Saints are the final fixture of this coming weekend and have the chance to make the biggest impact.

Saints have to sit and watch their rivals play over the weekend before in the very last match of the fixture list they play Liverpool knowing whether they are playing to just keep up or to surge ahead.

Manchester United face a difficult trip to Swansea City in what is a rare Saturday afternoon 3pm kick off for the Salford Red Devils, likewise Arsenal who hop across the Thames to play Crystal Palace in what will be another tricky game with the Eagles knowing a win will see them in the home straight to safety.

Chelsea at home to Burnley and Man City V Newcastle will hopefully be away victories but sadly will probably be just rubber stamping the fact that the two home clubs are going to be uncatchable.

Then to Sunday and Tottenham V West Ham United at White Hart Lane with a high noon kick off, hopefully the Hammers will be as resilient as they were at St Mary's last week, if they are and Saturday's results go our way then it will be a very different slant on our game against the Ex Saints.

If results have gone our way then a Saints win at St Mary's will be about restoring the advantage to us and putting pressure on our rivals, not only that but it will leave Liverpool trailing in our wake and with only 12 games remaining and needing to win a quarter of them just to catch up that will be a big psycological blow to them.

But the reality is that some of those results wont go the way we want so we will have to concentrate on leaving Liverpool trailing and in doing so keeping up the pressure.

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Jesus_02 added 10:14 - Feb 18 personally i think its harder playing last, opportunity or just keeping up its difficult not to have other results in your head. That said we have enough to beat a Liverpool team that will be pushing for a result. Everyone will need to be patient though because they will be looking for a snatch and grab like any weaker away team
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SaintNick added 10:21 - Feb 18 actually their away record isnt bad only three teams have won more games than them on the road, us Man Cityand Chelsea
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halftimeorange added 11:29 - Feb 18 The main danger on Sunday is that our fanss will waste their breath deriding the ex-Saints rather than supporting those in our colours. Make no mistake, Liverpool have strength in depth, a shrewd and talented manager and are in-form. Saints both on and off the terraces will have to be at our very best in order to get anything from this game. I really hope that Morgan is fit and up for it. We need his play-making.

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TimSaint added 12:11 - Feb 18 Took my daughter to the Mane and Alderweirald signing day at SMS yesterday. Hope he was keeping it under the kosh, but when I asked Toby if he was fit for Sunday, his reply was a resounding 'NO'. Didn't get the chance to delve deeper, but he is training with the first team squad, so hopefully he was under instruction from Ron to not give anything away :-)
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bstokesaint added 13:14 - Feb 18 I don't think he'd be at liberty to say TIm. I suspect we'll have a very close to full squad to choose from. If that is the case then we really need these 3 points and then to push on. With a full squad that shouldn't be a problem.
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arthurfane added 14:48 - Feb 18 Admire your confidence bstokesaint, but disagree - even with a full squad this will be an incredibly tough game and I'm tempted to say even a point would be pleasing. As halftimeorange says, Liverpool are coming into form at just the right time, and the return of Sturridge is going to help them no end against us this weekend. 3 points would be a fantastic achievement, but make no mistake this will be a very, very tough fixture!

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