Southampton Get Relegated
Posted under: There was no Great Escape, no last minute reprieve, no last hoorah! Southampton finally gave up their Premiership status and were relegated as the bottom place club. For 57 minutes we were safe and then West Brom scored, Crystal Palace scored and Manchester United scored. After that there was no more hope. Relegation was the result!
So attention turns to what next for the Saints. Rumour has it a press conference is being called for Monday which will see Harry Redknapp’s tenure as manager come to an end. Personally I feel this is a good move. Southampton need stability and a long term plan to equip themselves for the battles ahead. Redknapp at most would only stay one more season, so a new man coming in now has plenty of time pre-season to sort out the club.
Player wise we’ll probably see the end of Le Saux, Jamie Redknapp, Camara and Bernard through retirement or contract expiry. Peter Crouch may want to move on too following his England call-up. The good news is Niemi has said in one of the papers he wishes to stay. If this is true it’s the only bit of Southampton related good news today has brought.