Sentences with phrase «south coast side southampton»

South coast side Southampton are currently in the relegation zone, a point shy of safety, with the Saints in desperate need of goals after managing a mere 24 from as many league games so far this season.

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Southampton beat a host of other «bigger» sides to the signing of talented youngster Nathaniel Clyne and it was a wise move for both the player and the South Coast club.

Southampton may well have European football to offer Bamford as boss Ronald Koeman looks to steer his south - coast side to a top six finish.

A routine win for Chelsea on the South Coast, where goals from Gary Cahill and Eden Hazard were enough to overcome a subdued virtual Southampton side.

The talented box to box performer is said to be keen on leaving the south - coast side but having already seen a number of their top performers leave this summer Southampton are trying their utmost to keep the former Strasbourg man from joining the mass exodus.

St Mary's boss Ronald Koeman did well to keep hold of Schneiderlin and his south - coast side have started the current season in superb fashion, securing seven points from their first four Premier League fixtures and given that Southampton sit in fourth spot in the table one imagines the long serving midfielder may elect to remain at the club.

ESPN claim Man United are tracking Southampton's Sadio Mane, but believe the south - coast side will fight off advances for the Senegal international.

Southampton must be amazed that Liverpool didn't even bother to barter when they quoted # 75m for their defender Virgil van Dijk as Klopp is determined to stop leaking silly goals (like Arsenal do as well) and were prepared to pay whatever the Saints demanded, so the South Coast side can now look for a few bargains to help them move back up the table, and local - boy Walcott could be high on the list of bargain buys.

Southampton have lost the services of Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert, Dejan Lovren, Luke Shaw and Calum Chambers and fans of the south - coast side may not be optimistic of their side's ability to build on last term's excellent top half finish and one would doubt that the capture of 27 year old Long would appease them.

Southampton have won just one league game since beating Everton at home on November 26 with only bottom side West Brom winning fewer games than the South Coast club this season.

Southampton won 1 - 0 when the sides met on the south coast back at the end of November but they travel north on short rest and on the back of that poor home defeat against West Brom.

Replacing Steven Gerrard with Wanyama is one of the things that would wholly improve this poor Merseyside defensive unit — but I suspect that a better placed side will snatch him first, and to be fair, Southampton look good for finishing above the Reds anyway so would he even want to leave the south coast for the northwest?

We have a trip to the St Mary's stadium on the south coast to face a Southampton side whose season has been just as inconsistent as our own.