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Article: Football: STRACH MISSES BITE OF BEATTIE; Southampton 1 Parma 0.(Sport)
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- The People (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 10, 2003
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Byline: Ian GIBB
A SLIGHT ankle knock gave Southampton manager Gordon Strachan the chance to see how his team would look without striker James Beattie.
And it was not a very pretty sight.
Fortunately Beattie, who notched 24 goals last season - 23 of them in the Premiership - confirmed his injury was not serious and he would be back for next Saturday's big kick-off at Leicester.
But Beattie's absence certainly confirmed Saints lacked a cutting edge without him.
And as Sunderland's Kevin ...