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or, if McKenna should be poached by ManU, do we trust Ashton to pick another top candidate? As this article suggests, he already has ideas of whom to approach. We will not be caught cold.
It was sunny and my mind went back to the Morsy curler at Forest Green and John-Jules taking the ball, turning, running through and scoring at Shrewsbury. Seems an age ago, but it was the beginning of this amazing run.
I did say that losing no more than six games and drawing not more than twice that number would put us in a great place for automatic promotion. And that's exactly what the team did!
One more time, just for fun. Almost entirely meaningless at this stage of the season (e.g. Leeds and Southampton can't both lose). As much to record the possibilities of the final game as anything else.
has told on the teams in with a shout. Especially when you consider the heavily-Prem squads of our rivals were used to eight fewer games in a season.
It's like old footage of marathons, where the one who could stagger over the line won, while others collapsed just short.
The short break courtesy of Cov and the Cup may have given us the refresh we needed for this final push. Not to mention the chance of getting players like Burns back from injury. Even if we can only get 20 or 30 minutes out of him, that could be vital.
The teams, manager and coaches are the same as normal. The energy of our away fans is at least equal to the sum of most home crowds. The pitch is roughly the same shape and size as any other. Travel is comfortable, with hotel stays where necessary.
Why is being away from home considered such a disadvantage?
Admittedly, it'd be different if we were taking only a few hundred to other grounds, but we're pretty much always selling out.
why we won and they didn't - comes down to fitness and discipline.
For all their talent and physical strength, Southampton started to become quite ragged as the game neared its end. Passes going astray, balls going out, players looking tired, spaces and gaps left in their formation.
As per usual (helped by substitutions) we kept our energy up and system sharp.
Which gave us the opportunities we needed to get the victory.