Saints have a simple task ahead of them for the rest of the season, they have 15 games left to play, if they win 9 of them they go up automatically.
The mathematicians amongst Saints fans are bringing out their calculators and working out just how many points it will take to get promoted, I would hazard a guess at around 85, if that turns out to be the case then Saints need to win 9 of their remaining fixtures, draw 2 and lose 4, a simple case of addition here.
So Saints task is to put together that winning run sooner than later and start now with the visit of Derby County, of course its a must win game, all of them are now, we can only afford to drop points in 6 games maximum so the job is not to put the pressure on ourselves too early, when I suggested this back in November, I was shouted down by many, told that there's a long way to go, well personally Im not happy that we blew a really good chance and i dont want to see it happen a second time.
The key for the manager is once again continuity, our four match unbeaten run against some tricky opposition was achieved due to this very reason, I dont want to see those mistakes repeated, our only real doubt is Frazer Richardson and i would suggest that due to the lack of options in replacing him, he is just about the last player we would want to lose through injury.
Deby County arent a great away side, winning four, drawing four and losing seven, scoring only 13 and letting in 22 and its this record thats seen them drop right out of the promotion race since our top of the table draw with them at Pride Park back in October
But its a case of doing what we do and doing it well, do that and we reagain top spot which will be a morale victory even though the Hammers will have a couple of games in hand on us, but more to the point its not about winning the division, its about finishing 2nd, lets get this job done and get it done quickly