Saints v Hull - Play Off Final - Saturday 23rd (maybe)

[Nordic Saint]

1 hour ago, Saint Pete said:

Totally agree with you about Hull, I have been thinking the same. Massive game for them and a great achievement for them. They are completely innocent bystanders in all this and now their fans, team and club have to live with all this uncertainty, hassle in making their travel plans etc. What an utter mess and shambles. 

Judging from their local media, they don't want to play Middlesbrough, who beat them 4-1 at home, and they don't want  their preparations and travel arrangements messed up by having the final postponed to a later date. They very much want the final to go ahead as planned, on May 23, against a Saints team they did the double over this season.

 

Other Championship clubs Middlesbrough have contacted will be weighing up who they'd prefer to face next season: Saints on a long unbeaten run or a fading Middlesbrough team. Of course, they'll also be factoring in the effect of a possible points deduction.

 

Meanwhile we have Pompey fans pretending to be Saints fans posting on local Teesside media, "we think you should be given our final place at Wembley."

 

Everyone has their own agenda in this.

'The notion of Southampton being kicked out of play-off with Hull City is preposterous' - Hull Live

 

 

Edited 7 hours ago by Nordic Saint

[Turkish]

Igorning this spying nonsense their form before the play offs was pretty poor, 3 wins in 12, one of this was home to Sheffield Wednesday. Didnt realise Mcburnie had got 17 league goals, he absolutely bullied us up at their place. Can see it being a tight game.

[Toadhall Saint]

2 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Igorning this spying nonsense their form before the play offs was pretty poor, 3 wins in 12, one of this was home to Sheffield Wednesday. Didnt realise Mcburnie had got 17 league goals, he absolutely bullied us up at their place. Can see it being a tight game.

Yep it’s not going to be a walkover. Mcburnie is the issue for me too - control him and a lot of their forward play is easily nullified 

[suewhistle]

Position in the queue .. 2876..

 

[Nordic Saint]

Hopefully, Hull will complain to the EFL that they've prepared to play Southampton, whereas Middlesbrough have prepared to play Hull, which puts them at an unfair advantage - more advantage than you'd get from some kid with an i-phone half a mile from a training pitch.

Edited 6 hours ago by Nordic Saint

[SNSUN]

Rumour has it Boro players have been given the weekend off but will be back in training on Monday. I say rumour because I got it from their forum and you can't believe anything they say right now because their minds are made up that they'll definitely be in the final.

[dsrdorset]

given up trying to get tickets!! what a shit show

[markr27]

After the shambles of the FA Cup semi final - got through and booking complete within 2 minutes,

2 hours last time to get two seats together.....

[suewhistle]

Got mine: very smooth.

 

[St.JonB]

Match tickets and coach travel bought.  Surely they wouldn't put us through all this if there was a serious chance of us being kicked out! 

[Patrick Bateman]

5 minutes ago, suewhistle said:

Got mine: very smooth.

 

Same. I selected two and paid. Lovely, easy.

[Chez]

16 hours ago, suewhistle said:

What is Hull's usual attendance? Long way to come too.

 

I went back to Hull a couple of weeks ago. It's a fair old hike, but the train from 'ull to Kings cross on a Sunday morning only took 2 hours 32 minutes. 

[Saint_Jonny]

Sorted my tickets while still managing to talk on a work zoom call without them knowing what I was doing. It was that easy, I don't know why people have so much trouble with this stuff.

[lambtiss]

Got my 3 tickets wooh wooh.  How are people planning to get up there? 

Are the club laying on coaches? 

[Patrick Bateman]

1 minute ago, lambtiss said:

Got my 3 tickets wooh wooh.  How are people planning to get up there? 

Are the club laying on coaches? 

Coaches are bottom of this page - https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/sky-bet-championship-play-off-final-ticket-windows-begin 

[beatlesaint]

Got mine as easy as anything, now EFL do NOT fuck this up for us !!

[revolution saint]

Got 4 tickets in 2nd tier so I'm happy with that.  Only actually need one ticket but I'm an anti social bugger and it gives me room to stretch out.

[LeBizzier69]

Sorted, but still had the issue of it saying I didn’t have permission to proceed or something once through waiting room. Then clicked on ticket link again and it worked. 

[beatlesaint]

24 minutes ago, LeBizzier69 said:

Sorted, but still had the issue of it saying I didn’t have permission to proceed or something once through waiting room. Then clicked on ticket link again and it worked. 

I had that as well.

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Got a ticket. Now need to try and get the time off work! 

[die Mannyschaft]

5 hours ago, SNSUN said:

You're doing well. I'm crumbling at 45.

Im standing in Northam 63

[die Mannyschaft]

1 hour ago, revolution saint said:

Got 4 tickets in 2nd tier so I'm happy with that.  Only actually need one ticket but I'm an anti social bugger and it gives me room to stretch out.

Sell some to Boro fans they can see how yo play football.  

[revolution saint]

Just now, die Mannyschaft said:

Sell some to Boro fans they can see how yo play football.  

I'm considering selling them the "hope" of a seat and then snatching it away at the last second.

[SNSUN]

14 minutes ago, die Mannyschaft said:

Im standing in Northam 63

You probably shouldn't, there isn't going to be a game at SMS for weeks. Do the security guards know you're there? Are you a spy? 

[James G]

Edit...wrong thread 

Edited 3 hours ago by James G

[Big M]

Well I've just read that apparently Middlesbrough have officially approached the EFL and demanded we are removed from the final and they take our place, you couldn't make this up, the neck to officially ask for our removal.... 

[Colinjb]

6 minutes ago, Big M said:

Well I've just read that apparently Middlesbrough have officially approached the EFL and demanded we are removed from the final and they take our place, you couldn't make this up, the neck to officially ask for our removal.... 

I mean, ask all you want.... 

"We're in your head....."

[Eaststander]

It’s just pr, and Gibson explaining to Boro that they have no part in this process. I don’t think many of them had realised it’s EFL charging Southampton for a breach of rules, reported by Boro. Got zero to do with Boro now. So, he needs to plot his way to litigating against us once the verdict has been handed down, so that they are directly compensated. Basically he wants cash from us. 

[Gloucester Saint]

3 hours ago, revolution saint said:

Got 4 tickets in 2nd tier so I'm happy with that.  Only actually need one ticket but I'm an anti social bugger and it gives me room to stretch out.

Safe zone for when you fart after your pre-match pie and several pints.

[millsy]

Anyone know if you can transfer tickets via the app for this match?

[LGTL]

8 minutes ago, millsy said:

Anyone know if you can transfer tickets via the app for this match?

Yes you can. 

[millsy]

10 minutes ago, LGTL said:

Yes you can. 

Great. Thanks