Saints preserve us

The fifth round draw for the FA Cup has been pretty kind, and given Graeme Souness the chance to meet up with former paymaster Rupert Lowe, as we entertain Southampton at St James Park.

With the chance to play lower league opposition on home turf (and for once lower league opposition who aren't exactly excelling this season) this represents a good opportunity for us to make our way into the last eight of the competition.

Whether we take it or not remains to be seen.