25/26 - Non Saints Games

[coalman]

Nearly 3

[DellBlockH]

Did the wind change when Kieran McKenna was trying out that weird lip twist one day?

[Toadhall Saint]

Just now, Sheaf Saint said:

Boro all over them now.

Yep only one team in it. But you know how this ends….   

[Sheaf Saint]

Mcateer going off injured. I really, really, absolutely genuinely hope he's not out for the rest of the season now 😉

[HKsaint]

5 minutes ago, benjii said:

Watch Boro beat Sheff Wednesday 7-0 next week! 😂

Can score a few more, but not more than 4

[Toadhall Saint]

I know it was offside but great save from the Boro keeper.

[RedArmy]

This is all too good to be true. 

[Toadhall Saint]

Wouldn’t have thought there would be a lot of extra time either.

[LGTL]

Penalty Ipswich 

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

Eufh dodgy pen Ipswich.

[James G]

15 minutes ago, Toadhall Saint said:

Yeah. I don’t think they’ll win all of there’s 2 wins and a draw.

Millwall have only won 2 of their last 6 games. There's a fair chance they'll drop points. No games are easy

[Patches O Houlihan]

pen given

[bpsaint]

Draw would be ok right?

[LGTL]

2-2

[Toussaint]

Softest penalty 

[IOWSaintDaz]

Just now, LGTL said:

2-2

Nope they need to lose

[Saint_clark]

6 minutes ago, RedArmy said:

This is all too good to be true. 

Cheers for that.

[benjii]

Didn't Ipswich get a soft pelanty at Norwich? Feels like they have the luck at the moment.

[Willo of Whiteley]

Ipswich have only scored from penalties this season

[Saint_clark]

2 minutes ago, bpsaint said:

Draw would be ok right?

Not a huge amount of difference between a draw or a Boro win for us realistically. Need to win all our games and hope Ipswich drop points in the game in hand either way.

[Sheaf Saint]

Ipswich fans singing our song now 🫤

Edited 11 hours ago by Sheaf Saint

[Jimmy_D]

1 minute ago, bpsaint said:

Draw would be ok right?

We’d still need them to drop more points aside from losing to us, but it does take goal difference out of the equation if they do drop those points.

[Toadhall Saint]

5 minutes ago, Toadhall Saint said:

Wouldn’t have thought there would be a lot of extra time either.

8 minutes? Where from??

[Saint In Cornwall]

24 minutes ago, Saint In Cornwall said:

Yes!

It's a no I'm afraid.

Nice to meet you though

[Eire Saint]

Officiating in this league is so bad. Never a pen. 

[Matthew Le God]

Just now, Eire Saint said:

Officiating in this league is so bad. Never a pen. 

He was hugging him and pulling him. That is a foul.

[RedArmy]

2 weekends in a row they’ve had a soft penalty. 
 

who have they paid? 

[Jimmy_D]

2 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Not a huge amount of difference between a draw or a Boro win for us realistically. Need to win all our games and hope Ipswich drop points in the game in hand either way.

Goal difference advantage isn’t that big for Ipswich, Boro win puts 3rd firmly in our own hands, especially if we beat Ipswich by two for a four goal swing.

[SW11_Saint]

6 minutes ago, Toussaint said:

Softest penalty 

Ludicrous pen decision 

[benjii]

2 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

He was hugging him and pulling him. That is a foul.

Sounds more like a good time.

[coalman]

Boro have settled for the draw

[West end Saints]

I can't decide what is the best result for us, but realised I don't have to!

Overall think draw is best result for us, keeps top 2 possible, and helps with top 4.

[benjii]

1 minute ago, West end Saints said:

I can't decide what is the best result for us, but realised I don't have to!

Overall think draw is best result for us, keeps top 2 possible, and helps with top 4.

I suppose the top 4 angle is one way of looking at it but makes top 2 less likely than with a Boro win.

Edited 11 hours ago by benjii

[iansums]

5 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

He was hugging him and pulling him. That is a foul.

No romance in the game nowadays 

[LGTL]

Full time 2-2

[AlexLaw76]

That is a good result. Ipswich have 3 seats on the spin now

[coalman]

Well, we got in this position via an improbable series of results. We just need that improbable series to continue.

[Sheaf Saint]

Just now, LGTL said:

Full time 2-2

I'll take that. Ipswich drop points and lose McAteer to injury, and Boro remain below us.

[Baird of the land]

Stupid by the boro player for the penalty, but such a delayed decision influenced by the crowd. Annoying as at 2-1they had a few chances for a third.

[bpsaint]

Full time, we’ve gained 2 points on Ipswich then, good result IMO

Edited 11 hours ago by bpsaint

[Sheaf Saint]

30 minutes ago, Toadhall Saint said:

Yep only one team in it. But you know how this ends….   

Yep, we saw that coming.

[RedArmy]

I fancy West Brom to take a point off them, with a potential points deduction looming over them they’ll need to keep going as much as possible. 
 

So all in all I think a draw is good for us, keeps Boro at arms length too. 

[coalman]

It was only a week and a half ago we overtook Wrexham to get into the playoff places. Now, we're a point behind 2nd

[Jimmy_D]

Two results outside our control needed now, with the added bonus that goal difference is now irrelevant as long as we keep our results going and those two results we need come in.

[VectisSaint]

4 minutes ago, benjii said:

I suppose the top 4 angle is one way of looking at it but makes top 2 less likely than with a Boro win.

The one extra point really makes no difference, 1 or 2 points better than us is of little consequences, whereas if they had won it would have been much more difficult. I think a draw was the best result for us.

[Lord Duckhunter]

With Ipswich’s home record & the run Middlesbrough have been on (they haven’t won a game for over a month) a draw is a pretty decent result for us. Better than could really be expected. They’ve 3 tough away games and they have a piss poor away record for a team finishing second. 

[bpsaint]

Just now, Lord Duckhunter said:

With Ipswich’s home record & the run Middlesbrough have been on (they haven’t won a game for over a month) a draw is a pretty decent result for us. Better than could really be expected. They’ve 3 tough away games and they have a piss poor away record for a team finishing second. 

Indeed. Even if Ipswich had lost today we’d still be relying on them not winning their game in hand so I consider today a decent result for us as it keeps us ahead of Boro.

 

[benjii]

2 minutes ago, VectisSaint said:

The one extra point really makes no difference, 1 or 2 points better than us is of little consequences, whereas if they had won it would have been much more difficult. I think a draw was the best result for us.

Dunno about that. If they lost it would be within our hands to finish above Ipswich if we score lots of goals. Now it isn't, we need them to drop points in another match.

Unless I'm looking at the wrong table.

[benjii]

Just now, bpsaint said:

Indeed. Even if Ipswich had lost today we’d still be relying on them not winning their game in hand so I consider today a decent result for us as it keeps us ahead of Boro.

 

We would have been level on points so they could win all their games apart from against us and we could still have finished above them. Albeit we might have been unlikely to have overturned the GD deficit.

[AlexLaw76]

1 minute ago, benjii said:

Dunno about that. If they lost it would be within our hands to finish above Ipswich if we score lots of goals. Now it isn't, we need them to drop points in another match.

Unless I'm looking at the wrong table.

They still have a game in hand???