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Davis thriving on pressure of big games
7:30am Tuesday 16th March 2010 in
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- By Simon Walter » Senior Sports Reporter
Kelvin Davis has challenged his teammates to rise to the challenge of playing back-to-back ‘must-win’ games.
The Saints goalkeeper is targeting a third successive St Mary’s clean sheet to keep the play-off dream alive ahead of this weekend’s trip to fellow promotion hopefuls MK Dons.
Swindon currently occupy the sixth and final play-off berth, have not been out of the top six since the turn of the year and arrive in Southampton fresh from a 1-0 win at Brighton.
But Saints need to beat them to stay in contention.
“We walked into the ground on Saturday knowing it was a must-win game and we walked out after beating Leeds knowing we have another must win game against Swindon,” said Davis.
“We’ve got an opportunity to make ground on them and then we go to MK Dons and play Hartlepool at home so we’ve got an opportunity and we’re working very hard to make sure we achieve our highest possible position.
“Swindon are in there for a reason, they’ve picked up points from good play and being resilient so it will be a big test for us.
“We thought we might make ground on them this week and we haven’t done, they keep picking up wins from tough games and we need to make sure they don’t tonight.”
After losing at Tranmere, Saints have had their confidence renewed by beating Leeds.
“We’re playing very well at the moment, especially at home as the results have shown,” continued Davis.
“We kept another clean sheet on Saturday so defensively we’re getting things right and could have had a couple more goals as well.
“We’ve worked very hard and that’s what you have to do to achieve things. Our preparation and everything else has been spot on “It’s a bit of a pat on the back for everyone at the club.
“When you work as hard as you can and you get rewards it makes everything feel worth it. We want to continue that winning feeling.”
A settled and solid back four of Jon Otsemobor, Radhi Jaidi, Jose Fonte and Dan Harding has been a significant factor in Saints’ recent performances, although Otsemobor is unavailable tonight after limping off after 15 minutes of Saturday’s win.
“We’ve worked hard,” said Davis. “And we’ve become a much more solid team.”
Comments(16)
Brite Spark
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7:45am Tue 16 Mar 10
Soooooooooooooper - Super Kel!Sooooooooooooope
r - Super Kel!Sooooooooooooope
r - Super Kel!
Super Kelvin Davis!
He shops at Waitrose.
saint.ed
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7:56am Tue 16 Mar 10
saint.ed
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8:00am Tue 16 Mar 10
devoniansaint
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8:49am Tue 16 Mar 10
You might enjoy bbc website football predictor. Our targets ' Swindon, Hudd, MK & Colchester all have to play each other or the top 4. It is definitely not over yet BUT I think we can afford 2 draws and no losses..nothing more than that.
best-hand
worried of e sussex
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9:46am Tue 16 Mar 10
G0Rf
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11:11am Tue 16 Mar 10
worried of e sussex wrote:dont count ur chickens
i see swindon have a shed load of injury worries tonight, it's gonna be another walk in the park!
or
dont count ur goals till there scored
down to earth
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11:21am Tue 16 Mar 10
devoniansaint wrote:yeah, i came to the same conclusion, that would only give us 79 points which might just about take us into the top six but it will be close. It's probably too much to hope for that we win ALL 12, but the seven at home are winnable and it's only saturday's trip to MK Dons and the visits to Bristol Rovers and Brighton which look really dodgy. Stll, ya never know!
Saint.ed Melbourne You might enjoy bbc website football predictor. Our targets ' Swindon, Hudd, MK & Colchester all have to play each other or the top 4. It is definitely not over yet BUT I think we can afford 2 draws and no losses..nothing more than that. best-hand
sw: sure-talk - OK, let's believe
worried of e sussex
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11:37am Tue 16 Mar 10
G0Rf wrote:a chicken in the hand is worth 2 in the bush?
worried of e sussex wrote: i see swindon have a shed load of injury worries tonight, it's gonna be another walk in the park!dont count ur chickens or dont count ur goals till there scored
St Retford
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12:55pm Tue 16 Mar 10
Lon Kirk the Saints Fan
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1:17pm Tue 16 Mar 10
Security word week-milk
james
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1:55pm Tue 16 Mar 10
ndontownfc.co.uk/lea
gueone/news_articles
/4552517.FULL_TIME__
Swindon_Town_1_South
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K's fan
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2:00pm Tue 16 Mar 10
worried of e sussex wrote: a chicken in the hand is worth 2 in the bush?
i think you'll find it's bird!
A bird with a hand in the bush is worth 2 chickens.
Paul Lucas
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4:09pm Tue 16 Mar 10
james wrote:Coming down for it are you?? You may well go home feeling depressed:) You only just won last time out and our team was feeling their way after no pre-season training and little self confidence.
I suggest some of you take a reality check - Swindon are where they are because they deserve to be. You have no hope of catching them. Here is a gentle reminder of the last encounter where it seems you were played off the park - http://www.thisisswi
ndontownfc.co.uk/lea
gueone/news_articles
/4552517.FULL_TIME__
Swindon_Town_1_South
ampton_0/
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You also have a number of injury worries tonight whereas we have virtually the same team that thrashed Walsall and Huddersfield and got a very creditable win over 12 man Leeds.
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Saints 3-1 tonight with the Northam on good song!!
COYRS!!!! - I'll be there!
cryoman1965
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5:10pm Tue 16 Mar 10
K's fan wrote:Sod the chickens K's fan.
worried of e sussex wrote: a chicken in the hand is worth 2 in the bush?i think you'll find it's bird! A bird with a hand in the bush is worth 2 chickens.
A bird with a hand in the bush......... is worth
WATCHING....... LOL
Bungy53
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8:45am Wed 17 Mar 10
G0Rf wrote:Oh how true this proved to be. Not sure the squad rose to the challenge of the club captain either.
worried of e sussex wrote: i see swindon have a shed load of injury worries tonight, it's gonna be another walk in the park!dont count ur chickens or dont count ur goals till there scored
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diver-1975 says...
7:38am Tue 16 Mar 10
Only a win will do
COYR