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How to recover from the WORST start to the season! 😡

Former Southampton defender Franny Benali joins Sam Ellard and Flex in today's episode to give the blueprint on how to get out of trouble when your team gets off to the worst possible start to their season. With Wolves losing their first 5 matches, Benali delves into what it was like behind the scenes in the dressing room when his Southampton side lost their opening 5 matches in the 1998/99 season and how they picked themselves up to eventually stay up!


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