Cracking the top 4

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Starting XI - Horn, Whiteman, Tah, Van Dijk, Tete, Maia, Slattery, Lallana, Hesketh, Lucas, Martial.

Dominant. We slaughtered Fenerbahce as an act of revenge for them knocking us out of the Europa League last season and pretty much had the game wrapped up after just 16 minutes when we went three goals up. Anthony Martial netted a hatrick to make it 11 goals in 8 appearances in a Saints shirt, including scoring in each of his last 6 games. We are hitting some stunning form now. Also a massive shoutout to Ron Whiteman on his Saints debut who was superb for the entire match and even had the tenacity to score a great goal from the edge of the penalty area.
 
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Starting XI - Horn, Whiteman, Tah, Bartra, Tete, Maia, Slattery, Lallana, Hesketh, Lucas, Martial

What a game. Another ruthless performance away from home as we put four past West Brom and Martial manages to grab another to continue his Vardy-esque run. Fabio Borini was a thorn in our side for pretty much the whole game but we had them well covered with goals from Slattery, Lucas, Lallana and Martial. 7 Straight wins in all competitions.
 
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Starting XI - Horn, Whiteman, Tah, Van Dijk, Tete, Maia, Slattery, Insigne, Hesketh, Lucas, Martial.

Another superb win in a match we dominated to keep our winning run going. Virgil Van Dijk scored a good goal, taking advantage of a set piece to volley home. Our cause was significantly helped by Sissoko getting sent off for a stupid shoulder barge 10 seconds into the 2nd half. With Newcastle down to 10 men we were able to dominate and Lucas Moura was there to half volley home to double our lead. An end to Martial's scoring run but yet another win.
 
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Starting XI - Horn, Whiteman, Tah, Bartra, Chambers, Maia, Fede, Insigne, Hesketh, Grealish, Pelle.

A slightly rotated side went out and did the business in Switzerland with two Insigne goals supplied by two Hesketh assists enough to seal the deal and make it 3 out of 3 in Europe this season. We looked completely comfortable for the whole match and never looked like losing this one. 9 wins on the trot.
 
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Starting XI - Horn, Digne, Tah, Van Dijk, Tete, Maia, Slattery, Insigne, Hesketh, Lucas, Martial.

Another hard fought win makes it 10 consecutive wins in all competitions as we ground out the result at St Marys against a very stubborn West Ham side. Lucas Moura got the only goal of the game a short while into the 2nd half with a beautiful curling finish into the top corner of the net from the edge of the area. That is also now 3 clean sheets in a row, fantastic stuff.
 
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Starting XI - Horn, Whiteman, Bartra, Tah, Chambers, Maia, Fede, Grealish, Tadic, Lucas, Martial.

As soon as this game was drawn I knew we were going to be in trouble and it turned out I was right. Swindon put up one **** of a fight in a back and forth game and full credit to them, they outplayed us and eventually took the tie on penalties. A disappointing way to end our winning streak but not the end of the world.
 
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October Review
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So almost another perfect month but Swindon denied us that privilege.
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What a sight, joint top of the Premier League and with huge momentum on our side! Long may this form continue.

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Top of the Europa table as well with a perfect start.


Player of the Month​
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My main man Lucas wins this award again. He has been superb this month scoring a couple of assisting a couple as well. He is an assured and consistent presence on that right hand side and has proved to be a great bit of business.
November Preview​
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Some truly stunning signings mate, honestly think that was superb work in the transfer window. Tough luck with Strootman though :/
 
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Starting XI - Horn, Digne, Tah, Van Dijk, Tete, Fede, Slattery, Grealish, Gotze, Lucas, Martial.

A fantastic away win against our neighbours Brighton with Anthony Martial well and truly back amongst the goals. His first was a penalty that was carelessly given away by Brighton early on but we couldnt hold the lead for long with Xisco equalising with a cracker. It then fell to Martial again who picked up on a mistake to score a wonderful solo goal. Relieved to win what was a very tough away game.
 
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Starting XI - Horn, Digne, Tah, Van Dijk, Tete, Maia, Slattery, Grealish, Gotze, Lucas, Martial.

A thoroughly professional job as we picked Zurich to pieces. It took us much longer than expected to make the breakthrough with Jack Grealish eventually getting the job done. From that moment it was a question of how many as opposed to if we could hold it, and the answered turned out to be two with Lucas grabbing our 2nd goal. Four out of four in Europa. Qualification in the bag.
 
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Starting XI - Horn, Digne, Tah, Chambers, Tete, Maia, Hesketh, Insigne, Gotze, Lucas, Martial.

Goals number 16, 17 and 18 of the season for Anthony Martial helped us demolish Norwich with a ruthless finishing display at St Marys. A hatrick for Martial and a well earned goal from Lucas wrapped up a good performance nicely with two assists a piece for Lucas Digne and Jake Hesketh who was playing in a deeper central midfield role today. We now have goals and assists coming in from all over the pitch which makes us a truly dangerous team to face!
 
Martial is an absolute beast for you, makes you wonder why Manchester let him go especially for the price that they did! Great to see you continue your amazing form, here's hoping it can continue :)
 
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Starting XI - Horn, Whiteman, Van Dijk, Chambers, Tete, Maia, Hesketh, Grealish, Lallana, Lucas, Martial.

What a match. Our first half performance was simply unacceptable as a changed back line folded completely under Palace's attacks, leaking 3 goals in quick succession. Even with the first half going so badly we were in such good form we knew we had a chance of getting something out of the game if we could just score reasonably quickly after half time. The man of the hour, Anthony Martial obliged and smashed us back into the match before substitute Mario Gotze got us the equaliser. Unfortunately we were not able to push on for the win, but it shows the spirit we have at the moment that we just do not give up.
 
TheOtherSpecialOne said:
Martial is an absolute beast for you, makes you wonder why Manchester let him go especially for the price that they did! Great to see you continue your amazing form, here's hoping it can continue :)
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I think I have only ever had a striker this effective once and that was Charlie Austin on last years game. The man just will not stop scoring, even when it looks like he is having a poor game he pops out of nowhere. A class act.
 
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Starting XI - Horn, Digne, Tah, Bartra, Chambers, Maia, Slattery, Insigne, Hesketh, Lallana, Pelle.

A rotated side picked up an easy win away to APOEL to maintain our perfect record in Europe. Goals from Lallana, Pelle and Hesketh put us well ahead and then an own goal just put the icing on the cake to create the flattering scoreline.
 
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November Review​

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Another stunningly good month as the lads just keep on rolling. 10 Premier League games unbeaten see us defying all expectations.
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That is a beautiful sight to behold. Still joint top of the table, we could have been clear and away with a win against Palace. It is genuinely a pleasure to say that we truly and fully deserve to be there with our performances so far this season.

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The Europa League table looks almost as stunning as the Premiership. 5 games, 5 wins, and a goal difference of 16. Safely qualified as top of the group and a chance for some rotation against Fenerbahce.


Player of the Month​
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6 more goals in just 4 appearances this month for the sensation that is Anthony Martial. Surely the signing of the season so far and the biggest difference in the team from last season. Anthony has done well enough to claim the official player of the month award as well and also leads the Premiership scoring charts.

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December Preview​
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Just got done with the story and what a story it is. What ups and downs too.. Good luck from here on out.
 
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