What’s Hot and What’s Not from Southampton’s season so far

NOT – Not enough goals in the team

Southampton have managed just 28 goals in the Premier League this season, which is a tally better than only five other sides in the top-flight, three of which are in the bottom four.

And when your top-scorer is Charlie Austin, who has been out injured since December, with six, you know that you’ve got some issues in the final third.

The likes of Jay Rodriguez and Shane Long have done reasonably well in the Englishman’s absence, although they aren’t going to score 15 plus goals a season, while Dusan Tadic and Nathan Redmond have managed just five goals between them this term so far.

Puel was pretty much forced to sign a striker in the January transfer window, hence the arrival of Manolo Gabbiadini from Napoli, and he has hit the ground running with three goals in two games.

Saints fans will hope that his arrival will galvanise the front players to net more goals between now and the end of the season.