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Safety. That was always the name of the game, but as Saints grabbed that last point to survive in a 1-1 draw with Sunderland, there was a distinct air of disappointment. - Match report: Sunderland 1-1 Southampton Far too often Saints fans have ...

Saints make the long trip to the Stadium of Light on Sunday hoping that a positive result will see them safe from the threat of relegation. Unfortunately, their hosts are in the same boat, and so it is likely to be one heck of a scrap! It is hard ...

It will be a prominent occasion for Saints Saturday when they take on West Bromwich Albion knowing that a point will likely secure their Premier League future. Those who witnessed Saints reverse performance at the Hawthorns in November could never ha...

Saints played out a goalless draw with Swansea at the Liberty Stadium this afternoon, but no one could accuse either side of settling for a point. In what was very much a proverbial 'game of two halves', both sides had opportunities to take the vi...

The Swans were terrible in their last showing against Southampton, settling for a barely deserved draw against what was then the Premier League's worst defence. On Saturday, Michael Laudrup's men will greet a re-energised Southampton who have recentl...

SOUTHAMPTON 1-1 WEST HAM For a long time, 4-4-2 was the default formation for English teams. Now, it seems, 4-2-3-1 has replaced it. But there are different ways to play 4-2-3-1, as Southampton and West Ham illustrated. Saints' game is based on...

If many people outside Southampton are starting to sit up and take notice of Saints, and the impressive showings of the side under Mauricio Pochettino, it will likely have them looking at Saturday's fixture with West Ham as a likely home win. But ...

Since July last year, Nigel Adkins had targeted this weekend as a crucial fixture in his 2012-13 campaign. Two newly promoted sides, Reading and Southampton, face off just eight games from the end of the season. It was always going to be a six-pointe...

I have a confession to make. I approached Saints game with Liverpool on Saturday afternoon in negative fashion. I did not see a 3-1 home victory coming. Anything but, in fact. - Walsh: Liverpool failing to learn from mistakes - Rodgers rues bad ...

Statistically, the numbers are good for Saints when it comes to hosting mighty Liverpool. Much like their fierce rivals Manchester United, their forays to the South Coast have not been particularly fruitful. - Southampton hit by FA charge In fa...

If you were listening to the results on the radio, Saints' 2-4 defeat at St. James' Park may have sounded like a bad day at the office, but actually it is extremely flattering on their hosts. Saints weren't that bad at all; they weren't at their b...

Pressing was a philosophy embraced in Barcelona, but not just by Barcelona. Because, as Southampton earned their first win under Mauricio Pochettino, the Argentine showed he has brought an ethos with him from Espanyol. Pep Guardiola was not the o...

OK, OK, I don't want to take all the credit. I might have outlined the way to beat Manchester City in my previous blog piece (Putting the champions on ice), but Mauricio Pochettino and the players have to take some of the plaudits too. - Mancini ...

For Mauricio Pochettino, it might not have been his first choice of opening away fixtures. Manchester United haven't lost a league game at home since the 29th September, when Spurs took the spoils, and have won all 10 league games that followed it...

Although some suggest Sunderland were responsible for Athletic Bilbao's red-and-white striped shirts, historians at Athletic's club museum insist that the Basque club adopted those colours courtesy of Southampton shipyard workers a century ago. It's ...

So, Saints have jetted off to Barcelona for a warm weather training break and team bonding session with the next game still six days away and the press have jetted off to speculation land. Since Mauricio Pochettino has taken over as manager the En...