Saints stand three games and seven days from cementing their place in next seasons Premier League, perhaps given the financial rewards at stake the most crucial three games in the history of the club.

By 10pm on Friday 14th April Saints will have completed a spell of three games and will either be on the brink of a return to the premiership or be looking at squeaky bum time in the final fortnight of the season.

The question is can Saints cope with the pressure, are they wily enough to keep the momentum going, will next season be a Big Mac or a 99p value burger, the next week will either be an echo of our 1977/78 campaign or the teardrops will be starting to explode.

What Saints need to do now is keep calm and finish what they strated back in ugust against Leeds United, we dont need to do anything other than what we have been doing for the last 8 months, it still comes back to my old chestnut, the two points per game average, do that and we are definately up unless West Ham win every game and do so by bettering our result by over two goals per game.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself, we dont want to be at home to Captain Cock Up as Blackadder once said, lets just do what we do best, if we do that then it doesnt matter what the other two do, it will be heaven up here and we will have our reward whilst at Upton Park it will be the story of the blues and thats a promise.

All that matters is the game ahead for us, of course Reading & West Ham will drop a point or two, but if we concentrate on these three games and get results in all of them then we will have taken gigantic steps.

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Butty101 added 10:07 - Apr 6 Let's hope west ham don't comeback as blowing it now would be sinful
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SaintNick added 10:10 - Apr 6 ;-)
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Saintpaul120 added 12:17 - Apr 6 Nick, why are West Ham & Reading liable to drop points and not us? I think we will drop more points still, and I think you do too but haven't made that clear, and so it's back to your old chestnut - 2 points a game will do it. West Ham Birmingham game could be pivotal. Whatever, I certainly do not want to countenance the lottery of the play-offs as in 2006/2007. Better to go up in 2nd place although I firmly believe the gaffer and the players are looking to win it. We must win tomorrow, and convincingly for on the Crystal Palace we go on Monday - with 6,000 fans! Massive!

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SaintNick added 12:39 - Apr 6 this was an article about being positive and concentrating on these next three games, rather than saying if we lose the next threewe will probably drop out of the play off spots
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Saintpaul120 added 12:50 - Apr 6 Absolutely agree we have to be positive - but which ever way you jig it - it is, as Sir Alex Ferguson once said, "Squeeky b*m time" and if your's aint twitching sir you're a better man than me!!
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steadyeddie added 22:10 - Apr 6 Confidence, Character and Consistency. Plus Cork to score his first goal in an impressive win. Come on Saints FFS!!
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