Latest football stories from FansNetwork The Draw For The Southampton Team To Face Liverpool Will Be At 1.30pm On Saturday Southampton Most Southampton supporters have been baffled by both Russell Martin's & now Ivan Juric's team selections and the positions that he has played players in, but we at The Ugly Inside have now discovered the secret behind the team selection.  Southampton Will Not take Less Than They Paid For Central Defender Southampton West Ham United & Crystal Palace are said to be interested in buying Taylor Harwood-Bellis in the summer, But Saints will not sell at a loss to the £20 million that they paid Manchester City last year.  Jack Butty on the Swans : The scurvy & the detritus of a wasted year Swansea City The bedraggled, bespectacled, and befuddled figure walked along the shoreline in desperate dismay. His ship had crashed on the rocks of Fowey Point. Skipperless and rudderless, the imminent disaster was only a matter of time. Ahead, he saw a barnacled figure covered in seaweed and bladderwrack. “Ahoy matey. Jack Butty here. Don’t worry, we can get a new skipper and a boat, and aroving again we will go.”  David Gray in Swans link : Tales of the unexpected ? Context Swansea City Despite reports from social media and another claim by Alan Nixon the new link to another man in the frame for the Swansea City job is carrying little weight at this moment in time. We have had a look into the news on this and despite the murmurings there’s little to point to current Hibernian manager, David Gray to the Swansea role.  Portsmouth Awaydaze Leeds United Our first trip to Portsmouth since 2012 has been put back to Sunday with a 12 noon kick-off, thanks to our very good friends at Sky Sports.  Pompey fans can have their say on wide range of Fratton issues Portsmouth The Pompey Supporters’ Trust have launched their latest annual supporter survey and are urging fans to give their opinions on a range of topics.  Southampton At Liverpool In Pictures Part 2 Southampton The second part of our pictorial look at our recent visits to Anfield starts in the 2017/18 season, when Virgil Van Dijk's attitude that day, showed everyone where his loyalties now lay.  A Rough Guide To Liverpool Southampton Once again Saints will take a sold out 3,000 fans on the road, despite the God awful season we are having, it will not be a pretty sight, but we will go with a little hope in our hearts, although that will be more for a narrow defeat than anything else.  Four points from six as the Swans battle hard for a point at Deepdale Swansea City Scrappy it may have been at times but both sides put in maximum effort in this encounter beneath the lights in Preston. It won’t be remembered as the finest game of football, but you really do get the feeling this was a game the Swans would have lost before Luke Williams departure. |
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