Saints Have Virtually Full Squad To Pick From For United Visit Thursday, 21st Sep 2017 21:06 A year ago it seemed like every week brought a different injury issue for Claude Puel's squad with several key players missing with long term injuries for the second half of the season, Mauricio Pellegrino seems to be far luckier, at least so far. Saints manager Mauricio Pellegrino has confirmed that Matt Targett is the only injury issue ahead of the visit of Manchester United on Saturday. Targett who starred in the U23 sides victory over Stoke City on Monday has picked up an ankle injury and looks set to be out of contention, but apart from the left back it seems that Pellegrino has a full squad to pick from including Charlie Austin who missed last weekends victory at Crystal Palace. Virgil Van Dijk is in consideration for a start with the manager making his decision in the build up to the match as to whether he will risk starting the Dutchman. It is good to see that the full squad is available, when Jeremy Pied was injured early last season it started off a chain reaction that seemed to see a new injury virtually every week, some short term but others long term including the likes of Charlie Austin, Matt Targett and then Virgil Van Dijk. Hopefully Pellegrino will be able to show just why he was so highly rated and chased by several clubs in the summer by utilising the squad, with everyone fit I would suggest the goal scoring issue can be solved from the players that we currently have on the books, it is now an issue of creating chances for our strikers and tactically setting up to be able to do that. We are stronger now than we were a year ago so there is no reason as to why we should not aim at another top ten finish and a good run in the FA Cup. Photo: Action Images Please report offensive, libellous or inappropriate posts by using the links provided.
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