January 13
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So for my 6 months in charge, I will be doing monthly updates. So taking charge on January 1st, I had a quick look at the squad and picked out that the defense, despite conceding too many goals, had generally been playing well and therefore I dont think we need to strengthen here in January, despite Bellusci being injured. My main target before the end of the month was to bring in a creative midfield player, whilst also experienced, to help Lambert and Rodriguez score the goals that we will need to stay up.
Wednesday 2nd January
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Premier League
Location: Old Trafford
Manchester United 2-0
Southampton
A scoreline which I kind of expected, but the defense generally played quite well, and after the hectic schedule around Christmas and New Year, a lot of the squad weren't fully match fit.
Saturday 5th January
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FA Cup Third Round
Location: Pride Park
Derby County 3-0
Southampton
Awful, horrendous, dreadful, I could think of a million words to describe how disappointed I was with this result, however it means we can concentrate on the league I guess, still not happy though, and I let the players know.
Saturday 12th January
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Premier League
Location: St Mary's
Southampton 3-0 West Brom
Lambert (2), Rodriguez
My first home game in charge, and what a result. This was the first game since taking over where the team were fully match fit and boy did it show. Lambert played just behind Rodriguez, and the pair of them ran the show. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come seeing as though Nick's preferred striker Mayuka is off at the Africans Nation Cup, although I am not a fan of him anyway!
Wednesday 16th January
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Premier League
Location: Upton Park
West Ham 1-1
Southampton
Lambert
A tough place to go on a Wednesday evening, nevertheless, a good result, especially after you consider the fact we were behind for 70 minutes, and only equalised in the 86th. Rickie Lambert is really starting to get on a roll though which can only mean good things.
Saturday 19th January
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Premier League
Location: St Mary's
Southampton 0-3 Stoke City
As was the same in the Derby game, awful and horrendous. Artur Boruc had a complete nightmare and will do good to stay in the team after that performance.
Wednesday 23rd January
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Premier League
Location: Loftus Road
QPR 1-3
Southampton
Vukcevic, Rodriguez (2)
Brilliant result against a team we were 2 positions behind going into the game. Brilliant performances from Jay Rodriguez, as well as Rickie Lambert who really deserved a goal, but set up all three. A great way to end the month, and we now get two weeks off due to us already being out of the FA Cup.
Player of the month
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Rickie Lambert
Easy one, him and Jay Rodriguez have been brilliant, the only thing Lambert has over J-Rod, is that he has set goals up too.
League Table
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So as you can see, we have moved away from the bottom 3, and I honestly believe we can continue the trend and move further up after just seeing the squad perform after one month.
Transfers
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I tried and failed with many loan bids, including offers for Le Fondre and Nicolas Anelka, but only one came into the club on Deadline Day. Please meet Arsenal's Tomas Rosicky who will provide that bit of experience and quality and can play in a number of positions
Please let me know what you guys think about the results and the player I managed to bring in
