Leeds' next Gaffer

The inevitable finally happened at Elland Road, as Ken Bates’s incurably itchy fingers slipped on the axe and sent Simon Grayson through the exit door. No-one can say it hasn’t been coming.

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Which Rhode will Jordan take

After his explosive goalscoring exploits for League 1 club Huddersfield Town, clubs up and down the country are looking at Jordan Rhodes. Whether Rhodes moves on or not remains to be seen but we take a look at his flourishing career so far.

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Diary of a Sky Sports Reporter

In recent weeks, I've been fortunate enough to cover matches involving some of the most in-form strikers in the country. I saw Jordan Rhodes notch one of his 27 goals for Huddersfield this season and also witnessed Millwall frontman Darius Henderson bag his second hat-trick in the space of a few days, and third of the campaign.

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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain: Not the new Walcott

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain moved from Southampton to Arsenal as a teenager, commanding a £12 million fee.  He is comfortable playing on either wing and possesses great pace.  It’s easy to draw comparisons between Arsene Wenger’s latest wonderkid and Theo Walcott, but that’s a dangerous trap to fall into. 

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Southampton sign Japanese striker, but who is it?

Of course we know who it is, as the club would not have announced it otherwise, it is Japanese forward Tandanari Lee from Sanfrecce Hiroshima for a free transfer. Yes, exactly, you’re not overly familiar with him are you, set let me take this opportunity to fill you in on the boy from Japan who will be trusted to add more fire to the Saint’s promotion push.

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Trotta interests a few Championship clubs

Free-scoring striker Marcello Trotta could be on his way to a Championship club near you as an assortment of clubs are rumoured to be quietly interested, the kind of shyness which occurs in teenage love ah bless them, in taking the Fulham youngster on loan.

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Pardew's success as Newcastle shouldn't come as much of a surprise

There is something rather peculiar going on up in Newcastle currently and we’re not talking about THAT stadium name change or the lack of shirt-wearing in the crowd (that’s always peculiar.

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Hoops, Hooper and silly transfer fees

Southampton look to have finally been told to pack up, go home and stop pestering Gary Hooper after the sought after striker himself quashed speculation linking him with a projected move all the way to the south coast of England from Celtic.

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Best Value Premiership Strikers

With the January transfer window now upon us, rumours are flying around in abundance as teams seek to strengthen their squads. Inevitably some teams are going to panic buy and waste a lot of money on players who simply aren’t worth their extortionate transfer fees.

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Southampton confusion over Jason Puncheon

Do Southampton want to keep Jason Puncheon? No they don’t, yes they do.

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The Championship: A Four Horse Race?

Twenty five games gone in the Championship season and things are hotting up in the race for promotion to the promised land.

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Southampton: Just a small club in Hampshire

It wasn’t until I moved to Southampton that I realized just how big a club the Saints actually is, whilst they spent a lot of time playing top flight football and have had big names likes Kevin Keegan, Alan Shearer and Matt le Tissier play for them, I still didn’t regard them as a big club.

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England’s Next Manager in Waiting

Now that we all know who England will face in next summer’s UEFA European Championships following the draw at the Palace of Arts in Kiev early today, the nation will inevitably commence a pre-tournament journey mixed with uncertainty, excitement and expectation.

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Can the Saints keep marching in?

Hands up everyone who thought this season’s nPower Championship would be a heavyweight tussle between Big Sam’s West Ham and Sven’s lavishly-assembled Leicester?

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Karma Sides with Pardew

A little over a year ago Alan Pardew was wandering around the managerial wilderness, still coming to terms with the fact he was not in tenure of a side he had brought a trophy in the cabinet, a top ten finish (made even more impressive by the significant points deduction granted at the start of the season), and a sense of stability. 

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