3:34pm Friday 5th March 2010
By Adam Leitch
RADHI Jaidi has declared that playing against Saints would be “a nightmare” at the moment.
The big centre half has been at the heart of the watertight defence that has given Saints a platform to score 12 goals in their last four games, conceding just once in that time.
Saints are on fire going forward and, as a defender, Jaidi, left, can appreciate just how hard it would be to play against them.
“Everybody is coming to play against Southampton thinking because of the results it is scary,” he said.
“If I take myself away from Saints I would be thinking it would be a hard game for me to play against Southampton.
“I would be thinking ‘who will play, what will be their tactics, what is the way to play against them?
“It is hard because up front and in midfield we have quality players and that makes us a nightmare for other teams.
“We need to focus on our programme, do what the manager asks us and if we do we’d be unbeatable.
“But sometimes you don’t concentrate and that gives an advantage for teams you play against.
“We are playing well against the teams above us but we still have more hard games so we need to keep concentrating and doing our things.”
Jaidi has been urging his Saints teammates not to lose focus ahead of tomorrow’s game with lowly Tranmere after a good run of form.
“It’s about concentration – sometimes when a player has not experienced it or it depends on the preparation of that week,” he said.
“If you come in on Monday and you feel you will play a big game at the end of the week against Leeds or Norwich you keep concentrating all week and you will be focussed.
“Sometimes you can feel like the atmosphere is good, everybody’s happy and you don’t train hard and you don’t concentrate because the game is against a team below you.
“We shouldn’t think like that.”
Jaidi is still targeting a top six finish for Saints this season and believes that their recent run has only increased that feeling.
“With the results we are getting now it’s given us new confidence and the smell of our aim,” said the Tunisian.
“But we still have nothing in our hands so we are working hard and trying to concentrate as much as possible to do that.
“Everybody is happy but we still have to concentrate on the games coming, especially tomorrow.
“It’s not an easy game but we are very high on confidence.”
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