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We continue our series of members’ articles, which review the numbers behind the 2015/16 season, with a look at Southampton.

To get underway, we assess the Saints’ team statistics in Ronald Koeman’s final year in charge and compare them to the rest of Premier League, before analysing their first-team squad, main goal threats and creative sources in an attempt to gain insight on their prospects for the upcoming campaign.

The Saints finished in sixth position after embarking on a superb run of form that harvested seven wins and a draw in the final nine league fixtures.

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  1. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
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    Juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu 🙂 🙂 It's open

    1. Irish Madridista ⭐
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      DANIEL!!!!!! 😀 😀 😀

      1. Irish Madridista ⭐
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        IT'S OFFICIALLY FPL TIME!!!

    2. Eden Hazardous
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      🙂

    3. Elniñorules
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      THE SPECIAL ONE IS HERE

    4. La Roja
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Oh dear

    5. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Haha awesome!

    6. Ayew Serious
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      😀

    7. CostaCoffee
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      😀

    8. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      🙂

    9. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      😀

    10. Az
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Where have you been all this time Daniel!
      Most of us blame the delay on you and your lack of Juhus!

    11. Däzzy
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      😀

    12. Lateriser 12
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      I've missed you. Have a hug.

    13. Kings of Lyon ★
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      😀 😀 😀

      you've been missed my friend

    14. Jafooli
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      😆 😆 Juuuuuuhuuuuuu 😆 😆

    15. ★Kuntheman★
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Just stumbled upon this post. 🙂

  2. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Running Last Man Standing for another year.
    Code is 18487-7273 if you missed it.

    1. Costa's Counsellor
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Good man.

    2. Jay_
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Oh yes 🙂 my favourite

      • Arctic monkeys
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Cheers TM

      • Wilshere Knowledge
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Nice! 😀

      • Diva
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        I'm in! 😀

      • Reedy
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Great! What's the code I can't find it anywhere

      • Swan - Villa Proud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Cheers TM

      • Boo Ya Ka Sha
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Hopefully I can make it far again this season. Most likely will crash and burn though.

      • Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Woo hoo cheers TM

      • Albertini
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Cheers TM!

      • Squires FC
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        This seemed like fun from the outside last season. Thanks I'm in.

    3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Leicester team v Oxford:

      Schmeichel, Simpson, Huth, Morgan (c), Chilwell, Gray, Choudhury, Drinkwater, Mahrez, Ulloa, Okazaki.

      1. KOLASINA(C)
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Chilled well.

    4. KickIt
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Cedric Soares is an option.

      1. Top 210 Club
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        European Champ he is

      2. Milner4eva
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        true.

        his home fixtures in GW1, 3 and 5 are fantastic - he'd work great in a rotation

      3. Dušan Citizen
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        But will he be ready for the start?

    5. Clintymints
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Has FPL opened and then closed again?

      1. Top 210 Club
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        It said closed for me i had to google fantasy premier league and click the linked result

        1. Clintymints
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Seems like it's gone again!

          Not a fan of having to click twice to get a player on the team. And it's hard to use on smaller screened devices

          Boo-urns I say.. and yes, appears to be down now!

          1. HamezMace
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            I was saying boo-urns

      2. Clintymints
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        My mistake. I was looking at the cached site in my browser. Nothing to see here.

    6. Toonzie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Anyone here fancies Bojan?

      1. England's Number 1
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        No. Not even nailed.

      2. Kagawa-san-mia
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        yes

    7. andy85wsm
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Considering I'll wildcard early anyway I might have to think again re:Liverpool assets (Firmino)

      First 5 fixtures - Arsenal (a), Burnley (a), Spurs (a), Leicester (h), Chelsea (a)

      1. Irish Madridista ⭐
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Sturridge or bust imo.

        1. Camp No No
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          So your frontline is:

          Kun Zlatan Studge? 😆

          1. Irish Madridista ⭐
            • 15 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            My first draft it was.. Then I saw my midfield as a result so now I have no Sturridge unfortunately 🙁 Really want all three though.

            1. Camp No No
              • 12 Years
              9 years, 5 months ago

              Mind if I ask you a straight question?

              Do you actually ever do well in FPL?

              1. Irish Madridista ⭐
                • 15 Years
                9 years, 5 months ago

                https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/entry/79/history

                Inconsistently 🙂 generally get a few weeks with sub-1000 gameweek ranks and a few weeks with over 3m gameweek rank.. I like a few hits too when I want a bit of fun.

                1. Camp No No
                  • 12 Years
                  9 years, 5 months ago

                  Alright, nothing amazing but two rather recent top20k's.

                  I was just thinking whether your striker crazy strategy warrants a serious thought or whether it's just that you happen to like them top heavy. 😉

                  1. Irish Madridista ⭐
                    • 15 Years
                    9 years, 5 months ago

                    Generally play 352 🙂 Prefer the look of the strikers this year. Definitely going cheap at the back anyway which is the opposite of what I did last year.

                    Last year was a disaster.

                    1. Camp No No
                      • 12 Years
                      9 years, 5 months ago

                      Ok. There are a lot of goo midfielders to pick from in PL this year, for sure.

                    2. Camp No No
                      • 12 Years
                      9 years, 5 months ago

                      I somehow remembered that you always went with a top heavy team.

                      1. Irish Madridista ⭐
                        • 15 Years
                        9 years, 5 months ago

                        Went with a heavy midfield last year and sacrificed up front to have a few decent defenders too..

                        We shall see 🙂

                        1. Camp No No
                          • 12 Years
                          9 years, 5 months ago

                          Last year was bad for midfield heavy hitters. Most of them. And then there was a lot of value in cheap mids/fwds.

                          I wouldn't expect that to happen again. Some of the many high priced players will lead the scoring charts, and more importantly I'd bet that there will not be Kane or Mahrez like über cheap attacking player stealing the whole show. At least not as many of those as last two years.

      2. A-S-H
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        why do they have 3 away games in a row?

        1. Licky
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Allow for the new stand to be properly finished.

        2. Tansey
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          They requested to play their 2nd game away instead of home to give more time for their new stadium extension to finish

      3. Hooky
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Are you actually planning an early wildcard or does it just always turn out that way?

        1. andy85wsm
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Have never held it past GW4 and the newer wildcard rules make it even more likely that I'll use it.

          1. Hooky
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Definitely stay away from Liverpool then. Probably a decent opportunity in one of the international breaks?

      4. Licky
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        5 wins in 5. 😉

      5. Wirtzle Gummidge
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Do you remember Arsenal's opening home game last season?

      6. The Nuttmxn
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        I've got no Liverpool, no guarantee an instant turn in fixtures will cause an instant turn in form and we can't predict who will be fit by then.

      7. Heskey Time
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Firmino does tend to score against the better teams

    8. Irish Madridista ⭐
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Anyone (except for KoL) going for Snoddy? 🙂

      1. Ayew Serious
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        How much is he

        1. Irish Madridista ⭐
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          5.5

            • 12 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Gradel at 5.5 surely IM?

            1. Irish Madridista ⭐
              • 15 Years
              9 years, 5 months ago

              First name in my midfield..

              Trying to decide my second 5.5 mid 😉

                • 12 Years
                9 years, 5 months ago

                I can't argue with that then 😀

            2. Nabs Kebabs
              • 14 Years
              9 years, 5 months ago

              this, you got him Balders?

                • 12 Years
                9 years, 5 months ago

                I've got 6.5m for that position, so I've got Deulofeu as a placeholder.

      2. Piggs Boson
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Looks a good value "trickle player". Can't see any better for 5.5m. Decent enabler, he's in mine.

        1. Nabs Kebabs
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Gradel

          1. Piggs Boson
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Not worried by Pugh, Stannis and Ibe?

            1. Irish Madridista ⭐
              • 15 Years
              9 years, 5 months ago

              Gradel + Ibe first choice.
              Pugh is definitely not competition 🙂
              Stannis might get a few minutes though.

        2. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          I'm hoping Ramires is 5.5 but he'll probably be 6

      3. Nabs Kebabs
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        nah...

        4g, 7a from 2100 odd mins in the championship ain't too appealing. Can't see Hull doing very well either

      4. Däzzy
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Lol

      5. Kings of Lyon ★
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Snodgrass on pens too

        1. Irish Madridista ⭐
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          You pushing Snoddy is like me pushing Brady though 😉

          1. Irish Madridista ⭐
            • 15 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            That doesn't mean in any way that you're wrong by the way!

        2. Piggs Boson
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Monopoly on set pieces?

          Pretty good for 5.5

          1. Kings of Lyon ★
            • 15 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Yup 🙂 Livermore may take some corners but Snoddy on FKs and pens

      6. HVT
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Redmond?

        1. Irish Madridista ⭐
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          I still expect Saints to buy more players with Europa coming up too..

      7. Pochettino
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Feghouli is a very good player for 5.5mill. I think he was one of the players to suffer in an under-performing Valencia side. Much like Fab/Hazard at Chelsea last year.

        1. Irish Madridista ⭐
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Yep, him and/or Tore will find their way into my team at some point, probably when Lanzini is back.

        2. Camp No No
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          He also suffered a lot from his unwillingness to sign a new contract. Was fighting with the club all season.

          He is a bit of a Bojan though. Nobody can doubt his talent, but he has never been really efficient, never hit the double digits either in assists or goals.

          1. Camp No No
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            I mean, he's joy to watch on his good day, but he has yet to have a single really good _season_.

    9. BLANKET DEFENCE
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      RMT

      Valdes Mandanda
      Williams Shaw Reid Mori Evans
      Mkhitaryan Hazard Siggy Bolasie Hojbjerg
      Kun Lukaku Gray

      0 ITB

    10. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Many question marks surrounding the Saints.

      Long/Rodriguez/Austin roles are yet to be determined. Is Cedric nailed? How will the new manager set up the team?

      1. Irish Madridista ⭐
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Davis + Tadic + Redmond + JWP too.

      2. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Yep it's annoying as I think the soton striker will be the best 6.5 forward. I hope Austin gets it

        1. Piggs Boson
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Same... Put Long in as a placeholder hoping pre-season/pressers bring us some info.

      3. A-S-H
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        europa league games may give us an indication (hopefully)

        1. Camp No No
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          This + friendlies.

        2. Piggs Boson
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Nice, good point.

        3. Ziegler1988
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          They're directly in group stage

          1. Camp No No
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Just the friendlies then.

    11. money face bandwagon
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      mahrez silva and stones are my differentials.

    12. mranonymous
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Do we expect both Evans + McAuley to start for WBA?

      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      This post needs a new picture, only 1 of them is still at the club 😀

      1. Piggs Boson
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Poor Saints. They get purged every season...

      2. Eden Hazardous
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        😀

    13. I Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      A) De Bruyne + Long
      B) Tadic + Costa/Batshuayi

    14. Cradders
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Best £6.5m rated forward in your opinion??

      1. Wirtzle Gummidge
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Rondon

        1. Cradders
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Rondon not for me tbh West Brom don't score enough goals

      2. Piggs Boson
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Long if he starts every game. Wilson is proven, and I think he's on pens, so he's a good shout.

        1. Cradders
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          These are the two I've been thinking. Can't decide which one though

        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Austin

      3. Milner4eva
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Andre Gray.

        Berahino will be the best if he moves to Stoke

      4. Ayew Serious
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Austin or Long. One of which will be in my team I think

      5. getfunky
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Wilson, he looked dangerous last season before his injury

      6. Irish Madridista ⭐
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Wilson for me

      7. England's Number 1
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Wilson but starting with Gray, who has better opening fixtures.

    15. Respect My Authoritah
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Right so a slight reshuffle has left me with this for now..

      Foster Jakupovic
      Shaw Baines Friend/Kone/Soaure
      Martial Mkhit Cesc Bolasie Deu
      Kun Michy Rhodes

      If Negredo comes in at 6.0 will be sweet, otherwise the whole team needs a re-work

      1. Wirtzle Gummidge
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        7/7.5

        1. Respect My Authoritah
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Yeah, expecting that also 🙁

    16. fastgun2111
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Right First draft:

      Courtois (Jacupovic)

      shaw | Morgan | Terry | Fernandez (Paredes)
      Shaqiri | de Bruyn | Alli | Gradel (Leko)
      Aguero | Ibra (Rhodes)

    17. michudagawd
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Think I'm set on 6 definite players on my team: Aguero, Mkhi, Shaw, KDB, Fabregas and Gray.

    18. Frank Black
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      I can't login to the FPL with my usual email and password and it doesn't even let me "submit" the question when i try to contact the website. This is insane.....

      1. HVT
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Try forgot my password Frank.

        1. Frank Black
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          I tried, didn't do anything.

      2. Dokdok666
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Try ctrl+F5, it did the trick for me

    19. Ayew Serious
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Place is moving so fast

      1. George Sillett
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        It is Mark.

    20. Dušan Citizen
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Nobody considering Forster?

      Their home fixtures are perfect and he rotates well with Jakupovic.

    21. HVT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      42k signed up now

    22. BENOIT
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Ozil or Mkhityaran ?

      Would be only attacking cover from either of these teams.

      1. Licky
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Ozil

      2. HVT
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Micki for me

      3. Dokdok666
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        He will be rested initially, like several other players that played in the Euros or Copa

        1. Dokdok666
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          He=Özil

      4. HamezMace
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Depends if Arsenal sign a forward capable of finishing his chances

    23. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Foster/Heaton 9.0

      Courtois/4.0 9.5

      #justsaying

      If you have Jako/4.5 please ignore

      1. HVT
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        That's where the 1m gain is really, 5.5 is great value for a top GK.

      2. Ayew Serious
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        I have Jako 4.0 lol

      3. Nabs Kebabs
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Foster/Heaton is better

      4. Cradders
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        I'm currently on Foster and Heaton, I have a lack of saints defence but when 2 of your defenders are Chelsea and United it makes it had to get anyone else

      1. Piggs Boson
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Nice, thanks Dazzy. Hopefully the Europa games will give us an answer. I feel the right Saints forward could be golden.

        1. Däzzy
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Tadic for me atm

    24. scakes
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Ibrahimovic - 11.5....

      1. Irish Madridista ⭐
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Essential.

        1. Mull
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          If he was playing for PSG maybe.

    25. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      You think hazard will be played as the wingback of Conte went 3-5-2? Or would he play upfront?

      1. BENOIT
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        The latter

        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        LM in a 442

        1. Worzel Gummidge
            9 years, 5 months ago

            This. Bats/Costa will be the 2 up front IMO.

        2. Elniñorules
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          3-5-2 seems unlikely. But playing just behind Costa if so.

        3. Camp No No
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Upfront with Michy. 😉

        4. Däzzy
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Definitely won't be a wing-back anyway

      2. Jay_
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Need Benteke (7.5) to move to Palace and Valencia (5.5) to move to Swansea to get 2 great value forwards that allows a 3x big hitter mid.

          1. Gooner97
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Get Rondon 😉

          2. I Member
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Right now I have Long and Gray with a midfield of KDB, Martial, Eriksen and Sigurdsson.

        • Mull
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Some of these prices are hilarious 😆