Category: Southampton

  • Barcelona Begins To Look Like The Real Deal Again

    Barcelona Begins To Look Like The Real Deal Again

                    For 90 minutes at the weekend, all of us went back in time a couple of years, to a period when one football team so eclipsed all others that they were being considered not just the best side on the planet at that moment but one of…

  • A Sport That Ignores What It Doesn’t Like

    A Sport That Ignores What It Doesn’t Like

    I love football, but there’s something about the game that’s pretty hard to deny. Football, above and beyond any other sport, is incredibly good at ignoring problems. Its leaders are incredibly good at wishing they’d go away. I’m writing a lengthy piece for this site on the continuing trials Scottish football is enduring as the…

  • EPL Matchday 10: One Bore Draw And Many Harry Returns

    EPL Matchday 10: One Bore Draw And Many Harry Returns

    Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea took another battering, on and off the pitch, over the last few days as this weekend’s Premier League matches saw them defeated, again, this time to West Ham. They followed that up with a penalty kicks defeat at Stoke, in the League Cup, although like most of the other top clubs that’s…

  • EPL Matchday 7 Roundup: Sanchez Hits Hat-Trick In A Big Weekend

    EPL Matchday 7 Roundup: Sanchez Hits Hat-Trick In A Big Weekend

    Kane and Rooney finally scored. Sanchez hit a hat-trick and Newcastle blew it … again. It was a big weekend for in the EPL, with wins for Manchester United, Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Stoke, Southampton and, of course, Liverpool and Spurs. In the latter match, Harry Kane ended weeks of fevered speculation about whether or not…

  • EPL 15/16 Matchday 6: Southampton 2-3 Manchester United

    EPL 15/16 Matchday 6: Southampton 2-3 Manchester United

    This five goal thriller was a great advertisement for the EPL, with a few memorable displays and one memorable goal, from Juan Mata after 45 (count ‘em! 45!) passes. It was United’s third, the game’s fourth, and the one that has, perhaps, finally answered some of the questions about the Van Gaal approach and how…

  • Yohan Cabaye to replace Man United signing at Southampton

    Yohan Cabaye to replace Man United signing at Southampton

    View image | gettyimages.com Southampton are lining up a move for Yohan Cabaye as they seek a replacement for Morgan Schneiderlin. The current Paris Saint Germain midfielder is frustrated at a lack of first team opportunities at the Parisien club and is looking to come back to England, prompting a whole host of clubs to show…

  • Schneiderlin to seal Man United move on Wednesday

    Schneiderlin to seal Man United move on Wednesday

    View image | gettyimages.com Manchester United have captured Morgan Schneiderlin in a £25m deal with the Southampton midfielder set to join the club on Wednesday. A number of Premier League sides have been labelled with interest in Southampton’s impressive French midfielder since the season ended, with Arsenal and Man United at the forefront of interested…

  • Schneiderlin agrees four-year Man United contract

    Schneiderlin agrees four-year Man United contract

    View image | gettyimages.com Morgan Schneiderlin has agreed a four-year contract with Manchester United, according to reports. A number of Premier League sides have been labelled with interest in Southampton’s impressive French midfielder since the season ended, with Arsenal and Man United at the forefront of interested clubs. Saints boss Ronald Koeman is somewhat resigned…

  • Van Gaal set to sign French midfielder in £25m deal

    Van Gaal set to sign French midfielder in £25m deal

    View image | gettyimages.com Manchester United have had a £25 million bid accepted by Southampton for Morgan Schneiderlin, according to reports. A number of Premier League sides have been labelled with interest in Southampton’s impressive French midfielder since the season ended, with Arsenal and Man United at the forefront of interested clubs. Saints boss Ronald…

  • Clyne desperate to join Liverpool after rejected Man United

    Clyne desperate to join Liverpool after rejected Man United

    View image | gettyimages.com Southampton right-back Nathaniel Clyne is desperate to join Liverpool, according to reports. Manchester United have been linked with a summer deal for Clyne, forcing current club Southampton to desperately offer a new contract to the England full-back. Speculation over a move to Old Trafford grew last month when Daily Mirror reporter…