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Ed Carter

Ed Carter

Sports Journalist · 60 articles

Passionate football and Saints fan with an opinion to share.

Combined XI – Stoke City (H)
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Combined XI – Stoke City (H)

Southampton face Stoke City at St. Mary’s for the final game of the 16/17 campaign. Southampton will try to end their long run without at goal at home, as the Saints have failed to score in each of their last four matches at St. Mary’s. Claude Puel’s side will be looking to end on a high, […]

Rotation, tactics and belief against Stoke
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Rotation, tactics and belief against Stoke

Southampton face Stoke City on Sunday for the final day of a long 16/17 campaign. This year has had its ups, downs and everything in-between, and after 52 matches in all competitions, Claude Puel will look to help his side finish the season with a much needed three points. Southampton’s 2016/17 campaign has had mixed opinions from […]

Who was your man of the match? – Manchester United (H)
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Who was your man of the match? – Manchester United (H)

Southampton were held by Manchester United at St. Mary’s on Wednesday evening, as Claude Puel’s side continued their poor goal scoring form at home. Southampton started off well as they were awarded an early penalty, as Eric Bailly handled the ball in the area, but Manolo Gabbiadini’s shot was well saved by Sergio Romero. The first […]

Five Who Impressed – Manchester United (H)
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Five Who Impressed – Manchester United (H)

Southampton were held by Manchester United at St. Mary’s, as an early penalty save by Sergio Romero meant that the points were shared. Claude Puel made eight changes to the side that beat Middlesbrough 2-1 at the weekend, as Matt Targett returned to the side after a long-term injury, with Cedric Soares, Jack Stephens and […]

Five to impress – Manchester United (H)
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Five to impress – Manchester United (H)

Southampton play host to Manchester United for their penultimate game of the 2016/17 season. Claude Puel’s side have just come back off a 2-1 win over relegated Middlesbrough, and will look to bring their good away form back to St. Mary’s on Wednesday. Manchester United have not been in the best of form in the Premier […]

Southampton’s transfer to-do list
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Southampton’s transfer to-do list

As the 2016/17 season draws to a close, it means there is only one thing upon us: the summer transfer window! Southampton are known to be very busy at this time of year, with endless amounts of rumours about key players of the previous season moving onto bigger clubs showing up inside Les Reed’s inbox. […]

Middlesbrough (A) – Five things learned
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Middlesbrough (A) – Five things learned

Southampton managed to see off relegated Middlesbrough in a comfortable game that ended 2-1 to the Saints. Claude Puel surprised a lot of Saints fans with a massive change to the starting line-up, as he made seven changes to the side that lost 2-0 to Arsenal in midweek, showing our key players’ fatigue in this 50-odd-game […]

Who was your man of the match? – Middlesbrough (A)
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Who was your man of the match? – Middlesbrough (A)

Southampton ended their final away game on a high as they beat Middlesbrough 2-1 at the Riverside. The Saints put out a very strange starting line-up before the match, as Claude Puel made seven changes to the side that lost out to Arsenal in midweek. Jay Rodriguez opened the scoring before the end of a very […]

Five to impress – Middlesbrough (A)
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Five to impress – Middlesbrough (A)

Southampton travel to the Riverside to face relegated Middlesbrough on Saturday. The Saints will be looking to bounce back from five games without a win, and three games without a goal. Claude Puel has been under a lot of scrutiny in recent weeks, therefore this is a must-win game for the Saints. The 3-0 defeat away […]

Predicted opposition XI – Middlesbrough (A)
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Predicted opposition XI – Middlesbrough (A)

Southampton travel to Middlesbrough to face the relegated side on Saturday. Already relegated Middlesbrough will be disheartened by the 3-0 loss to Chelsea last weekend, so this is a game that Southampton must win. Claude Puel’s side have not been in the best of form, going three games without scoring a goal five matches without a […]

Five Things Learned – Arsenal (H)
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Five Things Learned – Arsenal (H)

The Saints were once again frustrated at St. Mary’s, as they lost three valuable points to Arsenal in a game that ended 2-0 to the Gunners. Claude Puel’s men hadn’t scored in two consecutive games coming into the clash, and were held once again by a poor performance in the Saints’ attack. Puel made one […]

Who was your man of the match? – Arsenal (H)
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Who was your man of the match? – Arsenal (H)

Southampton made it three games without scoring a goal, as they were beaten 2-0 by Arsenal. Saints had a chance to draw level on points with West Brom in eighth, but failed to do so with Arsenal’s quality in attack. Claude Puel’s side had two great chances to go 1-0 up in the first half, as […]