markr27

The Sky Sports News' reporter is still holding a vigil beside the gate involved in the saga at Boro's training ground. He's reporting that the players are back in training for a game they don't know they could be playing.... really gripping stuff.

Sky Sports was tentatively promoting the Hull - Southampton game today in an ad break during Sky Sports News.... just a bog standard title screen and voice over job.

Sky Sports was tentatively promoting the game today in an ad break during Sky Sports News.... just a bog standard title screen and voice over job.

After the shambles of the FA Cup semi final - got through and booking complete within 2 minutes, 2 hours last time to get two seats together.....

Points deduction and a sizable minimum compensation to be paid to Middlesbrough regardless of outcome of the final. If Saints get promoted the compensation will be increased. Maybe?!

Hmmm. Believe this was because Matty T wouldn't accept the spare ball that the "ballboy" (or whomever it was from the Academy) took from one of the tees dotted around the touchline. He demanded he go and fetch the original ball that had rolled some distance away, which is why the subs got involved.

I can't see how they could throw the Saints out of the final.... If they had top secret info, it was obviously put to god use based on their performances in both games during the 1st half when the team was being ripped to pieces. Southampton's team beat theirs over the two legs, due to better fitness and performance. I can't see how they can legally back-date a 3-0 deficit either meaning a 2-4 win on aggregate for Boro either. Had the game finished at 90 mins last night maybe that would give a thread of creditability to this scenario, but nowhere near enough. This doesn't detract from any offence that may or may not have been committed.... if it is proven then sufficient punishment should be handed out.

Do i try to connect....?

Think Azaz will have more impact from the start rather than coming on as a sub, based on previous games!

That's showed the new found belief in this team, that it could still equalise if the score was kept at 2-1. Many other players would have collectively jogged back and written off a 1-3 defeat.

Have located a driving licence for G BARNABY. Will keep hold and reunite ot with owner in due course!

Was this the same season that Vardy took out VvD, ruling him out for the remainder and beyond with a horrible tackle?

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