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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. BB-8
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    NOBLE bandwagon

  2. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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    • 17 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

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

    1. Costa's Counsellor
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Good man.

    2. Jay_
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Oh yes 🙂 my favourite

    3. Arctic monkeys
      • 12 Years
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      Cheers TM

    4. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Nice! 😀

    5. Diva
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      I'm in! 😀

    6. Reedy
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

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

    7. Swan - Villa Proud
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Cheers TM

    8. Boo Ya Ka Sha
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

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

    9. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Woo hoo cheers TM

    10. Albertini
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Cheers TM!

    11. Squires FC
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

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

  3. DantheManinaPan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    I'm currently looking at picking Stones + 4 x £4.5 defenders. Currently on Pieters, Friend, Evans, Taylor. Looks great individually, but rotation isn't perfect. Anyone got any ideas for replacements?

    1. Costa's Counsellor
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Stones to Shaw 😉

      1. DantheManinaPan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Would if I could

    2. BB-8
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Souare has some good fixtures

      1. DantheManinaPan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks! He works really well actually 😀

  4. Chris_White
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Ayew or Sigurdsson? Thinking the former based on his start to the season last year

    1. Tommytour
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      I going Siggy

      1. Chris_White
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Probably the safer option.. How's the team looking TT?

        1. Tommytour
          • 15 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          Only had a bit of time this morning but at the mo....

          Foster 4
          Shaw Evans Fernandez Soare 4
          KDB Siggy Townsend Phillips 4.5
          Aguero Zlatan Costa

          Squeezing the big hitters in 🙂 You?

    2. I Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Pens and set pieces just edge it for Siggy imo.

  5. Blurryface
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Here it is

    Forster Jaku
    Shaw Baines Friend Taylor Evans
    Haz Mikhi Firmino Bolassie Capoue
    Kdb Long Lukaku

    1. TheSaint
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Kdb a forward?

  6. Dušan Citizen
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    http://prntscr.com/buvejy Very interesting team could be made if all your defs are 4.5. 😀

    1. Diva
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Aye. All my defenders are 4.5s in my first draft and I have 5 elite players (9m+) in the midfield and forward positions.

      1. Dušan Citizen
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Can you show me your team, please?

    2. Tommytour
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Similar to mine but Im going Shaw and a 4

    3. Exdeo
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      such a waste...would only do that for Kun+Ibra

  7. Costa's Counsellor
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Did anyone else just do an autocomplete team and has no intention of trying to create a draft for a couple of weeks?

    1. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      That's like an addict being given heroine and saying "Thanks, I'll take it in a few weeks"

      1. Costa's Counsellor
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        It's more like an addict being given a month's worth and being too frightened to start...

    2. Jairzinho
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      No

    3. Milner4eva
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      No. I made an acceptable draft and am intending on coming back to it in a couple of weeks. Doubt I'll manage it though!

    4. Flynniesta
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      I left it a whole hour & thought I was doing well!

  8. ZakAFC_
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Thought's on FDR?

    1. EmreCan Hustle
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      ?

      1. ZakAFC_
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Fixture Difficulty Ranking

        1. Reedy
          • 16 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          Ah that 🙂 Depends whether they tweak it as the season progresses. Don't like anything that spoonfeeds casuals though.

    2. Reedy
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Longest serving American president. Must count for something

      1. ZakAFC_
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Haha, good one

  9. Postman Ty
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Haven't seen any talk about KDB yet, surely still a good option at 10.5m. But could Silva be the better pick at 9m? Worried about Silva's fitness, as always, and the fact he only scored once all last season...

    1. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Alexis is my first choice in that bracket, if fit.

      KDB looks the next best imo. Unsure on Silva.

    2. halnone
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Silva was suffering an ankle injury almost all of last season.

      He's healthy now, so he should be much better, especially playing under Pep. Thinking of bringing him in myself.

    3. Costa's Counsellor
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Lots going for Hazard instead.

    4. applebonkers
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      • 16 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      too many good expensive mids it seems, which should at least keep things varied

    5. Chris_White
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Silva isn't the fantasy option he once was. Pep could of course change that, but KdB's goal threat makes the decision easy for myself.

  10. halnone
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    First draft of my team

    Jakupovic, WBA keeper
    Williams, Clichy, Friend, Stones, Cresswell
    KDB, Fabregas, Shaqiri, Payet, Bolasie
    Aguero, Wilson, Long

    1. A.T
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Too much spent on defs and mids leaves you short up front

      1. Tommytour
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Not enough big hitters

  11. La Roja
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Temperatures hitting the 90s today, except for in Liverpool, where they're still stuck in the 80s..

    1. A.T
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      I still don't get it?

      1. Costa's Counsellor
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Due to higher elevation and greater distance from the equator, it tends to be cooler in Northern England.

        1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
          • 16 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          lol

        2. La Roja
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          😀

  12. Jay_
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Looking at a post gw3 wildcard, how's this look

    ---------------Mandanda-----------------
    ----------Baines Friend Shaw----------
    Townsend KDB Mkhitaryan Hazard
    ----------Wilson Aguero Gray----------
    -----------------------------------------------
    Mannone Hojberg McAuley Paredes

    1. Dušan Citizen
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Like it very much. Just Long or Rondon over Wilson.

      1. Jay_
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers 🙂

    2. EmreCan Hustle
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Same front 3. Like it.

  13. Sergeant Garcia
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone who fancies Origi? Klopp has a soft spot for him and he was great before his injury.

    1. Milner4eva
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      not nailed, not in my team. Would prefer any half-decent nailed striker (Deeney/Gray etc)

    2. Chris_White
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      If he was nailed on, I'd be all over him.

      1. Sergeant Garcia
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah, i get the worries.. I'm Belgian, so I'd like to have him in my team but the doubts put me off. Mane is his biggest rival probably.

    3. willl
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      If Sturridge gets injured I imagine Origi will be straight in my team. Assuming he is is preferred to Ings of course.

      1. Sergeant Garcia
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        I think there is place for Sturridge and Origi in that Liverpool team. But it'll probably be Mane who ends up upfront with Studge...

  14. BLANKET DEFENCE
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    RMT Please

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

    0 ITB

  15. MB10
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Does anyone know if there is an Ultimate FPL this season or has it been scrapped ? Really enjoyed that edition of the game

    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 17 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Scrapped

    2. Hooky
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      It's been binned

    3. A.T
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Scraped

      1. MB10
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        🙁

  16. The Abyss
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Probably already been asked a million times, so sorry, but any remotely likely 4M defenders???

  17. Boo Ya Ka Sha
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Why is this Friend fellow popping up in a few of these RMT's?

    1. Milner4eva
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      cheap and nailed.

    2. Hooky
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      We are on a website discussing fantasy football. We all need a few more friends

  18. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Who is everyone's 3rd mid?

    I have 9,5 but I already have Mkhi and Firmino. Thinking Martial might be too much

    1. Milner4eva
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Eriksen

    2. DantheManinaPan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      I'm going all out in midfield at the moment... Hazard + Martial + Ozil + Payet. Maybe a bit too much of a gamble.

      1. Sergeant Garcia
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Not worried Payet will need a GW or 2 before he settles in after the EC?

    3. Dušan Citizen
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Ayew right now.

      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Ayew and Siggy have a lovely 1st 2

        After that the Arsenal and Everton mid situation might become clearer

        1. Tommytour
          • 15 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          Siggy to Cazorla is a dream

          1. JK - Cønt ⭐
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            10 years, 1 month ago

            am leaning towards Ayew as Siggy had the Euros

    4. Chris_White
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Ayew/Siggy

      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        I'd lean towards Ayew purely as Siggy had the Euros

        I love Siggy in FPL and those 1st games 😀

  19. Jay_
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Watford 2-0, Deeney pen

    1. Dušan Citizen
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      team sheet?

      1. applebonkers
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        • 16 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        ---------------not gomes------------
        --------nyom - prodl - britos-------
        abdi------------------------------anya
        ----suarez- doucoure - capoue--
        ------------- deeney-ighalo---------

  20. EmreCan Hustle
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Draft #1

    Valdes Mannone
    Toby Shaw McAuley Souare Robertson
    Hazard Mkhitaryan Townsend Tadic Diame
    Aguero Wilson Gray

    Nothing itb.

    Thanks.

  21. DantheManinaPan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone stumbled across a £4.0 defender yet?

    1. Epic Fail
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      A

      1. Epic Fail
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Oops. Nothing to see here.

  22. S.Kuqi
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Bailly starter at ManU? Looking to double up their defence.

    1. Milner4eva
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Should be, aye

      1. S.Kuqi
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Chees.

        1. S.Kuqi
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          r**

    2. Your Mum's Athletic
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      definitely, giggity

    3. Hooky
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Rumours that Jose wants Smalling and Jones to start the season at CB.

      1. S.Kuqi
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks hooky

    4. Boo Ya Ka Sha
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Shaw DDG for me

  23. WolvesOnTop
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    De Gea -Jakupovic
    Baines-Shaw-Friend-Parades-McAuley
    Hazard-Bolasie-KDB-Fletcher-Firminio
    Long-Aguero-Gray

    I've used 4.5 rotation keepers for the last 2 seasons and have always ended up picking the wrong one so I want to do away with the headache this time. Doubled up on United defence because the seem solid at the back and I see the raking up cleanies under Mourinho. Baines seems like a bargain at 5.5 and my back 5 rotates well for a decent price, hence McAuley (Pulis defence), Parades (cheapie who can play) and Friend who can pick up a few offensive points as well at 4.5. I have overlooked Chelsea and Spurs defence because I could only afford 2 good defenders and doubling up on United+Baines feels like it would be profitable.
    Hazard and KDB pick themselves. Yes, having them together eats up a huge chunk of my budget but I feel their consistency can make up for that. I'm hoping for a successful season for Hazard as he looked to be getting back to the beast he once was in the euros and towards the end of last season. I like to keep a 4.5 midfielder who can get me 2 points when others don't play. Firminio looks to be the most obvious route for Liverpool goals and a fit Sturridge can only help. His fixtures are difficult but that seemed to actually improve his performance last season. Bolasie looks like a solid choice in the 6m bracket - feel free to recommend others (thoughts on Redmond and Townsend?). Aguero is Aguero and I've noticed that flipping around bargain strikers can actually get you 15+ goals which is the same as a Lukaku or Costa. Gray seems to be the best bargain striker followed by Long.
    Notable omissions: Zlatan and Mkhi, I prefer to pick players after I've seen them play. I'm sceptical of the United attack as of now and I don't mind taking a hit to get Zlatan in if he is firing. Arsenal: Sanchez wont start the season and they have difficult fixtures

    Sorry for the long post but I prefer to have opinions on my thinking than a flat out RMT where you just tell me to pick who you people have taken.
    THANKS IN ADVANCE, I'M DONE NOW!!

    1. I Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Same front three. Liking the options it allows in midfield.

      1. WolvesOnTop
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        thoughts on Firminio and Bolasie?

  24. Your Mum's Athletic
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Giggity!

    Quite like this so far:

    Foster - every week

    Monreal Azpilicueta Shaw -

    Ozil Firmino Mkhitaryan Bolasie -

    Aguero Rooney Rhodes

    Pickford Hojbjerg Wilson Paredes - Most likely nailed on cheapies and I really fancy pickford to dispose Mannone at some point.

    1. S.Kuqi
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Rooney? Seriously?

      1. Your Mum's Athletic
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        gonna be nailed on surrounded by martial, ibra and mkh - might still be on pens too..... have i missed something?

        1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
          • 16 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          the last two seasons and the Euro's by the sounds of it 😉

          1. Your Mum's Athletic
            • 14 Years
            10 years, 1 month ago

            but but but now he's gonna be further forward 😉

        2. S.Kuqi
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          well isn't he pretty much useless nowadays?

          1. Your Mum's Athletic
            • 14 Years
            10 years, 1 month ago

            no giggity, back to the drawing board

          1. Your Mum's Athletic
            • 14 Years
            10 years, 1 month ago

            Yikes that's bad

  25. Squires FC
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Stick with ddg, shaw & mkhi or get cortoise in?

  26. Aladdin Sané
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    My ones to watch:

    Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (SOU)
    A bit like Fàbregas in that he can play DM, CM and AM. Burst onto the scene with Bayern Munich a couple of seasons ago, but lost his way somewhat during recent loan spells, where he predominantly played in the double pivot. If he can nail down a place in the starting line-up, and depending on where Southampton choose to play him, he could be a bargain 5th MID.

    Juan Camilo Zúñiga (WAT)
    Could be a great choice, providing he comes into the game as a DEF and his price isn't prohibitive. Mazzarri always played 3-5-2 during his time in Italy, and Zúñiga particularly shone at right wing-back during Mazzarri's time in charge of Napoli.

    Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson (BUR)
    Racked up 11 assists last season in the Championship with Charlton. Again, could be a great, cheap 5th MID.

  27. Blurryface
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    RMT anyone?

    Forster Jaku
    Shaw Baines Friend Taylor Evans
    Haz Mikhi Firmino Bolassie Capoue
    Kdb Long Lukaku

  28. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    is hojberg essential?

    1. Aladdin Sané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      For now, I think so.

  29. JÆKS ⭐
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Must say they priced everyone very good this year,

    Except one of the Brazilian boys at Liverpool I can't really say that there is a player that looks like a great deal