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Rafa Benitez is still searching for his first win as Newcastle Manager, the search continues Today with a trip to the South Coast and a visit to St Mary’s. They’ll go up against a Southampton side who last week just lost touch with the teams above them in the hunt …

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A slightly delayed edition this week as I thought I would wait for the Leicester game to take place to add extra context to the article That context being that Leicester move another step closer to the Premier League. With the gap at 7 points over Tottenham it’s going to …

1-0 to the Leicester. It all seems a bit too familiar as of late A 4th result of that kind in a row and their 5th in 6 matches The win today at the King Power stadium sees them take another massive step towards winning the Premier League title Not …

At the time of writing (Saturday Morning) Leicester find themselves 5 points clear at the top of the Premier League. Depending on how things go at Anfield that gap could be as small as 2, conversely if results go their way by Sunday Evening they could be 8 points clear …

Southampton will have Sadio Mane available after he successfully appealed against the red card he received against Stoke last weekend. Victor Wanyama returns after serving a five-match suspension, while Jose Fonte is also available after a ban. Liverpool left-back Alberto Moreno will have another scan on the hamstring injury which …

Stoke defender Ryan Shawcross could return on Saturday after eight games out with a back injury. Erik Pieters is a doubt because of a calf problem, while Glenn Whelan is set to make his 300th Stoke appearance. Southampton captain Jose Fonte serves a one-match ban following his dismissal last week, …

Tottenham vs Arsenal has been covered at length and you can read about that here http://realfootballman.com/2016/03/06/tottenham-vs-arsenal-a-few-quick-thoughts-2/ If the North London Derby was a Draw then the real winners were obviously Leicester They knew a win at Vicarage Road would see them extend their lead at the top and they duly …

After going 7 games unbeaten and not even conceding a Goal, Southampton have now lost two in a row and have slipped to 9th in the table. They will look to arrest that slide from going further as they play host to relegation battling Sunderland. The Saints were second best …