Wednesday evening’s victory over Fulham at St Mary’s Stadium saw Southampton move out of the relegation zone in the Premier League, as we moved just ahead of Cardiff City.
With back to back defeats in the last two matches, it was more a vintage Southampton performance as manager Ralph Hasenhuttl got more of what he wanted from the squad, and key to that was the performance of centre-half Jan Bednarek.
With goals from Oriol Romeu and James Ward-Prowse on the night, 22-year-old Polish international Bednarek played his own part, helping the side to a clean sheet and he’s certainly one player who has been on an upward curve since our new Austrian gaffer arrived and he found himself back in the first team fold.
Continuing to impress, fans believe there is a lot more to come from the lad and taking to social media to comment on his performance after the game, he came in for considerable praise.
Ward-Prowse, Bednarek & Valery outstanding this evening #saintsfc
— Nick Talliadoros (@nicktalli) February 27, 2019
How hasenhuttl has turned bednarek into prime Maldini is beyond me #SaintsFC
— galps (@ry_angalpin) February 27, 2019
Jan Bednarek is a mixture of Inspector Gadget and Paulo Maldini. Developing brilliantly, unnasumingly and nicely under the radar. Can we clone him please. #SaintsFC
— Ralph's Revolution (@saintbannerman) February 27, 2019
who was it that deflected babel's shot onto the bar earlier? pretty sure it was bednarek. how many blocks does that guy make? still blows my mind that he never even made the bench under mark hughes
— Karl (@ObscureThing77) February 27, 2019
Delighted with that. The experience of the older players showed there. To top it off, JWP was absolutely tireless and Bednarek is quickly becoming a favourite of mine. #SaintsFC
— Saint Anon (@saint_anon) February 27, 2019
Also says a lot that Bednarek went unnoticed because he makes the game look easy #saintsfc
— Andy Robinson (@saintandy7) February 27, 2019
Remember when we paid £18m for Hoedt and kept playing him over Bednarek? #Saintsfc
— Matt LC (@spaceinvader810) February 27, 2019
Jannik Vestergaard and Jan Bednarek are the future Svensson and Lundekvam and nobody can tell me any different. #SaintsFC
— Scott Winter (@ScottWSFC) February 28, 2019
