Match Reports
Spurs Away Lost 4 -1
Summer transfer dealings left us with our erstwhile best goalkeeper sitting on the Tottenham bench for the opening match, while I suspect our current best keeper was sitting on ours as Bazuna joined other debutants Lavia and Aribo. Ralph confused fans by opting for an unbalanced back five with Walker-Peters as an orthodox full back […]
End of Season Review
So another season ends, and it’s the end of the road too for (so far) three of our coaching staff. Clearly something was going wrong at the bookends of the season, and Herr Hasenhüttl does seem to be an exception in not having a respected second-in-command (you wouldn’t recognise Craig Fleming if you met him […]
Leicester Away Lost 4 – 1
Ralph seemed to have stuck to a similar starting formation for his side at Leicester in the last game, although with different names: Romeu and Stuart Armstrong in, and with Broja set to return to Chelsea, it made sense for a change to the sole striker – Adam Armstrong getting the gig ahead of Adams. In fact […]
Liverpool Home Lost 1 – 2
The Saints are staying up! Nevertheless, a full house was reported for a mathematically unimportant next game after the efforts of others had made certain 40 points was enough. Of course there were other reasons for a big crowd, although visitors Liverpool could only lose the title race at St. Mary’s, not win it. Manchester […]
Brentford Away Lost 3 – 0
Next up, a visit to the Premier League’s newest arrivals, at the newest stadium of the traditional 92, tucked away between railway lines and more or less under an elevated motorway. More changes to Ralph’s line-up at Brentford, but they seemed to be in the search for a combination that gels rather than towards any […]
Crystal Palace Home Lost 1 – 2
There was some surprise expressed at Adam Armstrong’s continued omission from the team as we faced Crystal Palace. I’m not so sure, but it did seem odd for Long and Tella to keep their places in a line-up that was unchanged, other than for the injured Livramento; we got a goal nevertheless, when Romeu got […]
Brighton Away Drew 2 – 2
As we were informed before the game at Brighton, home fans hadn’t celebrated an Amex goal since January. We were able to reassure the locals that they would find Saints more generous than most visitors, and they obliged within two minutes of the start: Forster, under pressure mostly from Salisu, spilled Trossard’s low cross and […]
Burnley Away Lost 2 – 0
Ralph was asked about the new manager effect before our visit to Burnley and admitted that it may change his expectations of this opponent – nevertheless he went with an unaltered line-up which was the sort that seemed ideal to face a Sean Dyche team anyway. It all began well enough as Romeu spurned a headed chance […]
Arsenal Home Won 1 – 0
Following our six goal thrashing by Chelsea, there were ominous parallels when Arsenal came to town: another London team with Champions League ambitions, but on a two match losing streak. Ralph decided a different approach was needed this time and selected one recognised striker backed by five defensive players (whichever way you choose to dress […]
Chelsea Home Lost 0 – 6
There’s never really a good time for a club like Southampton to play a club like Chelsea and there are two schools of thought about taking them on after the Blues had suffered damaging home defeats: good, they’re out of form; bad, they’re due a top performance. Ralph seemed to be siding with the latter […]
Become a Member
Become a member of London Saints from as little as £5.