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Adkins: Villa win takes pressure off Saints
5:00am Tuesday 15th January 2013 in Sport
By Adam Leitch, Chief Sports Writer
Nigel Adkins
Nigel Adkins insists Saints go to Chelsea without any mental scars from their 5-1 FA Cup hammering just ten days ago.
The Saints boss has seen his side bounce back from their heavy defeat at the hands of the Blues in the best possible way – by defeating relegation rivals Aston Villa 1-0 to pull themselves clear of the Premier League drop zone.
That result has really taken the pressure off of Saints ahead of tomorrow night’s trip to Stamford Bridge.
The match is a game in hand that was due to be played in December but was postponed due to Chelsea’s involvement in the Club World Cup.
“The FA Cup game has gone,” said a bullish Adkins.
“I thought we did very well in the first half against Chelsea and you can’t deny that but the two goals before half time demoralised us a little bit.
“In the second half Chelsea had to up their game and they certainly did.
“The amount of forward quality talent on show there gave them the opportunity to score some goals.
“But we have put that to bed and I think that was shown (at Aston Villa) by the character the players have gone and demonstrated.”
Full story in today's Daily Echo
Comments(16)
mack chinnon
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6:38am Tue 15 Jan 13
mack chinnon
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6:41am Tue 15 Jan 13
RedArmy1
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7:00am Tue 15 Jan 13
WE GO TO CHELSEA FOR THE AWAY WIN.
WE ARE SOUTHAMPTON.
NIGEL ADKINS RED AND WHITE ARMY.
P.S. WE H8 POMPEY
RedArmy1
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7:06am Tue 15 Jan 13
Passionate hard-core Fans.
WE WENT TO BATTLE AND CAME BACK WITH THE WIN.
WE ARE SOUTHAMPTON.
RED FACTION. RED ARMY.
FIGHT AND WIN. COYR.
RED ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRMY
loosehead
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7:35am Tue 15 Jan 13
Redknap /Harry reckons you need 30 points to be safe so as long as we don't get hammered I hope we can get at least a draw after QPR's game against Chelsea
Southampton boy
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7:47am Tue 15 Jan 13
My biggest concern is that we still have not got any new faces!! whay is it the like of QPR can sign some 3 to 4 players and we still have not got any cover for the defence or midfield. COYR's
Matt Allen
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7:48am Tue 15 Jan 13
If we lose by more than 2 we'll drop a place, so a draw would be fantastic, a win out of this world!
Come on you reds, and I will see the away fans there.
Seedhouse the Unrepentant
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8:08am Tue 15 Jan 13
gazw1976
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8:21am Tue 15 Jan 13
Stroppy_gramps
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8:21am Tue 15 Jan 13
three would have me running around the garden naked.......
(sorry neighbours)
zurichboy
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8:26am Tue 15 Jan 13
loosehead wrote:Looking back through the last 10 years of final league tables shows that 30 points is certainly NOT enough. Mid 30's at least and preferably 40 should do it.....at the moment we are 2 points behind that target....all purely academic of course!
A draw would give us a point towards safety & pull us a bit further away from the relegation zone.
Redknap /Harry reckons you need 30 points to be safe so as long as we don't get hammered I hope we can get at least a draw after QPR's game against Chelsea
Alicesdad
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8:52am Tue 15 Jan 13
franiow
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9:39am Tue 15 Jan 13
#1saintsfan
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10:27am Tue 15 Jan 13
Costa Baz
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1:18pm Tue 15 Jan 13
Southampton boy wrote:Wouldn't worry about how many players QPR may have signed.
I would love to see us get a result at Chelsea, but I am worried that we will face the bacl lash from there two Losts QPR and Swasea.
My biggest concern is that we still have not got any new faces!! whay is it the like of QPR can sign some 3 to 4 players and we still have not got any cover for the defence or midfield. COYR's
Didn't they buy practically an entire squad, during the summer?
Didn't do much for them.
Better to wait and get the right people in than rush and get players that won't gel or fit in with the rest of the squad.
mack chinnon says...
6:04am Tue 15 Jan 13