“…Southampton’s considerably better goal difference over Swansea means even a defeat at Manchester City will keep them up, as long as the Swans don’t make up a nine-goal swing when they face Stoke…”
From the BBC.
Could it happen…?
No
True story. In the taxi home I turn to Mrs D_P and say we’ve scored.
I look at the clock in the taxi and reckon it was about 73 minutes.
Fuck
Fake news. It’s 10 goals.
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Amusing how at least two guys in the pub (the Coat & Badge for those that came to Fulham) kept very quiet during the whole game - even when we scored - and only gave a big fat “YEESSS” at the final whistle.
I had no idea who they were supporting until then. One explained: “I was soooo fucking nervous, I didn’t want to believe it at all until it was definitely over” 
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Really? I know we’ve had a shit season, but surely even we can’t snatch relegation from the jaws of safety now! I actually feel a bit emotional. It’s probably the effects of the sleep deprivation I have suffered over the last few weeks trying to follow the matches!
I had resigned myself to relegation probably as far back as November, as I could see the team were complacently expecting a miraculous upsurge in form because “they were too good to go down”. I guess they were right and I was wrong.
This has to go down as one of the greatest escapes we have managed.
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It’s 1:20am
I am bouncing
Bollcks busy day tomorrow at least I don’ have to think of a clever match thread title for Sunday
Just wanna say
Don’t stop believing
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Calling @dubai_phil Is it still going to be Reed out as you alluded to earlier in the week?
Well I can inform you that I did venture onto the dark side. Not sure I understood much of it … Christ they’re a rum old bunch over there (?)
The only pearl of wisdom was this “McCarthy injures Bednarek, Bednarek is replaced by Gabbi, Gabbi scores the winner … McCarthy is responsible for keeping us up”
Oh well, it tickled my sense of humour.
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I laid out nearly a ton whilst the match was on comfort betting, made up I lost, just made fucking up, the biggest lessin learnt this season is Reed is a cunt and don’t sell what you can’t replace adequately.
You spent the duration of the match betting against Saints? Thats fucking weird. I can understand the logic of placing a bet against your own team before the game, but not during it. I wouldn’t have been able to place a bet during that game. I sent Mrs Fatso out of the room (she left of her own accord is the truth after I started shouting at the screen) so I could focus my fear, anxiety and bottom clenching skills.
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I’ve solved this nerves thing. You get 6 friends from up North to come down for a couple of days. They’ stay at The Marwell Hotel and we all go out for a meal at Kuti’s in Fair Oak on the night of the game. The others aren’t interested in football so the conversation never turns that way. Around 9.15 one of them check their phone and says “Southampton are one up”. I tell them to STFU…you can tell me the result at 9.45. They do.
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Gabiadinnnnnniiiiiiiiiiiii
Yes I’m watching it on delay…
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I had 25 beer tokens on the nose for Saints to win paid back just over 59
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Alex McCarthy the tactical mastermind - knock out Bednarek and get Gabbiadini on to score 5 minutes later 
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well the pundits got it wrong
| Result | Lawro | Bishop/Khan |
|---|---|---|
| TUESDAY | ||
| Swansea v Southampton | 0-1 | 1-1 |
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