Southampton fans must be loving this

[CosbehFox]

Interesting point made in the press today that Hughes is a slow starter as a manager. I can’t rmemeber the exact figure but I’m sure it was around a point game in his first eight matches at PL clubs. Would eight points keep Soton up?

[mikey54]

32 minutes ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

Interesting point made in the press today that Hughes is a slow starter as a manager. I can’t rmemeber the exact figure but I’m sure it was around a point game in his first eight matches at PL clubs. Would eight points keep Soton up?

Not if Palace or Stoke got 10 (as it stands right now)

[murphy]

7 hours ago, volpeazzurro said:

Qualification for Europe is hardly a yardstick even that pub team from Scotland get there every year ?. Outside of Benfica and Sporting however who is there? I maintain it's a poor league outside of the top two and those two are no longer the force of old. Not their fault as I think money comes into it.

 

As for the players you mentioned, Ronaldo and Carvalho accepted of course, but would you have wanted any of the others at Leicester. Just because you've played in the Premiership doesn't mean you thrived and were a huge success. 

 

As for Silva, I too wish him well but as for his record,  have a look at it as an international, don't think he played when they won the Euros though he was there and in the next competition they flopped badly. Technical ability he clearly has but ,for one excellent pass he seems to complete he gives the ball away twice. He doesn't appear to see let alone track players and he's brushed aside far too easily. I suspect this is why he's not playing sadly. For the price paid you'd perhaps expect better. Strange that at his age no one else of note has taken a punt on him by now, perhaps there's a reason.

 

Slimani I do have a lot more sympathy for  as he's an out and out number 9 and we've rarely played him there. I think he's got lots of goals in him though in the right team with the right service.

My point is not that they qualify for Europe, but that they do pretty well.  Outside of Benfica and Sporting there is Braga, Boavista and  of course Porto who have won the champions league twice in the last 30 years. 

 

If the Portugese league were so weak surely Portugese teams would be found out in Europe every year.

[foxinsox]

On 13/03/2018 at 20:55, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said:

I hope Hughes stays away from there, I mentioned Southampton’s run in the other day, only 3 Home games, 2 of which are Chelsea and Man City ?, 

And the other one a South Coast derby...

 

I reckon Stoke, Saints and Baggies go down, making Wolves the only Midlands derby next season.