Play Off Chase

[Toussaint]

24 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

We look very different to when we played those sides last. Now playing 4231, a long unbeaten run, lots of squad depth, only one player out injured and playing with a lot of confidence running throughout the squad.

That is true but it is also true that none of those teams will be a pushover. 

[saintant]

Very soft penalty rescues a point for the lucky Tractor Boys. Boooo!

[coalman]

5 minutes ago, saintant said:

Very soft penalty rescues a point for the lucky Tractor Boys. Boooo!

I'm the grand scheme of things it's still a result that's helped us. Now Millwall and Ipswich will be looking at each other. 

12 days ago we weren't even in the playoffs.

[James G]

7 minutes ago, saintant said:

Very soft penalty rescues a point for the lucky Tractor Boys. Boooo!

Ipswich have some tough games and they look vulnerable. The 2-2 results takes points off two contenders, so it's not a bad result

[Willo of Whiteley]

On 16/04/2026 at 17:40, Willo of Whiteley said:

My prediction is:

Millwall 2-1 QPR
Swansea 0-1 Southampton
Ipswich 2-2 Middlesbrough

Southampton 1-0 Bristol City
Stoke 1-2 Millwall
Charlton 1-2 Ipswich
Middlesbrough 1-1 Sheffield United

Leicester 2-1 Millwall
Middlesbrough 1-1 Watford
West Brom 1-1 Ipswich

Southampton 2-1 Ipswich

Ipswich 2-0 QPR
Millwall 2-1 Oxford
Preston 1-2 Southampton
Wrexham 2-0 Middlesbrough

Not sure how that would leave the final table points-wise

Not a bad set of predictions 😂

[sfc4prem]

10 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Not a bad set of predictions 😂

Not bloody bad at all!!

[aintforever]

I can see Millwall choking just like Ipswich, beginning to think we’re going to do it now.

[James G]

10 minutes ago, aintforever said:

I can see Millwall choking just like Ipswich, beginning to think we’re going to do it now.

Stoke have beaten Coventry, Wrexham and Hull this season. Swansea too. They often raise their game against good opposition 

[Lord Duckhunter]

Whilst Leicester look dead & buried, Blackburn have played a game more & they face each other last day. If Leicester beat Hull at home Tuesday, Blackburn will need to win at Sheffield Utd to relegate them. Blackburn being within 6 of them could  make Millwalls job a lot tougher as Leicester have the better GD

Edited 15 hours ago by Lord Duckhunter

[SaintTex]

I am inclined to believe the draw was good for us.

1 point each was better than either getting 3. 

neither gained on GD. 

Edited 14 hours ago by SaintTex

[Matthew Le God]

50 minutes ago, SaintTex said:

I am inclined to believe the draw was good for us.

1 point each was better than either getting 3. 

neither gained on GD. 

Ipswich are the bigger threat with more points and a game in hand. So a draw wasn't as good as a Middlesbrough win. But still preferable to an Ipswich win.

[Lymington Saint]

Goal difference is now less relevant given the result today.  We need to win all three games and hope that Ipswich and Millwall do not win all theirs.  The ideal would be both Ipswich and Millwall drop points on Tuesday  

[Dark Munster]

13 minutes ago, Lymington Saint said:

Goal difference is now less relevant given the result today.  We need to win all three games and hope that Ipswich and Millwall do not win all theirs.  The ideal would be both Ipswich and Millwall drop points on Tuesday  

Correct. If we win our last three, Ipswich can't finish on the same number of points as us. If they win their other three they finish above us, and if they don't we finish above them.

[saintant]

1 hour ago, SaintTex said:

I am inclined to believe the draw was good for us.

1 point each was better than either getting 3. 

neither gained on GD. 

Very unlikely now that goal difference will come into play.

[S-Clarke]

I'm happy with a draw, at the end of the day Ipswich have dropped points in their penultimate home game. 3 aways on the spin for them now, if they get 9 points from that lot then fair do's. 

Even 'If' Boro had won, it didn't really change what we needed. At the end of the day we always needed to win all of our games, Ipswich and Millwall need to throw in 1 or 2 duff results. That wouldn't have changed no matter what result today, but dropped points for both is the better result imo.

Keeps Boro a little bit away from us, so we've gained on Boro and Ipswich this weekend. If we do settle for the playoffs, 3rd or 4th will have the 2nd leg at home - so that's another advantage to play for.

[West end Saints]

1 hour ago, Matthew Le God said:

Ipswich are the bigger threat with more points and a game in hand. So a draw wasn't as good as a Middlesbrough win. But still preferable to an Ipswich win.

You won't know that until we see how the other games go. Middlesbrough dropping 2 points may keep us in in top 4 

[saintstowin]

Crikey it's close. The draw today can't be sniffed at.

Ipswich and Millwall 4 points from the last 9 available.

Middlesbrough 3 points.

We know what we've got in that same set of games. 

We're gaining.

We're in with a shout.

[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. 

[suewhistle]

Lots to be said for winning the autos; not sure I can afford three trips to Wembley.. cough..

[Willo of Whiteley]

I’m confident of a second place finish

[Saint Pete]

1 hour ago, markr27 said:

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. 

Well, Boro at least can't catch us if we do win our last 3 now after they dropped 2 points today. It's still against the odds but it's getting more possible with every game at the moment!

My feeling is that I can see Ipswich slipping up in one of their other remaining away games (Charlton, West Brom), which could put us in business for pipping them. If they even just draw one of those and we win our 3, the goal difference thing won't matter. But Millwall worry me looking at their last 3, best chance of a slip up for them may be Stoke on Tuesday, as can't see them dropping points v Leicester or Oxford. 

[bpsaint]

All very ifs, buts and maybes, but Its very gutting thinking that 97th minute winner we conceded at Millwall could be the goal that pips them to the post ahead of us.

Edited 7 hours ago by bpsaint

[ant]

Going by Opta's predicted table, they have Ipswich something in the region of 60/40 in favour of making the autos. 

Us and Millwall more like 80/20 in terms of finishing 3rd to 6th.

Things have been changing fast though. It wasn't long ago that we were only attributed about a 3% chance of catching 2nd.