Saints stoked up for victory

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Powell Stoked up for victory
By Adam Leitch
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DARREN POWELL
Darren Powell has called on his team not to look DOWN the table - but to win at lofty Stoke tomorrow and start to move UP it instead.

Powell popped up with a goal in the first minute of Saints' game against QPR on Saturday - but he couldn't prevent his side eventually losing 3-2.

Despite only one win in ten league games, Powell -who says I don't like the words relegation battle' - believes Saints can STILL reach the top six.

But he is insistent that nothing less than a surprise win tomorrow will do if they are to produce a stunning run into the play-off positions.

He said: "We need to react and react positively.

"It was a bad result and it seems like we're looking down rather than up. We've got to change that.

"We've got to go to Stoke and get a result. I mean three points, not a point."

He added: "I keep saying this but until it's mathematically impossible for us to get to the play-offs we just keep going for it.

"We do need all the support we can get."

For full story see today's Daily Echo.

This article is taken from Southampton's newspaper the Daily Echo and it shows us that the Saints may well come and try to ruin the upbeat mood tomorrow because they need points just like we do. However we are at home and therefore we (the supporters) may just be the difference

It's all well and good turning up and I am pleased to hear that by the sounds of it there is going to be a decent crowd but we must back our lads vocally. Against Cardiff the noise was poor in my opinion so we must do better, we need to increase the noise levels and really get behind the Potters.

[SneydGreenStokie]

Let them come for the 3 points. We are much more effective when teams come at us and we can pick them off. Its much harder to break down a team that puts 2 banks of 4 in front of us and basically sits and says'break us down if you can'. Tomorrow will be tough as the saints are no mugs and they still have some good players. However, we have strengthened since we played them there early on and they have weakened. We are a different animal now and if we turn up and play like we have been, then we should claim another crucial 3 points.

SGS

[dexter97]

I hope that Southampton come and give it a real go. We usually do better against sides like that, rather than the ones who sit back and play for a point.


Oops. Great minds, etc...

[foals]

i think we will have more trouble against scunthorpe...

[Deleted]

I can't see Southhampton playing cagey they duna know how to, they are pretty gung ho.

[lancer]

Be doing us a favour if they have come for three points, and come at us. We seem to have trouble breaking teams down when they come for a point, but gladly, even that is changing now, and we look great attacking.

[Deleted]

They came last year looking for the win and played as open as any team seen at the Brit for years. And gave us a bit of a stuffing in the Boskamp year (did Ric score that day?)

[armitagestokie]

They've got to say that---can't say we are shitte scared of those big strong boys.

[Olgrligm]

That's not The Echo whose headquarters are in Bournemouth opposite a hotel I once stayed at is it? Or do some South Coast newspapers share a name?

[PL08]

Think youll find that they have tried to win 15 away games and not done so in eleven of them

[swipers]

Perhaps the Wednesday headline will say "Fuck-All Saints" when they return with no points ;D

['i'mnaked']

last season we won 2-1. fortune got the first and lee martin the second.