Nordic Saint

Le Tissier at Blackburn in 1994.

They recently conceded a goal set up by a long ball from the Norwich goalkeeper. I wouldn't be surprised if they've let in a few like that. "The Canaries took the lead in the first minute after some poor defending by Oxford. Norwich goalkeeper Dan Grimshaw sent a long ball over the top which Toure was able to sprint onto and slip past the onrushing Jamie Cumming before slotting into an empty net." They also concede a lot of penalties.

You're right, and as others have noted above, typically, they only have about 25% possession in the games they get results from. A very frustrating team to play against.

As I said earlier, I don't think we've ever had a manager like Eckert. He will do exactly what it takes to win games, no more, no less, always bearing in mind that he wants to win the next game and the ones after that as well. “We don’t get satisfied after winning one game, we have to win the next one, the next one, the next one." How much possession we have, how entertaining we are, even how many goals we win by, are irrelevant to him. His only objective is winning and still being ready to win again. He is ruthless and relentless.

We are 12 games unbeaten and have won away against 2 better teams, Fulham and Coventry, because we have got by far the best manager in the league. W16 D6 L5

I think it will be more a case of struggling to stop them. With the players Coventry have, you'd expect them to steamroller us.

I'd like to see Dibaga as one of the 1st team subs again. He was very impressive v Leicester.

When you see that, you realize how much stronger Coventry's squad is. They have better players than us in nearly every position. Rushworth, van Ewjck, Rudoni...Their attack is so full of goal scorers, it's ridiculous: Wright, Thomas-Assante, Mason-Clark, Simms.... We have 2 players who might get into their team: Harwood-Bellis and Scienza.

The only thing better for him would have been a Saints defeat. I bet he was gutted when Larin scored.

A big club will come in for him, but if we could keep him here for 2 more years, we have our best chance of winning another trophy. Losing him this summer would be terrible.

They won't play their first team against us anyway, after they've had a League Cup Final followed by 2 international games. Arteta will be working with the reserves who aren't away playing for their countries and World Cup selection. Brazil have 2 games in the USA. I don't know if Spain's game v Argentina scheduled for Qatar will be moved or postponed, but their players are going to be flying all over the place.

League Cup final v City then 2 international games all over the place for Arsenal players. They're all internationals and they really are going to be all over the place. Brazil are playing France and Croatia in the USA.

I don't think we've ever had a manager as ruthless and relentless as Eckert. He will do exactly what it takes to win games, no more, no less, always bearing in mind that he wants to win the next game and the ones after that as well. “We don’t get satisfied after winning one game, we have to win the next one, the next one, the next one." Southampton go ten games unbeaten after FA Cup win, and it’s all down to one man

The best win percentage of any Saints manager in 130 years. List of Southampton F.C. managers - Wikipedia

Our squad really isn't as strong as the results under Eckert have made it look. We still haven't solved the goalkeeper or centre forward problems. We only won 4 of the 50 games before he took over.