Most pundits are predicting a Saints V Leeds final at Wembley, but the Baggies will have something to say about that and our two victories over them in the regular season now count for nothing as we travel to the Hawthorns of the semi final first leg.
Saints now have the chance to put right all those dropped points and shoddy defending that ultimately cost us dearly in the Championship regular season, Russell Martin, now has the chance to show that he has learned much from the last 46 League games and is now ready to get his side over the line in the play offs.
That means putting out a side on Sunday afternoon that is very similar to the one that beat Leeds and that when making substitutions it is about improving the side and brining on fresh legs rather than making changes for changes sake.
I still maintain that we have the best squad in the division both in terms of quality and quantity and that has been the problem, it has been too easy for Russell Martin to make changes rather than keep faith with players.
We should go to the Hawthorns with confidence, firstly no side in the play offs has a better record than us in the last 6 or 7 games, secondly at Leeds we found our belief again and we found our organisation and spirit.
If we do more of the same at the Hawthorns then we have the chance to get a result.
So for me as I said in an earlier article this week, it is about keeping it simple so that everyone knows their job, it is about playing the best players in positions that are best suited to them and it is about changing little from the team at Leeds.
The reason we have been vying for promotion is that for 22 games we had the consistency needed and were the best side in the division, then we tore it all apart through tinkering.
West Brom will not be an easy game, they faltered in the final run in and like ourselves suffered 3 straight defeats before winning the final game of the season, they will be buoyed by the fact that they are still in the mix, but they are there for the taking, if we play our best it is better than there best, the table doesn't lie.
So Southampton expects that every Saints player will do his duty and that if we don't win at the Hawthorns that we are still in with a chance at St Mary's, leadership comes from the top though and hopefully Russell martin will prove that over the next two weeks.