Beattie: Bring on the flak
And the Accrington Stanley boss vowed the ‘whole of Southampton’ is willing his team to turn over Guy Whittingham’s side in the Sky-televised clash.
Beattie is expecting to run a gauntlet of hate from travelling fans at the Crown Ground because of his connections with the Blues’ deadly rivals.
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Hide AdBut he told Pompey, remembering those connections is ‘their problem’.
Beattie is now cutting his managerial teeth at Stanley and feels flak in his direction from the away contingent will only deflect from them aiming at his players.
He said: ‘If they sing and chant at me all game I will be happy with that because they won’t be having a go at the players and hopefully that will let them get on with the job of trying to get three points.