8:03am Wednesday 17th March 2010
By Anthony Marshall
DANNY Wilson hailed an “immense” performance from his Town side as they continued their push for League One promotion with a 1-0 victory away at Southampton last night.
Charlie Austin’s second half goal proved to be the difference between the teams as Swindon completed the double over the Saints, and it was arguably their best display of the season to date.
A squad ravaged by injuries were resilient defensively, dominant in midfield and sharp up front, to leave the boss delighted at three vital points.
“That was immense,” said Wilson. “To come here, at this time of the season, and against a team in a run of form like Southampton are in, it was a monster, monster result for us.
“We knew that anything we got out of the game we would have to work hard for, and we did just that.
“Pockets of football we played at times were superb and the three boys in the middle of the park really got hold of the ball and made it difficult.
“We’ve had some good performances this season and it is difficult to say which is the best, but that was a superb win.
“We came here positive with three up top and that says in itself that we wanted to get something from the game.
“If we had sat back from the first minute then we would have got battered. We had to be offensive. We defended when we had to and took our chance when it came our way.”
The night’s only sour point came towards the end of the first half when Town’s already thread-bare squad suffered yet another injury.
Scott Cuthbert limped off to be replaced by Lecsinel Jean-Francois, and Wilson believes the centre-back could be sidelined for some time.
“We don’t know the extent of it at the moment in time, but we think he’s got a medial ligament strain which suggests he could be out for quite a few weeks,” explained the boss.
“That is about par for the course with the luck we’re having right now, but Lecsy came in and has done absolutely brilliant there.
“We’ve always known he was a left-sided centre-back but he hasn’t really had the chance to play there since coming in. He may do now.”
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