BARCELONASAINT

I'm not sure anyone is under estimating how hard Wednesday night will against a Norwich side very much flying at the moment. We cannot afford to be anything less than 110% ready for this. I agree Norwich will want the 3 points as bad as us and will feel they can make the playoffs. Every game is now almost a must win scenario.

Before the Fulham game i was all for us concentrating on the league and putting out the youngsters but since the victory at Fulham and the showing yesterday i'm all for putting out our strongest side and then only sub our best players off if the game gets beyond us. We have momentum, lets smash those gooners!

I have to hold my hands up because i honestly thought we would lose yesterday and lose badly. I just couldn't see where the spark would come from without Leo and Stewart. Fair play firstly to Tonda who is fast becoming a very popular management choice. He obviously spends hours analysing the opposition and setting us up to get positive results. The 3 in midfield surprised me yesterday but boy did it work. The whole team were well up for the game and it showed in their tackling. Yes there were a couple of dodgy tackles and had there been VAR we might have seen at least one red card BUT this is the Championship and every team gets away with these because of the lack of VAR (thank god) I must admit i would have happily seen flynn sold in January because he was a shadow of the player we saw last time we were in the championship but boy oh boy for whatever reason he has been excellent recently and back to his best. I heard his post match interview and he said a few of the players had suffered from a hangover from last season but he was loving his football now. I think the same can be said for THB who since the turn of the year has also been excellent. Larin is not a modern striker, i don't think his positioning is particularly good or his shooting....however he is a really good old fashioned CF. He's as strong as an ox, works tirelessly, holds the ball up well to bring others into the game and heads the ball very well. I have to say he's won me over and is already becoming a bit of a cult hero. Its great to at this stage of the season be fighting for something and every game being life or death as a supporter......not to sure how much more my heart can take though!

Only Borough have a better defensive record than Coventry which doesn't bode well for our attacking players and when it comes to scoring goals they have done it for fun, scored 30 more than we have!

I will make this simple.....they just play good football with good players and have a lethal attack force.

I think it was obvious to most on here that as soon as Scienza and Stewart went off we wouldn't see either for this game and in the case of Scienza unlikely to see him for quite some time. I have no idea where the spark is coming from. Matsuki was poor midweek and Edozie has only shown brief glimpses of the player he was. Given we have gone with Larin then we absolutely need to play to his strengths so that means when he's in the box putting crosses into the box for his head.

Saints are generally not quick to let fans know about injuries so i am not surprised there is no update from the club about how bad Leo's injury is. Personally i will be very pleasantly surprised if we see him again this side of the international break. At best he's back for the Arsenal game but i doubt it.

Got a Coventry supporting mate in the office, he will be unbearable on Saturday. I can't say i'm confident we will come away with anything but a loss.

The assist last night will have done wonders for his confidence and it just might be that he is perfect for Larins game. If we play Larin we have to put crosses in the box for him, he's an old fashion number 9!

He is so important to us, he is the one player who can unlock a packed defence with his brilliant quick feet. I have a horrible feeling he is going to be out for several weeks and that will see our chances of reaching the playoffs drop significantly.

For me this was the worst part of tonight. Without Leo we lack any creativity and look hopeless going forward. I fear his injury will be monumental as far as Saints ambitions to make the playoffs go!

home v Arsenal

here we go........

Leo won't want to play in the Championship!

Now lets see, thats Arsenal, Man City, Chelsea and Liverpool through, ummm someone remind me the last time a team outside the top division won the FA Cup?

apart from Derby result the results have been decent today for us

bloody BBD scoring again for Derby!

Agree it is good to now have Hull in our sights rather than just Wrexham. However i'm not entirely convinced we have the mental capacity for what is required. Its going to be an entertaining end to the season.

Hull losing at home to millwall has to be good for us

It's amusing reading some of the thoughts of fans on here to next seasons ruling. If you think the idea of a team finishing 8th possibly being promoted then how do you think you would cope with following a team in the states? The MLS has no relegation and no teams from the division below can be promoted to the MLS. The team finishing first at the end of the season is NOT automatically the league Champion, there is then a playoff involving the top 6 or 8 teams to determine who is the seasons Champion. It's all very bizzare. In 2 years time the 3 divisions below the MLS will have promotion and relegation introduced but there will still be no promotion to the MLS from the division below. There has been talk to introduce relegation and promotion from the MLS but it is still some way off as owners want to protect their investment.

watch us finish 8th next season and everyone being very excited about our chances of a Wembley final and possible promotion.

depends on your eyesight!

Stewart is unreliable, Larin i'm yet to be convinced by and that 3rd choice striker couldn't find his way back to the dressing room.

I just don't think we have the strike force to get us over the line

I just have this horrible feeling the chase is beyond us and i felt this after the draw at Fratton Park which was then even more compounded by the draw at home to Charlton. The pressure really is all on us to keep winning whereas the teams above us actually have a cushion and a far easier run in. I sadly think its going to be so close but not close enough.