Match Reports
Sheffield United Away Won 0 – 1
Without suspended Danso and with doubts about the fitness of bench warmers Valery and Bertrand, Ralph started at Sheffield United with Soares and Djenepo as wing backs in front of three big men. It didn’t work out as we soon found that defending isn’t amongst Djenepo’s talents, but the problem was spotted midway through a ding-dong opening […]
Manchester United Home Drew 1 – 1
Southampton were left licking their wounds after being hit by injuries in the midweek cup tie, but that could have been an advantage; opponents Manchester United would have had to rethink and guess at their defensive game plan, whereas at least Saints knew what they were about. Actually it was no surprise to see Ings […]
EFL Cup Fulham Away Won 0 – 1
You never know what to expect in the League Cup and the game at Fulham was Ralph’s debut in this competition, so who would he select? Quite a strong team as it turned out, given that Bertrand and Valery are carrying injuries and you feel that Vestergaard doesn’t really fancy two games in a week, […]
Brighton Hove Albion Away Won 0 – 2
It was no surprise to see Kevin Danso selected to make this Southampton debut at Brighton but for it to be at left back was unexpected. Bertrand missed the trip through injury and Yoshida also missed out in a reversion to a flat back four to accommodate both Ings and Adams. Although tough tackling Saints […]
Liverpool Home Lost 1 – 2
Danso must have looked at the performances of the starting centre backs at Burnley and expected to force his way into the side to face Liverpool without much argument; so too would have Yoshida and it turned out that only Yoshie got the nod. With Højbjerg back to health, there was no place for Djenepo […]
Burnley Away Lost 3 – 0
Regular travellers are used to snow and ice for their visits to Burnley, but that was never likely for the season’s opener: instead we merely had to endure torrents of rain that made the new grey and yellow away kit seem attractive in comparison. It would all have been worthwhile had Evans, at full […]
End of Season Stats
Once again a season of two coaches, and very much one of two halves in terms of both results and performances. The Man of the Match analyses seem to reflect that, with Lemina scoring well under Mark Hughes (but then he was injured, of course), while six of Redmond’s successes and all of Ward-Prowse’s and […]
Huddersfield Town Home Drew 1 – 1
No new injuries, but no recoveries either, nor further experimentations for the end of season game with Huddersfield, with Romeu operating in front of an orthodox back four. Ralph (and most of a sunny Sunday afternoon crowd) would have been hoping that the squad had got their on-the-beach-already attitude out of their system at West […]
West Ham United Away Lost 3 – 0
Rumours that Yoshida missed the Bournemouth match because he’d gone home to become the new Emperor of Japan proved to be unfounded but he was still unavailable for the trip to West Ham, and we won’t be seeing Vestergaard again this season. Thus numbers led Ralph towards a back four but other changes were less […]
AFC Bournemouth Home Drew 3 – 3
Yoshida was missing but Valery returned and, contrary to some reports, Bertrand was fit enough for the other flank in the fourth and final 2018/19 edition of not-the-real-south-coast-derby, this time against Bournemouth. Saints took the lead after 12 minutes, and it was no surprise as the team had started so much on top, and it […]
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