Premier League Countdown - Southampton
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2020
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
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.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, everyone. It's Adam Leventhal back again. Welcome to another edition of the Athletics |
| 0:19.7 | Premier League Countdown podcast. |
| 0:22.2 | With the return of the 2019-20 season, only days away, we're releasing 20 shows on the Ornstein |
| 0:28.4 | and Chapman feed, each one dedicated to a different Premier League team. That's two podcasts a day, |
| 0:34.3 | every day up until football makes its long-awaited return. |
| 0:38.8 | Now, if you're not already a subscriber, you can sign up right now and take advantage of our 30-day free trial |
| 0:44.1 | by going to theathletic.com forward slash Ornstein and Chapman to enjoy the best football writing anywhere |
| 0:50.7 | just as the season makes its return. |
| 0:53.4 | Now, in this episode, we're down to Southampton, |
| 0:56.6 | 14th in the Premier League, seven points above the bottom three, which is probably enough of |
| 1:02.5 | a cushion to keep them safe and maybe even lets them start planning for next season already. |
| 1:08.4 | Joining us to talk through the Saints agenda is the Athletics Southampton writer Carl Anker. |
| 1:14.5 | Carl, welcome to the show. |
| 1:16.3 | Carl, obviously the big development during lockdown for Southampton has been awarding Ralph |
| 1:20.8 | Hassanhuttle that new four-year contract. |
| 1:23.8 | It's a real show of faith, isn't it? |
| 1:25.7 | Even though there is a slight, slight element of danger still there for Southampton. |
| 1:31.4 | Yes, I think Southampton are as close to being mathematically safe without quite being safe. |
| 1:37.9 | Two more wins will get them to the mythical 40 points. |
| 1:41.0 | But I think Southampton should be looking up rather than down on the socially distanced Premier League, shall we say. |
| 1:49.1 | The length of this new contract is remarkable. |
| 1:52.5 | If Passall will make it to the end of next season, he will be Southampton's longest serving manager since the start of the Premier League in 1992. |
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