Yesterday was the first win by more than a one goal margin since New Years day Of the 16 wins, 8 have been by one goal 30 games played 42 goals: 26 of them in the 1st 15 games(till mid Dec) - So 16 goals in the last 15 games! Interestingly we won 8 of our first 15 games and you guessed it we've won 8 of our last 15 games (despite the goal slump)
When talking about the difference between seasons, we mustn't forget that there is also a lot of continuity. MP and Koeman were brought in because they suited our team, rather than bring in a manager who then spends a season or two trying to get the team to suit him. Look how long it has taken Mauricio to get Spurs onside with his style, whereas our players were ready and waiting. Les Reed replaced our departing players with others that suited Saints...whilst using Koeman's experience. Although we weren't bad last season in defence, Koeman (as you would expect) has built more on having a strong defence rather than keeping the opposition pinned back into their own area. The opposition now get into our area more, but still find it hard to score because Saints are so well drilled. However, our weakness is not scoring enough which is strange as we have good attacking players....this will be the area Ron will work on next season I'm sure.
