As long as Southampton's players play seriously, at least in this season's English Championship, they will be nearly invincible.
This was verified in the following games.
In the eleventh round, they easily defeated Crystal Palace, who were fighting for relegation, in an away game. The two forwards each scored a goal. Queens Park Rangers lost to Norwich, which was originally ranked third, at home and was suddenly eliminated by Southampton.
Overtaken by one point...
Three days later, in the twelfth round, Southampton ushered in a south coast derby against Portsmouth - there was also such a derby last season, but at that time Southampton was a League One team, and Portsmouth
Southampton is a Premier League team, but now, they are both Championship teams, and Southampton is ranked first, but Portsmouth is only ranked 13th!
The encounters on the football field always make people sigh easily.
Portsmouth actually performed quite well in the FA Cup last season. They reached the final and then lost to Chelsea. In theory, they could participate in the Europa League through this channel. However, due to the new regulations, they were relegated.
The teams are not eligible for replacement, so Liverpool has been postponed to qualify for the Europa League.
Their performance in the league was a mess. They were at the bottom of the standings early and were confirmed to be relegated. After the relegation, the players also left one after another. There are not many players left in Portsmouth now.
This is also normal. Any relegated top league team, as long as their players are good, will be divided up by other teams. These players are looked down upon by the wealthy, but they are still very popular among the same relegated teams.
So the current Portsmouth is a completely new Portsmouth.
Except for Utaka and Kanu who still stayed, the other main forces had all left.
They struggled against Southampton last season, let alone this season's ebb and flow, Southampton's strength has long been beyond what Portsmouth can contend with.
Of course, derby can never be based solely on strength.
Portsmouth resisted very bravely in the away game, which made the Portsmouth fans who came from afar very happy. However, they still lost the game in the end. Southampton's Mkhitaryan, Oxlade-Chamberlain and Lang
Bert scored one goal each, and Portsmouth only relied on veteran Kanu's penalty kick to get one point back. Southampton defeated Portsmouth 3-1 at home and won two consecutive games.
In this round, Queens Park Rangers drew 0-0 with fourth-ranked Swansea in an away game. Southampton once again expanded its lead, leading its opponent by three points!
"Southampton began to accelerate, while Queens Park Rangers began to stop their soaring pace! The advantages of these two teams this season are not small, and the only suspense is who can win the final championship!"
Now that the league has played twelve rounds, Southampton has scored 31 points. According to this ratio, it is only a matter of time before the points exceed 100. Queens Park Rangers has 28 points, and Cardiff City, which ranks third, only has 2 points.
Thirteen.
The media began to discuss how many points Southampton can finally get in the British Championship. Last season's champion Newcastle United scored 102 points, but this can only rank third in the history of the British Championship. The first-ranked record is Newcastle United.
Pell led Reading in the 05-06 season. That season, this rough team scored an unprecedented 106 points. Next was Sunderland in the 1998-99 season. They scored 105 points, and the fourth was 00.
In the -01 season, Fulham scored 101 points in that season. This was the only four times that the English Championship team had more than 100 points. Manchester City ranked fifth with 99 points in the 2001-02 season.
From this perspective, it is difficult for the British Championship to get so many high points. In fact, this is also true. Most of the time, after 46 league rounds, if you get more than 80 points, you can be promoted steadily. With eight points
It is not uncommon to win the British Championship with a score in the early 10s. A team that can score over 90 is considered a super strong team!
After all, the teams in the English Championship are relatively average in strength, unlike English League One, where there are always one or two outstanding teams every year.
"It's too early to talk about the points record. After all, our performance is not enough. We will be distracted by the league and League Cup games in the next time, so we will be satisfied if we can guarantee that we are in the top two."
Ji Ya hypocritically said during the interview that the reporters would have wanted to boo him if they hadn't seen that he always enjoyed being interviewed...
In the next fourth round of the League Cup, Ji Ya sent out most of his substitutes. Their opponent was Aston Villa, an opponent who suffered a loss from Southampton in the League Cup last season. This time
They would never let Southampton go again. They took this game very seriously, and finally tied Southampton one to one in 120 minutes, and then eliminated Southampton through a penalty shootout...
The defending League Cup champions were eliminated in the fourth round.
Noriya expressed regret after the game, but everyone knew that Southampton could no longer focus on domestic cup competitions this season...
The English Championship is the most important, even more important than the Europa League - entering the Premier League means at least 30 to 40 million pounds more broadcast rights income every season. This is after several years of struggling in the English Championship.
You can’t even make money back!
In modern football, financial revenue is very important. Without money, you can't buy good players and you can't perform better.
Any rational head coach will work hard to lead the team to the Premier League.
Noriya always sent out a large number of substitutes in the previous League Cup, which also proved his tendency in this regard.
After losing the League Cup, Southampton continued to advance in the English Championship. With all their main players on the field, they defeated Derby County 2-0 at home. Derby County, currently only ranked 14th, is indeed no match for Southampton.
Queens Park Rangers continued their poor form. They were held to a one-to-one away draw by Bristol City, which had fallen to the bottom, and Southampton expanded their lead to five points in one breath!
"If this continues, will the suspense of the English Championship be over soon?" a reporter exclaimed.
"I don't think so, because even if we continue to win and expand our lead, at least there will still be competition for second place and the competition for play-off places. Look, QPR is only ahead of Cardiff.
Did Dave City score three points? The battle for first place has no impact for the time being, but the battle for second place is still very fierce."
This is what Noriya answered when asked by reporters, "Will the suspense of the English Championship end early this season?"
The Southampton fans burst into laughter at this answer. They began to think that this head coach was really bad, always trying to beat around the bush and hurting people, but they were still very happy to hear it!
