Premier League Countdown - Southampton

The Athletic FC Podcast

The Athletic

Football, Soccer,, Sports, Soccer

4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Adam Leventhal hosts a brand new podcast series from The Athletic, counting down to the return of the Premier League, with every episode focusing on a different team... In this episode Adam Leventhal is talking Southampton with The Athletic's Carl Anka. They discuss the decision to give Ralph Hassenhuttl a new four-year contract, whether lockdown will make it difficult for the players to play their usual pressing game, and whether empty stadiums might help the Saints finally improve their terrible home record. Sign up to The Athletic here for access to our unrivalled West Ham coverage and get a 30 day free trial just in time for the return of the Premier League Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Hi everyone it's Adam Leventhal back again. Welcome to another edition of
0:19.0	the Athletics Premier League countdown podcast with the return of the 2019 20 season only days away
0:26.2	we're releasing 20 shows on the Ornstein and Chapman feed each one dedicated to a
0:30.8	different Premier League team that's two podcasts a day, every day up until football
0:36.5	makes its long-awaited return. Now if you're not already a subscriber, you can sign up right now
0:41.5	and take advantage of our 30-day free trial by going to the
0:45.0	athletic.com forward slash onstein and Chapman to enjoy the best football
0:49.7	writing anywhere just as the season makes its return.
0:53.2	Now in this episode we're down to Southampton, 14th in the Premier League,
0:58.2	7 points above the bottom 3, which is probably enough of a cushion to keep them safe and maybe even lets them start planning for next season already.
1:08.0	Joining us to talk through the Saints Agenda is the Athletics Southampton writer Carl Anker.
1:14.4	Carl welcome to the show.
1:16.2	Carl obviously the big development during lockdown for Southampton has been awarding
1:20.5	Ralph Hasen Huttle that new four-year contract.
1:24.0	It's a real show of faith, isn't it, even though there is a slight, slight element of danger
1:30.0	still there for Southampton.
1:31.0	Yes, I think Southampton are as close to being mathematically safe without quite being
1:36.8	safe.
1:38.2	Two more wins will gate them to the mythical 40 points, but I think Southampton should be looking up rather than down on the socially
1:46.6	distance Premier League shall we say. The length of this new contract is
1:50.9	remarkable. If possible makes it to the end of next season he will
1:55.8	be Southampton's longest serving manager since the start of the Premier League in 1992 and if he
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