I think it’s a first for us this season as we face a side who will be playing their first home match under a new manager. I never like these games. Players, certainly those who have previously been frozen out of the team, have a new lease of life as they aim to impress the new guy and cement their place in the team. Hasenhuttl has been in place for ten days, hardly enough time to change much one would think, other than morale within the camp and as we know, that alone can often work wonders. Initially anyway but like Unai Emery at Arsenal, the Swiss manager has a lot of work to do long term. Whenever this fixture comes around, my mind always drifts back to another season when Southampton...
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