The Oggmonster

Saints 2 Ipswich 5

https://www.hampshirelive.news/sport/football/football-news/kamldeen-sulemana-southampton-juventus-links-8490549 "If I am here for the pre-season I will be here and will be ready to put all the hard work needed to bring Southampton back where it belongs.” Hard work 😂

Think this will be one of the tougher games of the season imo, particularly at a near sell out Stadium of Light. A draw would be a decent result.

That's an insane bit of business!

Possession Saints 91% Sheff Wed 9% Shots Saints 26 Sheff Wed 1 Shots on Target Saints 4 Sheff Wed 1 Result Saints 0 Sheff Wed 1

Big fan of the bottom one

His sides are quite poor defensively though, both Swansea and MK Dons conceded 60+ goals in a season under him. Needs to improve on that aspect for sure.

Would be my choice. Think they did pretty well the season before too, narrowly missing out on the play-offs. Brilliant this season considering their budget and the calibre of clubs in that league.

In the 2013/14 season Sunderland were bottom with 26 points after 33 games. They finished the season 14th with 38 points. As per the BBC article posted above, they had a pretty tough run-in too (Man City, Chelsea & Man Utd all away).

Leicester won SEVEN of their remaining 9 league games to stay up in the 2014/15 season. After 29 games they were on 19 points and 7 points from safety. Finished the season on 41 points. Not saying we'll replicate this but football's a funny ol' game.