It’s the FA Cup innit, shocks are part and parcel of it, and the shock is will play well and win comfortably, who knows Adams or Armstrong might even score.
Blackpool upset Nottingham Forest in the third round but they are in a relegation battle in the Championship, and are without a win in 10 league games.
Their new manager Mick McCarthy will make them hard to beat, but it’s difficult to see them getting past Southampton in his first game in charge.
Saints might be bottom of the Premier League but their performances have definitely been improving recently.
Of course staying up is their priority, but Southampton boss Nathan Jones knows the importance of the cup after ending his losing streak by beating Crystal Palace in round three.
I’ve been really impressed by James Ward-Prowse in his number 10 role, and Saints should win this comfortably.
Know y’all hate it, so here’s your weekly dose of optimism!
Don’t care on result, long way off a good FA Cup run, I would be much more happy with a good performance. Quicker passing, playing through the lines into our no10 JW…er Alcarez and obviously, hitting the back of the onion net.
We, and I mean ALL of us, need an almost feel-good circuit breaker so we can get back to being invested in the forward momentum of the club. Picking it to pieces is some peoples jam, mine it is not, though I can get low like the rest of you! Bless ya’s, still love ya’s all
BeIN Sport 2 is listed as showing the game so the DXB krew have invited Blandy to Barasti (no Saints supporting sporting icon has ever seen us win there) & I can watch the game at home
We’re just jealous, Dave. You’ve still got that youthful optimism we all had once, before a lifetime of following Southampton FC ground it out of us like dog ends on a concrete pavement. Don’t ever lose that and become the cynic you so often see on here.
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Kiss of death….
