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With no Under-18s fixture this weekend, coach Craig Fleming has given us his thoughts on his side’s season to date, and safe to say, Saints’ plucky youngsters have been more than impressive.
Third in the table with four games remaining and an unbeaten league run stretching back to October 2017 has prompted Fleming to describe the current campaign as ‘excellent’, when asked to sum up this year’s progress.
Saints’ teenage cohort are well placed to pinch second place in the Under-18s Premier League, but most pleasing for the coaches has been the individual and collective development of the team, which has seen eight players make their Under-23s bow, and one a first-team debut.
“Really positive, it’s been an excellent season,” Fleming said, with confidence. "Both in terms of individual development, improvement, players earning contracts and as a team they’ve been fantastic.
"We’re the only team in the country to have beaten Chelsea, excelled in the league, and a lot of them have gained 23s experience. So we’re really happy.
"It has been a settled group, more or less the same personnel every week. They’re very fit, they listen, and above all they are good honest lads. Right from pre-season until now, they’ve worked exceptionally hard.
"We’ll be younger next year, but our goalposts don’t change. We want to pursue development, and give the lads a chance to earn a professional contract.
"There’s a good mixture of talent stepping up to the 23s setup. A great deal of pace, some steel and technical players. That’s been the most pleasing thing this year, we’ve combined the technical/tactical with the rough and tough.
"They’ve handled both aspects well. At times we’ve needed to ‘out-football’ teams, and at times we’ve had to scrap and battle for points.
“Michael [Obafemi] went from scoring handfuls of goals for the 18s to a chance in the first-team, so it is clear that if you work hard and apply yourself correctly, the pathway is very much open at this football club.”
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Check out some of the best goals from our Southampton youngsters this season, as they prepare for their Under-18s Premier League run-in.
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SAINTS legend Matt Le Tissier believes the dangling carrot of an FA Cup semi-final at Wembley will inspire Mark Hughes’ men in the coming Premier League run-in.
With new boss Hughes to impress and vital league points up for grabs in four top-flight matches before the last-four tie against Chelsea on April 22, Le Tiss hopes the players will be fired up.
On top of this, under previous boss Mauricio Pellegrino, Saints lost 5-2 at Wembley to Tottenham on Boxing Day and Le Tiss wants that to be another motivator to put on a good display against Chelsea.
“I hope having an FA Cup semi-final at Wembley to look forward to will inspire the players in the next few games,” he said.
“They’ll want to make sure they’re in the team for that semi-final. That’s crucial, especially for the lads that haven’t played at Wembley before.
“They’ve got to erase a certain defeat there on Boxing Day too. We didn’t do too well against Spurs, but hopefully we can give ourselves a shot of getting to the final with a performance against Chelsea.”
Le Tiss, who scored 209 goals in 462 starts for Saints, played with Hughes, who replaced Pellegrino at the helm this month after a dire run of just one win 17 league games, during the Welshman’s two-year stay at The Dell between 1998 and 2000.
From playing alongside ‘fiery’ Hughes, the 49-year-old has faith the experienced boss can have the desired impact at St Mary’s.
“I hope the team will be more on the front foot. I think the fact that he went with two upfront against Wigan I think was a good sign,” he said, referring to the 2-0 FA Cup quarter final win at the Latics.
“We needed to see a little bit more intent going forward from the side and that’s an important thing that Mark can instil.
“He’s also got to get the players fired up and that’s something he’s got in his locker. He can be a pretty fiery character.
“I played alongside Mark for a couple of seasons and those qualities should hopefully be enough to make sure we keep our Premier League status.”
Saints are currently inside the Premier League’s bottom three, two points behind next Saturday’s opponents West Ham in 17th.
It’s a relegation six-pointer at the London Stadium against the Hammers, although Le Tiss is not yet panicking about Saints’ situation with 24 points still up for grabs in the remaining eight Premier League games.
“It’s not a nice position to be in first and foremost, but the most important thing is our destiny is still in our own hands in terms of games available for us to pick points up in,” he said.
“There’s a lot of teams still involved in this relegation scrap and the game against West Ham coming up is going to be pretty vital one.”
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Half of David Moyes’ battle since taking the helm at West Ham has been working with a limited squad.
Whether that be through injury or suspension, the Scotsman has had to work with limited numbers throughout his time in east London, with key figures picking up injuries on an irregularly relevant basis.
The Hammers boss is currently working with those who are left behind at Rush Green during the international break, while preparing for a huge Premier League match with Southampton following the return of the internationals.
One boost ahead of the game, is that Moyes will be able to welcome back two new faces in Arthur Masuaku, who has served a six-match ban for spitting, and midfielder Edimilson Fernandes having recovered from a long term injury.
“We hope [to have a stronger squad for the Southampton game],” Moyes told the club website.
“We’ve not necessarily got loads of players back, but we’ve got Arthur back from a long suspension and Edi Fernandes has been taken away by Switzerland to play, I hope, because he would have got a bit of time [in the friendly] against Dagenham, but we’re not getting a chance to see him [in person].
“Hopefully those two will add to the squad in the coming weeks but, other than that, I think most people are aware that we’ve got some quite long-term injuries.”
Masuaku was given time in the friendly with the Daggers, before heading off for international duty the next day, however given commitments, many others were already away.
However, while Moyes is unable to work with over 20 members of his squad during this break, the former Manchester United manager knows the benefit of having senior internationals within your side.
“I think it’s good [they’ve been called-up],” he added. “I think the more international players you’ve got at your club, it says a lot about your club, even though it gives you a smaller training group.
“We’ve got players away and we’re roughly training with eight or nine now, so we don’t carry a massive squad and having those players taken away from us now leaves us quite light.
“But the more international players you’ve got, the better, and that’s the way I look at it.”
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Tadic creativity key to Saints’ destiny
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Adrian Clarke looks at six players who could be instrumental to their side’s hopes of staying in the Premier League.
Mark Hughes will need to draw a series of inspirational displays from Southampton’s most talented individuals to successfully negotiate a tough looking run-in.
To that end Tadic will be indispensable for the new manager.
Like many of his team-mates, Tadic has lacked consistency in 2017/18. But his ability to create chances with his left foot can make the difference in Saints’ bid to stay up.
Tadic has produced four goals and four assists in all competitions and was on song again in last weekend’s FA Cup quarter-final win at Wigan Athletic.
His five key passes, including an assist, will have made a strong impression on Hughes.
If Southampton’s manager persists with a 4-4-2 formation, Tadic will be tasked with supplying crosses from the flanks.
But he needs an element of freedom. Two of his goals and assists have stemmed from turnovers or counter-attacks in central areas.
So Hughes should also encourage the Serb to move infield at the right moments.
As the numbers above outline, Tadic is the club’s leading creative force.
He is reliable in advanced areas, boasting a club-best 20.3 per cent accuracy from his crosses. He has also hit the target with half his shots this term.
Provided they can supply him with the ball quickly enough in the right areas, Southampton should be confident of scoring goals.
But Tadic needs to take on greater responsibility and demand the ball as much as possible.
If he rises to this challenge, wherever he is deployed, he has what it takes to lead Southampton to safety.
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With Manchester City running away with the Premier League, it is perhaps fitting that their flyer Leroy Sane is also setting the pace among his peers.
The Germany international is now officially the fastest player in the division after reaching 35.48km/h during their victory over Chelsea in September.
That is the fastest speed recorded in the Premier League this season – and also the quickest since records began during the 2013-14 season.
Alongside Sane in the top 10 for this campaign are a few familiar flyers such as Kyle Walker, Wilfried Zaha and Jamie Vardy.
The Leicester forward reached 35.09km/h during their clash with Bournemouth in September.
But that is not the fastest the 31-year-old has ever run during his Premier League career. In August 2015, the striker was clocked at 35.44km/h against West Ham.
Alongside the notorious names, however, there are some players who seem to have slipped under the radar – if not the speed gun.
Among the surprising speed merchants are Carl Jenkinson, Chelsea centre back Antonio Rudiger — who is the fourth fastest player this season — and forward Hugo Rodallega.
The former Wigan and Fulham forward has been clocked at 35.27km/h the 10th fastest speed since records began.
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Saints headed to the London Stadium at the beginning of the 2016/17 campaign fresh off the back of a first league win of the season over Swansea.
Charlie Austin netted the game’s only goal that day and he would add a second strike in as many weeks against the Hammers, turning Ryan Bertrand’s low cross into the far corner on the stroke of half-time to give Claude Puel’s side the lead.
The frontman had an assist to his name 22 minutes after the interval, a first-time pass splitting the home defence in two for Dušan Tadić to coolly round Adriàn and double the advantage.
James Ward-Prowse slotted in a well-deserved third as Saints picked up their second win of a five-game unbeaten run in the autumn.
30 August 2014: West Ham 1-3 Southampton
Another early-season meeting, another resounding away victory.
After defeat to Liverpool and a home stalemate with West Brom, this 3-1 success at the Boleyn Ground kick-started what proved to be a memorable season for Saints.
A Mark Noble strike inside half an hour threatened to produce a fruitless August before Morgan Schneiderlin’s close-range brace from a pair of set-pieces either side of the break and Graziano Pelle’s late third secured all three points for the visitors.
2 December 2002: West Ham 0-1 Southampton
The 2002/03 season was the year of James Beattie.
No Englishman scored more times than the Saints striker, whose 23 Premier League goals saw him finish in third place for the Golden Boot behind Thierry Henry (24) and Ruud van Nistelrooy (25).
As the scorer of 53 per cent of his team’s league goals, it should come as no surprise that Beattie was the hero in east London in December 2002.
Latching onto Brett Ormerod’s left-wing cross, the Lancaster-born striker found the net for the ninth time in seven outings to decide the contest in stoppage time.
The win came at the beginning of a storming winter for Gordon Strachan’s men; 19 points from the late November to early January laid the platform for a then highest ever Premier League finish of eighth, and a spot in the FA Cup final.
Two late goals at the end of the first half got this contest up and running. Matt Le Tissier had given Saints the lead in the 40th minute when his first-time volley bounced back off the post and was turned in at the second attempt.
The lead barely lasted a minute though as Trevor Sinclair levelled up to make it 1-1 heading into half-time.
Saints retook the lead on 63 minutes thanks to the first of two Egil Ostenstad’s efforts when he headed home Carlton Palmer’s cross, and the latter made it 3-1 by slotting home Le Tissier’s pass 16 minutes later.
Steve Lomas pulled one back for the Hammers in the 82nd minute, but Ostenstad made the points safe with a powerful shot across goal for the game’s sixth and his second goal.
A rollercoaster of a game saw West Ham grab the first and last goals of this contest which helped Saints survive relegation on the final day of the season by one point.
Alan Ball’s men were battling to stay in the top-flight alongside Manchester City, Sheffield United, Ipswich Town and Everton in the hope of avoiding the same fate that had already sent Oldham and Swindon down.
The do-or-die afternoon began in nightmare fashion. Danny Williamson put the Hammers ahead after 11 minutes before Matt Le Tissier, ever the saviour, pulled one back from a free-kick just before half-time.
Le Tissier turned provider from out wide after the break as Saints briefly led through Neil Maddison’s header. Martin Allen levelled the scores on 62 minutes and Le Tiss slotted from the penalty spot to ease visiting nerves.
There was more drama to come when Ken Monkou put through his own net in the final minute, but a point proved to be enough as Sheffield United lost out in the fight to retain their top-flight status.
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Obafemi and O’Connor star in Ireland victory
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The Saints pair started the game for the boys in green and it was forward Obafemi who got them on the scoreboard inside five minutes, rolling his marker smartly in the box before firing home for the game’s opening goal.
Lee O’Connor doubled their advantage moments later, lobbing the goalkeeper on the run after a mix-up in the Kosovan defence.
Rowan Roache added a third nine minutes after the restart, turning home Obafemi’s left-wing cross from close range to further improve the Saints striker’s impressive afternoon and put the result beyond any doubt.
Following Wednesday’s 1-1 draw with Slovakia, the Irish are now in a strong position with four points from two matches at the top of qualifying Group 5.
With only the group winners advancing to join hosts Finland in the draw in the summer, Obafemi and O’Connor’s side are set to go toe to toe with rivals Portugal in their final fixture on Tuesday to decide who reaches the finals.
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