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Saints Third Win of the Season Beating Exeter 6 – 3
Unlike last time out I thought we’d win easy tonight but in the end we had to fight back from 2-3 down winning the last 4 legs for a 6-3 win and a third success from four outings. We eventually won the opening team game with a double from Simon, coming back from 200 + […]
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 […]
London Saints Battle to a 5 – 4 Win Against Bolton
Good team work, despite a poor effort from Captain and head coach (possibly one glass of pre match wine too many) another fine win against a team that before the reorganisation were 2nd division. 3-1 down and a 5-4 win, just a shame we had to pay for the beer ☹️ Winning doubles this week […]
Leeds Away Drew 1 – 1
After a string of defeats, the international week didn’t come at a bad time for Southampton, whereas for Leeds United it broke up a run of wins, all-be-they not necessarily convincing. Nevertheless it wasn’t a great surprise that Leeds posed the early threats with the ball finding several ways of passing Forster’s posts, and on […]
Manchester City Home FA Cup Quarter Final Lost 1 – 4
Items in the press and, indeed, on the SFC web site, featuring Caballero seemed to be indicating an F.A. Cup berth for ‘Big Willy’ but Forster was chosen to face Manchester City. At this point in the competition, we’d expect Ralph to be taking it seriously, but eyebrows were raised at the selection of Adam […]
Watford Home Lost 1 – 2
No Livramento to face Watford, and no Broja either – presumably he had only recovered from a knock sufficiently enough to be confined to the bench. Somehow that led to a place for Smalbone who found himself paired with Adams up front – we can only guess at how that went down with Adam Armstrong […]
Newcastle Home Lost 1 – 2
There are few football followers in Southampton (or Norwich, Watford or Burnley for that matter) who took Newcastle‘s Covid postponement of their January 2nd game at St. Mary’s at face value – there’s just this thought that the club’s current hierarchy would stop at very little to ensure Premiership survival. Whatever, the tactic should have […]
Aston Villa Away Lost 4 – 0
Saints chose to wear their ‘Ukraine’ kit at Aston Villa and persuaded the sponsors to stump up for a free scarf for travelling fans – I was hoping for winter-weight fake wool on a cold afternoon, but we got summer-wear fake silk instead. On the pitch, injury concerns prevented Walker-Peters from starting, with Livramento preferred. […]
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