What a debut for Charlie Austin up at Old Trafford, however it turned out to be a false dawn as injury wrecked most of the rest of his season.

No Saints fan up at Old Trafford will forget the magic of Charlie Austin's dream debut for the club as he came off the bench to score the late winner and drive the travelling support wild.

One of my highlights of the season !

But then it went a little wrong and comparisons could be drawn with aother famous Charlie who signed for Saints, Charlie George who had the same injury issues when he joined the club.

Back in 2016 though and not 1979, Charlie managed only two starts and another four games off the bench after that debut, indeed he got injured in the warm up in one game and as he had been named as sub had to sit on the bench even though there was no chance of him getting on.

His signing showed a statement of intent by Saints, that they had ambition and were willing to bring in top players and Saints fans hoped and still do hope that next season Charlie will be their darling.

I said at the time of his signing that he could be the catalyst for a late run into Europe, that ddn't quite prove to be the case, but the team showed they could do it without him, but if did leave that question unanswered that if he had been fit more often could he have turned the odd game into a win and in doing so have propelled us into the Champions League positions.
Saints have plenty of attacking options, hopefully a fit Charlie Austin next season will keep us moving forward.

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