Long struggles to kickstart Southampton career in St Mary's stalemate

Southampton and West Brom played out a goalless draw as Ronald Koeman's first home game in charge of Saints failed to usher in an exciting new era.

Long struggles to kickstart Southampton career in St Mary's stalemate
Sat, 23 Aug, 2014 - 18:20

Southampton and West Brom played out a goalless draw as Ronald Koeman's first home game in charge of Saints failed to usher in an exciting new era.

Both sides resisted the urge to bring in their big-money summer strikers as Shane Long and Brown Ideye were left warming the Southampton and West Brom benches respectively.

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