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Team Focus: Spurs Not Playing Pochettino Way in Season Opener

by Miguel Delaney at Wednesday, Aug 20 2014 12:23
Team Focus: Spurs Not Playing Pochettino Way in Season Opener After Mauricio Pochettino had celebrated his first three points as Tottenham Hotspur manager, there was one word he mentioned more than any other in his post-match press conference: “philosophy”.“This is our philosophy,” the Argentinean beamed. “To believe, always, 90-9...
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Team Focus: Players in Place to Prevent Southampton Plight

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Aug 12 2014 14:00
Team Focus: Players in Place to Prevent Southampton Plight Much has been made of the 'gutting' of Southampton after a summer exodus that most seem to have suggested will leave the Saints down to the bare bones. What is evident though is the lack of panic in the transfer market as far as incomings are concerned.While Ronald Koeman was quick to seal deals for...
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Team Focus: What Next For Southampton?

by Alistair Tweedale at Tuesday, Jul 29 2014 17:45
Team Focus: What Next For Southampton? Once we all get past the pity that comes with seeing a successful team picked apart by the financial super powers of football, it is time to turn attentions to the season ahead. Jokes are abound that Southampton will not even have enough players to field a team come the start of the 2014/15 campaign...
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Player Focus: Few Midfielders Can Offer More Than Schneiderlin

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, Jul 29 2014 17:10
Player Focus: Few Midfielders Can Offer More Than Schneiderlin On Monday, Ronald Koeman tweeted a picture of a pitch devoid of players, accompanied with the phrase Ready for Training!. In light of Southampton’s recent sales, some felt the tweet was tongue in cheek from the boss, who has lost a number of key players this summer. This transfer window alone,...
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Player Focus: Tadić Transfer a Strong Start as Saints Look to Rebuild

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Jul 9 2014 12:40
Player Focus: Tadić Transfer a Strong Start as Saints Look to Rebuild Transition is a word too often banded about by teams that are effectively performing below par. One side that perhaps will be in for such a period more than most is Southampton, though to suggest Saints have done anything but exceed expectations would be wide of the mark.It's the rapid acceleration ...
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Player Focus: Lambert the Final Piece in Liverpool's Attacking Puzzle

by Ben McAleer at Wednesday, Jun 4 2014 16:45
Player Focus: Lambert the Final Piece in Liverpool's Attacking Puzzle For any player, signing for your boyhood club would be a dream come true. For Rickie Lambert, that dream this week became a reality. The striker - and lifelong Liverpool fan - joined the Reds for an initial £4m on Monday, bringing an end to his 5-year stay with Southampton.His rise in the worl...
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Team Focus: Spurs Have Foundations in Place to Play Pochettino's Way

by Alistair Tweedale at Thursday, May 29 2014 15:56
Team Focus: Spurs Have Foundations in Place to Play Pochettino's Way Mauricio Pochettino's appointment at Spurs earlier this week felt, at first at least, rather more inevitable than inspiring. After names like Louis van Gaal and Frank de Boer had been banded about and fans started to dream of a new manager with the status to match that which they feel their club boa...
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Player Focus: Jay Rodriguez Deserving of an England Spot

by Ben McAleer at Wednesday, Apr 2 2014 15:30
Player Focus: Jay Rodriguez Deserving of an England Spot During Nigel Adkins’ reign as Southampton manager, Jay Rodriguez’s input was minimal to say the least. The striker signed from Burnley in the summer of 2012, but netted just twice and picked up only 1 assist while the former Saints boss was at the helm in his debut campaign for the club....
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Player Focus: Adam Lallana - The Right Man for England

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Mar 11 2014 11:11
Player Focus: Adam Lallana - The Right Man for England The rise to stardom of Adam Lallana has been coming for some time. Southampton's local lad was an established member of the first team by the time he was 20, making 40 appearances in the 2008/09 season that saw the Saints relegated to League One.It was a step down for the club but one that undoubted...
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Player Focus: Comparing Southampton's Right-Backs

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, Feb 18 2014 09:30
Player Focus: Comparing Southampton's Right-Backs Southampton, it can be argued, boast the best young left-back in the Premier League in Luke Shaw. The teenager has emerged as one of the finest in his position following Saints’ return to England's top tier, making the starting spot in the XI his own after the south coast side failed to secure...
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