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Saints are so far worse off at home than in their relegation season

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SAINTS have made one of their worst home starts in Premier League history – and in 16 years at St Mary’s, ahead of Everton’s visit on Sunday.

Mauricio Pellegrino’s under pressure team are already a point worse off at home than the Premier League relegation campaign of 2004/05, when they collected nine points from their opening seven games at St Mary’s.

Anything other than a win against the managerless Toffees on Sunday will see them continue to lag behind the home points tally of that fateful term.

So far, Saints have eight points – that’s three defeats, two wins and two draws – from seven games in front of their own support, despite a favourable fixture list.

You have to go all the way back to 2001/02 – Saints’ first campaign at St Mary’s – to find a poorer start to a Premier League season. That term they got seven points from their first seven matches at home, eventually finishing 11th.

Overall, they have not made such a poor start to life at home since the Championship season of 2008/09 – nine years ago – when the club were spiralling ever deeper into financial crisis with the team suffering badly as a result.

Under Dutch duo Jan Poortvliet and Mark Wotte Saints chalked up just six points from seven matches at St Mary’s as the team struggled to make an impact and were eventually relegated to League One.

In all, during the Premier League era (not that football began then), Saints have only ever made three worse starts to a season at home at this point.

The worst of those came in 1998/99, when Saints tallied just five points from seven games. After that, is the above mentioned 2008/09 campaign and following that is the disastrous start to life at St Mary’s in 2001/02.

This is Saints’ poorest opening at home of this recent top-flight era and seldom have they scored fewer goals either.

It’s little wonder then that the St Mary’s faithful have started to turn, airing their discontent on several occasions this term as Saints struggled to progress under Pellegrino.

Their disquiet was cranked up a notch last time Saints were home, when Pellegrino’s strugglers lost to Burnley. That day the boo boys were out in force.

Saints now welcome the Toffees to St Mary’s and know that anything but a win will do if they are to avoid being dragged down the top-flight further. They are currently four points from the bottom three.

After one win in seven matches and back-to-back Premier League defeats, there has finally been recognition by the team that they are in a fight and need to pull together.

Cedric Soares expressed this in the Daily Echo on Monday. He said: “In these moments you need to come together and fight for it.”

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Latest away day mascot competition open

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Junior Season Ticket holders and Junior Members – including any new ones – could be walking out with the first-team in the trips to Chelsea, on Saturday 16th December, Tottenham, on Boxing Day, or Manchester United, on Saturday 30th December.

All you need to do for a chance to win is fill out our online application form and you will be entered into the draw, with one lucky youngster being picked at random for each of the matches.

The draw is open to Junior Season Ticket holders and Junior Members, aged five to 14, although ages at each away club do vary.

Each winner will receive one free adult and one free junior ticket to the match, as well as an away kit to wear on the day.

If your child is not already a Junior Member, they can sign up here, with each youngster receiving an enhanced membership pack this season, including free gifts and a fixture poster, and exclusive mailings throughout the campaign

Don’t forget as well that all Junior Season Ticket holders and Junior Members are automatically entered into the draw to become mascots at each of our home games.

Please be sure to enter the details of your child, and not your own details, in the below form:

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Ticket details for #SaintsFC’s visit to #MUFC in December have been confirmed: https://cards.twitter.com/cards/rh0us/51xq2

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Ticket Information: Saints vs Crystal Palace

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Saints face Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Tuesday 2nd January (7.45pm). Ticket information is as follows:

Become an Official Member and get priority access on tickets to each and every home match. Adult Members will also now benefit from £5 off two Premier League fixtures whilst Junior Members will receive enhanced Welcome Packs with free gifts. Find out more about Official Membership here.

The only way to secure your seat for the final nine home games of the season! Prices start from just £50 for Under-11s and £149 for Under-18s. Find out more about 2017/18 Half Season Tickets here.

For certain fixtures, groups of 20 or more can make savings. Find out more and enquire here.

Making a weekend of it? Book your ticket and hotel break via Thomas Cook Sport. Find out more and book online at thomascooksport.com

Tickets are restricted to one per Supporter Number. Fans can purchase more than one ticket in each transaction by linking other eligible accounts with theirs using our friends and family function.

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To celebrate, here’s a #SaintsFC no.7⃣ special lock screen! #WallpaperWednesday

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Liverpool needed to sign Keita and Van Dijk, Klopp knows Reds have problems - Barnes

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RB Leipzig star Keita will join Liverpool next summer after agreeing a fee before this season. However, Van Dijk’s future is up in the air, with the Southampton defender still keen to move to Anfield. Liverpool have had a rough week after letting a three-goal lead slip against Sevilla in the Champions League last night. And Barnes says Jurgen Klopp knows the Reds have defensive problems, claiming Keita and Van Dijk would help the situation. “I think it’s down to a lot of individual errors and the way we defend as a team,” Barnes told talkSPORT.

“Jurgen knows we have a problem defensively” “We’re a very attacking team and Jurgen Klopp has got to get the balance right. “When you look at the players he tried to get, Virgil van Dijk [who they failed to sign from Southampton] and Naby Keita [who will join the Reds next summer], it’s not just about our defence, it’s about the way we defend as a team. “In midfield we haven’t got any real specialist defensive midfield player, and while Keita isn’t that exactly, he does defend well.

“Had those two players come in in the summer, it would have helped us defensively, and because we didn’t get those players, what people wanted to do is to go and spend £60m on a defensive midfielder and a another centre-back. “But if he feels he is going to get those two players next year, why would he waste £60m or £70m just for the sake of it? We’re still four points off second-place! “Jurgen knows we have a problem defensively, he knows what that problem is and he understands the problem and I’m sure he will rectify it.”

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We’ll be live shortly from St Mary’s for @SFC_Foundation’s #AGameOfTwoHalves show! #saintsfc

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Summary of non-mainstream articles: 22/11/2017 20:05:09

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Lambert set for St Mary’s return tonight

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SAINTS legend Rickie Lambert will be returning to St Mary’s tonight to join fellow club icons in taking on current first-team players in a quiz night.

The ‘A Game of Two Halves’ event, organised by the Saints Foundation, takes place at St Mary’s this evening from 7pm - and tickets are still available.

Kelvin Davis and Kenzie Benali will be hosting the event.

Charlie Austin will be team captain for the ‘Superstars’ team, which will also feature club captain Steven Davis, Jack Stephens and Matt Targett, while opposition captain Matt Le Tissier’s ‘Legends’ side will be made up of four ex-Saints players - including Francis Benali, Lambert and Dean Hammond.

The teams will go head-to-head in a range of challenges and question rounds.

All proceeds made on the night will go towards supporting Saints Foundation.

Tickets can be purchased from agameoftwohalves17.eventbrite.co.uk

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Summary of non-mainstream articles: 22/11/2017 21:05:48

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