Latest football stories from FansNetwork Southampton v Swansea City : There’s history there & similarities Swansea City Southampton and Swansea, the Saints and the Swans. We share quite a few traits. Both share a location as the centre of their countries' southern coast, both cities have around 250k inhabitants, and indeed both became cities in the 60s. We have beautiful nature surrounding our urban centres (the tree on Southampton's badge is a nod to the New Forest), and, as one-club cities, we share a fierce rivalry with a club that play in blue, a short drive to the east.  Southampton V Swansea City The Preview Southampton The lead at the top of the Championship seems to be changing every week and now Swansea City arrive at St Mary's top of the pile and we need to send them packing as we did to Millwall, who were themselves top when they arrived just over a week ago.  The Saints Adam - Southampton v Swansea Preview & Prediction Show Southampton Adam goes solo with a look forward to our major midweek test at home to league leaders, Swansea. Last season was a 0-0 snore draw, that is unlikely to be repeated this season with the Jacks looking very strong defensively.  Ten Mill Will kills QPR's unbeaten start - Report Queens Park Rangers QPR's unbeaten start to the season stops at game five as old foe Middlesbrough win for the sixth meeting in a row, albeit in a closer and more keenly contested game than the last few here - Tom Morgan was on LFW duty.  Saints v Swans : The weaknesses the visitors can expose Swansea City There are easier places to go on a Tuesday night than St Mary’s, but Swansea City should make this trip with confidence rather than trepidation. Southampton might have one of the strongest squads in the Championship, and they have certainly shown they can score goals, but their opening weeks have also shown us something else.  Farke hails confident showing as Leeds come to close to beating Brighton Leeds United Getting even a point at Brighton and Hove Albion’s new stadium is a rare enough event for us, but we came away feeling disappointed that we hadn’t managed to secure a first ever win at the Amex.  Rode the wave but didn't put it to bed - Mousinho on Pompey's win over Cardiff City Portsmouth A first home win at the third attempt - and while John Mousinho was delighted to see Pompey beat Cardiff City, he admitted it was not the perfect performance.  Tonda Eckert Should Base Goalkeeping Choice On Ability And Form But Are His Hands Tied Southampton At his pre match press conference Southampton manager Tonda Eckert gave some very definitive statements on the goalkeeping pecking order at St Mary's, but this has raised some eyebrows and it could be more about transfer clauses than ability.  Southampton At Lincoln City The Verdict Southampton It was a hard fought draw, but at the end of the game it felt like a defeat, I left the ground thanking God I wasn't born a Lincoln City supporters if this is the way they play football, it simple terms we were kicked off the park. |
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