Burnley
Posted in2021-2022-Season Daily News

#PLStories- Mike Jackson believes Burnley need to learn lesson after Aston Villa Clash #AVFC #BURNLEYFC

May 20, 2022
MIKE Jackson hopes Burnley can show the lessons they learned from their recent meeting with Aston Villa when they head to Birmingham for tonight's crucial clash. Unusually, both the league meetings between the clubs are taking place inside a fortnight, and the Clarets will need to put in a better performance than in their 3-1 home loss if they are to pick up the point they need to climb out of the relegation zone. “I can’t say too much about it, but we learned a lot as a group,” said interim boss Jackson. “I learned a lot as well about myself regarding what the game was and what the game was asking. “We know that now. We knew that on the day but you learn these little things afterwards sometimes. In the moment they don’t go the way you want them to go so you pick the bones out of it. “There’s things we know we could have done better on the day but we still created chances. So take the good out of what we did but be a bit more wary.” Jackson is hoping some of his injured players will be fit in time for either this match or Sunday’s final game of the season against Newcastle. That will not include either midfielder Ashley Westwood or striker Matej Vydra, with both sidelined for a number of months. Vydra recently underwent surgery for a cruciate ligament injury but, like Westwood and captain-turned-coach Ben Mee, has continued to help out where he can. Jackson said: “Everybody in the whole place is trying to do their bit and, for them to see their mate coming in, hobbling around, everyone’s all in on it. That’s a big strength. “For me that is everything, having them around. They are big characters and players so, even if they are not involved, when the group sees them, it keeps them at ease and they know they are with them and they can lean on them.” If Burnley are to escape relegation, they are likely to need two big performances from goalkeeper Nick Pope, who once again showed his quality in Sunday’s 1-0 defeat by Tottenham. Jackson said of the England stopper: “He’s been outstanding. He’s been like that for a long time but I’ve seen improvements in quite a few of the players as well. “It doesn’t surprise me with the hard work he puts in and I think you get to a stage at the level he is, where I think that’s expected of him and I think he expects those standards of himself. “That’s what the top players have, they have this belief and they work at these levels and they try to keep pushing themselves all the time and he does that. But he’s been terrific, he’s a top, top goalkeeper.”
Thomas Tuchel
Posted in2021-2022-Season Daily News

#PLStories- Thomas Tuchel confirms Broja will return to Chelsea for pre-season #CHELSEAFC

May 19, 2022
CHELSEA manager Thomas Tuchel confirms Armando Broja will return to Blues so he can assess him in pre-season. The 20-year-old forward is set to head back to Stamford Bridge following the conclusion of his season-long loan at Saints next week. Broja could play his final game for the St Mary’s outfit this Sunday, when Saints travel to Leicester City for matchday 38 of the Premier League campaign. It was a successful start to Premier League life for Chelsea product Broja, scoring five goals by January of his first season while on loan at Saints. He has only scored one since but Ralph Hasenhuttl is still keen to keep the Albanian international at the club beyond his current loan deal. Tuchel, who led Chelsea to a Champions League win last year, confirmed that he wants to look at Broja and fellow loanee Conor Gallagher in pre-season. "They will come back for sure,” the German boss insisted, speaking ahead of their clash with Leicester tomorrow. “I want to have them in pre-season and we will decide in pre-season what goes on. It is heavily up to them and how they do." Broja, who spent last season on loan at Dutch Eredivisie side Vitesse Arnhem, marked his Saints debut with two goals in the EFL Cup at Newport County. He netted his first Premier League goal on his first league start, at home to Leeds United in October. His last notch in the league came during the comeback 3-2 win at Tottenham Hotspur in February. Towards the end of last month, Hasenhuttl said: “Let’s have a look what we do next season. "It is interesting that you know everything about Armando Broja. We will have definitely a good young group next season, however it looks. “At this moment it is not easy to negotiate with Chelsea. There is no question, and it is not surprising that I want him to stay here another year. I know this would be good for him.” The Daily Echo understands that Chelsea are now open for business and options can be discussed with the club and player.  A message from the Editor Thank you for reading this article - we appreciate your support in reading the Daily Echo. Subscribing to the Echo means you have unrestricted access to the latest news, features and Saints coverage - all with an advertising-light website. You will also have full access to Saintsplus, your new home for Southampton FC tactical analysis, features and much, much more. Don't take my word for it - subscribe here to see for yourself. Follow the latest breaking news in the Southampton area by joining our Facebook group - Southampton News - Breaking News and Incidents Follow the latest court and crime news on our dedicated Facebook group - Hampshire Court and Crime News
Ralph Hasenhuttl
Posted in2021-2022-Season Daily News

#PLStories- Ralph Hasenhuttl admits ‘only frustrating thing’ about Liverpool loss #SAINTSFC #LFC

May 18, 2022
RALPH Hasenhuttl said “the only frustrating thing” about Saints was the manner in which they conceded the second goal during the 2-1 loss to Liverpool. Joel Matip rose highest to head home during the final St Mary’s match of the season in the second-half, following a Kop corner. The ball was delivered for Armando Broja to comfortably clear, but Moi Elyounoussi tried to nod it away first and ended up delivering backwards into the path of the giant defender. It saw Liverpool complete a comeback started by former Saints loanee Takumi Minamino, who levelled after Nathan Redmond’s early opener. And despite only registering four shots during the whole contest, seeing St Mary’s significantly emptier by the time the players did their lap of appreciation, Hasenhuttl insists it was only the goal that was frustrating. “Second half again, sometimes tried to surprise them with the 4-2-2-2, sometimes pressing higher,” Hasenhuttl said of his tactics. “You can immediately see if you don’t do it perfect they play through the lines and then you try to keep the game open as long as possible and then you concede a very easy second goal where you can clear the ball at the first post. “This is the only really frustrating thing - conceding a goal like this. And then still try to balance the risk that you take because you know you’re still in the game as long as you’re only one goal down and the moment will come.” He continued: “Especially in the last minutes, the moment will come to score the goal. We had games against them where after 50/60 minutes out of the game, today we had a longer time to try and come back. “We had some good moments in the second half, one very tight one where it was nearly an own goal. And it’s the case that we’re also struggling with injuries at the moment, we had no full-back on the left side today because Romain is out for five-six weeks with a fracture on his leg. “Tino is out for long. We changed to a back five and I must say, Redmond did a good job there. Active, up front he was okay, beautiful goal and another good chance from outside the box.” The boss added: “In the end, it is how it is. We know that we try to get better and we have a lot of things to do in the summer to get better. “We had a better run this season especially in the home games - the last ones haven’t been that successful so we keep on going.” A message from the Editor Thank you for reading this article - we appreciate your support in reading the Daily Echo. Subscribing to the Echo means you have unrestricted access to the latest news, features and Saints coverage - all with an advertising-light website. You will also have full access to Saintsplus, your new home for Southampton FC tactical analysis, features and much, much more. Don't take my word for it - subscribe here to see for yourself. Follow the latest breaking news in the Southampton area by joining our Facebook group - Southampton News - Breaking News and Incidents Follow the latest court and crime news on our dedicated Facebook group - Hampshire Court and Crime News
Ralph Hasenhuttl
Posted in2021-2022-Season Daily News

#PLStories- Ralph Hasenhuttl says Southampton took ‘scary’ amount of risks versus Liverpool #SAINTSFC

May 18, 2022
RALPH Hasenhuttl admitted he thought Saints took a “scary” amount of risks during their 2-1 defeat to Liverpool. The St Mary’s outfit could not send their supporters home happy in the final home match of the 2021-22 season, despite taking an early lead through Nathan Redmond. Former Saints loanee Takumi Minamino levelled the scores in the first-half before Joel Matip’s header sealed all three points and kept their title hopes alive into the last day. And Saints, who Hasenhuttl insisted took too many risks, only registered four shots across the entire match, with just 28 per cent possession. “We lost 2-1. I think we have played against a good team that made a lot of changes but still has a lot of quality up front. You could see it,” he said, speaking at full-time. “But the perfect start for our side with the quick goal and the chance for Broja immediately. That was the way we tried it - with the ball we took a lot of risks today. “Sometimes a little bit scary to be honest. The goal was what we wanted to do. You have 40 points and nothing to lose, what do you think what you want to do? “Against the ball we tried a different way to defend, deeper. Because we were struggling in the last weeks with conceding goals, easy goals. Maybe we were too open.” FA Cup and EFL Cup winners Liverpool visited Southampton with no fewer than nine changes to their starting lineup from the cup victory over Chelsea on Saturday. Hasenhuttl himself made five changes, including a switch to a five-at-the-back defence to try and stop the opposition like they did to Arsenal – the only Saints win in the last 11 Premier League matches. “It worked okay, not perfect otherwise we wouldn’t concede a goal,” Hasenhuttl conceded. “The difference with the Arsenal game for example is that we weren’t able to have a clean sheet because we concede the first goal in a way when we are all behind the ball in the box and cannot stop the attacker from scoring. “They played it quite well I must say. Especially Firmino in these areas is very strong and Taki had a good deep run.” A message from the Editor Thank you for reading this article - we appreciate your support in reading the Daily Echo. Subscribing to the Echo means you have unrestricted access to the latest news, features and Saints coverage - all with an advertising-light website. You will also have full access to Saintsplus, your new home for Southampton FC tactical analysis, features and much, much more. Don't take my word for it - subscribe here to see for yourself. Follow the latest breaking news in the Southampton area by joining our Facebook group - Southampton News - Breaking News and Incidents Follow the latest court and crime news on our dedicated Facebook group - Hampshire Court and Crime News
Posted in2021-2022-Season Daily News

#PLStories- Burnley interim boss Mike Jackson issues team news ahead of Aston Villa clash #AVFC #BURNLEYFC

May 18, 2022
MIKE Jackson is hoping Burnley will be boosted by the return of several players from injury ahead of their crunch clash with Aston Villa on Thursday. The loss of central defensive pairing James Tarkowski and Ben Mee has been a particular blow but both are now back on the grass and could feature at Villa Park. Tarkowski, who picked up a hamstring injury in the home clash with Villa 10 days ago, is the more likely, with captain Mee having not featured since the beginning of March. Striker Jay Rodriguez and midfielders Dale Stephens and Johann Berg Gudmundsson have also been training, leaving Ashley Westwood and Matej Vydra as the only definite absentees. Interim boss Jackson said: “They’re all out running, which is really good, going through fitness tests. If we can get them back for these two games, whether it’s this one coming up or the last one, that’ll be a big boost to the group. “There are probably five or six lads in there who have said: ‘I’ll give it a go, I’m ready’. They are willing to put themselves out on a limb whether they feel 100 per cent or haven’t trained as much as they have wanted, but that’s what I’m getting back. “We’ve obviously got to be careful managing them, but there’s no one going: ‘It’s not for me this’.” Having taken 10 points from Jackson’s first four games in charge, Burnley have lost their last two and have slipped back into the relegation zone. A 1-0 defeat by Spurs on Sunday left a bad taste after the only goal of the game came from a contentious penalty awarded for handball against Ashley Barnes. Jackson admitted the decision still rankled, saying: “Yes but it’s done now. I said what I needed to say after the game. I was annoyed with it, as you can imagine, but I didn’t want to take anything away from what I thought was a really strong performance on the day from the group.” A late equaliser for Leeds against Brighton lifted them one point ahead of Burnley having played a game more, and Thursday represents the Clarets’ opportunity to try to reverse those positions ahead of the season climax on Sunday. Jackson is not shying away from the bigger picture, saying: “You can’t hide it. Everyone knows it. But we’ve spoken about what do we need to do? What’s important to us? How do we attack what we’re doing? “The lads know it’s there. But we’re at our best if we just keep that focus on what we’re doing now. I know it sounds a bit boring but you’ve got to do that, it keeps you on task, it keeps you where you need to be. Play now, not what’s going to happen or what’s happened before. “When I look into that Spurs game and I look into the other four games before that, maybe not so much the Villa game, I can see them focusing, I can see them attacking the next thing in the game. And I think that allows you to move from moment to moment and be calm.”