TOLD YOU SO......

Southampton 0 - Manchester United 3. Predictable, wasn`t it? A United team which rested players such as Ronaldo, Tevez and Ferdinand went ahead after 20 minutes, at which point Saints` young team more or less gave up. The 0-3 final scoreline belied the fact that United had a number of chances to increase their winning margin but seemed to treat the game as a training exercise; for their part, Saints failed to win even one corner in the whole game and were reduced to playing with only 10 men following the dismissal of Matthew Patterson for what can only be described as an `industrial` challenge on United defender, Nemanja Vidic.

So, out of the cup and only the league to concentrate on - I`ve heard that before somewhere - and I can`t even claim that Saints today were gallant losers. Even if they had been, the old saying still rings true. Show me a good loser and I`ll show you a loser.