Saints Can Now Take On The Big Boys !
For the first time in 18 months you feel that Saints can take on one of the big sides and win !
It hasn't been all sweetness and light for Mauricio Pellegrino this season, but in the last three games you can see something there, a sense of confidence is returning and we have looked a little bit more like the Saints of old.
That means we can go into the game against Arsenal with confidence that we can get a result, something that since the departure of Ronald Koeman we have rarely looked like doing against one of the big six clubs in the Premier League at least.
The result at Bournemouth was a little disappointing in that we made an error which cost us a goal and we couldn't finish off the game, but we showed an overall discipline that has been lacking and we have a central midfield that can combat the likes of Arsenal, as we showed at City we can take pressure and keep things tight, players are again doing their jobs.
But these things take time and the manager can't just click his fingers and make everything right, however he seems to have turned a corner, a couple of weeks ago I truly feared for Saints, but now I am looking forward to the weekend and what is a big week ahead of us just before Xmas.
But I think we can be firmly in that top ten by Xmas and have a good foundation for the new year.
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