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Player Focus: Minor Tweaks Helping Pellè Avoid Second Season Syndrome

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Player Focus: Minor Tweaks Helping Pellè Avoid Second Season Syndrome Second season syndrome - it's a common concern for any team or player after a debut campaign in the top division. After an impressive debut season, exceeding expectations and rightly drawing the plaudits, the difficultly is to then follow that up with an equally notable showing, with the pressure at...

Player Focus: Van Dijk's Impressive Start to Life for Saints

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Player Focus: Van Dijk's Impressive Start to Life for Saints When looking at players who have made moves south of the border, it’s tough to find an argument to suggest they have been spectacular failures. Granted, some have floundered early on, but overall; the general consensus is that those transferring from Scottish to English football can be conside...

Match Focus: Reds Out to End Saints' Fine Away Record on Sunday

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Match Focus: Reds Out to End Saints' Fine Away Record on Sunday Jurgen Klopp may have made his first appearance in front of the crowd at Anfield in midweek but this game will be a first for the German in the Premier League on Merseyside. Much like his opening game in charge at Spurs this will be no pushover though, hosting a Southampton side that are one of only...

Player Focus: Mané Proving to be Saints' Best Buy Before Inevitable Sale

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Player Focus: Mané Proving to be Saints' Best Buy Before Inevitable Sale It's always easy to overlook the underdog in the aftermath of a shock result - though just how much of a shock Southampton's win over this current Chelsea side was is up for debate - and that has perhaps been the case following Saints' victory at Stamford Bridge.Jose Mourinho's 7-minute post-match r...

Team Focus: Misfiring Midfield Holding Southampton Back

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Team Focus: Misfiring Midfield Holding Southampton Back Can Southampton class their start to the season as successful? In truth, it’s been hard to know what to make of it thus far. Their premature exit from the Europa League was a big disappointment on the south coast and while their only defeat in the Premier League has come to Everton, they have ...

Team Focus: The Centre-backs Saints Should be Targetting to Strengthen

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Team Focus: The Centre-backs Saints Should be Targetting to Strengthen The biggest blow to Southampton’s summer came in the form of Toby Alderweireld, or at least the hole he has left in their defence. The Belgian spent last season on loan at the south coast club, who were understandably keen to secure his services permanently but missed out on his signature afte...

Player Focus: Clasie an Ideal Schneiderlin Replacement for Southampton

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Player Focus: Clasie an Ideal Schneiderlin Replacement for Southampton (Jordy) Clasie is one of the players on the list that we have to replace Morgan Schneiderlin, Southampton manager Ronald Koeman admitted on Monday. Schneiderlin is widely expected to depart the club this summer, with Manchester United and Arsenal leading the race to secure the services of the France...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips In the final accumulators of the season, the odds favour the punter. Motivation is waning for some teams, lowering the attention to detail, which could result in a high number of goals.LIKELY BETSAthletic vs Villarreal: HOME WIN @ 1.66One win would secure the last available Europa League spot for At...

Player Focus: Saints Success Built On Solid Fonte Foundations

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Player Focus: Saints Success Built On Solid Fonte Foundations The toughest task that comes with selecting a Premier League team of the season is crowbarring 11 players into a team. In each position, a number of contenders are arguably worthy of a place in the XI and once the team is announced, discussion spreads like wildfire on who should and should not have ...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips Could this be the last chance for Roma to get back into the title race? Or is it already too late? The clash at the Stadio Olimpico dominates the footballing weekend, but there is a lot to come before that Monday night meeting. The rest of the fixture list brings some great bets with it.LIKELY BETSR...