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We Are Still Fifth !!!

From the opinions I heard walking away from St Mary's yesterday you would have thought that we were in the bottom five not the top.

Football is a funny old game as a football pundit back in the 80's used to say and he was right, if Saints had beaten Liverpool yesterday to leapfrog them into fifth place then we would all have been buzzing, so why are so many so downcast about losing and being in exactly the same position.

Of course we are on a bit of a downward slope at the moment but as we have shown before we can come back from that and start winning again, yes the Liverpool game was a setback, but it is not a terminal one and there is still a lot more to play for this season.

Perhaps we had started to believe our own hype that we could finish in the top four and now the reality that we might not is starting to hit home, but the real reality is that we still have a very good chance of making the top four and an excellent chance of making the top six and a Europa League place.

So lets not get downhearted, it does the team no good to scream abuse at Pelle as some around me did yesterday, we all need to keep focused and kick in the same direction, if we do so then perhaps after the 38th game of the season we might have a pleasant surprise.

This season is far from over yet, it has been good so far and can get better, but lets enjoy the ride.

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