Southampton Dellivery

I had the pleasure of chatting with Lucy Highnett (@lucyhighnett on Twitter and Instagram) for this week’s podcast. To be completely honest, I’ve wanted to have Lucy on the show for some time, but we couldn’t find a time that worked for both of us. But, finally, with her PhD studies wrapping up, this weekend worked. I was excited to hear her perspective on the team and what I thought was some momentum being built, and then we played Liverpool, with 5 ex-Saints in the squad (all of whom played in the match). Even after going into the break down 2-0, but having played a decent 45 minutes, I was feeling okay. Then the team came out flat in the second half and rarely looked as though they were going to threaten LFC’s lead. At the end of the weekend Saints are back in 18th place. 18th. Relegation Zone. The board is silent. Pellegrino still employed. No matter, though, because the conversation I had with Lucy was by far the highpoint of my weekend where Saints are concerned. Even though the message may be grimm,