It is time for Claude Puel to show Saints fans that he knows his best side and that this game is a priority to him, if he does that then Saints fans need to get behind him tonight.
All Saints fans are asking tonight is for Claude Puel to put out a strong side and not tinker around and try to be to clever, if he does that then the supporters need to forget about the last month or so and get behind the manager and the team.
Most supporters would be in agreement with whom should beat the back, Forster in goal with a back four of Soares, Yoshida, Van Dijk and Bertrand.
Of course we would rather have Jose Fonte in the team and able to give it his best shot, but the reason he won't be is down to the player himself who would seemingly rather chase one last big pay day than help the club that mainly made his reputation get to a Wembley cup final, to me this sums up modern football.
In midfield it is strange that Steven Davis has been overlooked a lot lately, especially since it was him that sparked the great second half display at Bournemouth, again most would like to see a central trio of him with Oriol Romeu and Jordy Clasie.
The front three is more difficult, I would start with Jay Rodriguez and Nathan Redmond, but I would be tempted to also start Shane Long and put pressure on their back four from the start.
That however would be holding little in reserve in terms of goal threat, so I would expect Long to start on the bench wit Dusan Tadic starting.
That would leave a six man outfield bench of Mcqueen, Martina, Hojbjerg, Ward Prowse Long and Sims.
This is a semi final, they dont come along very often for Saints supporters, the last one was 14 years ago and before that it was 30 years ago, that means few Saints supporters under 25 can really remember the last one and you would need to be in your mid 40's to have gone to the one before that in 1987.
So we should appreciate it and enjoy it for what it is, some may think that the club is in crisis, but 10th in the League and a semi final has traditionally not constituted crisis for this football club but success, some seem to be blinded by the past few seasons and almost waiting for us to fail, they need to realise what a great opportunity this is and get behind the side rather than almost wanting us to fail.
Some of these fans are also not going to the game tonight judging by social media comments, well I feel sorry for anyone that is doing that, it's just biting your nose off to spite your face, this is a big night. I would rather be playing for a place at Wembley this evening than most of the other games we have played at this time of year over the last three decades.