Those that say that the season has nothing left to play for going into the final week, could not be any farther from the truth with £9.5 million the difference between Saints worst possible ending and best.
Ironically this is almost the same total that Saints are rumoured to have offered Besiktas for striker Cenk Tosun, so in essence Saints are playing for prize money that will effectively buy them a player.
There is £1.9 million per place up for grabs on Premier league placings and it is important to Saints that they grab as much of it as possible.
As it stands they could finish as high as 8th or as low as 13th, although that would mean Watford winning both their last two games against Chelsea and Manchester City to make that happen.
Indeed 12th place could well be sorted before the weekend depending on the results at St Mary's and also when Leicester host Tottenham on Thursday.
Saints fate is in their own hands though win both home games and they will finish a guaranteed 9th and more than likely 8th matching 2013/14's placing under Mauricio Pochetino.
So there is still a lot of money up for grabs and each place is vital, each place is worth roughly the same amount as around 3,000 adult season ticket holders income, quite pertinent given the number who are claiming they will not renew on social media.
If Saints supporters want Southampton Football Club to keep moving forward then they have to show they back the club through thick and thin, this time last year many were clamouring that the ground should be expanded due to how many supporters we could get in.
Ironically many of those who demanded expansion are now saying that they are not renewing, perhaps proving the point why expanding St Mary's is not applicable just yet, we need to have a full ground week in week out and season in season out to show there is the demand, if we lose 3,000 supporters everytime there is a blip then we will only waste money expanding the stadium, money that could be used on other areas not least the deficit from the empty seats.