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'We will make Europe' says Yoshida

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Soutampton defender Maya Yoshida has said that his side can definitely make the Europa League this season. Speaking in an interview with Saints Player, Southampton's podcast, after being asked what his targets for the season were, the Japanese International said:

"Well on a personal level of course I'd like to score a few goals maybe and keep a lot of clean sheets, but for the team, do you mean? I want us to stay up, don't you? I know that is possible, but I think we should be aiming higher. I mean, we are 2nd in the table now, aren't we? We were even first, until City passed us. We have a good side, we have only lost once, but people expected us to be in a relegation dogfight. We aren't."

The interviewer then asked Yoshida what he thought should be the team's goal for the season.

"European football. We can definitely do that, because we are 2nd and we we are on good form, so we won't drop down. We certainly will be in Europe next year, and we are better than most sides in the Europa League when on form, so I'm hopeful, and we could even get some silverware."

The majority of pundits however, disagree with Yoshida, with the general consensus being that the side are just on good form, and that it will not last, and that Southampton may go tumbling down like Chelsea in the 1992/93 season, with a run of 11 games without a win that led to Ian Porterfield being sacked, despite the club being 2nd at Christmas.

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