Don't know if anyone has picked up on this, but read it yesterday and just thought it would have been posted by now! WIN AGAINST WEST HAM WINS SAINTS THE AWARD http://www.leaguemanagers.com/news/news-6879.html The League Managers Association five-man Performance of the Week panel, comprising LMA Chairman Howard Wilkinson, Sir Alex Ferguson, Joe Royle, Dave Bassett and Barry Fry, were in agreement that this week, the F&C Thames River Performance of the Week Award should go to Southampton following their excellent 1-0 home win against West Ham United in the npower Championship on Tuesday 18th October 2011. Southampton manager Nigel Adkins will receive a specially engraved crystal football in a presentation to be screened on Sky Soccer Saturday on 22nd October 2011. Southampton opened up a five-point lead at the top of the Championship with a narrow win over second-placed West Ham. Jos Hooiveld's goal was enough for Saints as he headed home Daniel Fox's corner on the stroke of half time. It maintained Southampton's 100% home record and came in front of a St Mary's record crowd of 32,150. West Ham had chances to level, with Sam Baldock shooting wide and Mark Noble hitting the post as they lost away from home for the first time this term. Southampton manager Nigel Adkins was naturally delighted with his teamâs performance: "West Ham were in the Premier League last season, their aspiration is to go straight back up and they are favourites to do that. "We also have that aspiration and after 12 games of the season we are top of the league and are there on merit. "We kept a clean sheet, played some good football, created opportunities and scored a good goal from a set play so I am pleased with the three points. "We have got a lot of belief at the club and are trying to play good football."
If I had the decision, i'd give Nige and The Saints the performance of the week, every week! Nigel's post match interviews are enough to give him the accolade anyway!
Performance of the week (last five years perhaps) Mike Hancock's liaison with a 23-24 year old girl!! Great stamina!!
Looks like we won it in August for the ipswich game http://www.leaguemanagers.com/managers/pow-6845.html
Not sure that we'd get it again just by beating Reading. Some teams e.g. West Ham are seen as big sides and therefore beating them is so 'obviously better' than beating Reading (not my opinion by the way). I suppose it was partly for stretching the lead at the top as well. Don't dislike West Ham, but it always annoyed me that they were considered bigger than us in the PL when we were about the same level or even higher than them.
