Former Southampton boss Lawrie McMenemy believes last summer's appointment of Ronald Koeman as manager was a "masterstroke" by the club.

Saints are currently seventh in the table, but could finish as high as fifth - which would be the club's highest Premier League finish.

The money was there and he used it very wisely and brought in players he obviously knew," McMenemy, 78, told BBC South Today. "It's all to do with the management in the end, and he got them in and got the best out of them, and we can look forward with hope that we can do even better."

McMenemy was manager of Saints in the 1980s. Here's how Ronald looked back then...

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There will be no play today in the County Championship Division Two game between Northants and Surrey.

The decision was taken following an extended 15:30 BST inspection at Wantage Road.

Play is now ongoing in the six other matches around the country.

Andre Villas-Boas has led Zenit St Petersburg to the Russian title, his style of football has been criticised as "nauseating". So what matters - prizes or plaudits?

Big Brenny: "Style over substance depends on the size of the club. If you're a massive club and should be winning things then style is important. If you're a small club that rarely wins anything then any way will do."

Let us know via #bbcsportsday, text 81111 (UK users only) or post on BBC Sport Facebook.

Here's a round up of what's happened so far in the sporting world today:

Football: European football's governing body is preparing to relax the Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules it introduced in 2011 to stop clubs from overspending.

Tennis: Andy Murray says he was "amazed" by the level of criticism his appointment of Amelie Mauresmo as coach attracted.

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Rugby Union: Sir Clive Woodward - England's World Cup winning coach - is in contention to replace Philippe Saint-Andre as head coach of France, according to reports in the French press.

Football: Fifa sponsors are being asked by a new campaign grouping to speak out about working conditions at the 2022 World Cup building sites in Qatar.

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No British man has ever won World Taekwondo gold. Can Damon Sansum become that man? Well we'll know in the next hour...

Sansum beat former team-mate & world number one Aaron Cook - now fighting for Moldova - to reach the -80kg world final.

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The Sun, external: Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure, 32, has been offered £8m to finish his career with Al Gharafa in Qatar.

Ipswich's Luke Chambers has reveals his agony at missing out on reaching a play-off final for a sixth time.

The Tractor Boys fell to a 3-1 second-leg semi-final defeat to East Anglian rival Norwich, as the Canaries set up a Wembley final against Middlesbrough.

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"Six times for me in the play-offs and I am still yet to get to the final," the defender told BBC Radio Suffolk.

"I was very confident this season, I felt we gave a good account of ourselves. It doesn't get any easier."

New Zealand's former Wigan hooker Thomas Leuluai looks set to miss the autumn Test tour of England after suffering a season-ending knee injury.

Leuluai's club New Zealand Warriors have announced the 29-year-old ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in Saturday's game against Parramatta and will now have a reconstruction operation.

Britain's Olympic champion Jade Jones missed out on a medal at the World Taekwondo Championships in Russia amid controversy when the electronic scoring system froze during her quarter-final.

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Jones and Iranian Kimia Zenoorin were level at 9-9 in the -57kg division when the 22-year-old from Flint struck with a reverse to the chest with seconds to go.

Zenoorin countered as the scoring froze and, by the time it came back online, only the Iranian had been awarded a point and Jones went out 10-9.

"The scoring system crashed and when it returned, I didn't have the points. I couldn't understand why. I still can't," Jones told the GB Taekwondo website, external.

It has got a bit lost amid Rory McIlroy's heroics on the other side of the Atlantic, but England's James Morrison won the Spanish Open by four strokes on Sunday to claim a second European Tour title.

The 30-year-old from Guildford had shared the lead heading into the final day with compatriot David Howell, who finished in a four-way tie for second.

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Morrison, who won the Madeira Islands Open in 2010, shot a 69 for a 10-under-par 278 at Real Club de Golf El Prat.

"I stuck to my process all day long and executed," said Morrison after three birdies and no dropped shots in his final round.

Coach Luis Enrique says Barcelona are already focusing on completing the treble after sealing the Spanish title.

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The Catalans beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 to ensure rivals Real Madrid cannot catch them at the top of La Liga.

Barcelona face Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Rey final on 30 May before the Champions League final against Juventus on 6 June.

"We have two more titles to win but we have picked up the one for consistency," said Enrique, 45.

Wayne Rooney is used to signing autographs for clamouring fans but now it appears his young son Kai, external is getting in on the act...

Doncaster have parted company with head coach Paul Cooke following their winless start to the Kingstone Press Championship season.

The South Yorkshire club have announced the 34-year-old former Hull and Hull KR stand-off has left by mutual consent.

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Leicester keeper Kasper Schmeichel believes his boss Nigel Pearson should be manager of the year for helping guide his side clear of the Premier League relegation zone, reports The Guardian, external.

And some more athletics news that you may have missed...

Britain's Greg Rutherford finished only seventh in the long jump at Sunday's Diamond League meeting in Shanghai.

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The Olympic champion, 28, jumped 8.05m but endured four successive no jumps and ended well behind Russian Aleksandr Menkov's winning leap of 8.27m.

Jenny Meadows, 34, came fifth in the 800m in two minutes 1.37 seconds.

Jessica Ennis-Hill performed solidly at the Loughborough International Athletics meeting, as she continued her return to action after nearly two years away from athletics.

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The Olympic heptathlon champion took third place in the long jump with a leap of 6.16m and threw 43.88m to finish sixth in the javelin.

Ennis-Hill took a break from the sport around the birth of her son in 2014.

The 29-year-old is expected to continue her preparations for the 2015 season at the multi-event Hypo meeting in Gotzis, Austria on 30-31 May.

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Here's a quirky one for you... Real Madrid and Barcelona have both played a total of 2648 La Liga matches. And both have conceded the same number of goals - 3027., external

Chelsea have won the title, West Brom are safe... so tonight's meeting won't perhaps be the biggest nail-biter in the world.

Still, we know you're interested (possibly), so here's some team news ahead of the game.

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West Brom's only absentee is goalkeeper Ben Foster. James Morrison has recovered from the back problem which meant he was only named as a substitute last week.

Chelsea striker Diego Costa could return after six weeks out with a hamstring injury, but Ramires, Kurt Zouma and Oscar will all be missing.

Full live text coverage of the game on the BBC Sport website.

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There's just no pleasing some people. Andre Villas-Boas has just led Zenit St Petersburg to the Russian title, yet former players are decrying his style of football as "nauseating".

But, deep down, what really matters? Prizes or plaudits?

Let us know via #bbcsportsday, text 81111 (UK users only) or post on BBC Sport Facebook.

Following a morning washout, things are starting to brighten up around the grounds for today's County Championship fixtures.

Play has begun in Glamorgan's Division two game against Essex in Cardiff, and will get under way between Gloucestershire and Kent at 14:00 BST.

There will be an inspection at Wantage Road at 14:30 BST with Northants set to start a game against Surrey, and at the same time at Grace Road, where Leicestershire and Lancashire are waiting to begin day two of their match.

In Division One, an inspection is taking place at Southampton where Hampshire are 295-5 against Middlesex, and the umpires will take a look at 14:00 BST and 14:15 BST respectively in the games between Warwickshire and Durham and Notts and Somerset.