Man City vs Saints - Saturday 5.15pm

[RedArmy]

8 minutes ago, Football Special said:

150 left now, shame its the £90 ones left as these would have been snapped up early on if available,  price is high now for a casual fan or someone thinking of taking the family. 

Interestingly Chelsea haven't sold out their 33,250 initial allocation yet and any season ticket holder or member can buy THREE each, for me that shows even for a fanbase like theirs the prices are too steep. Not much travel cost or distance for Chelsea either. Like us Leeds have been given some extra tickets. 

They’re cup final ticket prices, semi final should be no more than £60. The FA are pulling fans pants down knowing most will pay it regardless because they don’t want to miss it.  
 

[Saint_Kent]

I have 2 surplus tickets in the gods, £45 each cost but I’ll sell them at £25 each. Hope they find a good home!

[bpsaint]

6 minutes ago, Football Special said:

150 left now, shame its the £90 ones left as these would have been snapped up early on if available,  price is high now for a casual fan or someone thinking of taking the family. 

Interestingly Chelsea haven't sold out their 33,250 initial allocation yet and any season ticket holder or member can buy THREE each, for me that shows even for a fanbase like theirs the prices are too steep. Not much travel cost or distance for Chelsea either. Like us Leeds have been given some extra tickets. 

Prices are ridiculous for a Semi Final, going to be empty seats galore this weekend as a result, not from us but City and Chelsea. Won’t be a good look for the FA seeing swathes of red seats in their ends. 
 

Hopefully it’s enough for them to start seriously considering moving away from Wembley again.

[die Mannyschaft]

1 minute ago, RedArmy said:

They’re cup final ticket prices, semi final should be no more than £60. The FA are pulling fans pants down knowing most will pay it regardless because they don’t want to miss it.  
 

Football these days is a con, its all about profit. I reckon I went to more leaque games hone and away when at school using my washing up job money. Then in 80s with first job. 

[VectisSaint]

Shame we didn't draw Chelsea.

[bpsaint]

Just now, VectisSaint said:

Shame we didn't draw Chelsea.

Think Leeds will beat them comfortably.

[die Mannyschaft]

10 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

4-1 defeat 

If we play like last night v Bristol City 7-1 defeat. I am sure I spotted Russell Martin in technical area advising Tonda how to master sideways passing 

[die Mannyschaft]

9 hours ago, tdmickey3 said:

Sadly you are right and hopefully its not worse but we can dream of a different outcome.

Need to ensure moral is not damaged for the playoffs

I would use the game for practising shooting first time, its a skill we haven't mastered all season.

[die Mannyschaft]

On 20/04/2026 at 23:29, Harold K Steptoe said:

Amazon, comes next day

Hackers will sell them at £22 , normally terrible quality. Keep eye out for sellers with just one box with scarves in plastic bags as they are to better quality ones. Try just handing out £10 and likely they take it.

[die Mannyschaft]

On 20/04/2026 at 01:22, Saint_clark said:

Thinking City will tear us apart is hardly thinking we will never win a game. If you actually thought about what I was saying, if we'd been playing any other team in the country I'd have felt confident - City are the one side who turn up consistently when it matters. Their front three against our back four terrifies me. 

City have a huge squad all of top players, even if put 2nd team in they would beat most teams. 

Its all on the day yes, and cup game but realistically a team with the best forwards in country v a team that basically plays a very high risk keep ball and in thier own 6 yard box is not a equal match up.

God know what the tactics were yesturday but we cant do that Saturday. 

[Osvaldorama]

1 hour ago, die Mannyschaft said:

City have a huge squad all of top players, even if put 2nd team in they would beat most teams. 

Its all on the day yes, and cup game but realistically a team with the best forwards in country v a team that basically plays a very high risk keep ball and in thier own 6 yard box is not a equal match up.

God know what the tactics were yesturday but we cant do that Saturday. 

Fuck me, cheer up lad. 4 misery guts posts in a row 😂

 

if you can’t get excited about a day out at Wembley, what’s the point in supporting Saints. 

Who cares if we lose 

[saintant]

Rodri missed their game tonight. Think he might be out for the semi final which would be a little Brucie Bonus for us.

[madge]

City’s defence is not all that and we’ll get chances.. unfortunately their attack is impressive 

[Roosk]

Has anyone else had issues getting the verification code through when logging into the saints ticket app for the first time? I’ve downloaded the app and entered the correct email address but no verification code comes through (and yes I am checking spam folder!). If I am missing something obvious I am happy to have it pointed out to me as I’m starting to get a bit worried… can anyone help?

[Pilchards]

2 minutes ago, madge said:

City’s defence is not all that and we’ll get chances.. unfortunately their attack is impressive 

Reckon it could be 5-5 after watching the game tonight.

[Osvaldorama]

For all the doomers, anyone remember :

Moussa Djenepo, Sekou Mara 2-0 Man City ?

 

Anything can happen. Yes it’s highly likely we get battered but who cares.

[saintant]

Many City fans saying they were very poor tonight without Rodri and one saying he's not back until their game against Everton.

[James G]

14 minutes ago, saintant said:

Many City fans saying they were very poor tonight without Rodri and one saying he's not back until their game against Everton.

They looked tired to be fair. They played well the first half of the first half, then faded

Before this match, I thought Man City were beyond us, now I think we have a chance, but alot of that depends on how tired we are and how tired they are. It's a weird one

[Saint86]

Full strength city getting a 1-0 vs Burnley (a side we'd fancy ourselves to beat) in a must win game. Albeit they absolutely dominated them and the Burnley keeper was MoTM.

https://www.flashscore.com/match/football/burnley-z3dmTMMO/manchester-city-Wtn9Stg0/summary/lineups/?mid=6mtC9buh

Very strong side from city though:
                        Ruma

Nunes, khusanov, Guehi, Ait-Nouri(off on 65min)

                    Silva, O'reily

Semenyo (off on 65min), Cherki, Doku

                       Haaland

You have to fancy they'll rotate a fair amount on the back of this - especially with just 3days until the semi final, which might just give us chance 🤷‍♂️ (I am very much aware that whatever side they put out will be superb). May sound mad, but we've secured playoffs, so i fully expect us to go all in on this. That Ipswich game is largely irrelevant to us and they'll be just as jaded as we are. And we are guaranteed 5th now as a minimum unless we somehow fail to beat an absolutely awful Preston side that have been on the beach for weeks and failed to beat both Leicester and qpr recently (and the boro Wrexham remaining games all go against us) . Happy days i say.

Their bench still features the likes of Foden, Ake, Kovacic, Marmoush, and Reijnders.

Looks likely that Ruben Dias and Rodri will be out of the semi, plus Gvardiol has a broken leg...

Whisper it quietly, but they're might just be something in this for us on Saturday, if the cards fall our way anyway.

City fans aren't sounding quite so confident after tonight either...
https://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/southampton-n-sat-25th-april-17-15-fac-pre-match-thread.371524/

Edited 9 hours ago by Saint86

[Dark Munster]

2 hours ago, Saint86 said:

Full strength city getting a 1-0 vs Burnley (a side we'd fancy ourselves to beat) in a must win game. Albeit they absolutely dominated them and the Burnley keeper was MoTM.

https://www.flashscore.com/match/football/burnley-z3dmTMMO/manchester-city-Wtn9Stg0/summary/lineups/?mid=6mtC9buh

Very strong side from city though:
                        Ruma

Nunes, khusanov, Guehi, Ait-Nouri(off on 65min)

                    Silva, O'reily

Semenyo (off on 65min), Cherki, Doku

                       Haaland

You have to fancy they'll rotate a fair amount on the back of this - especially with just 3days until the semi final, which might just give us chance 🤷‍♂️ (I am very much aware that whatever side they put out will be superb). May sound mad, but we've secured playoffs, so i fully expect us to go all in on this. That Ipswich game is largely irrelevant to us and they'll be just as jaded as we are. And we are guaranteed 5th now as a minimum unless we somehow fail to beat an absolutely awful Preston side that have been on the beach for weeks and failed to beat both Leicester and qpr recently (and the boro Wrexham remaining games all go against us) . Happy days i say.

Their bench still features the likes of Foden, Ake, Kovacic, Marmoush, and Reijnders.

Looks likely that Ruben Dias and Rodri will be out of the semi, plus Gvardiol has a broken leg...

Whisper it quietly, but they're might just be something in this for us on Saturday, if the cards fall our way anyway.

City fans aren't sounding quite so confident after tonight either...
https://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/southampton-n-sat-25th-april-17-15-fac-pre-match-thread.371524/

They are surprisingly modest and give us a lot of respect, and given how many superstars they have, not cocky.

[EssEffCee]

8 hours ago, Osvaldorama said:

Fuck me, cheer up lad. 4 misery guts posts in a row 😂

 

if you can’t get excited about a day out at Wembley, what’s the point in supporting Saints. 

Who cares if we lose 

I care if we lose. How can anyone not care if we lose a semi final? It'll be gutting.

I hate all this 'day out' stuff tbh, such a noddy attitude in my view. For me the excitement isn't merely the fact we're at Wembley, it's the fact we're one game from the FA Cup final.

I'm not going just for the day out like we're some third division club who have never played there before. I'm going with the hope we can reach only the second FA Cup final of my lifetime.

[Toadhall Saint]

It’s 11 men vs 11 men. Yes they have a better squad etc etc but my view is that we will go out to compete with them and if we should win (which isn’t beyond us) then brilliant! If we should lose it won’t be because we didn’t try. I’m hoping city have an off day and we capitalise. 

[Charlie Wayman]

If Nathan Jones could beat them then surely it'll be straightforward for Tonda Eckert?

[saintant]

7 hours ago, Saint86 said:

Full strength city getting a 1-0 vs Burnley (a side we'd fancy ourselves to beat) in a must win game. Albeit they absolutely dominated them and the Burnley keeper was MoTM.

https://www.flashscore.com/match/football/burnley-z3dmTMMO/manchester-city-Wtn9Stg0/summary/lineups/?mid=6mtC9buh

Very strong side from city though:
                        Ruma

Nunes, khusanov, Guehi, Ait-Nouri(off on 65min)

                    Silva, O'reily

Semenyo (off on 65min), Cherki, Doku

                       Haaland

You have to fancy they'll rotate a fair amount on the back of this - especially with just 3days until the semi final, which might just give us chance 🤷‍♂️ (I am very much aware that whatever side they put out will be superb). May sound mad, but we've secured playoffs, so i fully expect us to go all in on this. That Ipswich game is largely irrelevant to us and they'll be just as jaded as we are. And we are guaranteed 5th now as a minimum unless we somehow fail to beat an absolutely awful Preston side that have been on the beach for weeks and failed to beat both Leicester and qpr recently (and the boro Wrexham remaining games all go against us) . Happy days i say.

Their bench still features the likes of Foden, Ake, Kovacic, Marmoush, and Reijnders.

Looks likely that Ruben Dias and Rodri will be out of the semi, plus Gvardiol has a broken leg...

Whisper it quietly, but they're might just be something in this for us on Saturday, if the cards fall our way anyway.

City fans aren't sounding quite so confident after tonight either...
https://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/southampton-n-sat-25th-april-17-15-fac-pre-match-thread.371524/

They're not full strength when Rodri doesn't play. 

[saintant]

Have a feeling Tonda may spring a surprise and go for a low block for the first 60-65 minutes. Think he'll leave the flair players on the bench and set up 451 with starting eleven something like;

Peretz

Bree Stephens (or Wood) THB Wellington

Matsuki Bragg Downes Jander Charles

Larin

He'll aim to stay in the match and bring on Scienza, Fellows and Azaz after 60-65 minutes. Just my theory and probably not going to happen.

[Saint Garrett]

They're shit, 3-1 Saints.

[S-Clarke]

They're not as strong as they were a few seasons ago, when they had peak KDB, Rodri and co. But they're still on a different level than us obviously, so it's going to be one of those games where we need to make the most of every sniff we get - we can't miss chances, and we also will need a fair bit of luck.

Nothing is impossible though, and with the momentum we have I'd imagine City aren't thinking this is a comfortable game - it will probably be harder than the game at Burnley they just played.

I just want the next two days to fast forward now.

[Sheaf Saint]

8 hours ago, Saint86 said:

Full strength city getting a 1-0 vs Burnley (a side we'd fancy ourselves to beat) in a must win game. Albeit they absolutely dominated them and the Burnley keeper was MoTM.

Thankfully we've now got a keeper who is capable of MOTM performances as well.

Imagine if we had to face them with Baz in goal! 😬

[Sheaf Saint]

8 hours ago, Saint86 said:

Full strength city getting a 1-0 vs Burnley (a side we'd fancy ourselves to beat) in a must win game. Albeit they absolutely dominated them and the Burnley keeper was MoTM.

Thankfully we've now got a keeper who is capable of MOTM performances as well.

Imagine if we had to face them with Baz in goal! 😬

[Pilchards]

Watched the City Burnley game yesterday.

They have a lot of great moves around the box but that killer pass is just not there.

We can beat them on set pieces for sure, JWP was whipping the balls in time and time again but the Burnley donkeys couldn’t get a head to it as they were slow to react.

Saw on the blue moon chat that they are crap at attacking set plays and crap at defending them.

Im sure our Tonda would have done his homework by holding them for the first 20 minutes to tire out and try beat them with our counters and set plays.

[bender]

Man City won't be at there best and we've forgotten how to lose so I'm quite optimistic we won't get battered.  Don't expect us to get to the final but you never know.