Boro 0-0 Saints - Match Thread

[Badger]

1 minute ago, Maggie May said:

Yeah but the article wouldn’t have been published if it was BS. 

Why?  Boro will lap it up, and the Daily Mail want something to fill their pages before going full on about Keir and Zac tomorrow 

[Maggie May]

50 minutes ago, Gary R76 said:

What a load of bollocks it's a game of football ,Staff go to watch games all the time

This was training, specifically set pieces. 
 

Edit: the set pieces allegation is in the Guardian’s write-up. 

Edited Thursday at 20:29 by Maggie May

[Tommy Mulgrew]

Just now, Maggie May said:

This was training, specifically set pieces. 

How do you know?

[johnnyboy]

5 minutes ago, Tommy Mulgrew said:

How do you know?

Ah the first suspect has made a catastrophic mistake , all eyes on @Maggie May now !

[Sheaf Saint]

10 minutes ago, Maggie May said:

Yeah but the article wouldn’t have been published if it was BS. 

Yeah cos the Daily Mail has never, ever, ever printed anything that wasn't true has it 🙄

[LGTL]

It’s quite clearly designed by Boro to unsettle us. Hiding in the bushes for fuck sake, I’ve heard it all. 

[Saint NL]

Just now, LGTL said:

It’s quite clearly designed by Boro to unsettle us. Hiding in the bushes for fuck sake, I’ve heard it all. 

Hasn't PornHub been blocked in the UK? Maybe he was just looking for some old school offline porn?

[saintstowin]

45 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

When did this “on the grass” pony come from. FFS, what’s wrong with “back in training”. I’ve noticed it creeping into the game, fucking hipster pony. 

That was me once or twice but I realised it slowed me down, cost me loads and my employers brought in random drug testing so I knocked it on the head.

Should make him easier to mark.

[Willo of Whiteley]

26 minutes ago, Britannia said:

So this is just alleged at the moment?

It’s alleged, but the fact it’s the Daily Mail should be enough alone to largely dismiss this.

[Dr Who?]

2 hours ago, Badger said:

Were these games at Ayresome or Riverside ?
 

Interesting you mention a 2-2 draw. I recall two games that might match up. A 2-2 under Chris Nicholl, I think Ruddock may have scored but also missed a penalty (c1989). More ‘recently’ a 2-2 from being 2 up under Strachan.

The Strachan match seemed to be pivotal in his time with us, as before that we seemed to play to attack and win. After that game it seemed to me we were a lot more cautious, and play not to concede.

It was at the Riverside and we were 1 down and then 1-2 up and we lost 3-2. 

Edited Thursday at 20:00 by Dr Who?

[Willo of Whiteley]

1 hour ago, SNSUN said:

Boro fans on their forum ------------------> 

Oooo link please.

I’ve got messages from Pompey supporting mates who are taking the Daily Mail as verified fact and demanding expulsion. 🤣

[LGTL]

Be even more sweet if/when we beat the northern cunts 😎

[AlexLaw76]

2 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Oooo link please.

I’ve got messages from Pompey supporting mates who are taking the Daily Mail as verified fact and demanding expulsion. 🤣

https://fmttmboro.com/index.php?threads/southampton-spying-on-our-training.80808/

[Toussaint]

Very good 

[SNSUN]

5 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Oooo link please.

I’ve got messages from Pompey supporting mates who are taking the Daily Mail as verified fact and demanding expulsion. 🤣

[Willo of Whiteley]

2 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

https://fmttmboro.com/index.php?threads/southampton-spying-on-our-training.80808/

Wow the delusion. They really have taken it as fact haven’t they 😂

[saintstowin]

Alongside the expected angry comments the one that says the only way to deal with this properly is to award Ipswich a penalty made me chuckle.

[Toussaint]

I heard an allegation it was Saints Loyal, not spying, just doing something perverted. 

[AlexLaw76]

2 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Wow the delusion. They really have taken it as fact haven’t they 😂

lets not pretend that if it were the other way, the previous lot within our fan base (and there are loads) would be raging about it

[LGTL]

5 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

https://fmttmboro.com/index.php?threads/southampton-spying-on-our-training.80808/

Jesus, what a bunch of precious fannies. Get back down the pits and stop crying. 

[RedArmy]

7 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

https://fmttmboro.com/index.php?threads/southampton-spying-on-our-training.80808/

Fuck me what a bunch of boring cunts they are. 
 

Hope we smash them on Saturday. 

[Saint_clark]

34 minutes ago, Maggie May said:

Yeah but the article wouldn’t have been published if it was BS. 

Yeah, newspapers never print anything that isn't verified to be 100% true. 

[goodymatt]

 

[AlexLaw76]

We are going to look bad when Boro knock us out of the playoffs

[Sheaf Saint]

1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said:

We are going to look bad when Boro knock us out of the playoffs

That's the spirit! 

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Sheaf Saint said:

That's the spirit! 

We have had an amazing 2026, but in the league, we have looked open and we cant keep clean sheets.

We have peaked a few games back, and reckon the intensity of the last month or so will hit us

[Willo of Whiteley]

3 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

We are going to look bad when Boro knock us out of the playoffs

Misery guts, on par with DT.

That’s the spirit.

 

[Willo of Whiteley]

I hope we score with our first set piece 🤣

[RedArmy]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

We have had an amazing 2026, but in the league, we have looked open and we cant keep clean sheets.

We have peaked a few games back, and reckon the intensity of the last month or so will hit us

The only clubs they’ve managed to beat in the last 2 months are QPR, Sheffield Wednesday and Watford 

 

If we don’t win both legs on the pitch I’ll be amazed. 

[23rdSaint]

[Saint_clark]

Just now, 23rdSaint said:

That's how they spotted him then, the branches must have been shaking like crazy from his signature dance move.

[Sheaf Saint]

6 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

We have had an amazing 2026, but in the league, we have looked open and we cant keep clean sheets.

We have peaked a few games back, and reckon the intensity of the last month or so will hit us

And the in the last ten games, Boro have only managed to beat the bottom two teams in the form table over that period, conceding more goals than we have in the process.

The last few games we have badly missed Stephens who is expected to be back for the playoffs, and Downes who has sat out the last three suspended and should be as fresh as it is possible to be at this stage of the season.

I feel more confident than I did when we played WBA 2 years ago.

Edited Thursday at 20:25 by Sheaf Saint

[Appy]

That forum of theirs is full of crackpots. 
 

Someone wants us to be booted out of the playoffs and given a 12-point deduction next season. Bit OTT. 

[AlexLaw76]

1 minute ago, Sheaf Saint said:

And the in the last ten games, Boro have only managed to beat the bottom two teams in the form table over that period, conceding more goals than we have in n the process.

The last few games we have badly missed Stephens who is expected to be back for the playoffs, and Downes who has sat out the last three suspended and should be as fresh as it is possible to be at this stage of the season.

I feel more confident than I did when we played WBA 2 years ago.

That is fair, but just these unbeaten runs just do not go on, and we have looked leggy recently (obviously). As you say, Downes being back (and rested) is massive

Edited Thursday at 20:26 by AlexLaw76

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

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[Ekelund]

1 minute ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

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Brilliant

[SaintLondon]

It is true. Who knew, I don't know but it was a Southampton analyst. 

[SNSUN]

22 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

We have had an amazing 2026, but in the league, we have looked open and we cant keep clean sheets.

We have peaked a few games back, and reckon the intensity of the last month or so will hit us

You need @Wade Garrett's rousing expletive-laden speech.

[AlexLaw76]

8 minutes ago, SaintLondon said:

It is true. Who knew, I don't know but it was a Southampton analyst. 

Can't be true, it was mentioned in the Daily Mail....right?

[Dr Who?]

If it is true and he is connected to the club, we could be in hot water. This will be taken very seriously after what Leeds did. 

[goodymatt]

We should all just be getting excited for the big game this weekend, not debating any consequences for cheating. I hope this isn’t true but Athletic saying there is CCTV evidence. Just disappointing and dominates the build up to the biggest game of the season.

[SNSUN]

[AlexLaw76]

We have probably been doing on/off for much of the season.

I suspect other teams up and down the country have done it/tried

[Saint_clark]

6 minutes ago, Dr Who? said:

If it is true and he is connected to the club, we could be in hot water. This will be taken very seriously after what Leeds did. 

There won't be any punishment beyond a fine. It's far too late to affect the league standings. 

[hypochondriac]

Bloody stupid thibg to do if true. Will have only succeeded in motivating their players. 

[EBS1980]

So the rule being broken was that it was within 72hrs of a match then? Hardly a massive crime

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, hypochondriac said:

Bloody stupid thibg to do if true. Will have only succeeded in motivating their players. 

as said, feel like the club will look pretty daft come sat afternoon. Remember the Derby players and fans loving it when they beat leeds after the same incident

[Saint_clark]

1 minute ago, EBS1980 said:

So the rule being broken was that it was within 72hrs of a match then? Hardly a massive crime

Yeah, massive overreaction all round, including on here. 

[Harry_SFC]

1 minute ago, EBS1980 said:

So the rule being broken was that it was within 72hrs of a match then? Hardly a massive crime

Yeah, so they are basically saying it's ok to do just not directly before the game. 

[SNSUN]

1 minute ago, EBS1980 said:

So the rule being broken was that it was within 72hrs of a match then? Hardly a massive crime

It's their own fault for using their own training ground IMO.