midfield god

Chapter 391 Southampton's Predicament
As the biggest dark horse of last season, Southampton is undoubtedly a very eye-catching team. Although the meritorious coach Redknapp left this summer, and Yunfei and Bale moved to Manchester United, most of their main players are actually still there. The team also bought some players in the transfer market. Their strength may have declined, but the decline is limited.

However, at this time in the league, Southampton's results are not satisfactory. In the league, after 12 rounds of the league, Southampton has 3 wins, 11 draws and 14 losses, ranking 6th in the league with 7 points and [-] points away from the relegation zone. Ampton only lost [-] games in the league, which shows the huge gap.

But this is not incomprehensible. After all, Southampton has a European mission this year. For this kind of team, fighting on two fronts means that one of the fronts will definitely have poor results. If there is no focus, there may even be a two-line collapse.

Obviously, Southampton is such a story this season. If Southampton can have a better result in the Europa League, the current situation of the league may be acceptable, but Steve Bruce’s team obviously failed to do this. At present, two Europa League group matches have passed, and Southampton has lost consecutively to Getafe and Tel Aviv Workers.

Although we still call this league the Europa League now, it is actually the previous name, which means the UEFA Cup. In fact, after the restructuring, the name of this event was changed to the Europa League.At that time, the competition had not yet been restructured, so the competition system was different from now. At that time, there were five teams in the group stage, and only four games needed to be played in a single round. For Southampton, losing two games in a row basically means that they have lost the possibility of qualifying.In such a group stage, if you want to qualify, you need at least seven points to be safe, unless the format of the group stage is more complicated, or the strength is similar, no team can firmly dominate other opponents.

But in this group, there is such a team whose strength is obviously higher than other teams, and that is Getafe. In this case, it is basically impossible for Southampton, which has lost two games in a row, to have a chance to qualify. They are still at the bottom of the group with zero points!

Under such circumstances, both the team's executives and the fans will naturally feel very dissatisfied. Who can accept such a result? Faced with such a huge pressure, Steve Bruce can't stand it anymore. He hopes to reform the team according to his own style.

The opinion of the fans is very simple, they only recognize the results, as long as the results are good, no one will have any opinions on what you do, and it is useless to have opinions.But if your grades are so bad now, and you still vigorously reject the meritorious veterans of the previous seasons, then the fans must not do it!

So the current situation in Southampton, whether it is the locker room, the fans and the team, or even the senior management and the head coach, is very bad. This also makes Steve Bruce the head coach with the highest possibility of being the first to dismiss get out of class this season as predicted by all authoritative media!
Hughes sent a text message to Bell at this time, obviously complaining about his own sadness and unhappiness. He gave up transferring to the left-behind team this season, but he didn't expect the result to be like this. This is really surprising and disappointing!

"It's not easy for Hughes. After we left, plus the coach's departure, he is the only one in the locker room who can calm down the situation. In addition, he himself is the most important player in the current team. He is completely unable to extricate himself from the vortex. Coupled with the attention of the outside world and the interest of other teams, do you think he can not be annoying!"

Yunfei said helplessly that although he didn't want to see Southampton in such a mess, there was nothing he could do now. Maybe Southampton could bring Redknapp back to fight the fire, and they might be able to stabilize the situation. This season's relegation should be no problem, but now let this group of people continue to make trouble, what will happen this season is really uncertain!
In fact, this is also the biggest voice inside and outside Southampton. Please return to Redknapp is definitely the best way to stabilize the current situation, but there are two problems to be solved, one is Redknapp's own wishes, and the other is the high compensation in the contract between the club and Steve Bruce. These are two big mountains, and it is not so easy to move away.

Anyway, Southampton is a mess now, and it is not so easy to sort it out, but it also gives some other clubs opportunities. This is the best time to poach people, especially Hughes and Jones, who have long been missed!
"Hey, let's see how things will develop in the end. I guess it will be difficult to get on the right track in a short time!"

The chaos in Southampton is still going on, and the Premier League is also continuing to unfold in an orderly manner. After the battle with Arsenal, Manchester United returned home and defeated Blackburn [-]-[-] easily.

Manchester United, who played as a semi-main player, played very passively against Bolton, and even conceded the ball early in more than 20 minutes. Amidst the cheers of the home fans, Bolton showed their best form this season and won Manchester United at home.
Reasonably, Ferguson was a little dissatisfied with this defeat, but it was more because he felt that he was overbearing. Whether it was Ronaldinho or Yunfei, he didn't take it to the away game, which really reduced the effect of the substitution!

And this defeat had a great impact on the team. Losing to a team that is currently in the relegation team lost three points that shouldn't have been lost, and suddenly fell to second place in the standings. Arsenal once again widened the gap by three points!

(End of this chapter)