Sentences with phrase «south coast side»

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.

Arsenal have received a massive boost in their pursuit of the Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, who is expected to leave the club at the end of the season, as the South Coast side have finally come to terms with the fact that the highly - rated midfielder will indeed move on this summer, and are already said to be on the verge of landing a replacement.

Chelsea will offer # 22m for the 18 year old England man, who is said to be a Blues fan, and will also offer Southampton a number of inducements dependent on appearances and achievements though will not agree a percentage of future sales with the south Coast side.

Arsene Wenger has nothing but admiration for the South Coast side, who seem to sell their best players every summer, but still manage to replace them with just as much quality, and also bring plenty of highly talented youngsters through their academy.

As integral to the South Coast side as Morgan Schneiderlin, there is not enough strength in depth to cover for both being out.

Whilst its true that Storrie is not solely responsible for what has gone on at the south coast side he is however one of the biggest reasons why Pompey are in the position they are in.

Wilshere has managed to prove his fitness at Bournemouth this season and has become an important player for the south coast side.

The Portsmouth boss appears to have a lot on his plate right now trying to keep the south coast side above the perforated Premier League relegation zone and may well have felt some relaxing time at a brothel was the best place to rid himself of tension and given the financial mess the club is in right now who could blame him!

Wilshere has largely impressed at Bournemouth, so much so that some transfer rumours have suggested that the South coast side are interested in making such a move permanent.

Only Chelsea conceded less goals than the South coast side, who let in 33 as they managed to finish seventh despite several high profile departures the summer before.

Should the Rojiblancos now try to sell him to someone else, the South Coast side have threatened legal action.

Liverpool have raided the South Coast side regularly in the past — having poached Rickie Lambert, Adam Lallana and Dejan Lovren last summer, and the 25 - year - old would likely jump at the chance to rejoin his former teammates.

I would however be surprised if the north London club had to fork out the reported # 11m for the Frenchman given that the south coast side still owes Tottenham money for the original purchase of the former Auxerre man.

Having failed to score in their past two games, the south coast side have suffered two defeats on the bounce to Norwich and Bristol City.

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.

As reported by the Express, Southampton, who acquired the player from Celtic in 2015, are reportedly still very angry with the Reds for tapping up their captain, with the south coast side determined not to do business with the Merseyside club even if it means missing out on a potential # 60M fee.

Clearly if rules were relaxed so that the south coast side could be involved it would set a precedent and that could well end up being the reason such an appeal may well fail.

It seems highly unlikely that the Premier League will bend any rules to help the south coast side, and nor should they, so that would mean a certain drop to the Championship and then what?

The French defender has undoubted improved as a player since his move to Fratton Park and it appears that a chunk of the rumoured # 11m fee will be footed by the debt the south coast side stills owes Tottenham from the original purchase in August 2008.

It is no overstatement or exaggeration to suggest that the South Coast side may well be close to folding unless new investment can help turnaround fortunes at Fratton Park.

With so many departures from Southampton this season, many people assumed that the South coast side would be relegation candidates.

He was impressive defensively yet again, making 4 interceptions and winning 3 tackles but it was going forward that the young full - back truly excelled against the south coast side.

Marcos Rojo is available to face the South Coast side on Saturday while fellow center - half Chris Smalling, who has been on fine form lately is a doubt with the defender still nursing a groin problem he suffered at the King Power Stadium.

Although very early days, there have been a lot of comparisons between Southampton and Swansea since the south coast side gained promotion from the Championship last season — with many tipping Southampton to «emulate» Swansea's achievements last year and finish the highest placed promoted team come the end of the season.

Dale Stephens had been an ever - present for the south coast side before missing last weekend's game against Everton through injury.

Chelsea's biggest win at the south coast side's present location, St Mary's, came on New Year's Day 2014.

However, the game against Madrid at home showed the South coast side what they were up against.

Charlie Austin's late header which gave the Saints the win in January was the second time the south coast side had beaten United at Old Trafford in the last two seasons.

Brian spent a decade at Old Trafford as youth team boss and assistant manager before moving to Leeds, Sheffield United and, in 2008 - 09, Portsmouth, where alongside Paul Hart he managed to keep the south coast side in the Premier League.

Heading in to the last stages of the game, Glenn Murray popped up with a goal for the south coast side, which gave them a famous victory.

Former Pompey forward David Nugent cancels out Marko Futacs» opener for the South Coast side as Leicester and Pompey draw 1 - 1 in the Championship.

That came off the back of their win over Liverpool, so clearly the south coast side are not to be taken lightly.

However, Southampton manager Ronald Koeman is ready to bid 18 million pounds to secure the services of the Belgium international from Spanish side Atletico Madrid to ensure his stay at the south coast side.

Gana is nevertheless ignoring the south coast side's current fortunes, and is backing his own team to swiftly shrug off the disappointment of Thursday night, when Italian outfit Atalana won 5 - 1 at Goodison Park.

Nathan Ake was fielded in Bournemouth's central defence for the second game running away at Arsenal on Sunday afternoon, and the 21 - year - old received plenty of praise for his display despite the south coast side going down 3 - 1 having gone in 1 - 1 at half - time.

The last defeat to Bournemouth came on the 12th December 2015 — a 2 - 1 defeat at the Vitality Stadium with goals from Junior Stanislas and Josh King earning the South Coast side three points, Marouane Fellaini scoring a consolation goal for the Red Devils.