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Stuart Pearce has told talkSPORT Luke Shaw left Southampton too early and may now have to consider quitting Manchester United to kick-start his career.
The 21-year-old left-back has endured a frustrating time at Old Trafford since joining from the Saints for a fee of around £33million in 2014, with a string of injuries hampering his progress – including a double leg break which saw him sidelined for ten months.
He has come under fire from manager Jose Mourinho in recent weeks over his apparent lack of commitment and Pearce, his former England Under-21s coach, believes leaving St Mary’s as a teenager was the wrong move.
Speaking on the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast, he said: “I think he left Southampton too early.
“Another two years playing all the matches at Southampton would have done him the world of good for his development – establishing himself as a man at a smaller club before moving on, instead of moving to a big club as a boy.”
Now back fit, Shaw is still a peripheral figure at United and last week found himself the target of a remarkable public attack from Mourinho, who blasted the defender’s focus and said he was a ‘long way behind’ his team-mates.
The youngster made a surprise return for Tuesday’s Premier League clash with Everton, and made a key contribution in a 1-1 draw, yet he was still lambasted by his boss following the game, with Mourinho saying he barked out orders and ‘made every decision for him’ from the sidelines.
And, despite the player insisting he will ‘give everything’ for his United future, Pearce believes Shaw’s time at United may be up.
He added: “There’s a bit of frustration there with Mourinho, and he’s vented it… but I wonder whether it has happened privately before the public outburst. Jose’s first point of call with Luke was probably not what we’ve all seen now.
“Maybe he tried to have a little word in his ear, put an arm around the shoulder, and it’s just not worked. He might have tried all that and has thought to himself, ‘hang on son, you’re not getting the message’, and we’ve ended up with what we’ve got now.
“If it gets a reaction from Luke, and he rolls his sleeves up and says ‘I’ll show you’, then everyone’s happy.
“But if he doesn’t, and the lad thinks he isn’t loved at Manchester United, then he’s probably going to have to move clubs.”
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Southampton left it late but eventually came from behind to claim their first home win since January by beating rejuvenated Crystal Palace 3-1 on Wednesday.
Saints looked to be heading for defeat when Christian Benteke gave Palace the lead but hit back through Nathan Redmond’s controversial equaliser just before half time. Palace boss Sam Allardyce was convinced there was a foul by Steven Davis on Wilfried Zaha in the build up to Redmond’s goal, but his protests were waved away.
Two goals in the last six minutes from Maya Yoshida and James Ward-Prowse ensured Claude Puel’s men stole the points late on.
Southampton showed team spirit is high with this comeback win and they never gave up, even in the dying minutes when it would have been easy to settle for a point.
Ward-Prowse is playing the best football of his career and seems to be going from strength to strength every game.
The win virtually guarantees Southampton’s place in the Premier League for next season.
Shane Long’s confidence seems to have completely deserted him and last season’s main goal threat looks like he may never score again.
At the other end, Fraser Forster’s poor form continued and coach Claude Puel must be contemplating whether to replace him in the summer.
7 – Puel has been accused of being too defensive throughout the season but was not content with a point and ensured his players kept pressing for a winner late in the game. The decision to select Long ahead of Jay Rodriguez did not really pay off.
Player ratings (1-10; 10 = best. Players introduced after 70 minutes get no rating)
GK Fraser Forster, 5 – The England squad man once again looked a little shaky and twice kicked waywardly out of play early on. Nowhere near his best form.
DF Cedric Soares, 7 – Portuguese was lethal down the right flank and his threat helped curtail that of in-form Wilfried Zaha. Was a constant menace and his crosses caused havoc.
DF Jack Stephens, 6 – Never shirked a challenge but was bullied at times by Benteke.
DF Maya Yoshida, 7 – Can still divide the opinion of Southampton fans but made himself an unlikely hero with rare goal late on and defended well.
DF Sam McQueen, 5 – Given a daunting task in stepping into Ryan Bertrand’s shoes and will have better games in a Southampton shirt.
MF James Ward-Prowse, 7 – Is finally living up to the potential he always threatened to have and got a deserved goal. Has come of age of late.
MF Oriol Romeu, 7 – The all-action Spaniard put in a trademark battling performance and came close to scoring.
MF Nathan Redmond, 8 – Southampton’s main outlet and never stopped running down left flank. Gave Joel Ward difficult evening with a goal and an assist for Yoshida.
MF Dusan Tadic, 6 – Serbian was busy and constant threat without producing too much in the way of end product.
MF Steven Davis, 7 – Inspired performance and somehow denied by Mamadou Sakho and Damien Delaney late on before Yoshida’s goal.
FW Shane Long, 6 – Luckless in front of goal but never stopped grafting from the first to the last kick.
MF Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, 5 – Only given three minutes.
FW Jay Rodriguez, 5 – Came on too late to make an impact.
Alex Crook is ESPN FC’s Southampton blogger. Follow him on Twitter @alex_crook
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Stuart Pearce has told talkSPORT Luke Shaw left Southampton too early and may now have to consider quitting Manchester United to kick-start his career.
The 21-year-old left-back has endured a frustrating time at Old Trafford since joining from the Saints for a fee of around £33million in 2014, with a string of injuries hampering his progress – including a double leg break which saw him sidelined for ten months.
He has come under fire from manager Jose Mourinho in recent weeks over his apparent lack of commitment and Pearce, his former England Under-21s coach, believes leaving St Mary’s as a teenager was the wrong move.
Speaking on the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast, he said: “I think he left Southampton too early.
“Another two years playing all the matches at Southampton would have done him the world of good for his development – establishing himself as a man at a smaller club before moving on, instead of moving to a big club as a boy.”
Now back fit, Shaw is still a peripheral figure at United and last week found himself the target of a remarkable public attack from Mourinho, who blasted the defender’s focus and said he was a ‘long way behind’ his team-mates.
The youngster made a surprise return for Tuesday’s Premier League clash with Everton, and made a key contribution in a 1-1 draw, yet he was still lambasted by his boss following the game, with Mourinho saying he barked out orders and ‘made every decision for him’ from the sidelines.
And, despite the player insisting he will ‘give everything’ for his United future, Pearce believes Shaw’s time at United may be up.
He added: “There’s a bit of frustration there with Mourinho, and he’s vented it… but I wonder whether it has happened privately before the public outburst. Jose’s first point of call with Luke was probably not what we’ve all seen now.
“Maybe he tried to have a little word in his ear, put an arm around the shoulder, and it’s just not worked. He might have tried all that and has thought to himself, ‘hang on son, you’re not getting the message’, and we’ve ended up with what we’ve got now.
“If it gets a reaction from Luke, and he rolls his sleeves up and says ‘I’ll show you’, then everyone’s happy.
“But if he doesn’t, and the lad thinks he isn’t loved at Manchester United, then he’s probably going to have to move clubs.”
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A round of midweek action has passed in the Premier League, bringing with it welcome respite for Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger but Liverpool and Manchester United recorded frustrating draws at home.
Antonio Conte’s Chelsea returned to winning ways with a crucial victory over Manchester City, while Tottenham kept the gap at seven points with a late, late show at Swansea.
Sportsmail’s RALPH ELLIS sifted through all the midweek matches to deliver 10 things we learned.
- Quite why Pep Guardiola chose to bomb out Joe Hart at the start of this season remains a mystery but it is a decision that has cost Manchester City dearly.
Willy Caballero might have done better for both of Chelsea’s goals in the pivotal 2-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge which leaves City not even sure of a top four finish.
Caballero has made just 1.7 saves per match this season, the joint second lowest alongside Fraser Forster, while £15.4m signing Claudio Bravo is bottom of the list on 1.3 saves per match. Hart, meanwhile, has made 3.2 saves per match in Italy on loan at Torino.
- The mentality that Mauricio Pochettino has installed into Tottenham’s players was shown in the way they reacted to Dele Alli’s 88th minute equaliser at Swansea.
The young England star appeared to have snatched a point at the end in front of the travelling fans but instead of celebrating he went straight back to the half way line with the aim of chasing a winner and encouraged his team mates to do the same.
Spurs now have 65 points, only five less than they collected in the whole of last season but with eight games still to play.
- Losing Sadio Mane for the rest of the season would be a huge blow for Liverpool as they try to cling on to a Champions League place. The Senegal international had to sit out the 2-2 draw with Bournemouth after damaging a knee during the win over Everton.
In five Premier League games without him starting Jurgen Klopp’s side have drawn three and lost two. In all competitions without him Liverpool have won three, drawn four and lost five.
- Have Manchester United fans stop believing in the traditional magic of Fergie time? You’d have to think so by the number of empty seats as the final whistle approached against Everton.
United were pressing for an equaliser to Phil Jagielka’s first half goal, and had even had a Zlatan Ibrahimovic header controversially disallowed.
But by the time the giant Swede converted the 94th minute penalty that earned a point large numbers of the home supporters had already left the stadium.
- Match of the Day quite rightly flagged up the progress made by James Ward-Prowse this season.
Southampton boss Claude Puel was clearly not convinced by the England Under 21 captain at the start of the campaign, not picking him to start a Premier League game until November.
But since then he’s been a regular – and after getting the third goal in the 3-1 win over Crystal Palace has scored more league goals this season (4) than in his previous four campaigns put together.
- Time was when most top players would slog through every game of their club’s season, but not any longer.
When Gareth McAuley was subbed by West Brom at Watford on Tuesday night it meant not a single player has appeared in every minute of every match in all competitions for a Premier League club this season.
- Burnley winger Ashley Barnes caused Stoke all sorts of problems when he was brought on as a late sub to see out the 1-0 win that took Sean Dyche’s side close to Premier League survival.
He was only on the field 12 minutes after replacing striker Andre Gray, but in that time won four free kicks.
- Manchester United’s promising young keeper Sam Johnstone endured a tough time in his first month or so on loan at Aston Villa and many questioned whether he was up to the challenge of regular Championship football.
But the 24-year-old has upped his game with the encouragement of Steve Bruce, and Villa’s 1-0 win over QPR meant he has now kept seven clean sheets in eight matches.
- If Leicester find themselves selling Riyad Mahrez this summer they not only have Demarai Gray waiting to replace him but another hugely promising winger in 19-year-old Harvey Barnes.
The son of former York and Burnley striker Paul, he’s attracting rave reviews after going out on loan to MK Dons.
Young Barnes, who made a cameo appearance in the Champions League against Porto earlier in the season, now has five goals in 13 starts after scoring in the 2-0 win at Charlton.
- Young players can sometimes get lost at clubs that are going through hard times, and that was definitely the case for promising central defender Michael Ihiekwe when Wolves let him go in 2014.
Born in Liverpool, he’s since put his career back together at Tranmere and with his contract up this summer is being watched by several Championship clubs.
They would have been impressed seeing the 24-year-old score twice in the 3-2 win over Sutton that moved Tranmere level on points with Lincoln at the top of the Vanarama National League.
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Premier League 2016/17 table: Super Computer predicts end of season final places *April update*
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How will the Premier League table look in May? Here, talkSPORT feeds the data into our super computer and, just for fun, reveals the predicted 1-20.
And what does that data show? It’s still tight at the bottom, especially with Crystal Palace winning games as West Ham go on a bad run.
Up top, Chelsea don’t look like surrendering their lead just yet – despite losing to the Eagles last weekend - and, at the time of writing, are seven points clear of Tottenham.
Of course, no one can say for sure what the final table will be, but it’s certainly fun to predict!
Scroll through the gallery to see the Premier League Super Computer predictions in full and let talkSPORT know who you think will make up the top six and who will suffer relegation…
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Tottenham midfielder Christian Eriksen has topped the Power Rankings this week.
The Dane sealed Spurs’ remarkable stoppage-time comeback against Swansea on Wednesday, scoring their third goal in six minutes to win 3-1.
Team-mate Dele Alli (No 4, up eight places) scored the equaliser with two minutes of normal time remaining before Heung-Min Son (No 25, up 43 places) put Tottenham ahead in the 91st minute and Eriksen made it three in the 94th.
Six Leicester players made the top 10 after the Foxes continued their incredible reversal in form with a 2-0 win over Sunderland on Tuesday - their fifth successive league victory under Craig Shakespeare.
Jamie Vardy (No 2, up two places) narrowly missed top spot after scoring his fifth league goal in as many games, while Riyad Mahrez (No 5, no move), Wilfred Ndidi (No 6, down four places), Kasper Schmeichel (No 7, up 14 places), Robert Huth (No 9, up four places) and Danny Simpson (No 10, up one place) were all among the top performers.
Bournemouth’s Josh King maintained his presence in the top three for a fourth consecutive matchday, scoring a late equaliser during the Cherries’ 2-2 draw at Liverpool on Wednesday.
Benik Afobe (No 30, up 15 places) had given Bournemouth an early lead but Reds midfielder Philippe Coutinho (No 8, no move) levelled the scores and Divock Origi (No 11, up 11 places) put Liverpool ahead before King secured a point.
The Power Rankings methodology reflects a player’s performance by awarding points to players for 32 different matchday stats.
Below, we present this week’s Power Rankings, your club’s top points scorer and the accumulative season rankings.
The Sky Sports Power Rankings will be updated every Tuesday during the season, so be sure to keep an eye on the big movers…
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Saints overcame Christian Benteke’s opener, as Nathan Redmond equalised before the break, before Maya Yoshida and James Ward-Prowse both struck late on to seal a thoroughly-deserved victory.
It looked for a long time as if the hosts would be frustrated, as they could not turn their dominance into a decisive goal, but they produced a stirring end to the night to march back into the top half of the Premier League.
Claude Puel made two changes from the side that drew 0-0 with Bournemouth at the weekend, as Sam McQueen and Shane Long came in, with Jay Rodriguez moving back to the bench and Ryan Bertrand dropping out of the squad.
Saints might have finished with their backs against the wall last Saturday against the Cherries, but they were on the front foot right from the off on this occasion.
They were inches from taking the lead inside the first minute, when Redmond released Long down the inside-left channel, and he sent a low shot across goal that flashed agonisingly wide of the post.
Saints were getting into good positions down the flanks on a regular basis, with Palace twice having to scramble clear, as Cédric and then Dušan Tadić sent in dangerous low deliveries after finding space.
An excellent opportunity then presented itself to Long in the tenth minute, as Cédric put in a stunning tackle at right-back, which allowed Ward-Prowse to whip a glorious ball in behind from the halfway line.
Mamadou Sakho stretched to meet it, but only sent it into the striker’s path, but he miscued his right-footed shot across goal.
Palace didn’t necessarily look like a side who had won their last four, but they issued a timely reminder of their undoubted threat moments later, as Luka Milivojević curled a free-kick from just outside the area around the wall and off the base of the post.
Undeterred, though, Saints went back up the other end, with Redmond forcing Eagles keeper Wayne Hennessey to tip his header round the post after rising to meet Cédric’s cross in the 21st minute.
Still, Palace remained menacing on the counter, and only a superb Oriol Romeu block denied Wilfried Zaha from firing them ahead in the 27th minute, as he deflected his strike from just inside the area over the bar.
There was no denying the visitors four minutes later, however, as Zaha danced past a few challenges and slipped the ball to Puncheon 20 yards out. He slid Andros Townsend in down the right and his square ball was turned in by Benteke to put Palace 1-0 up.
Saints felt they should have had the opportunity to level matters five minutes from the interval, when Tadić attempted to flick the ball past Jeffrey Schlupp, only for the defender to knock the ball clear with his arm from just inside the area. While the home side appealed determinedly, referee Roger East waved the shouts away.
Two minutes later, he turned down another appeal, as Long was knocked down under a Milivojević challenge. Again, East was unmoved.
However, Saints didn’t have to wait long for the equaliser as Steven Davis whipped in a cross in the final minute of the half, with the ball falling to Redmond at the back post, and he chested down and fired low into the far corner to send the teams in level at half-time.
This time, it was Palace who were aggrieved with the officials, as they felt Davis had fouled Zaha out on the right to win the ball before delivering the ball into the area, but the goal stood.
Saints were a whisker away from a second within five minutes of the restart, as Redmond got to the byline and cut the ball back to Ward-Prowse, who was denied by a brilliant Sakho block, with Cédric then fizzing a left-footed strike inches wide from the rebound.
Puel’s men then went close again shortly after, as Tadić’s beautifully-weighted pass slipped in Long, who lifted the ball over Hennessey, but also over the bar.
Despite Saints’ dominance, there was always a concern Palace could punish them if they didn’t translate it into a goal, and they so nearly did just that when Martin Kelly spun and lashed a shot against the post from a Benteke knock-down on 65 minutes.
Seconds later, Saints themselves had a golden opportunity to edge in front, as Tadić again played in Long, but Hennessey denied him one-on-one.
The home side was pushing and pushing, with Hennessey denying both Romeu and then Yoshida as the game ticked into the final 15 minutes.
Saints looked almost certain to go in front with ten minutes left when Tadić got to the byline and picked out Davis, but his low strike was somehow blocked inside the six-yard box by Sakho, before Damien Delaney flung himself in the way of the rebound and diverted it wide.
By this point, there was a feeling that the goal would never come, but Saints eventually got what they deserved when Redmond burst to the byline and cut the ball back to Jack Stephens. He couldn’t direct his shot in target, but the ball squirmed across the face of goal and right into the path of Yoshida, who slammed home to make it 2-1.
Any hopes of a nervous conclusion were immediately dispelled, as Puel’s side made it 3-1 moments later. This time, Cédric was played in down the right and he picked out Ward-Prowse to slam home the third from close range and cap a fantastic night at St Mary’s.
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Southampton’s win against Crystal Palace moved them up to ninth, but manager Claude Puel insists he wants to finish the season even higher in the Premier League.
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CLAUDE Puel is sweating on the fitness of several of his Saints stars ahead of Saturday’s match against West Brom.
In-form striker Manolo Gabbiadini remains a doubt with a groin problem, while Steven Davis, Ryan Bertrand and Sofiane Boufal may also miss the trip to The Hawthorns through injury.
Captain Davis injured his ankle in last night’s win over Crystal Palace, while Bertrand was sidelined for the 3-1 triumph with a hamstring issue along with Boufal, who was missing due to a muscle problem he picked up in training.
Additionally, Saints are without defensive midfielder Oriol Romeu at West Brom - and the following game against Manchester City, due to suspension.
“Romeu is suspended and we will see with Davis if he can play with his ankle injury yesterday,” Puel said.
"I don’t know if Gabbiadini can participate with the squad for this game, but we will see this soon.
"It’s difficult to prepare this game, but the result against Palace can give us a good confidence.”
On Gabbiadini, who has scored six goals in five appearances for Saints since his £14.6m arrival in January, Puel added: "I don’t know yet, I cannot speak with the doctor for the moment.
“We will see with the training session with Gabbiadini, Bertrand, Davis, Boufal – all these player I don’t know for the moment.”
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Stat Pack: West Brom vs Saints
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West Brom have failed to score in five of their last seven Premier League games against Southampton.
Southampton have only once before lost both Premier League games against the Baggies in the same season (2012/13).
Saints have only scored once in the Premier League at the Hawthorns – a 90th minute penalty converted by Rickie Lambert in August 2013 to win 1-0.
West Brom have won 29 points from their 15 home games this season; their joint-best return at this stage of a Premier League season alongside 2012/13.
Indeed, the Baggies have won eight and lost two of their last 10 Premier League matches at the Hawthorns.
Saints have won two of their last three away games in the Premier League (L1), the same total they’d won in the previous 12 combined.
Tony Pulis’ side have scored 27 goals at home so far this campaign; only in 2012/13 (32) and 2010/11 (30) have West Brom netted more at the Hawthorns in a Premier League season.
West Brom have lost three of their last five Premier League matches (W1 D1 L3), this after previously going on a run of eight league games with just one defeat (W5 D2 L1).
The Baggies’ next home defeat will be their 600th in league football. Only one side has lost 600+ home games within the top four tiers of English league football since 1888 and that’s Notts County (633).
James Ward-Prowse has scored more Premier League goals in 2016-17 (4) than in his previous four seasons combined (3).
Nathan Redmond has scored six Premier League goals this season; his joint-best return in a top-flight season (also 2015/16).
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