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Aston Villa Home Capital One Cup
Sometimes Ronald Koeman seems to treat the Capital One Cup with respect, and at others he can’t resist the temptation to rest the weary and try out the under-used. For the visit of Aston Villa in round four, the latter tactic prevailed with Yoshida, Targett, Caulker, Romeu, Ramirez and Juanmi Lopez all joining a side […]
Liverpool Away
With Stekelenburg recovered from injury, there was a predictability about Southampton’s line up at Anfield. That’s a sign that they are progressing in the direction the manager was hoping, but it was significant that Clasie made his first Premier League start. Liverpool are under new leadership, with Jurgen Klopp still looking for a first win, […]
London Saint’s Ray Betts hold the Champions League Cup aloft
At the Flat Iron Pub Annfield.
Leicester Home
Although Long was a prominent casualty, Saints’ regular starters all survived the international break without injury, only for Stekelenburg’s back to give out in training, meaning a season’s debut for Kelvin Davis as Saints took on Leicester. The visitors’ start to the campaign has been outstanding, but they have yet to keep a clean sheet, […]
Chelsea Away
It’s almost certainly because you only notice these things when it’s your own club, but we’ve always observed that teams experiencing a bad trot seem to snap out of it when they come up against Southampton. A good opportunity, then, for Chelsea to put their recent woes behind them in the Saturday evening fixture at […]
LSSC Masters
Like a wake for an old friend a dozen LSSC members (well, 11 and a guest) assembled at Frome Golf Club on Friday, 25th September. And like a wake, the assembly finally and rightfully rose to the occasion with much laughter and pints sunk in memory of the death of a fine golf club. Where […]
Swansea Home
A rare Saturday 3 p.m. kick off for a visit from Swansea which saw Romeu left out as Saints still have concerns about turning possession into goals, despite a hat-full in the midweek cup tie. Mané might have broken the deadlock here but his fortunate shot rolled just wide, leaving Van Dijk to open Saints […]
MK Dons Away Capital One Cup
We’ll never know whether Ronald Koeman might have adopted a different approach to the Capital One Cup had Saints still been involved in Euro competition, but as it was he continued to treat it with respect by resting just Pelle amongst the regular starters in his XI to face the absurdly named Milton Keynes ‘Dons’. […]
MANCHESTER CITY 6 SAINTS 5
MANCHESTER CITY 6 SAINTS 5 – Venue: The Horseshoe, Farringdon. Captain Nick was unsure about the shirt. I quite liked it. Welcome to newcomer, Tom, who can play in whatever he wants really. The most amazing statistic about this opening darts fixture was that both sides had a full six players. We were unfortunate in […]
Manchester United Home
Manager Koeman may not admit it, but fixtures against the Champions League elite clubs usually mean a bit of tinkering to our line-up, so in came Romeu and Yoshida (at right back) to face Manchester United. I think it worked pretty well, but we all know Yoshida’s game has a mistake waiting to occur, and […]
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