Saints v Hull - Play Off Final - Saturday 23rd

[AlexLaw76]

Here we go

week and half before the game, get some freshness back. We will have to be better, but we will be favourites.

[skintsaint]

3-1 Saints. Now...to get two tickets !

[64saint]

Do you think it will be shown on big screen at St Mary's  if we can't get tickets

[Willo of Whiteley]

14 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Here we go

week and half before the game, get some freshness back. We will have to be better, but we will be favourites.

Seems like you’re mistaken. Boro are in the final

[sockeye]

Erm isn’t it going to be Boro v Hull?

[Turkish]

Spygate permitting of course 

[TBW1]

14 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

3-1 Saints. Now...to get two tickets !

Yeah let's hope the club are fair with the tickets 

[skintsaint]

Plenty of places around to peek on them too.

[leeham_69]

30 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

Plenty of places around to peek on them too.

I thought that said Salobrena Dogging for a moment, good day to be in the bushes with a long lens!

[James G]

We will be far too much for Hull, 3 or 4 to 1 after a rest

If life goes against us, then Hull should go up in place of Middlesbrough 

If they had been classy and respected process, I'd say otherwise. We might be Shitsville, Arizona after everything, but I just don't think Boro have reacted with class.

[Football Special]

Hull have to start as favourites, they've beaten us twice this season and Boro trying to get Harwood-Bellis banned could weaken us. 

Thought they were superb 2nd half at Millwall , amazing job with a team made up mostly of free transfers,  Oli McBurnie always seems to have a good game against us 

Looking forward to another visit to Wembley 

Edited 9 hours ago by Football Special

[qwertyell]

The build up is going to be an absolute shit show with the EFL charges hanging over us.

Assuming we get to play it, don't think we'll have Scienza, Edozie or Harwood-Bellis available either. Knee ligament injuries and dislocated shoulders don't right themselves in 10 days, and Harwood-Bellis will probably be charged once the referee includes the "discriminatory language" incident in his report. 

You've got to be in it to win it, but Hull aren't going to be a pushover. 

 

 

[skintsaint]

2 minutes ago, qwertyell said:

The build up is going to be an absolute shit show with the EFL charges hanging over us.

Battle of the cheats, us for Spygate and them for not paying transfer fees, hence their embargo.

[MB]

Gutted we aren’t playing Millwall.

Could have had a “no one likes us we don’t care” derby 

[woodsaint1]

14 minutes ago, qwertyell said:

The build up is going to be an absolute shit show with the EFL charges hanging over us.

Assuming we get to play it, don't think we'll have Scienza, Edozie or Harwood-Bellis available either. Knee ligament injuries and dislocated shoulders don't right themselves in 10 days, and Harwood-Bellis will probably be charged once the referee includes the "discriminatory language" incident in his report. 

You've got to be in it to win it, but Hull aren't going to be a pushover. 

 

 

For a knee ligament injury, he done alright to play for another 45 minutes

[Harry_SFC]

19 minutes ago, qwertyell said:

The build up is going to be an absolute shit show with the EFL charges hanging over us.

Assuming we get to play it, don't think we'll have Scienza, Edozie or Harwood-Bellis available either. Knee ligament injuries and dislocated shoulders don't right themselves in 10 days, and Harwood-Bellis will probably be charged once the referee includes the "discriminatory language" incident in his report. 

You've got to be in it to win it, but Hull aren't going to be a pushover. 

 

 

Is Scienza's injury definitely ligament related?

Looked like the Middlesbrough player caught his knee but presumed it was more of an impact injury than anything else. 

 

[musesaint]

Well having just beaten Borough this thread is awash with abject negativity already.
 

Let the independent tribunal sort out Spygate when the ACTUAL facts rather than spin, speculation and rumours are known. It’s all getting out of hand. Let’s just focus on the football and not the rumour filled sideshow (however much Sky, the  pundits and Borough want to blow it all up).
 

Borough were beaten by a better team tonight. That is a fact. Not spin, speculation or rumour. 

Edited 9 hours ago by musesaint

[bpsaint]

41 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Hull have to start as favourites, they've beaten us twice this season and Boro trying to get Harwood-Bellis banned could weaken us. 

 

Hull limped over the line to reach the playoffs, and whilst they did beat us twice this season the first game was under the reign of Will Still and the second was pre Tonda ball.

I believe we’ve got the better team and if we’re at our best we should be winning this. Particularly with our playoff experience and familiarity with Wembley.

[SambaMaverick]

Scienza looked like a dead leg sort of situation to me but I'm no doctor

[Osvaldorama]

Hopefully Hull fans aren’t as weird and whingey as Boro fans. 
I hope I never have to see another post by any of those weird freaks. 
 

Also I hope we absolutely batter Hull - because of that stupid ‘mauled by the tigers’ thing, and because my brother-in-law is from Hull. 
 

Up tonda’s tricky saints 

[James G]

5 hours ago, qwertyell said:

The build up is going to be an absolute shit show with the EFL charges hanging over us.

Assuming we get to play it, don't think we'll have Scienza, Edozie or Harwood-Bellis available either. Knee ligament injuries and dislocated shoulders don't right themselves in 10 days, and Harwood-Bellis will probably be charged once the referee includes the "discriminatory language" incident in his report. 

You've got to be in it to win it, but Hull aren't going to be a pushover. 

 

 

We are now the bad boys of football, it's just the way things have planned out

It is what it is

[coalman]

I think Boro looked dead on their feet tonight. They'll need all the time between now and the final to refresh tired minds and bodies. Reading their forum it's certain they'll be playing Hull after "Gibbo" sorts out the EFL (probably by lunch time)

Eckert will be arrested and THB will be starting a lifetime ban for hurting feelings. Saints are shoo ins for League One after starting next season with a 200 point deduction, 1000 year transfer embargo and having the pitch at St Mary's razed and salted.

[Lighthouse]

Can’t wait for this! Just booked flights over from Darwin and a hotel in London for me and little Timmy, the poor orphan whose dying wish is to see Saints play at Wembley. Everything is non-refundable and it wasn’t cheap, so I had to sell one of my livers, but it’ll all be worth it to see the smile on Timmy’s face.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right, that should guilt the EFL into not kicking us out of the final.

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

The only thing is the whole narrative will still be around spygate.

I hope Tonda and the team keep themselves focused and be ready for the game.

Won't hear a peep about Hull and their late payments of transfers but will get the classic zero to hero story.

Dont get me wrong they've turned it around from last season to this one. However I'm sure its a regular occurrence where there is always one team that is a surprise for the playoffs.

[Harry_SFC]

5 hours ago, musesaint said:

Well having just beaten Borough this thread is awash with abject negativity already.
 

Let the independent tribunal sort out Spygate when the ACTUAL facts rather than spin, speculation and rumours are known. It’s all getting out of hand. Let’s just focus on the football and not the rumour filled sideshow (however much Sky, the  pundits and Borough want to blow it all up).
 

Borough were beaten by a better team tonight. That is a fact. Not spin, speculation or rumour. 

Yep, if we forget the first 15 minutes I thought we controlled that game, just didn't create many good chances (apart from Stewart's poor miss).

Middlesbrough were decent but I never felt threatened by them once the early onslaught was over. 

They tired badly in both matches - we were clearly the fitter side and it just goes to show how important that is at this stage of the season especially.

Hull will be a more of a physical test than Boro. We've played them twice and they bullied us off the park up at their place. At St Mary's I thought we should've got a draw at least.

Edited 3 hours ago by Harry_SFC

[Toadhall Saint]

59 minutes ago, coalman said:

I think Boro looked dead on their feet tonight. They'll need all the time between now and the final to refresh tired minds and bodies. Reading their forum it's certain they'll be playing Hull after "Gibbo" sorts out the EFL (probably by lunch time)

Eckert will be arrested and THB will be starting a lifetime ban for hurting feelings. Saints are shoo ins for League One after starting next season with a 200 point deduction, 1000 year transfer embargo and having the pitch at St Mary's razed and salted.

Stevie Gibson is coming for you was the song that made me genuinely laugh.

[skintsaint]

56 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

 At St Mary's I thought we should've got a draw at least.

We battered them at SMS but gave away two poor goals. Cut that out and would be a nice start!😅

[tdmickey3]

7 hours ago, Harry_SFC said:

Is Scienza's injury definitely ligament related?

Looked like the Middlesbrough player caught his knee but presumed it was more of an impact injury than anything else. 

 

That dirty cunt Analing should have been booked at least for his assault on him but did not get a card

[Dr Who?]

Looking forward to this one. Another drive down for the game and back afterwards. So all done and dusted in normal time please. 😊 

Bring it on! 

[LGTL]

Ticket info released this afternoon and sales start tomorrow morning. 

[Badger]

3 minutes ago, LGTL said:

Ticket info released this afternoon and sales start tomorrow morning. 

Wonder what our allocation will be. 
Probably won’t be that big after Hull and Middlesbrough have taken theirs. 

[tdmickey3]

3 minutes ago, Badger said:

Wonder what our allocation will be. 
Probably won’t be that big after Hull and Middlesbrough have taken theirs. 

If we get are tickets and than get chucked out do we have to cross our name out and write boro on them

[Football Special]

22 minutes ago, LGTL said:

Ticket info released this afternoon and sales start tomorrow morning. 

Are Middlesbrough also selling just in case? 

[Football Special]

Im not sure if Hull will be able to sell 36k , should be enough tickets to go around, our end might just make non members at least we wont have Leeds fans going on about trying to buy in our end this time.  

For once I think no engineering works on the trains , SWR need to put a load of additional services on again and no silly "please dont travel" announcements 

 

[Captain Jack]

If our agent tells us next week that boro are in training still just in case...then we know it will be boro going to wembley

 

[Osvaldorama]

Wembley again Allez allez

[Mattio]

8 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Im not sure if Hull will be able to sell 36k , should be enough tickets to go around, our end might just make non members at least we wont have Leeds fans going on about trying to buy in our end this time.  

For once I think no engineering works on the trains , SWR need to put a load of additional services on again and no silly "please dont travel" announcements 

 

Hopefully, but they did take 27k to the paint pot final though so I wouldn't be surprised if another 9k fans come for their chance to go back up into the big leagues.

[Pilchards]

I doubt the Wembley corporate tickets will all be sold as Hull as not the same attraction as Manchester City.

Will be plenty of tickets all round as many can’t afford another Wembley trip so soon.

 

[coalman]

16 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:

Wembley again Allez allez

It's not called Wembley. It's "St Mary's North"

[LeBizzier69]

22 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:

Wembley again Allez allez

Need to get the fans together for a rehearsal of this - and sing it as “allez” rather than “ole”!

[Gru]

29 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Im not sure if Hull will be able to sell 36k , should be enough tickets to go around, our end might just make non members at least we wont have Leeds fans going on about trying to buy in our end this time.  

For once I think no engineering works on the trains , SWR need to put a load of additional services on again and no silly "please dont travel" announcements 

 

It looks like there's a bus replacement service between Guildford and Woking.

[Ken Tone]

1 hour ago, LGTL said:

Ticket info released this afternoon and sales start tomorrow morning. 

Do we know the kick off time yet? 

[Football Special]

18 minutes ago, Gru said:

It looks like there's a bus replacement service between Guildford and Woking.

I was only looking at Southampton to Waterloo line. 

[Saint_clark]

10 hours ago, 64saint said:

Do you think it will be shown on big screen at St Mary's  if we can't get tickets

Doubt it, how many people do you think are going to want to go that we won't sell a 35-40,000 allocation?

[tdmickey3]

Hull need to get super fit they might have to play us and boro

[Saint Scott]

1 hour ago, LGTL said:

Ticket info released this afternoon and sales start tomorrow morning. 

Crazy tickets are going on sale and the EFL still havent confirmed a KO time

[Mattio]

[Lee On Solent Saint]

1 minute ago, Saint Scott said:

Crazy tickets are going on sale and the EFL still havent confirmed a KO time

Has that been confirmed by the club? Surely if accurate that's the biggest indication yet that we aren't getting thrown out.