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today which includes. Spurs striker involved in more rumours yet again! Kaka to Chelsea, Thatcher gets another chance. Liverpool in trouble again.. and much much more.
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Southampton PodJockey Matt Brennan looks at Saint's young team and is optimistic about reaching the play-off's this season.
August has arrived and its time for football again. It’s Cardiff for Southampton on Saturday and I for one am very excited. Having seen the team play very nice attacking football throughout the pre season I expect a lot from them. They may be young but they have ability. The likes of Schneiderlin, Lallana and Surman can all be key players this season.
Football FanCast is introducing its new ‘hall of fame' which is a
celebration of all the great players that have graced pitches in the British
Isles in the last 30yrs.
The best thing about football is that is
brings people together. For ten months you are locked together in one big
family; all sharing the same dreams and hopes that your football club is going
to succeed and whether your Southampton or Sutton Utd; those same emotions are
replicated throughout.
Southampton PodJockey Matt Brennan looks back at one of the most uncomfortable days he as ever
experienced at St Mary's and feels that Nigel Pearson deserves great credit for keeping the Saints in the Championship.
Sunday was something else. An unbelievable day of tension, excitement
and of course indescribable relief and joy as safety was assured. I got to the
ground after a hectic train journey down to the south coast and I was shaking
like a leaf. I had gone through all the possible ways the day could have ended.
All different score lines and results all over the place - my head was
pounding. I just wanted the game to start. I needed these ninety minutes of
football to finish as quickly as possible. My nerves just couldn't handle it.
Southampton PodJockey Matt Brennan has called upon Saints Andrew Surman to seize the moment and save his boyhood club.
Matt Le Tissier - a true Southampton Legend. There will never be a player like him again. Not anywhere. He was majestic - when he got the ball anything could happen. Us Saints fans would become excited - he could always pull the rabbit out of the hat - even at the worst of times, Le Tiss was there to save us. Time after time his goals would keep us in the Premier League. They weren't just any goals though they were always superlative! He cared for the club more than anything and he still does! He was gutted when Sheffield Wednesday equalised on Tuesday night. I had to ask ourselves would our current squad of been just as gutted at the news of Wednesday's late equaliser?
Southampton PodJockey Matt Brennan reflects on the old days at the Dell and feels that St Mary's has failed to recapture that spark.
Six and a half years since moving to St. Mary's and we are languishing in the Championship relegation zone. League One is now a very likely scenario. All season we have been debating the reasons as to why the collapse from 8th in the Premiership to this has happened. Could it be the boardroom battles, money issues or quick fire sales of our best players? In a word - possibly but I feel the biggest issue is the fact we had something that every club feared - a wooden, battered old ground - a place where all Saints fans could go on a Saturday afternoon and regardless of the opposition we would sing. We would support our side through anything.
Southampton PodJockey Matt Brennan feels that maybe its time to move on and give Bradley Wright-Phillips a chance to redeem himself on the pitch.
No one within the club would have been happy with last months reports of Bradley Wright Phillips and Nathan Dyer involved in stealing items from a Bar - and undoubtedly people will still be angry with what went on. Bradley had a few boo's when he came on as a substitute against Coventry and rightly so; it was a sign that Saints fans refuse to condone his behaviour.
Southampton PodJockey Matt Brennan reacts to the Saints 5-0 drubbing by Hull and believes that Saturday's game against Coventry could be make or break in their battle to stay in the Championship.
After a 5-0 drubbing away at Hull, many of us have hit a low point. Is this the first sign that relegation is really going to happen? This was always going to be a tough match but we bottled it. We could have done with two wins in a row but it didn't emerge. Instead we lie two points off the relegation zone and with seven games left I am going to try and give my insight as to where we will end with a look at our run in. Make no mistake about it - this is a very tough run in.