Message from Keano as we hit top spot - well done to the Lads

Dear Coxhoe Branch,
It's never over until the last kick. We were 1-0 down and not playing particularly well but with the players we have, I always felt we would get one or two chances.
You could say that the goals today weren't really chances - all credit to the players, they were great finishes.
We could have gone 2-0 down, Wardy made a great save to keep us in it before we scored.
When you've played two games in three days it is very difficult. We had one or two lads with tired legs out there but credit to them, they kept going.
It's impossible not to know the other results when you kick off late; but like I've said all the time, you just have to focus on yourselves.
It's in our own hands now, the games are running out - the table will take care of itself. The priority is to be top at the end of the season, not with three or four weeks to go.
We don't know if this will be a defining result, we'll find out at the end of the season.
Our players have shown that on top of the talent they have, there is a great desire to win football matches.
It was always going to be a hard game, Southampton are a good team and we were on the back of a tough match against Wolves, but I never underestimate these players.
Being one-nil down with 10 or 15 minuts to go, I would have settled for a point - you are thinking it is going to be one of these days.
You always think the good run of form is going to come to an end some time, but credit to the players.
I've said I'm never happy, but there was a small smile today, it's in there somewhere.

Roy Keane
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