Southampton-Can I get to the Champions Cup

Hey guys. I am trying to return the mighty Southampton to their former glory and maybe even get them into Europe. I have followed FM for about 2 years, so I am fairly new to the scene. Any help would be much appreciated. Cheers. edam22

So my pre-season was fairly promising:
Southampton 2-0 Southampton Reserves
Eastleigh 0-1 Southampton
Southampton 0-0 Celtic
Plymouth 0-4 Southampton
Southampton 1-0 Bolton

My signings so far are:
Jack Collison-West Ham-£4.5 mil
Josh Wright-Free
Scott Wagstaff-Charlton-£100k
Stephen Kelly-Fulham-£1.7 mil
Cedric Van Der Gun-Free
Daniel Devine-Preston NE-£95k-Loaned out to Southend
Emmanuel Frimpong-Arsenal-Loan
Gary Gardener-Aston Villa-Loan
Albert Rusnak-Man City-£140k
Cameron Park-Middlesbrough-£1.2 mil-Loaned out to Bristol Rovers
Jamie Proctor-Preston NE-£160k-Loaned out to Swindon
Billy Knot-Sunderland-Loan
Steve Howard-Leicester-£35k

Nice how do all these fit into your squad maybe show us your tactic? go into depth about how you think you will do this year? Whos been amazing pre season? ect?

Otherwise keep it up!

#38810 micah : Nice how do all these fit into your squad maybe show us your tactic? go into depth about how you think you will do this year? Whos been amazing pre season? ect?

Otherwise keep it up!

No one really stood out in pre-season (They were all pretty good) and the main reason everyone can fit in my squad is because the Saints have a fairly small squad to begin with!
Normally, my team is a 4-4-2: Davis
Stephen Kelly,Jose Fonte,Jos Hooiveld,Danny Fox
Jack Collison,Jack Cork,Emmanuel Frimpong, Adam Lallana
Rickie Lambert,David Connolly.

The media prediction for us was 7th, so I am hoping to be at least third this season and win the play-offs.

So August was a pretty good month for Southampton. Our results were:
Derby 0-3 Southampton
Southampton 3-0 Crawley (League Cup First Round)
Saints 5-0 Ipswich
Middlesbrough 0-1 Saints
Ipswich 1-0 Saints (League Cup Second Round)
Coventry 2-1 Saints

A bit annoyed with the Ipswich and Coventry results, but I suppose you can't win every game. At the end of the month, we are second in the table, so beating my expectations so far!!!!

So September could hardly be better than August, and unfortunately it wasn't anywhere near as good:
Saints 0-0 Crystal Palace
Birmingham 3-0 Saints
Saints 2-1 Portsmouth (My personal highlight)
Saints 1-1 Peterborough

So as you can see, no where near as good as August. Fortunately, we did win one game, over our bitter rivals Portsmouth!
My standout performer so far this season has been Jose Fonte. He has played every game and still scored 3 goals, which is pretty good for a center back!