Wrexham vs. Saints - Tuesday 8pm

[Badger]

2 hours ago, Saint_clark said:

Ipswich have two games in hand after today and one of them is against us.

And the other at Fortress Fratton. 

[die Mannyschaft]

On 05/04/2026 at 11:40, James G said:

I think we'll win the first half, Wrexham will win the second half. 

Wrexham play 343, we'll probably need to play similar to how we played Arsenal, it'll be the long ball, direct football that unlocks them. They usually score from corners and set pieces

I see it being high scoring, so I'll go for 3-3 just because we had the Arsenal game and can see tiredness being a factor second half. It'll be Scienza and Azaz scoring. This will be Fellows chance to get a goal too.

The amount of shots Fellows blasts over high and wide each game a few have got to hit the back of net. Soon before games run out.

[die Mannyschaft]

The performance v Arsenal shows we can adapt during a game and have effective subs, also play football for two halves. Wrexham is another huge game. Win it and we are in the during seat. Wrexham 2-3 Saints.  

[NewYorkSaint]

One wild card. Our away fans. They're amazing. I was at the Fulham game and was blown away by what they brought. Completely out-sung the home crowd.  As our collective confidence grows can't help but think that can be a factor tomorrow. With tired muscles, players will need all the boost they can get.

[EssEffCee]

33 minutes ago, NewYorkSaint said:

One wild card. Our away fans. They're amazing. I was at the Fulham game and was blown away by what they brought. Completely out-sung the home crowd.  As our collective confidence grows can't help but think that can be a factor tomorrow. With tired muscles, players will need all the boost they can get.

Fulham was good but away support been a bit rubbish at most games tbh.

Small allocation though and normally that bodes well.

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

3 hours ago, die Mannyschaft said:

The amount of shots Fellows blasts over high and wide each game a few have got to hit the back of net. Soon before games run out.

I feel for him.

Fingers crossed he scores the winner at Wembley!

[Saint_clark]

4 hours ago, NewYorkSaint said:

One wild card. Our away fans. They're amazing. I was at the Fulham game and was blown away by what they brought. Completely out-sung the home crowd.  As our collective confidence grows can't help but think that can be a factor tomorrow. With tired muscles, players will need all the boost they can get.

Fulham was an outlier as we had roughly 7k there in total.

[TheAlehouseBrawlers]

Wrexham's tight little ground will be the polar opposite of the sedate home support of Craven Cottage, it will be noisy and raucous. We only got 1,200 tickets (a sizeable chunk of that went to corp, etc), they'll do well to make a dent in the atmosphere. Winning will help.

[East Kent Saint]

8 hours ago, JohnnyShearer2.0 said:

I feel for him.

Fingers crossed he scores the winner at Wembley!

What's he doing wrong I wonder , can it be corrected on the training ground ? Is the ball too far forward when he strikes it . 

[Sheaf Saint]

2 minutes ago, East Kent Saint said:

What's he doing wrong I wonder , can it be corrected on the training ground ? Is the ball too far forward when he strikes it . 

I'm assuming that he can hit them ok in training, because he's not reluctant to keep attempting them rather than looking for a better option. 

[LiberalCommunist]

Tonight we find out at what price was the cup victory. 

Can't start Ross. Leo gets 65 mins either side. This is going to  be tough.

Hoping we get a real ref tonight, and not one of the chancers. 

Escaping with a predictable 1-1 isn't the end of the world, just hope we come through unscathed. 

[Charlie Wayman]

10 hours ago, JohnnyShearer2.0 said:

I feel for him.

Fingers crossed he scores the winner at Wembley!

They need to stop his pocket money and keep him in detention after training to make him practice shooting. He gets to go home when he scores 99 out of 100 shots.

Seriously though both him and Scienza are costing us dearly by their waywardness when in relatively easy scoring positions. We could have and maybe should have scored 4 or 5 on Saturday if these guys had learned to calm down a bit and make better decisions. I guess that's why they're playing for us rather than big clubs.

Edited 4 hours ago by Charlie Wayman

[Scoobysaint]

Coming away with a draw tonight would be a good result, keeps everything in our own hands. Hoping for a Larin early goal to settle the nerves and upset the natives. 

[Charlie Wayman]

35 minutes ago, LiberalCommunist said:

Tonight we find out at what price was the cup victory. 

Can't start Ross. Leo gets 65 mins either side. This is going to  be tough.

Hoping we get a real ref tonight, and not one of the chancers. 

Escaping with a predictable 1-1 isn't the end of the world, just hope we come through unscathed. 

I would have thought most people would be buoyed up by Saturday's performance and far more optimistic about our prospects tonight. The players know what they have to do; we have good cover in most positions even if the odd bod has to be rested so our overall strength should still shine through. Cheer up and enjoy these moments, they've been a long time coming. Faint hearts never won fair ladies or gentlemen!

3-1 to Saints by the way.

Edited 3 hours ago by Charlie Wayman

[Turkish]

3 hours ago, East Kent Saint said:

What's he doing wrong I wonder , can it be corrected on the training ground ? Is the ball too far forward when he strikes it . 

Going for power over placement. He doesn’t try and tuck them in the corners like a quality finisher does he smashes them as hard as he can which means you don’t get the accuracy. Even the one from about 6 yards out the other week that hit the bar he absolutely walloped. Tells me he’s lacking a bit of confidence in front of goal, relax place them into the corner rather than smashing them down the keepers throat 

[Jack]

Seen a couple of Wrexham games recently where they’ve been absolutely dreadful first half then come back into it. Vs Watford in particular, they were horrendous and didn’t have a shot in the first half. Could do with a fast start tonight I reckon 

[West end Saints]

1 hour ago, Charlie Wayman said:

They need to stop his pocket money and keep him in detention after training to make him practice shooting. He gets to go home when he scores 99 out of 100 shots.

Seriously though both him and Scienza are costing us dearly by their waywardness when in relatively easy scoring positions. We could have and maybe should have scored 4 or 5 on Saturday if these guys had learned to calm down a bit and make better decisions. I guess that's why they're playing for us rather than big clubs.

Said similar about Shane long, if he finished every chance he made with his speed and work rate he would be Suarez and not playing for us.

[Dman]

Its been an almost perfect easter weekend of us, so no doubt we'll lose this one. 

Wrexham are a strange team - Doyle and Moore aside, I don't think I'd pick any of their squad to get into ours, but they are a proper football leauge outfit.  

Still in with a sniff of the top 2, remarkably, but will need to essentially win all of our remaning games which is a tough ask - our run in isn't the easiest. 

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

Really hope the team isn't too gassed after the FA cup efforts. 

Downes, Charles and Matsuki should alleviate the tiredness if they come in.

As Dman said, this will be a very direct game for Wrexham. So can see them putting in a lot balls into the box. Hopefully Saints and Tonda are prepared and revisited the Hull and Millwall away games to see what not to do!

[Dman]

Other than Peretz, THB, Bree, Azaz & Scienza we can swap out anyone and be equally as strong - which given the fixture pile up, we'll have to do. 

Downes and Charles as a pair in the middle for me tonight. I'd probably start Larin, Fellows deserves another game. Scienza has to start, but we only tend to get 60 minutes from him anyway. 

Its then a toss up of Stephens or Wood, Manning or Wellington?

[TheSoundman]

2 hours ago, Turkish said:

Going for power over placement. He doesn’t try and tuck them in the corners like a quality finisher does he smashes them as hard as he can which means you don’t get the accuracy. Even the one from about 6 yards out the other week that hit the bar he absolutely walloped. Tells me he’s lacking a bit of confidence in front of goal, relax place them into the corner rather than smashing them down the keepers throat 

Ross needs to work with him. The way he tucked away the first against Arsenal was perfect.

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, Dman said:

Its been an almost perfect easter weekend of us, so no doubt we'll lose this one. 

Wrexham are a strange team - Doyle and Moore aside, I don't think I'd pick any of their squad to get into ours, but they are a proper football leauge outfit.  

Still in with a sniff of the top 2, remarkably, but will need to essentially win all of our remaning games which is a tough ask - our run in isn't the easiest. 

 

44 minutes ago, Dman said:

Other than Peretz, THB, Bree, Azaz & Scienza we can swap out anyone and be equally as strong - which given the fixture pile up, we'll have to do. 

Downes and Charles as a pair in the middle for me tonight. I'd probably start Larin, Fellows deserves another game. Scienza has to start, but we only tend to get 60 minutes from him anyway. 

Its then a toss up of Stephens or Wood, Manning or Wellington?

Sadly I think you’re probably right. These are not the sort of games we do well in. Strong, aggressive team backed by a passionate crowd. They’re not great by any means but I think we’ll struggle tonight. Given we will never a lose again I’m going to say we hold on for a 1-1 draw

[Badger]

19 hours ago, Saint_clark said:

Ipswich have two games in hand after today and one of them is against us.

 

17 hours ago, Badger said:

And the other at Fortress Fratton. 

Occurred to me that if our Blackburn match is rearranged for next Tuesday as suggested, the same night as Skates v Ipswich we could have the unusual situation of both Saints and Skates wanting each other to win. 

[Turkish]

1 minute ago, TheSoundman said:

Ross needs to work with him. The way he tucked away the first against Arsenal was perfect.

It’s clearly a confidence issue seen it many times before in players, even our kids do it, just smash it and hope for the best rather than calmly pick your spot and almost pass it into the net. 

[benjii]

Win tonight and second place is on.

 

[Totton Saint]

It's on Sky football thank goodness!

[Willo of Whiteley]

31 minutes ago, Totton Saint said:

It's on Sky football thank goodness!

Sky Sports Plus unfortunately for those without the red button.

Radio it is for me.

[CamSaint]

14 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Sky Sports Plus unfortunately for those without the red button.

Radio it is for me.

It is on Sky Channel 404, accessible through Sky Go

[Dman]

16 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Sky Sports Plus unfortunately for those without the red button.

Radio it is for me.

If Sky Sports Plus - does that mean that its the god awful comms where they're not actually in the ground?