"Looking at the Youth Cup it is a major event in the season and we are delighted to be doing so well. But it is not an end in itself. Okay it will end and someone will win the cup and we would like it to be us. That then will go into history," said Owens.
"But what we want is that these boys use these games and of course the Saturday games to progress and develop into players who can go from the Academy into the reserves and from the reserves into the first team and get a career out of football.
"We would love to see some at our club, but we mustn't lose sight of the fact that this is just a cup competition that fits in on the development in their footballing life.
"It is important because over 100 teams enter and at the end their will be only one left. We want to be that team of course, but the bigger picture is it is just one small part in the development of these players.
"This is the first time our lads have played in a two-legged affair. The first team play in Europe and have that situation. And they look at what you need to do after the first leg tactically.
"At youth level, we usually try to take each game separately. This game is different. It is not a one-off game because in the back of your mind you are one goal ahead. They won't have experienced that before. But we have got to make sure we start the game as we would any other game and try and get our game going.
"If we can get the players in our team playing our football, we can cause Southampton problems. Of course the game will swing at times their way and we will have to be ready to soak up the pressure. We just need to get the right mix of defending and attacking.
"But we are not in a situation where we might think of going to defend a one-goal lead - that would be more suicidal. We will just try and play our normal game and let the result take care of itself. If we play well enough we can win."