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Southampton FC - (southamptonfc) on 02/01/2016

2016 starts in disappointment for #SaintsFC. #WeMarchOn ( Norwich City Football Club )

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Summary of Saints’ focussed Twitter users: 02/01/2016 18:45:46

| Adam Bridge @abridge75 | @alex_crook don’t work like that…it’s all your fault his attitude stinks and he wants to join Man U!!2 minutes ago |
| Liam Blackburn @liamblackburn | Ben Watson enjoys corners against Manchester City…#wafc3 minutes ago |
| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | Watch @RonaldKoeman’s frank interview following #SaintsFC’s defeat at #NCFC – http://youtu.be/Qr0H7Sw9wvs https://grabyo.com/g/v/RMUT4MmISJu21 minutes ago |
| Alex Goring Crook @alex_crook | @bswatridge United are desperate for a bit of pace and dynamism so would tolerate the baggage IMO29 minutes ago |
| Alex Goring Crook @alex_crook | @DTibot if you are agreeing with me I may as well pack up and go home.29 minutes ago |
| Ronald Koeman @RonaldKoeman | I tried to explain why I am angry after this defeat! This is not the discipline what we like in the Club to be successful!38 minutes ago |
| Alex Goring Crook @alex_crook | My #saintsfc blog from last week for those who haven’t seen it. Seems even more relevant tonight http://www.espnfc.com/club/southampton/376/blog/post/2775994/southampton-must-match-koeman-ambition-risk-going-backward34 minutes ago |
| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | #SaintsFC boss @RonaldKoeman unhappy with individual errors after #NCFC loss – http://sfcne.ws/RKPostNCFCA https://t.co/TOBAUxkFmT37 minutes ago |
| Adam Leitch @adamleitchsport | Koeman was asked if Mane behavior transfer window related. He said: "Maybe. I don’t know. Ask him really why. Ask him why. I don’t know."40 minutes ago |
| Alex Goring Crook @alex_crook | Also any #saintsfc fans suggesting Koeman position should be in doubt, behave. He has worked wonders with one hand tied behind his back.42 minutes ago |
| Alex Goring Crook @alex_crook | @MattSkinner80 it actually shouldn’t do him any favours with his suitorsan hour ago |
| talkSPORTDrive @talkSPORTDrive | @alex_crook it’s your fault he didn’t turn up. Seriously, all your fault,an hour ago |
| Alex Goring Crook @alex_crook | @harrydunn999 I agree. Said the other day it was no coincidence that was his best performance of the season.an hour ago |
| Adam Blackmore @bigadamsport | #saintsfc Koeman on Mane: "So close to a game you expect players to be focussed for the club, the fans & team-mates."an hour ago |
| Alex Goring Crook @alex_crook | Also #saintsfc fans angry with me for suggesting Mane poor professionalism could be linked to transfer window how about being mad at him?an hour ago |
| Alex Goring Crook @alex_crook | @ManLikeGranty I agree.an hour ago |
| simon leason @simon_leason | @alex_crook I think fans should worry more about WHY players want to leave the club… No other PL club has this problem.an hour ago |

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Mane dropped and Wanyama sent off. A bad day for #saintsfc, but a good one for #ncfc.http://bbc.in/1JOpG7p https://t.co/sJ86bGut5L

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Summary of Saints’ focussed Twitter users: 02/01/2016 17:44:26

| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | FULL TIME: #NCFC 1-0 #SaintsFC Alex Tettey’s second-half goal condemns the visitors to defeat at Carrow Road. https://t.co/UmdwtheEiPan hour ago |
| Steve Grant @SteveGrant1983 | @bigadamsport Problem with Vic is that he doesn’t need telling, he knows. Looked like he knew exactly what he was doing.14 minutes ago |
| Jason Deabill @incongruousm | Think about this for a moment: I find myself leaving a match where Mark Clattenburg wasn’t the biggest idiot on the pitch. #saintsfc28 minutes ago |
| Alex Goring Crook @alex_crook | Great point for #afcb another worrying defeat for #saintsfc despite what he has said think Koeman needs to bring in a couple this month.36 minutes ago |
| Alex Goring Crook @alex_crook | Worry for #swans is lack of a goal threat and strikers are hard to come by in January38 minutes ago |
| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | Here’s our report on ten-man #SaintsFC being beaten by #NCFC at Carrow Road – http://sfcne.ws/ReportNCFCA https://t.co/kAthPcTyj441 minutes ago |
| Fresh Saints @FreshSaints | Reed would certainly add the extra passion and intensity needed in the midfield. More than able on the ball too, unlike Wanyama #Saintsfc43 minutes ago |
| Fresh Saints @FreshSaints | With his poor current form and mind clearly elsewhere, I have no idea why Reed isn’t starting ahead of Wanyama #Saintsfc43 minutes ago |
| ami ford @amifordd | only Southampton can smash Arsenal 4-0 and then lose to West Ham and Norwich in the space of a weekan hour ago |
| Alex Goring Crook @alex_crook | Much better game 2nd half. Martial and Young superb for #mufc lovely winner from Rooney. Fabianski almost scored for #swans late on.an hour ago |
| Le Football Est Part @DictatePlay | A poor performance every now & then can be pinned on the players. But we’ve looked lacklustre for months. Has to be more than the players?an hour ago |
| talkSAINTS @talkSAINTS | 4Points out of a possible 24, dismal. This is not Southampton Football Club. #Saintsfc https://t.co/Pyt9ZcQjy8an hour ago |
| Simon Peach @SimonPeach | Indiscipline costs #SaintsFC at #NCFC as Sadio Mane benched for rocking up late to a team meeting & Victor Wanyama sent offan hour ago |
| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | FT: #NCFC’s winner came after @VictorWanyama had been sent off for two bookable offences. Report and reaction to come. #saintsfc [1-0] an hour ago |
| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | FULL TIME: #NCFC 1-0 #SaintsFC Alex Tettey’s second-half goal condemns the visitors to defeat at Carrow Road. https://t.co/UmdwtheEiPan hour ago |
| Fresh Saints @FreshSaints | He’s been placed in goal after all three substitutes had been used. Unlucky Macca, you went the right way #Saintsfc https://t.co/LNhXMftjiEan hour ago |
| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | 90: Three minutes of added time. Can #SaintsFC find an equaliser? COYR! [1-0] an hour ago |
| Fresh Saints @FreshSaints | In other news, I’m at Wycombe where Jason McCarthy is going in goal. Yes, you read that correctly #Saintsfcan hour ago |

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FT: Aston Villa are in the sh*t.#AFC 1-0 #NUFC#LCFC 0-0 #AFCB#MUFC 2-1 #Swans#NCFC 1-0 #SaintsFC#SAFC 3-1 #AVFC#WBA 2-1 #SCFC

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FULL TIME: #NCFC 1-0 #SaintsFCAlex Tettey’s second-half goal condemns the visitors to defeat at Carrow Road. https://t.co/UmdwtheEiP

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Summary of Saints’ focussed Twitter users: 02/01/2016 16:42:18

| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | #SaintsFC boss @RonaldKoeman explains why Sadio Mané has been benched for today’s clash with #NCFC – https://t.co/lveIcZuIRw2 hours ago |
| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | 81: Now it’s a double change for #NCFC. Mbokani and Hoolahan come off. Cameron Jerome and Martin Olsson are on. #saintsfc [1-0] 5 minutes ago |
| talkSAINTS @talkSAINTS | What an extremely poor season this has turned into, thrown away Europa League, Capital One Cup and pretty much the Premier League. #Saintsfc7 minutes ago |
| talkSAINTS @talkSAINTS | Oh, Sadio is coming on, little too late. 1Man down & 1Goal down now. Ffs Koeman. #Saintsfc6 minutes ago |
| talkSAINTS @talkSAINTS | What an extremely poor season this has turned into, thrown away Europa League, Capital One Cup and pretty much the Premier League. #Saintsfc7 minutes ago |
| Oscar Easton @Ozzyeaston | Pathetic #saintsfc9 minutes ago |
| talkSAINTS @talkSAINTS | Tetty smacks it top left, going to be hard to comeback with only 10Men on the field. 1-0 #Saintsfc9 minutes ago |
| talkSAINTS @talkSAINTS | Tetty smacks it top left, going to be hard to comeback with only 10Men on the field. 1-0 #Saintsfc9 minutes ago |
| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | GOAL: #NCFC 1-0 #SaintsFC (Alex Tettey 76) Odjidja-Ofoe cuts the ball back for Tettey and he finds the top corner from 18 yards.10 minutes ago |
| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | 74: Superb defending from @VirgilvDijk. He races out to block a volley from Hoolahan. #saintsfc [0-0] 12 minutes ago |
| talkSAINTS @talkSAINTS | Brilliant :slight_smile: Down to 10Men, Wanyama flying in. #Saintsfc12 minutes ago |
| Steve Grant @SteveGrant1983 | What the actual fuck was that, Wanyama, you twat?! #saintsfc13 minutes ago |
| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | 73: Red card for @VictorWanyama! He picks up a second booking for a foul on Odjidja-Ofoe. #saintsfc [0-0] 13 minutes ago |
| Simon Peach @SimonPeach | @gazza_burns Summer, yes. This month? Doubt it13 minutes ago |
| Simon Peach @SimonPeach | @MufcJ @mullaC True, bit like United’s defending :wink:14 minutes ago |
| Simon Peach @SimonPeach | @gazza_burns Late to team meeting15 minutes ago |
| Beef&Beer&Jesus @mullaC | @SimonPeach Show me*17 minutes ago |
| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | 68: Tadić can’t keep his shot down after latching on to a long ball over the top from Stekelenburg. #saintsfc [0-0] 19 minutes ago |

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GOAL! #NCFC 1-0 #Saintsfc Tettey guides a fine finish into the roof of the net http://bbc.in/1YVFyvG

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GOAL: #NCFC 1-0 #SaintsFC (Alex Tettey 76) Odjidja-Ofoe cuts the ball back for Tettey and he finds the top corner from 18 yards.

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Red card. Wanyama gets his second booking of the day and he’s off.#ncfc 0-0 #saintsfchttp://bbc.in/1YVFyvG

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Virgil van Dijk battles for the ball during a fiercely-contested, entertaining yet goalless first half at Carrow Road. #saintsfc ( Norwich City Football Club )

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HALF TIME: #NCFC 0-0 #SaintsFCAn entertaining game at Carrow Road, but it’s goalless at the break. https://t.co/TCd3dqfAtr

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@Squawka - Squawka Football

Premier League HT scores#Arsenal 0-0 #NUFC#LCFC 0-0 #AFCB#MUFC 0-0 #Swans NCFC 0-0 #saintsfc#SAFC 1-0 #AVFC#WBA 0-0 #SCFCThrilling

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Summary of Saints’ focussed Twitter users: 02/01/2016 15:41:25

| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | The teams are in! Here’s how #SaintsFC, who make two changes, will line up against #NCFC this afternoon – https://t.co/TzlPYLNiHy2 hours ago |
| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | 39: Wes Hoolahan loops an effort over the bar after picking up Maarten Stekelenburg’s punch clear. #saintsfc [0-0] 2 minutes ago |
| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | It has been a good battle between #SaintsFC’s @VirgilvDijk and #NCFC’s Dieumerci Mbokani so far – https://t.co/DsyT3bHmTS3 minutes ago |
| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | 37: @VirgilvDijk heads wide of the target after meeting @Prowsey16’s corner. #saintsfc [0-0] 4 minutes ago |
| talkSAINTS @talkSAINTS | Imagine if Shane Long was clinical… #Saintsfc5 minutes ago |
| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | 35: @VictorWanyama is booked for a late tackle on Nathan Redmond. #saintsfc [0-0] 7 minutes ago |
| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | 33: Rudd is there to deny @ShaneLong7 again after he headed @ryanbertrand3’s corner towards goal. #saintsfc [0-0] 9 minutes ago |
| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | 32: @ShaneLong7 is denied by Rudd after being played through by @CucoMartina. #saintsfc [0-0] 10 minutes ago |
| talkSAINTS @talkSAINTS | Very poor defending so far, need to stop letting Norwich run at us. #Saintsfc10 minutes ago |
| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | 30: #NCFC’s Dieumerci Mbokani pokes the ball just wide at the near post from Russell Martin’s cross. #saintsfc [0-0] 11 minutes ago |
| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | 29: @ryanbertrand3 volleys wide after collecting a brilliant pass from @JordyClasie. #saintsfc [0-0] 12 minutes ago |
| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | 26: @Prowsey16’s free-kick is just too high for @VirgilvDijk at the back post. #saintsfc [0-0] 15 minutes ago |
| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | Here’s that strike from #SaintsFC’s Steven Davis that was well blocked by #NCFC’s Ryan Bennett early on – https://t.co/88kSi6O13U17 minutes ago |
| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | 21: #NCFC look to capitalise on a loose pass defensively from #SaintsFC, but Howson’s cross evades everyone in the box. [0-0] 20 minutes ago |
| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | 12: @Prowsey16 volleys straight at Rudd after excellent work from Tadić and @ryanbertrand3. #saintsfc [0-0] 29 minutes ago |
| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | 11: Jonny Howson fires wide after getting beyond José Fonte. Good chance for #NCFC. #saintsfc [0-0] 31 minutes ago |
| Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC | 9: @VictorWanyama curls a shot over the bar after running onto a pass from @ShaneLong7. #saintsfc [0-0] 32 minutes ago |
| OptaJohan @OptaJohan | 69.6% - Virgil van Dijk (69.6% of duels won) has the highest duel win percentage of all players with 140+ duels this PL season. Behemoth.4 days ago |

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Southampton FC - (southamptonfc) on 02/01/2016

Shane Long holds up the ball at Carrow Road. #saintsfc ( Norwich City Football Club )

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@kpsundayworld - Kevin Palmer

Sadio Mane left out of the Southampton side today…transfer speculation has affected him in recent weeks. Now this #saintsfc #MUFC

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Southampton FC - (southamptonfc) on 02/01/2016

Ronald Koeman surveys the scene at Carrow Road. #saintsfc ( Norwich City Football Club )

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@SouthamptonFC - Southampton FC

Get all the team news from Carrow Road, where #SaintsFC have made two changes for the game against #NCFChttps://grabyo.com/g/v/trYk7KFqKJO

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Southampton FC - (southamptonfc) on 02/01/2016

@prowsey16 returns to the #SaintsFC team for today’s clash with #NCFC in one of two changes from Monday’s loss at #WHUFC. @jordyclasie also starts. ( Norwich City Football Club )

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