Apparently, we have a brain trust

[Redslo]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2906742/Southampton-s-brain-trust-Meet-men-scenes-St-Mary-s-responsible-Saints-meteoric-rise.html

[david in sweden]

This is what I call a management team......there's enough experience there to take us into Europe ..sooner or later, and on the basis of the progress so far they've done exceptionally well.

 

it also has to be remembered that only four of the team that started the game at Old Trafford were regulars at the back end of last season, (five if you count that JWP was in and out of the start 11).

 

It will take some time for the newly-introduced former Academy /U21 players ( 6 so far this season)...to establish themselves (if indeed they do), but I can see that with a few more shrewd buys in the summer we should build a squad capable of making a show in Europe (either Europa League or CL).....If we can maintain the stability of the squad... the management team should be able to do the rest.