Match Reports
Sunderland Home EFL Cup Won 1 – 0
Matches are coming along fast and furious now, and it will surely have crossed Monsieur Puel’s mind that the best result in the club’s opening EFL Cup game would have been a defeat. Crystal Palace’s selection policy made that result unlikely, but Claude, quite understandably really, made nine changes to his starting line up in […]
Manchester City Away Drew 1 – 1
Southampton and Manchester City were both licking their wounds after European defeats, and Saints now had Long on the injured list, although Redmond was available again – injured for Inter according to the Italian press, but ‘rested’ according to the Echo. City are in a winless streak so recalled Agüero and were able to give […]
Europa League Away Inter Milan Lost 1 – 0
If the Be’er Sheva fixture sorted out the men from the boys, the boys were out in force for the next Europa League game, Internazionale at San Siro Stadio and confidently billed by the Saints web site as the club’s first competitive encounter with Serie A opposition: well, that’s not true, but presumably the Anglo […]
Burnley Home Won 3 – 1
The international break caused injury problems for M. Puel with Bertrand the worst casualty, apparently out for some time, while Long had limped out of his last match so saw out the Burnley game from the St. Mary’s bench… where he was joined by Højbjerg, replaced in the starting XI by Clasie who had been […]
Leicester City Away Drew 0 – 0
Manager Puel based his selections for the Be’er Sheva and Leicester away games with the aim of maximising the outcome from the pair rather than concentrating on one competition over the other. It was, though, a distinctly stronger line-up against the English Champions, reflecting the relative strengths of the Israeli and Premier Leagues as stay-away […]
Hapoel Be’er Sheva Away Europa League drew 0 – 0
In the Europa League you don’t have to play in Europe and Saints’ first away trip of the campaign was to far-off Israel. By no means everybody’s ideal choice, but plenty of opportunities for the intrepid to make the most of the occasion. For the senior citizens party, after a swim or two in the […]
Arsenal Away Lost 2 – 1
Arsenal lined up with new signings Mustafa and Lucas in their side, but Saints fans have to wait before Sofiane Boufal is fit enough to be revealed – a fair percentage of the season will have passed by before we get to see our most expensive purchase ever. I think you could choose any amongst […]
Sunderland Home Drew 1 – 1
Under Ronald Koeman, you were usually aware of what the team were trying to achieve, even with changes to formation. This season, we’re told there’s supposed to be some sort of diamond shape to the business end of the pitch, which suggests a single striker, and, against Sunderland, Austin was chosen for the role ahead […]
FC United of Manchester
Friday night football over, Saturday is another day and, of course, another game. Most intriguing in the area was a National League North match at F.C. United of Manchester, the club formed in 2005 by disaffected fans who used to sing that “there’s only one United.” I’ve not really seen the point of this venture […]
Manchester United Away Lost 2 – 0
It was ironic that Southampton’s dreadful new away kit should get its first competitive outing against Manchester United, the club who famously changed their equally dull outfit as an excuse for a disastrous first half at The Dell. This first game in the Friday night Premier League schedule was notable for giving a first start […]
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