Ralph Hasenhuttl moaned that he would be facing a "completely different" Newcastle United the last time his team met the Magpies in March.
His concerns at the time were that Newcastle would travel to the South Coast with a stronger side to the one that would have faced them at the start of 2022 in the game that was initially called off because of Covid. His worst fears were confirmed when January signings Chris Wood and Bruno Guimaraes both scored to net the points in that particular encounter.
Back then the Saints boss said: "Strange now to concentrate on a game what you should've played two months ago against a completely different team. We spoke about that there is the chance in the transfer window to change their team completely and I think they did. This was expected."
