Saints vs Boro: Playoff 2nd Leg (12th May - 8pm KO)

[Roger]

Are we going to greet the coach again before the game need to organise it. 

[sfc4prem]

7 minutes ago, Roger said:

Are we going to greet the coach again before the game need to organise it. 

I've heard there will be some songs and some flares. I'm sure a few will 'greet' the away coach too.

[AlexLaw76]

Sort out what ever happened on the first half today, fancy us to win

[CanadaSaint]

2 hours ago, S-Clarke said:

The home games are always so important in the playoffs. I personally think Boro will be kicking themselves, they'll be so dejected after that (they looked it). They gave everything in that first half, so much so that they were blowing out of their arses in the 2nd half - so they exerted all of that, but have nothing to show. I think Hull will have similar regrets from last night, they didn't really make the most of their home game.

Absolutely. I remember how draining "Pochettino ball" was for us, and Boro's first half pressing was like that. Let's hope that there's not enough recovery time for them between now and Tuesday night.

Also, we have enough depth to freshen things up without needing to change our style and tactics. If Hackney didn't make the bench for them today, with pressure on them to win the home leg, he's probably doubtful for Tuesday 🤞.

[RedArmy]

29 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Sort out what ever happened on the first half today, fancy us to win

We essentially had no centre forward because Larin was getting bullied and having a terrible game. Makes it very difficult to play the way we do without someone who can play with their back to goal and hold the ball up. Especially when we were getting pinned in deep as much as we were, the balls just coming straight back. 
Stewart came on and made it stick a few times and we managed to get further up the pitch and grew into the game and probably should have nicked it 1-0. 

If Larin starts again on Tuesday then he needs to grow a pair and start winning some 50/50’s rather than just conceding the duel before the ball has even got there. 

 

[Saint_clark]

2 hours ago, RedArmy said:

Never been a giant fan of it, think it’s a bit scouse and a bit noddy. 

BUT, if ever there was ever a time to recreate that WBA pregame and atmosphere to show the club we’re still behind them 100% then Tuesday is it. 

It's Scouse and noddy to create an atmosphere?

[Harry_SFC]

38 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Sort out what ever happened on the first half today, fancy us to win

If we play like we did for the majority of the second half today (more like how we normally play) then I think we'll win. I genuinely don't believe Middlesbrough could play much better than they did today, yet they couldn't beat us. 

[Gloucester Saint]

Some tunes for Tuesday night:

As @Matthew Le God posted earlier - Police Every Step You Take

Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell

Papparazzi - Lady Gaga

One Way or Another - Blondie

Watching Me - Collective Soul

[kwsaint]

27 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Some tunes for Tuesday night:

As @Matthew Le God posted earlier - Police Every Step You Take

Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell

Papparazzi - Lady Gaga

One Way or Another - Blondie

Watching Me - Collective Soul

I can see clearly now - Jimmy Cliff

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

On 07/05/2026 at 21:13, Whitey Grandad said:

That

 

On 07/05/2026 at 19:33, Toadhall Saint said:

This. 

 

On 07/05/2026 at 19:42, trousers said:

This.

 

On 07/05/2026 at 19:54, Badger said:

 

Ditto

Hard to disagree with any of this.

[RedArmy]

43 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

It's Scouse and noddy to create an atmosphere?

The welcome parade and pyro stuff is yeah. 

[Gloucester Saint]

18 minutes ago, kwsaint said:

I can see clearly now - Jimmy Cliff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsntlJZ9h1U

[SW11_Saint]

55 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Some tunes for Tuesday night:

As @Matthew Le God posted earlier - Police Every Step You Take

Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell

Papparazzi - Lady Gaga

One Way or Another - Blondie

Watching Me - Collective Soul

Private eyes - Hall & Oates

People watching - Sam Fender

[Micky]

It can only be:

 

[hypochondriac]

Just watched a Boro post match reaction YouTube video calling for us to be kicked out of the playoffs. Bunch of twats I hope we smash them on Tuesday.

[SW5 SAINT]

All the boys think she’s a spy Bette Davis Eyes…..

[hypochondriac]

1 hour ago, RedArmy said:

The welcome parade and pyro stuff is yeah. 

I'll be having a few beers, arrive about five minutes before kick off after a Jimmy riddle and then try to shout as loud as I can for 90 minutes. Hopefully that's sufficient.

[hypochondriac]

If we beat Boro on Tuesday the meltdown from some of their pathetic fans will be very funny. I was as annoyed as anyone about this whole thing but the reactions from some of their fans is really pathetic. If they lose on Tuesday they can have no complaints given how wasteful they were today.

[Roo1976]

2 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Some tunes for Tuesday night:

As @Matthew Le God posted earlier - Police Every Step You Take

Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell

Papparazzi - Lady Gaga

One Way or Another - Blondie

Watching Me - Collective Soul

Family Snapshot -Peter Gabriel 

I am a camera- Yes

Camera – R.E.M.

[trousers]

 

 

[Willo of Whiteley]

1 hour ago, hypochondriac said:

Just watched a Boro post match reaction YouTube video calling for us to be kicked out of the playoffs. Bunch of twats I hope we smash them on Tuesday.

Troy Deeney has said on CBS he wants Boro to batter Saints.

He’d know how.

[Mboto Gorge]

17 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Troy Deeney has said on CBS he wants Boro to batter Saints.

He’d know how.

Anyone who thinks it’s ok to kick someone’s head in while they’re lying on the ground already seriously injured is an absolute cunt of a human being, of the highest order. Nerve of that prick to be taking the moral high ground on anything. 

[bpsaint]

4 hours ago, Roger said:

Are we going to greet the coach again before the game need to organise it. 

The players from that night still talk about it now, I’m sure Captain Jack said from that welcoming they knew they weren’t going to lose that night. Needs to happen again.

Fellows cannot start Tuesday, I’m not even sure I’d start Azaz after today as it’s clear the Boro connection gets to him. All 3 games against them he’s been utterly anonymous. Can't afford to play with any passengers.

Oh and lastly would it be too much to ask for one or two of the players to put some proper bloody studs on their boots. Been bad the last 2 games at home with players slipping up and it was the same at Boro today.

Edited 14 hours ago by bpsaint

[hypochondriac]

31 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Troy Deeney has said on CBS he wants Boro to batter Saints.

He’d know how.

He's always been a grade A cunt. I hope we win and play the pantomime villain for the rest of this thing. Fuck it and fuck them.

[Sheaf Saint]

3 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Some tunes for Tuesday night:

As @Matthew Le God posted earlier - Police Every Step You Take

Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell

Papparazzi - Lady Gaga

One Way or Another - Blondie

Watching Me - Collective Soul

In the highways, in the hedges

 

 

[Ekelund]

Kate Bush running up that hill seem apt.

[RedArmy]

Fuckin’ in the bushes as they walk out the tunnel is the only option. 
 

 

[Sheaf Saint]

I can see clearly now - Johnny Nash

We are detective - Thompson Twins

[SNSUN]

3 hours ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

 

 

 

Hard to disagree with any of this.

I also agree with the OPs comments.

[Willo of Whiteley]

I think Middlesbrough have absolutely shit the bed today.

They riled the fans up, the team were seen to be going 100 miles an hour for the first half and didn’t capitalise.
Second half they were pretty ordinary by the sounds of it, and nearly lost it.

The manager sounds dejected and is now throwing the “it’s unacceptable for Southampton” even more than he previously was.

Pre-game he played it down massively.

Their fans sound dejected and angry and they sound nervous ahead of Tuesday night.

Rattled northerners are the funniest.

[LGTL]

3 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

I think Middlesbrough have absolutely shit the bed today.

They riled the fans up, the team were seen to be going 100 miles an hour for the first half and didn’t capitalise.
Second half they were pretty ordinary by the sounds of it, and nearly lost it.

The manager sounds dejected and is now throwing the “it’s unacceptable for Southampton” even more than he previously was.

Pre-game he played it down massively.

Their fans sound dejected and angry and they sound nervous ahead of Tuesday night.

Rattled northerners are the funniest.

Absolutely. The weird little freaks have lost their mind so much they don’t know which way to turn. 

Edited 12 hours ago by LGTL

[SNSUN]

At least if the game goes to penalties, we have a trusty penalty taker... Peretz scored two League penalties early in his career. 

2 mins 14

[Willo of Whiteley]

5 minutes ago, LGTL said:

Absolutely. The weird little freaks have lost their mind so much they don’t know which way to turn. 

They’ve got so wound up they forget about the tie altogether.

They need to regroup quickly.

All that said we were far from perfect.

Edited 12 hours ago by Willo of Whiteley

[Harry_SFC]

7 hours ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

I think Middlesbrough have absolutely shit the bed today.

They riled the fans up, the team were seen to be going 100 miles an hour for the first half and didn’t capitalise.
Second half they were pretty ordinary by the sounds of it, and nearly lost it.

The manager sounds dejected and is now throwing the “it’s unacceptable for Southampton” even more than he previously was.

Pre-game he played it down massively.

Their fans sound dejected and angry and they sound nervous ahead of Tuesday night.

Rattled northerners are the funniest.

They seem incredibly insecure about the whole situation.

They have no confidence in their side to beat us so are convincing themselves we will be thrown out of the play offs. 

[AlexLaw76]

Matsuki and Stewart to start

as for Boro, Christ, some of their fans have gone insane online. Some are suggesting an 8 figure fine at a minimum, and if not, Gibson to sue the club for £200m

I thought northerners were tough old boots

Edited 4 hours ago by AlexLaw76

[Hawkswood]

Has anyone got any links to any of the online stuff the boro fans are saying ? I fancy a bit of light entertainment this morning. Thanks if you can.

[AlexLaw76]

1 minute ago, Hawkswood said:

Has anyone got any links to any of the online stuff the boro fans are saying ? I fancy a bit of light entertainment this morning. Thanks if you can.

I get it, they are furious, plenty here would be. But £200m legal challenges, 8 figure fines, expulsion, points deduction, and everything as extreme.

https://fmttmboro.com/index.php?forums/main-forum.2/
 

I can see a fine in excess of £1m and a suspended points thingy

[Matthew Le God]

13 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Some tunes for Tuesday night:

As @Matthew Le God posted earlier - Police Every Step You Take

Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell

Papparazzi - Lady Gaga

One Way or Another - Blondie

Watching Me - Collective Soul

 

 

 

[goodymatt]

5 minutes ago, Hawkswood said:

Has anyone got any links to any of the online stuff the boro fans are saying ? I fancy a bit of light entertainment this morning. Thanks if you can.

 

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

3 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

 

All of them? Blimey!

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

12 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

I get it, they are furious, plenty here would be. But £200m legal challenges, 8 figure fines, expulsion, points deduction, and everything as extreme.

https://fmttmboro.com/index.php?forums/main-forum.2/
 

I can see a fine in excess of £1m and a suspended points 

A handful have really gone to town. 

Referencing F1, not sure how you can compare a technical sport like that to football.

And somebody saying QPR were fined £40m. I dont even know what the context is there. 

[aintforever]

12 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

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Except Leeds did exactly the same thing and just got fined 200k. 😂

Edited 3 hours ago by aintforever

[Tamesaint]

The trouble with us is that we have underestimated the seriousness of the event. We think that it is a case of somebody standing on a hill and watching Boro train. The fans on their forum clearly know that all season we have been strangling cats, threatening referees and sending Saints Foundation money to Putin. No wonder we deserve the punishments that they are advocating. 

[Hawkswood]

3 minutes ago, JohnnyShearer2.0 said:

A handful have really gone to town. 

Referencing F1, not sure how you can compare a technical sport like that to football.

And somebody saying QPR were fined £40m. I dont even know what the context is there. 

And apparently we have to pay Wrexham £6m and Oxford ( wtf) £3m. Im sure a lot of their fans are quite level headed but some of this is just a bit weird. 

I honestly cant imagine that someone within the club would've really sanction something as stupid as this, we really dont have the need. Would like the club to make a statement.

[whelk]

Going to really enjoy it when we smash these sad northern cunts Tuesday.

Although actually felt a bit sorry for them all in their great big coats, shivering whilst we were in a pub garden in shorts watching the game. Life isn’t fair.

Edited 3 hours ago by whelk

[whelk]

10 hours ago, Mboto Gorge said:

Anyone who thinks it’s ok to kick someone’s head in while they’re lying on the ground already seriously injured is an absolute cunt of a human being, of the highest order. Nerve of that prick to be taking the moral high ground on anything. 

I would like to know how much the BBC pay this cunt for his team of the week? Garth Crooks was bad enough. 

[sfc4prem]

3 minutes ago, whelk said:

I would like to know how much the BBC pay this cunt for his team of the week? Garth Crooks was bad enough. 

All that TV licence money going to a proper crook in Troy Deeney.

[Osvaldorama]

41 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

 

- All players and staff locked up forever

- Death penalty for the spy 

[LGTL]

2 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:

- All players and staff locked up forever

- Death penalty for the spy 

They’re so hysterical I’m genuinely expecting some of them to be advocating jail time for our staff. It sums the weak little sweethearts up that I wouldn’t be surprised to see it suggested. 

[coalman]

5 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:

- All players and staff locked up forever

- Death penalty for the spy 

- anyone who has ever worn a replica Saints to shirt to be rounded up and matched through whatever hell hole passes for a town centre in Middlesbrough while they shout "shame" at us