Five years in the making, Southampton finally opened the doors of the club's brand new training centre yesterday with tribute being paid to late owner Markus Liebherr in the naming of the new Staplewood centre. The Markus Liebherr Pavilion, as it will be known, is a state of the art training facility that should give […]

Quite a number of exciting matches took place this weekend with the pick of the bunch coming at the Etihad where "stupid" – labelled as such by his manager in the post-match aftermath – Chris Smalling's red card cost Manchester United on Sunday as Sergio Aguero's strike meant City retained the bragging rights in Manchester for […]

Ever since their promotion back to the English Premier League in 2012, the one area where Southampton have been lacking is their goalkeeping department. In attack they produced some moments of true magic over the past couple of seasons, whilst the likes of Luke Shaw, Dejan Lovren, Jose Fonte, Nathaniel Clyne and Calum Chambers gave […]

Two of fluid attacks were on in form in the Premier League at the weekend via Manchester City and Southampton. Manchester City The 4-4-2 has a lot of critics in the modern game. Some say it cannot be played because the shape gets outmanned in midfield. Others say the 4-4-2 is too predictable – too […]

With four goals in his first five matches for the Saints, Graziano Pelle has hit the ground running in England after being seemingly plucked from obscurity. The 29-year-old followed manager Ronald Koeman to Southampton from Feyenoord after signing for £9 million, scoring an impressive 50 goals in 57 appearances for the Dutch club. Until joining […]

Just over five years ago Adam Lallana was lining up as a Southampton player in League One. Today he’s reflecting on being selected in Roy Hodgson’s England squad for the World Cup in Brazil and making his Champions League debut for Liverpool. On September 19, 2009, the midfielder was playing for the Saints in a […]

Last season, we saw a lot of this from Southampton’s attack… And this… But once “this,” left for Champions League football, Southampton supporters were left asking themselves, now what? Who could possibly fulfill the rolls of Rickie Lambert and Adam Lallana, and who could partner with Jose Fonte at center-back? An answer must have been […]

After enduring a somewhat turbulent summer, Southampton began their season away to a Liverpool team that purchased three of their key performers last season. Whilst the result went against them, it was the manner of their performance that should fill fans of the Saints with optimism for the remainder of the forthcoming season. A late […]

Now that Mauricio Pochettino has officially become Tottenham manager, the work to mold a team begins. Much has been made of the swashbuckling style of Southampton’s play under the Argentine coach. And Spurs fans will be expecting to see a similar approach from Tottenham next season. In fact, given the belief that Tottenham’s squad is […]