Match Reports
Manchester City Home Lost 1 – 4
Still no Adams to face Manchester City, and after Mara’s less than effective display last time out, manager Sellés named just Walcott and Sulemana as his forward players. Those two played out wide, leaving Alcaraz and Elyounoussi in the middle, but in front of Lavia and Ward-Prowse, so with licence to get forward when possible. […]
West Ham Away Lost 1 – 0
Not everyone returned from international duty in one piece so Saints were without Adams and Salisu at West Ham; of those forced off in the last match, Bednarek made it despite cracked ribs, but Bella-Katchup did not, leaving Ćaleta-Car as the other centre back left standing. Statistically, Ć-C is our best defender as we let […]
Tottenham Home Drew 3 – 3
Sulemana didn’t make the starting team against Tottenham, and neither did any other January window acquisitions – in fact two didn’t even make the 20 man squad. A return to the XI for Lavia at least meant three of the season’s new signings did start, but even that is a damning indictment of our recruitment […]
Brentford Home Lost 0 – 2
It might be difficult to argue it through, but you could make a case for saying that Southampton would rather play the likes of Manchester United than, say, Brentford. A well-organised team with a tried and well-executed, maybe limited, plan causes problems that the creative side of our team finds difficult to solve and so […]
Manchester United Away Drew 0 – 0
A Sunday lunchtime kick off at Manchester United meant an overnight stay for many, and the chance to join the Lineker support crowd at MotD HQ in Salford – but, heck, the pubs were open. So only a matchday trip to Manchester’s dockland where Southampton lined up with Perraud restored and amid fears of a […]
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