Foreboding or Excitement?

[Crab Lungs]

Unfortunately, I'm the former. We're not even playing until Tuesday but my stomach is doing cycles right about now.

 

I'm normally quite a positive Saint - I've pretty much looked on the bright side of everything but at the moment I feel absolutely dreadful. Nervy, anxious, scared... running through all the possible permutations in my mind what might happen.

 

In one round of Championship fixtures my whole viewpoint has been turned upside down. I've gone from quietly confident to rather worrisome all in the space of 24 hours.

 

The one small consolation is that it's in our hands still but even that dredges up an overwhelming sense of internal foreboding and outwardly anxiousness. I want clarity of thought but at this moment in time, I cannot help but go over some of the most recent games and injustices.

 

The Norris' equaliser and the thought of the horrible club down the road revelling after playing a part in the unravelling of our season... the excellent performance punctuated by three sucker punches yesterday evening.

 

The doom-like thought of being top 2 all season and slipping out on the last day. It's dreadful to even think like that, but I am.

 

And it replays over, and over, and over in mind.

 

I have this horrible sense of foreboding now. The fixture list looked so differently yesterday. What I considered a favourable run-in now looks like a mountainous task. Worse still, I look at our rivals and consider their chances far more than ours.

 

I don't believe their game(s) are any easier, that's for sure but what I do consider is that momentum and belief has made an almighty shift. Confidence is important in football and at the business end of the season when things need to get done it's so important.

 

Psychologically, this weekend has been damaging - perhaps the most damaging this season. There is now almost no margin for error. West Ham will be going **** and bust and having almost accepted the realisation of the playoffs they have credible chance of catching us. They can play with more freedom, more vigour, more tenacity.

 

Can we?

 

The thing that worries me the most is the psychological impact. We're not chasing, we're being chased and we're a step away from being caught. Do we have what it takes to keep our nerve or will we cave in under the huge pressure which has, despite what people might say, been heaped upon us?

 

I don't subscribe to anyone who considers us as bottlers. We didn't bottle it last season and we've previous of coming through when the going get's tough. The question is... can we do it again?

 

I'd like to think so but I'm bloody nervous. Bloody, bastardly, horribly nervous.

 

Anyway, that's just me personally. I don't want to be negative so therefore I'd like to ask you all what you're feeling, deep down. Confident? Excited? Nervous?

 

How are you coping with it? Are you just rolling with the punches or are there any more like me who are slightly more... worried?

Edited 14 April, 2012 by Crab Lungs

[rocknrollman no2]

Good post Mr Lungs and basically you have put into words how i feel.

Im still confident,but i feel our injuries will be the main reason we might not make the autos.

If we dont make the autos,then i dont think we have a hope getting through the play-offs,so hopefully we must go all out to try to stay in the top two.

[Crab Lungs]

Thanks rocknrollman no2. I'm an infrequent poster now but I wanted to try and encapsulate how I felt and seek a bit of solace from the TSW family! Maybe, if handled and explained concisely, someone could turn my whole terrified outlook into a positive one again!

 

Another question is... how do we handle our position? Do we look to keep it tight and nick a goal or do we just go for broke and play expansive, open football?

 

I have to be honest, I'm not sure whether it's better stick or twist at the moment.

[View From The Top]

I'm fuc ked off beyond belief.

 

We won't go up, we'll fu ck up the playoffs and despite not giving a fu ck about being in the Premier League myself, I'll be really fu cked off for my nipper who has done 16 away games this season, at the age of 10, and whose tears I've had to wipe against the skate bast ards and Reading.

 

Fuc king cun ting bottle job cun ts.

[Steeleye Saint]

I'm trying hard to think positively but admit I am worried that the season might fall apart at the last. The permutations keep going round in my mind too – can't seem to stop thinking about it.

Really don't want to go through the agony of the play offs but I suppose if that's the way it turns out then so be it.

Win on Tuesday and we're up and running again - lose or draw and W Ham win and we'll be struggling – here I go again!

 

Is there a psychotherapist in the house?

[LGTL]

I saw enough yesterday from us to think we'll win the next two. Think of the chances created, it could and should have been different.

 

We will get 2nd.

[Hedgehog]

Totally agree, these last 24hours has dented my positivity. Think what tipped me more to pessamism was the loss of our goal difference, that was always acting like another point needed by the opposition, now goal difference between top 3 aint much different now.

[dune]

100% up for it. We've got it all to play for. Roll on Tuesday.

[Thedelldays]

if we miss out by a point. that Norris goal will haunt me for a long time...and they will make sure we know about it

 

it was like time stood still as where I was sat I saw the whole flight of the ball and was is disbelief

[aintforever]

If we don't win Tues we can still get automatic promotion even if West Ham win all their games.

 

If we don't get auto promotion we have a good chance of a trip to Wembley and promotion.

 

If we don't get promotion this year we will probably go up next year or the year after.

 

The Premier League is overhyped, expensive with more Sunday kick-offs and defeats against c*nts like Man utd anyway.

 

Whatever happens, we can still continue to laugh at pompey.

[Crab Lungs]

I'm trying hard to think positively but admit I am worried that the season might fall apart at the last. The permutations keep going round in my mind too – can't seem to stop thinking about it.

Really don't want to go through the agony of the play offs but I suppose if that's the way it turns out then so be it.

Win on Tuesday and we're up and running again - lose or draw and W Ham win and we'll be struggling – here I go again!

 

Is there a psychotherapist in the house?

 

I suppose in a sense, and if a positive frame of mind - you could view the playoffs another opportunity. However, at the moment and having led for so long this season it'd be agonising disappointment followed by more nerves with the potential for more agonising disappointment.

 

I do believe though you're right - win Tuesday and the pressure gets relieved a little with just two games to play. At 10pm on Tuesday, things could be so much better. Or so much... arrrrgh.

Edited 14 April, 2012 by Crab Lungs

[TheCholulaKid]

I'm fuc ked off beyond belief.

 

We won't go up, we'll fu ck up the playoffs and despite not giving a fu ck about being in the Premier League myself, I'll be really fu cked off for my nipper who has done 16 away games this season, at the age of 10, and whose tears I've had to wipe against the skate bast ards and Reading.

 

Fuc king cun ting bottle job cun ts.

 

Been on the booze today? Your posts are normally more even keeled than that.

 

Personally, I think we'll still get 2nd. And if we don't there's the playoffs. If we **** that up....well, it's been a ****ing great ride the last 18 months.

 

Just enjoy it, folks. The next two weeks are what football is all about.

[Crab Lungs]

if we miss out by a point. that Norris goal will haunt me for a long time...and they will make sure we know about it

 

it was like time stood still as where I was sat I saw the whole flight of the ball and was is disbelief

 

I've still got it on my phone, as I expect many Saints have. I was recording the atmosphere and excitement when the player they couldn't afford struck the equaliser. Don't think I've ever thrown so many ****s around in one weekend.

[KK the 2nd]

Both.

 

Very ****ed off at the moment but I know that on Tuesday night I will be totally up for it. Roll on Tuesday!

 

By the way we are still long odds on for promotion - 1/5 - West Ham are odds against - 11/8

 

Keep the faith!

[Wilf]

...Personally, I think we'll still get 2nd. And if we don't there's the playoffs. If we **** that up....well, it's been a ****ing great ride the last 18 months.

 

Just enjoy it, folks. The next two weeks are what football is all about.

 

I'm with you on this....

 

It's still all to play for, let's keep our nerve and we'll enjoy it all the more when we win 2nd place!

[Dig Dig]

I'm on the ropes myself for the first time this season. I've always been confident of us bouncing back after defeat but the main difference now is that we simply cannot afford any more slip ups.

 

Also, looking at our team, we're not looking too strong in a couple of key positions due to injury and players off form.

 

Like last week though a win in the week will breathe new optimism into us and more importantly, the team!

[jampot]

I am still quietly confident about the autos. But also like you, my stomach is in knots all the time. What this years campaign (promotion or not) has done to me, is make me realise how much I love the team, the managment and effort they have put in. Makes me feel so proud to be a Saint.

[S-Clarke]

I see where you're coming from Crab's, but I'm also in the camp of ''keeping your feet on the ground and looking at the positives." I still believe there are more positives than negatives in our situation.

 

West Ham's task is tougher than ours; they have to go to Leicester who are a very dangerous team with excellent players. They will not have much to play for by that time but it will still be a tricky obstacle for West Ham. They also have to travel to Bristol City who need to win on Tuesday night, otherwise they're sucked right into trouble again - both teams will have the pressure on them on Tuesday night and it'll be interesting to see who blinks first in that.

 

In contrast we have Peterborough who are a funny side. Their season is over, they have nothing to play for and they're already blooding youngsters and squad players as we saw today. I'd much prefer that fixture than going to a fired up and in form Bristol City side. We then have Middlesbrough away who have a very iffy home record, and although an outside chance of the playoffs it's slim...and they're relying on other results to get into them. I can't see us losing there, but a draw will be perfectly adequate.

 

Then we go into the last match day. We're at home to a poor Coventry city team and West Ham are at home to a decent Hull City team, who will be dangerous with nothing to play for.

 

So looking at it like that, we're in the best position. We're 3 points ahead already, we have a better goal difference (albeit quite slim now) and we have some favourable fixtures in comparison to West Ham's. I don't see it as being as straight forward as West Ham getting 9 out of 9 either, I think they'll slip in at least one of those and the reality is that they cannot afford a single slip, whereas we can.

 

This time next week we'll know what's going on. If we're going into the last day in 2nd position with a decent advantage on goal difference, then its set perfectly as far as I'm concerned. As frustrating as this weekend’s results have been, you cannot look past the bigger picture which illustrates that we're still in pole position to do this.

 

Believe.

Edited 14 April, 2012 by S-Clarke

[CanadaSaint]

There's something that's been really haunting me since yesterday, apart from the defeat and the manner of it (God knows, that's enough on its own.)

 

I think Rickie has been "playing with a knock", as they say, for several games. About 15 minutes from the end yesterday, one of their guys caught him just outside the box but no foul was called. Rickie got up rubbing his hip and walked around uncomfortably, just as he did before he came off against Donny. He did very little after that, after having been superb for the first 75 minutes.

 

I'm hoping it's just the nervousness that goes along with the two bad results out of our last three games in a high-pressure run-in, but my biggest fear is that we might lose him for a game or two.

 

Until we hear otherwise, I'm in the foreboding camp.

[Bald Headed Jesus]

For goodness sake we are strong favourites. I'm sure the crowd nervousness has been getting to the players. Have faith we will do it.

[kpturner]

The OP had to get that off his chest as a kind of therapy for his current mental state This weekend could not have gone any worse, and you would have to be a robot to be immune (as fans) to the psychological impact of seeing West Ham nearly wipe out of GD card in one game. HOWEVER, you have to wipe all this negativity from you minds. If we had just beaten Reading to go three clear of West Ham (and +3 on the GD) we would be buzzing - thinking promotion was in our grasp. It matters not how we arrived at this point. The fact is, we are where we are and it is a great place to be. We played very well against Reading- and if we repeat that level of performance against Posh we will win that game. Absolutely we will. It is down to Adkins to earn his money and get the players minds in the right place, and we have turn up in numbers and do our bit.

[madruss]

The thing that worries me the most is the psychological impact. We're not chasing, we're being chased and we're a step away from being caught. Do we have what it takes to keep our nerve or will we cave in under the huge pressure which has, despite what people might say, been heaped upon us?

 

 

For me this is not true. We are chasing. We are chasing Reading for the title. That is the message that Adkins will be instilling in the players, because that is the positive mentality. The same positive mentality that has kept us in the top two ALL season.

 

Listen to the last two post-match player interviews. Both Rickie and Butterfield are talking about going for the title. That's not a coincidence, that's what they're going for. If we win our next two games, we go into the last game with a chance to snatch the title from Reading, even if they win their two games. That's the way we need to think about the final games, not "oh crap, West Ham will catch us cos they beat a Brighton side who are even more woeful away from home than the hammers are at home", but "we're not giving up on the title until it's mathematically impossible"

 

This is why I'm glad Nigel Adkins is in charge.

[Ohio Saint]

I'm not a bedwetter, but I'll be checking the matress when I get up for the next couple of weeks.

 

Definitely in the foreboding camp. I can hardly get any work done.

[Saint since 66]

It has felt as if i have been under a huge dark cloud since last night but my mood is now changing and I am starting to feel positive again!

Its still in our hands and we can do this! We still have the advantage and we are gonna do this.

COYR

[shurlock]

There's something that's been really haunting me since yesterday, apart from the defeat and the manner of it (God knows, that's enough on its own.)

 

I think Rickie has been "playing with a knock", as they say, for several games. About 15 minutes from the end yesterday, one of their guys caught him just outside the box but no foul was called. Rickie got up rubbing his hip and walked around uncomfortably, just as he did before he came off against Donny. He did very little after that, after having been superb for the first 75 minutes.

 

I'm hoping it's just the nervousness that goes along with the two bad results out of our last three games in a high-pressure run-in, but my biggest fear is that we might lose him for a game or two.

 

Until we hear otherwise, I'm in the foreboding camp.

 

Looked like a garden-variety knock - as you say, he was exceptional for the first 75 mins and didn't deserve to be on a losing side. You would have never known that he had been struggling with an injury to that point.

[CanadaSaint]

Looked like a garden-variety knock - as you say, he was exceptional for the first 75 mins and didn't deserve to be on a losing side. You would have never known that he had been struggling with an injury to that point.

 

I hope you're right. He showed every dimension of his game yesterday, and the other thing that struck me (as it has before) is that he's the ultimate team player - encouraging the guys around him, commiserating with them on misses, saying the right things post-match and so on. In a lot of ways, he - for me - is the captain of that team.

[Sour Mash]

I'm fuc ked off beyond belief.

 

We won't go up, we'll fu ck up the playoffs and despite not giving a fu ck about being in the Premier League myself, I'll be really fu cked off for my nipper who has done 16 away games this season, at the age of 10, and whose tears I've had to wipe against the skate bast ards and Reading.

 

Fuc king cun ting bottle job cun ts.

Calm down. We haven't bottled anything. I'm as far from a 'happy clappy' as you can get, but I do believe we'll bounce back.

[Turkish]

I'm fuc ked off beyond belief.

 

We won't go up, we'll fu ck up the playoffs and despite not giving a fu ck about being in the Premier League myself, I'll be really fu cked off for my nipper who has done 16 away games this season, at the age of 10, and whose tears I've had to wipe against the skate bast ards and Reading.

 

Fuc king cun ting bottle job cun ts.

 

Why does your nipper cry every time we don't win?

 

We'll go,up, but you best get the lad used to losing, therese going to be plenty of it next season.

[Sour Mash]

Looked like a garden-variety knock - as you say, he was exceptional for the first 75 mins and didn't deserve to be on a losing side. You would have never known that he had been struggling with an injury to that point.

He must have been as good as fully fit yesterday. No-way could he have played that well otherwise.

[Asaint4ever]

This thread has just killed me. Play off's it is then!

[CanadaSaint]

He must have been as good as fully fit yesterday. No-way could he have played that well otherwise.

 

True, but I was talking about the last 15 minutes, after he took another knock and looked quite uncomfortable.

[Lifelongsaint83]

I know we are looking over our shoulders, but I really do see it as chasing Reading now. Its not all wrapped up for them even though most of their fans think it is, if they slip up I would like to think we would be there to pounce. West Ham were always going to win today, but because it was 6-0 everybody is getting a little more nervous than usual. I would not be shocked if Bristol City beat West Ham on Tuesday now, stranger things have happened in football.

With me these past few weeks have been stressful and I find myself wishing time away so matchday comes quicker. Im doing it right now! I want it to be Tuesday tomorrow not Sunday. Last night hurt real bad..havent felt that bad about a result in a long time, but thinking about it now we dominated and created so many chances. If we carry on playing like that in our next 3 games we will win them. Its upto us who takes 2nd spot and the team knows what has to be done and they will do it.

[dune]

because it was 6-0 everybody is getting a little more nervous than usual.

 

Just think, 70 years ago Hitler was blitzing Southampton and there wasn't so many hysterical drama queens. What has happened to the British stiff upper lip?

[Webby]

It's in our hands. I have a feeling that Tuesday night is going to throw up some surprising results. I'm excited. I can't wait for the next game to put the last one right.

 

I think it's extremely odd to think that if we fail by a point or whatever that it's because of the Norris goal. Talk about obsessed! What about all the other games we dropped points in? I'm gutted about that result but no more than if it had been against anyone else.

[Turkish]

Just think, 70 years ago Hitler was blitzing Southampton and there wasn't so many hysterical drama queens. What has happened to the British stiff upper lip?

 

That's labour for you mate, convincing everyone that their mental.

[rallyboy]

I think I'm with the Crabman on this, normally very positive and up until about 5pm today quite comfortable - things feel a bit different now....

 

I'm suddenly become aware that the whole season has the opportunity to unravel, I'm not saying it has nor will, I ain't no bedwetting wrist-slitter, but there is now a little door open and I really could do without West Ham kicking it off it's hinges.

 

Anyone who suffered the Everton, Mboro or Aston Villa days will know how badly things can go wrong so I won't be comfortable until the job is completely finished.

After rebuilding as a strong unit we have of late displayed some worrying late fragility - I now only relax at a three goal lead.

The most heartbreaking would be dropping out of the top two in the last ten minutes of the season but we all know that happens.

 

If West Ham go two down against Bristol City I won't be celebrating, I wait for around the 98minute mark these days, that's when the points are dished out, not before.

 

So the heart is worried, you won't catch me joining in debates about what napkins we should use at our promotion dinner or the best footwear for pitch invasions just yet.

 

But the head says no I don't want to swap places with West Ham ta, we are nicely placed.

We played well enough last night to bury most teams, and we have the points on the board, there is no reason we can't do a professional job up there to pile the pressure back on West Ham.

 

Thankfully the dressing room will be far more positive than the fanbase - the players are desperate to win, Nige will have them fired up - while we just worry too much about what we've witnessed in the past.

 

As for the Norris goal - you can spin what you want but if we miss out I'd be more concerned about not beating 10 man West Ham, or a deflected Ipswich equaliser, or a keeping blunder against Blackpool etc etc etc - and that's just of the top of my head, perhaps even Billy Sharp has already scored the goal that keeps us down?

 

As for Norris, it'll be another Portsea myth to add to the book of pompey fables, written by inbreds, lapped up by simpletons.

They have easy games to come so it will be close, but Bristol City will scape enough together.

 

Hold your nerve, you don't win promotions without these moments - and if you did, it wouldn't be fun!

[saintant]

Anyone who believes Ferguson will blood youngsters against us is living in cloud cuckoo land. He'll be desperate to beat us - and remember they beat Reading 3-1. He'll put out the strongest possible line-up available to him and will have them well fired up for the fight. We'll need to be right on our game and put in a full shift for 90 minutes and anything we get we'll earn - Ferguson will give us nothing for free. Still think we'll come away with the three points but it is highly unlikely to be a comfortable evening.

[alpine_saint]

Unfortunately, I'm the former. We're not even playing until Tuesday but my stomach is doing cycles right about now.

 

I'm normally quite a positive Saint - I've pretty much looked on the bright side of everything but at the moment I feel absolutely dreadful. Nervy, anxious, scared... running through all the possible permutations in my mind what might happen.

 

In one round of Championship fixtures my whole viewpoint has been turned upside down. I've gone from quietly confident to rather worrisome all in the space of 24 hours.

 

The one small consolation is that it's in our hands still but even that dredges up an overwhelming sense of internal foreboding and outwardly anxiousness. I want clarity of thought but at this moment in time, I cannot help but go over some of the most recent games and injustices.

 

The Norris' equaliser and the thought of the horrible club down the road revelling after playing a part in the unravelling of our season... the excellent performance punctuated by three sucker punches yesterday evening.

 

The doom-like thought of being top 2 all season and slipping out on the last day. It's dreadful to even think like that, but I am.

 

And it replays over, and over, and over in mind.

 

I have this horrible sense of foreboding now. The fixture list looked so differently yesterday. What I considered a favourable run-in now looks like a mountainous task. Worse still, I look at our rivals and consider their chances far more than ours.

 

I don't believe their game(s) are any easier, that's for sure but what I do consider is that momentum and belief has made an almighty shift. Confidence is important in football and at the business end of the season when things need to get done it's so important.

 

Psychologically, this weekend has been damaging - perhaps the most damaging this season. There is now almost no margin for error. West Ham will be going **** and bust and having almost accepted the realisation of the playoffs they have credible chance of catching us. They can play with more freedom, more vigour, more tenacity.

 

Can we?

 

The thing that worries me the most is the psychological impact. We're not chasing, we're being chased and we're a step away from being caught. Do we have what it takes to keep our nerve or will we cave in under the huge pressure which has, despite what people might say, been heaped upon us?

 

I don't subscribe to anyone who considers us as bottlers. We didn't bottle it last season and we've previous of coming through when the going get's tough. The question is... can we do it again?

 

I'd like to think so but I'm bloody nervous. Bloody, bastardly, horribly nervous.

 

Anyway, that's just me personally. I don't want to be negative so therefore I'd like to ask you all what you're feeling, deep down. Confident? Excited? Nervous?

 

How are you coping with it? Are you just rolling with the punches or are there any more like me who are slightly more... worried?

 

I reckon this rates as the best post I have ever read on here. Almost perfectly summarises the situation, although I am not so certain as the OP that there is no bottling element to it at all.

[Saints foreva]

Very unsure about the season, positive one day and negative the next.

 

I was expecting a West Ham win today but they made our GD irrelevant which is a massive disappointment.

 

Not really sure about the next two games, Peterborough have goals in their side and can be decent at home, they beat Reading a few weeks back so we will have to be careful. Middlesbrough still have an outside chance of the play off's and will be well up for the game if Cardiff fail to win midweek.

 

Very, very nervous.

[Ziggy]

Why does your nipper cry every time we don't win?

 

We'll go,up, but you best get the lad used to losing, therese going to be plenty of it next season.

 

You're missing the point. I could live with or without promotion but I also have a son who has had a ST since we moved to St Mary's. We live in the Midlands. He has to put up with constant **** taking about being a Saints fan but always wears his shirt (literally) with pride. His recent pain is hard to watch. He is a little older so doesn't cry but I would be gutted if we don't go up for his sake. Smart comments about look out next season are irrelevant.

[Special K]

I hope the team have more backbone than you bunch of ponces. Jesus, what a load of pussy's. Ooooo I'm so nervous, Ooooo my botty is really squeaky, Ooooo I need to sit down for a ****, Oooooo i think i will have a little cry over a ****ing football game. FFS!

[Whitey Grandad]

I'm with Dune.

 

[supersonic]

If we defend like we have done in the past few weeks we'll finish 3rd and mess up in the playoffs

[Faz]

This what football is all about FFS. Three years ago we had nothing. Sit back and enjoy the ride. Even if we don't make it this year we have many many great seasons ahead.

[dune]

I hope the team have more backbone than you bunch of ponces. Jesus, what a load of pussy's. Ooooo I'm so nervous, Ooooo my botty is really squeaky, Ooooo I need to sit down for a ****, Oooooo i think i will have a little cry over a ****ing football game. FFS!

 

Frankly it's really embarrassing, but a perfect illustration of a large swathe of our fanbase.

[obelisk]

This what football is all about FFS. Three years ago we had nothing. Sit back and enjoy the ride. Even if we don't make it this year we have many many great seasons ahead.

This is what I keep trying to remind myself of. It's a sort of que sera sera thing I guess because there's pretty much nothing those of us that witter on here can do about it other than offer absolute support for the remaining 3 games. As long as the players are seen to offer us their best (and try to be better) then I'm cool with that.

 

I'm pretty sure that there are highs and lows yet to come and if Saints end up outside the top two for the first time on the last day then I'll probably be yelling "bottlers" too - until I calm down and move on to the play-offs.

 

The post mortems and exchange of opinions is all part of why we love the game isn't it? Sure I'll be gutted if Saints screw up after all the good work this season but I shall attempt to keep it all in perspective. It's better for my health. One hundred years ago more than 500 Southampton residents had a truly dreadful day. At least we have next season.

[patred44]

Frankly it's really embarrassing, but a perfect illustration of a large swathe of our fanbase.

 

on the contrary, to worry that we won't reach our goal of promotion shows a level of support that perhaps 'those of you who don't care, or are not phased' fail to understand.

It makes me cringe when I see poster say "I ENJOY THE CHAMPIONSHIP, NOT WORRIED IF WE MISS OUT" bollix.

You play at the highest level attainable and take every opportunity to get there.

We have been leading the promotion race nearly all season, to miss out at the death will be a huge ****e sandwich to eat for fans, players and management alike.

Yes we should be worried, it puts an edge on us.. No, you don't freeze like a rabbit in the headlights, but nor do go around thinking everything is preordained, and the little extra effort will not matter.

Edited 15 April, 2012 by patred44

[dune]

on the contrary, to worry that we won't reach our goal of promotion shows a level of support that perhaps 'those of you who don't care, or are not phased' fail to understand.

It makes me cringe when I see poster say "I ENJOY THE CHAMPIONSHIP, NOT WORRIED IF WE MISS OUT" bollix.

You play at the highest level attainable and take every opportunity to get there.

We have been leading the promotion race nearly all season, to miss out at the death will be a huge ****e sandwich to eat for fans, players and management alike.

Yes we should be worried, it puts an each on us.. No, you don't freeze like a rabbit in the headlights, but nor do go around thinking everything is preordained, and the little extra effort will not matter.

 

By all means be worried, be p/ssed of etc, but FFS man up and don't show it. It's cringeworthy seeing the hysteria on here. We didn't build the most magnificent empire the world will ever see with an attitude like this. Remember you are British FFS

Edited 15 April, 2012 by dune

[badgerx16]

If we don't win Tues we can still get automatic promotion even if West Ham win all their games.

 

If we don't get auto promotion we have a good chance of a trip to Wembley and promotion.

 

If we don't get promotion this year we will probably go up next year or the year after.

 

The Premier League is overhyped, expensive with more Sunday kick-offs and defeats against c*nts like Man utd anyway.

 

Whatever happens, we can still continue to laugh at pompey.

 

This.

 

Whatever happens, we are Southampton, the pride of Hampshire, red&white forever, and SFC 'til we die.

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being British means fronting up I take it?

I can see our mighty empire fronting up to the Japs in Singapore, with all our guns pointing forward, whilst they came up our rear end.....

The Dunkirk attitude...glorious in defeat..

FFS It was'nt until a few got worried we started to win..

 

FFS Dune how the fooke did we get onto this sabre rattling jingoism carp!