matt_wire wrote:
Great marketing of what is, essentially, a total dead rubber. Either outcome won't affect anything other than bragging rights, and, if you listen to that sister-loving lot down the road, we aren't even a main rival of theirs, we're just noisy neighbours obsessed with them. Ah well, strangely enough they always still celebrate beating us like a cup final win.
It’s far from a dead rubber. If we win this, it’ll give us a glimmer of top spot (even if it’s still a long shot) because we play them at home again before the season ends. Sport is funny, association football saw the first placed team blow a seven point lead in the league table after the team in second beat them half way through the season. If Saints win it’ll give them even more breathing space and allow them to rest players a few times before the Play-offs begin.
Fans of either side have played this game down on this website, but trust me, both teams will be taking this very seriously.