Once again Clive Foley brings us his report from the pre season tour of Holland and this time he is in Rotterdam for the game with Feyenoord
Another convincing away win and a great boost for Confidence for the new season. I really was expecting a much tougher game but credit to Saints for again looking sharp and fit.
That's all you can ask in these pre-season games. Forget the results but the signs are good and the players look together.
It was quite an emotional welcome for the returning Jordi Claisse. The stadium erupted as he was interviewed before the game. De kuip is a great stadium and you could imagine it to be very intimidating for visiting fans.
Sadly for them the atmosphere never really got going again and a lot of that was down to how well Saints contained them. The few hundred Saints fans made most of the noise located high up behind the goal.
The welcome for Clasie highlights the difference in attitude of both sets of fans. Basically he is their version of Lallana. They were saying thank you and good luck for the future whilst when it comes to Lallana most of us see things very differently. Who is right is down to your personal opinion but I could see this argument sparking some heated debates.
Of course all Saints fans are buzzing for The Europa cup games coming up. There has been talk of potential trouble but if last night was anything to go by its going to be more like one big party than a riot. The Feyenoord fans, who lets face it do have a rep in Europe welcomed us with open arms.
We ended the night with a big sing song on the tram before shaking hands and heading for our various watering holes.
I hope we can show the same hospitality to the visiting Arnhem fans next week. Hupp De Saints.