The win over Aston Villa saw Saints hit the first target of the season and that was a top ten finish for the third consecutive year, now we need to strive for the next target.
For some Saints fans this season has been a bit flat, it has been one of ups and downs and ultimately might end with a feeling of "What If" but the reality is that it has been another successful one that has seen us establish ourselves as perhaps the leading club outside of the so called big six in terms of consistency.
Those who feel this season has been a bit of a let down should consider that in this third consecutive season of top ten finishes, it is only the second time in the club's 131 year history that this has been achieved and that we have only managed two consecutive years on one other occasion and that both of those periods came over 30 years ago,
So what we are achieving now as a club is as good a time as it has ever been in the club's history and hopefully it hasn't ended yet.
Perhaps the success of Leicester City has soured it for some, there is a feeling that we should have been in Leicester's position and that we ruined our chance because we sold key players last summer and failed to replace them.
That few is incorrect, firstly we strengthened the squad overall, secondly since New Year only Spurs and Leicester have gained more points, the issue was not one of losing key players, but of not having a truly top class keeper, since Fraser Forster returned we have been a different team.
Secondly Leicester have actually proved that you do not need to spend big nor have a team of superstars, their success should give Saints fans hope that we are doing things the right way and can keep on moving forward.
So having achieved this not inconsiderable target we now move on to the next one and that is to overhaul either Liverpool or West Ham to increase our chances of Europe.
Our current 8th position could get us into the Europa League if Manchester United and liverpool win the FA Cup and Europa League respectively, but we cannot rely on that.
The reality is that to overhaul them it will be hard, Liverpool have to play Swansea (a) Watford (h) Chelsea (h) & West Bro (a), this is an easier run in than Saints we are going to need another freak result or two as Newcastle showed on Saturday.
West Ham play West Brom (a) Swansea (H) Man Utd (h) & Stoke (A) again not the hardest of tasks.
The key will be Swansea and West Brom for both teams, we need them to get at least a point in those games, if they do then we can overhaul them.
The side most likely to blow up will be Liverpool, they have their injury and suspension problems and as shown against Newcastle, Sunderland and indeed us they have the ability to give a two goal lead away on more than one occasion, defensively they are suspect.
If Liverpool throw everything into the Europa League as I suspect they will then they can drop a point or two they shouldn't.
Whatever happens at the end of the season this is a great time to support Saints, statistically it has never been better, the problem for some is that they have become used to things going right, two seasons ago we were just glad to be challenging for the top ten, last season we enjoyed the dizzy heights and now this seems unexciting in comparison.
But we can finish in the top ten next year and we are geared up to finally challenge for a trophy.
Football is sometimes about luck, this season we have not has a lot of it, whereas Leicester have (this is to take nothing away from them, but all teams need luck and they have not had the suspension and injuries that could have cost them) Next season if we get the breaks then it could just be the most exciting in the clubs history.
But before that there is the final three games of the season and there is still much to play for.