Pochettino and Adkins shared a bottle of wine after the match, before which the former was keen not to discuss what was different under his reign.Asked if top-flight football is all but secured for next season, he said: "I have been managing the team for 10 games now and I have never spoken about any goals for the end of the season.It is not really important," he said. "What is important is that we won, have 37 points. I don't really analyse that.It also gives Rodriguez a chance to continue is fine recent run, which has seen him net in the defeats of Liverpool, Chelsea and Reading.I think I am a pretty relaxed person, I look to work with my players on the training pitch.Things are not so rosy for the man that paid £6million to bring Rodriguez to St Mary's, with Adkins now all but certain of facing the drop with Reading.I think the team has been playing well and I just stand on the sidelines. I am proud of what the players are doing.Seven points adrift with just six games left, relegation seems all but certain for the Royals - not that top scorer Adam Le Fondre will be giving up.The club have brought me in to do a job and I am doing it well so I am just pleased overall.We'll always battle to the end - that's what the fans expect from us and it's what we expect from ourselves.Such is the job that Pochettino is doing that Saints ended Saturday in 11th place and seven points clear of the drop zone.
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