Premier League winners and losers
Winners Jamie Vardy and lower-league strikers The most unlikely of record-breakers, with my humblest apologies to the Jimmy Dunne fan club. For those who cry foul at the phrase ‘Premier League...
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Top 10: Surprise disappointments of season
Last week we ran through our top ten surprise successes of the season so far, so now it’s time to flip-reverse it. 10) Jordy Clasie (Southampton) Considered as the next big thing to come out of the...
View ArticleKoeman: ‘Southampton need to spend money’
Ronald Koeman has hinted for the first time that he is not happy that Southampton are a selling club. The Dutchman saw Nathaniel Clyne and Morgan Schneiderlin sold in the summer for a combined £36.5m,...
View ArticleSo’ton 1-6 Liverpool: Klopp’s got it going on
Liverpool breezed into the semi-finals of the Capital One Cup with a 6-1 thrashing of Southampton at St Mary’s. Responding to manager Jurgen Klopp’s subtle suggestions that he needed to consider...
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Sturridge’s quality makes it all worthwhile
“Sometimes I would really like to change my personality but I can’t forget this f**king loss against Crystal Palace,” said Jurgen Klopp in the build-up to Liverpool’s Capital One Cup quarter-final. “If...
View ArticleBig Weekend: McClaren, Sturridge, Costa, LVG
Steve McClaren When McClaren last faced a side managed by Jurgen Klopp, the then-Wolfsburg boss was out of a job within a few days. Newcastle’s meeting with Liverpool might not be must-win for the...
View ArticleGossip: Mane, Ibrahimovic, Carvalho, Oxford
BAYERN JOIN UNITED IN MANE RACE First to the Daily Telegraph, whose reporter Jeremy Wilson believes that Bayern Munich have joined the race for Sadio Mane. They join Manchester United in holding a...
View ArticleSouthampton 1-1 Aston Villa: Forgettable fare
Southampton halted a run of three straight defeats but had to come from behind to secure a draw at home to struggling Aston Villa. Joleon Lescott gave the visitors an undeserved lead and exceptional...
View ArticleFonte: I want to sign Ronaldo and Messi
Southampton captain Jose Fonte has echoed his manager in being frustrated at the lack of spending at the club. Ronald Koeman said last week that he was becoming irritated by the Saints’ transfer...
View ArticlePremier League winners and losers
Winners Unpredictability Thirteenth beating second. Twelfth beating seventh. Eighteenth beating eighth. Tenth beating first. Eighteenth beating 11th. Sixteenth drawing with fourth. Twelfth beating...
View ArticleTop 10: Problems clubs must fix in January
10. Southampton: Winger Few Premier League starting XIs come as settled as that of Southampton. Their top 11 players in terms of playing time comprise their first-choice line-up, and have all featured...
View ArticleEnglish managers: Stop, collaborate and listen
Perhaps it is fitting that it was Les Reed, perennial inclusion in a ‘worst Premier League managers’ countdown, who fired the fatal shot at English football management. “Initially my job is to identify...
View ArticleFive vital Premier League 30-pluses…
The Premier League is increasingly becoming a young man’s game. We pick five outfield players aged 30 and over who are still vital to their club… Santi Cazorla The Arsenal midfielder narrowly wins...
View ArticleBig Weekend: Benteke, LVG, McClaren
Jurgen Klopp For many, the immediate response to Liverpool’s defeat at Newcastle was to ridicule those who thought they could win the title. Klopp’s side may well fall short, but that’s an odd...
View ArticleCrystal Palace 1-0 Southampton: Eagles soaring
Crystal Palace climbed back into sixth place in the Premier League with a comfortable 1-0 defeat of Southampton. In the latest demonstration that European football is not beyond them, they outplayed...
View ArticleCrystal Palace fans party with Pardy
In the most predictable news story of the year, Alan Pardew joined Crystal Palace supporters in the pub after the game. Palace supporters’ club the Holmesdale Fanatics were celebrating their tenth...
View ArticlePremier League winners and losers
Winners Newcastle United Consecutive league victories for the first time since November 2014, enough to take Newcastle ahead of Chelsea and up to 15th in the Premier League. After reportedly being...
View ArticleBig Weekend: Chelsea, Rooney, Klopp, Saints
Chelsea When battle is waged between players and manager, it’s rarely the latter who emerges victorious. ‘Palpable discord’ was the reason cited for Jose Mourinho’s eventual ‘mutual consenting’ at...
View ArticleSouthampton 0-2 Tottenham: Spurs into top four
Harry Kane scored the opener as Tottenham moved ahead of Manchester United with a 2-0 win at struggling Southampton. Kane beat three men on the counter-attack before curling home his 11th goal of the...
View ArticlePremier League winners and losers
Winners A new breed There is an argument to say that the rise of the Premier League rest is exclusively down to so many of the bigger clubs suffering from their own individual weaknesses. Manchester...
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