FA Cup Semi Final

[Midfield_General]

Man up you bunch of melts we’ll twat them 

[Sir Ralph]

My son just said “so what everyone said we couldn’t beat arsenal”. Hes 9. We need to out sing city (shouldn’t be hard) and give a feeling of home advantage 

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[Divergent]

And they’re not as good as Arsenal- or so the League table says   

[ChristopheVAFC]

Wow.

Man City.

Force to you !

COYR ! ❤️🔥

[Nolan]

14 minutes ago, danjosaint said:

Why were saints no1 , its either in alphabetical or order of games surely

Because "Arsenal" is first alphabetically, and ASSUME makes an.....

[ChristopheVAFC]

Wow.

Man City.

Force to you !

COYR ! ❤️🔥

[beatlesaint]

1 minute ago, Sir Ralph said:

My son just said “so what everyone said we couldn’t beat arsenal”.

Well yeah, I’m sure Tonda has a few ideas on how to get at them. Don’t give them time on the ball being the obvious one.

[EssEffCee]

14 minutes ago, macca155 said:

Well we'd have to beat City at some point and I'd prefer them over Chelsea. 

Just have a good day out

Such a noddy attitude this 'day out' bollocks. It's an FA Cup semi final for fuck sake. Nobody wants to be leaving Wembley having lost.

[Willo of Whiteley]

4 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

Man up you bunch of melts we’ll twat them 

This entirely 😂 Yes!

[Toussaint]

13 minutes ago, obelisk said:

I bet balls 2 & 3 are still warm.

The bag was burst into flames off camera.

[Sheaf Saint]

Just now, Divergent said:

And they’re not as good as Arsenal- or so the League table says   

Their first 11 is probably better than the team that started for Arsenal last night. 

[Badger]

11 minutes ago, DT said:

There was never a minute’s doubt that the FA want a Man City Chelsea final. Happens every year. There is so much money in football now it can’t be anything other than corrupt. However. We can beat City. And then Chelsea. Plus all the dodgy decisions/ ludicrous extra times etc. 

picture the scene of an FA executive on the phone to Sky and the media sponsors : (in a John Le Mesurier sort of voice):

“Well sir, it was all going rather to plan, but then somehow ‘Gerry’ sent some young bloke in completely under the radar to infiltrate the workings and sabotage it …,

But we’re working on it with colleagues in VAR to see it doesn’t happen again..”

… 

[Whitey Grandad]

We can take them. As Shakespeare wrote in Henry V,

 

"If we are mark’d to die, we are enow

To do our country loss; and if to live,

The fewer men, the greater share of honour."

[egg]

18 minutes ago, whelk said:

Do you think all clubs have the same proportion of idiot fans who think the draws are fixed?

Fixed, no. Predictable, yes. 

[Badger]

They play Arsenal the week before. Perhaps we should hope they win and that the league is their priority ( plus multiple injuries and red cards)

[Harry_SFC]

Rigged or not, there's always a chance. Citys fans are crap. We have the chance to make Wembley sound like a home game. 

[Sir Ralph]

3 minutes ago, beatlesaint said:

Well yeah, I’m sure Tonda has a few ideas on how to get at them. Don’t give them time on the ball being the obvious one.

Screw the negative attitude. We’ve drawn them only option now is to beat them

[Turkish]

11 minutes ago, ant said:

2019, 3-1 City (League Cup).

2022, 4-1 City (FA Cup).

Granted, this error is rectified by the fact that we're never going to lose again.

Yeah but if you exclude games when both teams scored I am right 🖕🏼

[obelisk]

Still disagree with holding the semi-finals at Wembley.

[Sheaf Saint]

Can we beat City?

[whelk]

Just now, egg said:

Fixed, no. Predictable, yes. 

There’s psychology theories explaining such fallacies. Like thinking you are always in the slowest shopping queue as only remembering the slow times. One in three chance so sort of predictable but that’s probability for you.

it always rains on bank holidays except when it is sunny

[James G]

I was looking at how Bodo Glimt beat Man City

You have to stay compact, keep Haaland quiet and hit them on the break. It's similar to how we beat Arsenal, so we have a fair chance. I think as long as we avoid yellow cards early on, we should be fine. I thought Mannings yellow card let Dowman in a bit yesterday and made it harder for us

[SNSUN]

2 minutes ago, Badger said:

They play Arsenal the week before. Perhaps we should hope they win and that the league is their priority ( plus multiple injuries and red cards)

Or their 115 charges penalty of a 60 point deduction and expulsion from all domestic competitions a few days before meaning automatic progression to the final. 

[Sir Ralph]

Just now, James G said:

I was looking at how Bodo Glimt beat Man City

You have to stay compact, keep Haaland quiet and hit them on the break. It's similar to how we beat Arsenal, so we have a fair chance. I think as long as we avoid yellow cards early on, we should be fine. I thought Mannings yellow card let Dowman in a bit yesterday and made it harder for us

Bree and Manning will be critical 

[saintant]

19 minutes ago, Maggie May said:

Terrible draw but we’d have to beat either City or Chelsea to win it.  

Both now in all probability. What price a Saints Leeds final 🙂

[egg]

1 minute ago, whelk said:

There’s psychology theories explaining such fallacies. Like thinking you are always in the slowest shopping queue as only remembering the slow times. One in three chance so sort of predictable but that’s probability for you.

it always rains on bank holidays except when it is sunny

Well it has rained, and we drew City. So there. 

[obelisk]

1 minute ago, Sir Ralph said:

Bree and Manning will be critical 

Manning's banned for the SF isn't he?

[Nolan]

Presumably everyone has up to date passports for European competitions next year when we win the FA Cup?

Though midweek championship games may be a problem if we dont also go up.

[Badger]

3 minutes ago, Sir Ralph said:

Screw the negative attitude. We’ve drawn them only option now is to beat them

Never mind quoting Shakespeare (and no offence to Whitey, respect his knowledge) but I prefer the 1976 Channon

“We’ve got to win the bloody thing now ..,”

 

[EssEffCee]

2 minutes ago, Sir Ralph said:

Bree and Manning will be critical 

Manning is banned isn't he?

[Lord Duckhunter]

17 minutes ago, DT said:

There was never a minute’s doubt that the FA want a Man City Chelsea final. Happens every year.

😂 What a cock. What happened last year then? 
 

The only thing which makes the FA Cup such a great tournament and different from pretty much any other is the David V Goliath nature of it. The giant killings, the second division teams wining it. The best thing for the FA cup “brand “ is Southampton or Leeds reaching the final and winning it. Why on earth would they rig it to make it like every other competition in the world. 
 

Somd of you embarrassing yourselves and throwing your toys out of the pram because a 25% chance happened. 
 

#Nods 

[Miltonaggro]

Would have put my house on this - the FA hot balls strike again. Fuck all to fear and the underdog tag always suits us. Let’s piss on the Saudi fireworks! COYR.

[Paulwantsapint81]

THB to marshal a clean sheet

SE to torment 

Shea to score another special goal 

[SNSUN]

I'm not one to make big, romantic gestures but if we win the FA Cup I'm getting a picture of Tonda tattooed on my buttcheek. If we get promoted I'll let my daughter draw a picture of him on my leg with a Sharpie.

[trousers]

2 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

😂 What a cock. What happened last year then? 
 

The only thing which makes the FA Cup such a great tournament and different from pretty much any other is the David V Goliath nature of it. The giant killings, the second division teams wining it. The best thing for the FA cup “brand “ is Southampton or Leeds reaching the final and winning it. Why on earth would they rig it to make it like every other competition in the world. 
 

Somd of you embarrassing yourselves and throwing your toys out of the pram because a 25% chance happened. 
 

#Nods 

And then there are the "nods" that get annoyed by a small minority of fans who think the draw is rigged...

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[James G]

2 minutes ago, Sir Ralph said:

Bree and Manning will be critical 

Absolutely. I thought Manning did great, kept Dowman quiet until the yellow card. Then he had to back off a bit, still did well, but they were feeding Dowman when they could knowing Manning was on a yellow.

[Badger]

4 minutes ago, obelisk said:

Still disagree with holding the semi-finals at Wembley.

Agree. Abysmal decision even if supposedly financially better for FA.

We’ve got several grounds capable of hosting SF now. 

[The Kraken]

Ah well, the worst outcome. I was convinced we’d get Chelsea. Maybe they’ll rest Haaland (they won’t).

[Chez]

Saints Leeds final. Works for me.

[LGTL]

Being at Wembley does make it a lot tougher, but a similar game plan to Arsenal and who knows. We’ll have to be superb and they’ll need an off day, not completely implausible. 

[obelisk]

Saints to meet Leeds at Wembley for a re-match then?

[whelk]

Genuine question, what does the Venn diagram look like in terms of overlap of those that think the draw is rigged and those grown men that wear nappies and get given spending money by their missus?

[Harry_SFC]

At least I'll be going into the game with very little expectation. Which means if we lose I won't absolutely gutted. 

[James G]

4 minutes ago, EssEffCee said:

Manning is banned isn't he?

Yeah, they mentioned that. Wellington is fine. The players seem well drilled whoever is left back.

[Chez]

2 minutes ago, Badger said:

Agree. Abysmal decision even if supposedly financially better for FA.

We’ve got several grounds capable of hosting SF now. 

its time to return to semi finals elsewhere, Wembley is paid off. No reason for it other than to pamper to sponsors. football is for the fans. 

[whelk]

3 minutes ago, LGTL said:

Being at Wembley does make it a lot tougher, but a similar game plan to Arsenal and who knows. We’ll have to be superb and they’ll need an off day, not completely implausible. 

I see a marked improvement in attitude LGTL😀

[James G]

3 minutes ago, Chez said:

Saints Leeds final. Works for me.

Yeah, I think Leeds will beat Chelsea. I think Leeds will want it more, Chelsea just seem to go into meltdown mode at the wrong time, and someone will get sent off for them 

[Matthew Le God]

14th time in a FA Cup semi final...

1 - 1898
2 - 1900 - won
3 - 1902 - won
4 - 1908
5 - 1925
6 - 1927
7 - 1963
8 - 1976 - won FA Cup
9 - 1984
10 - 1986
11 - 2003 - won
12 - 2018
13 - 2021
14 - 2026

[egg]

Just now, Chez said:

its time to return to semi finals elsewhere, Wembley is paid off. No reason for it other than to pamper to sponsors. football is for the fans. 

Where would you host a city/saints semi? Villa Park a wee bit too small for me. 

Chelsea/Leeds ditto. 

If you're playing in London, there's the north London grounds I suppose. 

[Midfield_General]

16 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

We can take them. As Shakespeare wrote in Henry V,

 

"If we are mark’d to die, we are enow

To do our country loss; and if to live,

The fewer men, the greater share of honour."

“… but verily, at leas’t we shall have half a chance if Gav’n Bazunu be nowhere neareth the side.”