Scoring against former club Blackburn Rovers has stayed as a long-term fear for Adam Armstrong, and the in-form Southampton man must fix this worry tomorrow.
Every time it's Southampton's turn to play Blackburn Rovers, the Alan Shearer transfer repent comes uncalled to mind. The Saints have no Premier League trophy on their plate but they handed over one to Blackburn with that call.
Hence, it's clear as daylight which side Shearer would be inclined to support tomorrow. Anyhow, he won't be guiding the balls towards the Saints net and to make Southampton's Championship life easier, we will hope another forward does who has donned both these badges like Shearer.
We are pointing to Adam Armstrong, the only Saints mainstay who does justice to his standout player traits these weeks. When he left the Rovers camp for St. Mary's, the fanbase didn't think one day his transfer would be measured by how many strikes he affords in the second-tier.
Armstrong hasn't tasted goals against boyhood club Blackburn Rovers
Never mind, the 28-year-old has been an above average recruitment for Southampton but settling one transfer ritual in place has proven to be out of his depth until now. That is slotting an inaugural effort in goal while rivaling his ex-team Blackburn Rovers.
For strikers and attack-minded players, it should be a walkable job in a couple of meetings. Yet, Armstrong has taken five games in total where three were well beyond his Blackburn years, and still drawn an empty tally.
The crowd here isn't asking him to rush into enthusiastic celebrations for a Blackburn win but just score. Nobody apart from Armstrong is bettering the opposition keeper's reflexes, and thus, if he goes silent on a sixth individual Blackburn occasion then it's over for Southampton.
Will Armstrong improve his personal figures and Southampton's Championship momentum, we will get to know soon.