On the back of the disappointing draw against Everton at the weekend, Southampton manager Mark Hughes has insisted the side won’t be ‘damaged’ given the nature of the Goodison outfits late showing.
???? "We’re ready to go again and we know we’re capable of getting what we need to stay in this league." #saintsfc https://t.co/19KiZHRhtl
— Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) May 7, 2018
A controversial foul, a freekick from the wrong position and an idiotic referee all conspired to help the hosts to an unjustified point but the fact is Southampton should’ve killed the game off really.
We now head into tonight’s tie at the Liberty Stadium against Swansea City knowing that victory could count for everything in this years’ battle for survival and speaking to saintsfc as he met with the media this week, Hughes said that confidence hadn’t been knocked – in many ways given the manner of the overall performance it had probably been boosted.
We are above tonight’s opponents on goal difference and we are outside of the relegation zone owing to the point.
Ohhh when the saints go marching in
— Ricky Butler (@mrbutler86) May 7, 2018
“It’s a quick turnaround so we can’t dwell on this one. As I said when we came through the door, we have to look at what’s ahead of us. We’ve got a huge game very quickly and we can’t feel sorry for ourselves. I don’t think we’re in any way damaged by the consequences of the game in terms of confidence, so we’ll be ready to go again and it’s up to us to get the job done.”
Hughes admitted that most had written off the season ender against Manchester City, so it was this game that mattered in terms of opening up a gap and then whatever happened against City it would take a significant goal swing for us not to be safe.
We have to make sure that is the case come the full-time whistle.
— Mahmoud (@Mahmoud_SFC) May 7, 2018
Win, lose or draw, the support will still be there. If we perform like we have done the PL games with Hughes in charge, we should have no problems. Keep focused and finish the job ???? #WeMarchOn #SaintsFC
— Jonathan Hart (@JHART_SFC) May 7, 2018
COYRs we can do this Saints.Never a dull moment being a Southampton supporter. 🙂
— Paul Williams (@50srule) May 7, 2018
Keep up this relentless force of attitude and ball chasing, when you all play like this and stick together you are a Force to be reckoned SFC, all my very best for the last two games, 4pts I feel will do us all proud, but hey 6 is better ⚽⚽✌️✌️
— Tony prince (@TonyTonyprince) May 7, 2018
A must win game, and Victory shall be ours at the end.
— Adams Damilola (@PomAdams01) May 7, 2018
Thanks for the tremendous support you give us as always, Richard! ???? #saintsfc
— Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) May 7, 2018
Most of us are ????
— Ali Clarke (@Aliforsaints) May 7, 2018