Saints u21 lost 4 nil to Leyton Orient Saints: Bycroft, Abu (Davis 76), Hewlett (Carson 76), Simeu, Meghoma (Lett 76), Bragg (Stepien-Iwumene 76), Dibling (Edwards 58), Finnigan, Ehibhatiomhan (Ballard 58), Doyle (Andrews 76), Olaigbe (Robinson 58). https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/match/southampton-u21-vs-leyton-orient Ballard getting some minutes, so good to see a quick return for him. Will be nice to see if he gets a chance in the next two first team friendlies after disappointing displays from Mara
Not the best of signs from our young defensive players. Suggests as was pointed out in various posts that they are some way off even championship match day squads. Let’s hope it is down to fitness
Disappointing to see Doyle & Meghoma drop back down to the u21s, but suppose its (once again) hard to integrate them into a bloated first team who all need minutes. Good to see Ballard back from injury, and hope he'll get a 1st team chance soon.
Meghoma looks like he could do a decent job on loan in the lower leagues. He’s 5th choice left back as things stand and that’s not including Djenepo’s stints in the past. I saw a bit of the Goztepe game and I don’t think Doyle is a winger and I think he’ll be hard pushed to get in ahead of Charly or Smallbone as things stand.
Seems like lots of our players have been injured over June - across all the squads . Wonder what happened. People pushing through minor injuries at the end of the season maybe? Or bad luck?
https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/josh-lett-signs-first-professional-contract Another one on the books.
https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/under-21-report-weymouth-5-0-saints With last Season's winning team being split up and the loss of its Manager, it is obvious that the U21's are going to have to start again from the bottom and work their way back up.
Reformatting of Premier League 2 for 2023/24 explained https://www.premierleague.com/news/3562470 The fixtures are set to be announced in the week commencing 31st July 2023
https://www.devonlive.com/sport/football/match-reports/torquay-united-1-southampton-b-8638825.amp Prince getting a good write up from a Devon sports reporter, Saints: McNamara, Payne, Abu, Hewlett, Meghoma, Bragg, Dibling, Finnigan, Ballard, Doyle, Ehibhatiomhan. Simeu absent from this friendly, potentially Abu player centre back
Southampton U18's first three league games of the season. 12th August (A) - Crystal Palace U18s 19th August (H) - Aston Villa U18s 26th August (A) - Brighton U18s Credit: The Saints FC Blog.
Southampton's U21s begin their Premier League 2 season at Newcastle on Sunday, August 13th 2023. How come every one of our teams start the first game away? https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/2...s-2023-24-premier-league-2-fixtures-revealed/
https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/u21-report-nottingham-forest-u21-1-0-saints Another 1 - 0 defeat! Saints: Mohamed, Abu (Davis 58), Payne (Bailey 46), Simeu, Meghoma (Lett 58), Trialist (Miles 46), Dibling (Stepien-Iwumene 58), Finnigan (Bragg 58), Ballard, Doyle, Ehibhatiomhan (Robinson 58). Subs not used: McNamara.
