.

Next Saturday Portsmouth play Leicester, mooosive game at the bottom. Blackburn play on Friday against Coventry after playing us on Tuesday - potentially squeaky bum time for them IF they lose both, as they'd have played two games more than most of the others down there.

Live stream states 2035hrs as a start tine....

Is that the same end as we had at the play-off final?

Planned engineering works on the trains is a lot worse on the Sunday with bus replacement from Woking through to Weybridge. Gonna be fun if that is the chosen day

I think they'll both be in and out of the team through to the end of the season, given its certain to be Tuesday-Saturday-Tuesday-Saturday games from now on!

Where does Blackburn (H) fit in?

Downes and Matsuki will come back in I suspect for Bragg and Fellows, and Charles probably for Jander. Otherwise unchanged.

A comment that bemused me yesterday elsewhere before the game predicted that the Saints players would all have gone to the barbers beforehand to make sure they look their best on "their big day on TV." Looking at the highlights.... maybe a couple actually did

I presume the new advertising boards tighter to the pitch are still in place, and haven't been blown away by the wind....

4-3-3 Fulham game esque perhaps?

Always partial to SRL's free kick against Tranmere in L1. Flew in like a rocket.

Can probably forsee Edozie coming in for one of Jander or Bragg - but no-one else sticks out based on today - maybe Fellows for Matsuki if he's knackered?

Just got the this channel has experienced a technical problem, please try later message on sky+. Pretty sure this happened in the home game as well!

The microwave has just pinged, so all should appear in a tick.

Balls 3 5 6 and 7 are being heated up now,

Adam Armstrong's pens always reminded me of Jim Magilton... you could always predict where it was going before hand.

Not sure if it is done on gameweek - I would hope it is. Technically it's not Saints' fault for being one game behind, how dare the Club still be eligible to have played in the FA Cup today!

I don't rule out Downes and Bree being given a breather on Wednesday as both are on 9 yellows. That is technically the 37th gameweek, after which the 10 yellow card suspension rule get reset. Downes would appear the more likely if TE considers him essential for Coventry on Saturday, but Bree is now probably equally, perhaps more important.

Rotation. The option is there, however unlikely!

Peretz Bree THB Stephens Welington Downes/Charles/Bragg Jander Fellows Azaz Scienza Stewart ...on Tuesday could easily become McCarthy Jelert Wood Quarshie Manning Charles Bragg Robinson Matsuki Edozie Larin ...on Saturday