JASON Dodd has told Harry Redknapp he's ready to join Saints' relegation scrap.

The right-back resumed training at Marchwood this week following a month on-loan with Plymouth.

Dodd appeared to have little part to play in the run-in, but Redknapp has recalled the experienced and charismatic club captain for the vital final month of the season. The 34-year-old has not played for Saints since the 5-1 defeat at Tottenham, but was part of the team that beat Pompey 2-1 at St Mary's earlier in the season.

Dodd said: "The next three games are huge for the club - and I will do whatever I can to help the cause.

"Whether it is playing or just being a voice in the dressing-room and at the training ground, I don't know yet.

"Of course I'd love to play if I get the chance but, even if I don't, hopefully I can be part of the squad that gets us out of trouble."

A veteran of several great escapes in years past, Dodd, who joined Saints in 1989, is bent on rallying the troops in what promises to be a nail-biting battle to preserve their Premiership status.

"The next three games are massive and it does not matter whether I play or not as long as we stay up," he said.

The Pompey camp, meanwhile, say they will have no qualms about putting a nail in the coffin of their south-coast neighbours.

Left-back Matt Taylor said: "I'm a footballer and my only priority is Pompey.

"If it means we can contribute to putting them closer to relegation, then so be it. We are in it for ourselves, and if we can beat Saints, it would be fantastic for the fans and for us players.

"I wouldn't have any sleepless nights if we put Saints down. I wouldn't whoever goes down, just as long as it is not us.

"We have got to concentrate on ourselves - we can't worry about them. They have got everything to prove and we've got nothing to prove on Sunday.

"You can't think about whether there is any bitterness left over about the way Harry left, because we are footballers and you can't get too much into things like that.

"If you do, you end up losing sight of what is the ultimate goal, and for us that is to make sure we stay in the Premiership.

"Regardless of who leaves this club, if it had been a different manager, then I am sure he would have got just as much stick as Harry has.

"Harry has gone down there and is trying to get them out of trouble.

"I have watched games on television over the years, and Saints have always been above Pompey, so we would dearly like to turn that around this season.

"It might sound terrible, but we are in a job and it is the survival of the fittest.

"Like I said, I don't care who goes down as long as we stay up."