Frazer Richardson may well have played his last game for Saints, however thats more a reflection on the form of Nathan Clyne than anything else.

At the start of 12/13 Frazer Richardson would have known his chances might well be limited at Saints, however in the last year of his contract and with promotion bonus's kicking in he would probably have had no choice financially other than to reap in the money and hope that for one reason or another be it injury or not living up to his reputation that Nathan Clyne might not be the right back that everyone was hoping, we now know that Clyne was not only superb but Mr Consistency when it came to playing games, this meant that Frazer's chances were restricted.

His seasons total in the league amounted to 5 appearances, the first of which when he came on as a half time sub against ston Villa and Saints turned a 1-0 deficit into a 4-1 lead might have made him hope that he might get more of a chance, initially he was right, he started the following week at Everton at right back with Clyne having to move to left to replace the injured Fox and he kept his place the following week at home to Fulham, but after 8 minutes he had to go off injured.

He reapeared again as a late sub away to Stoke and then made his final appearance coming on for the last 20 minutes in the 3-1 win over Man City, his only appearance for new manager Mauricio Pochettino, turning 31 in October and out of contract he will probably look to get first team football elsewhere.

His Saints career has not been a lucky one, getting injured in pre season 2010 he was out for the best part of three months, although he returned to play a full part in Saints promotion from League 1.

In 2011/12 again he suffered injury, but still played around 3/4 of the games as we headed to the Premier league, ironically almost half of his missed games were the final five fixtures, however even as he celebrated in the dressing room after the Coventry game, he like many before him in promoted teams, must have known that his chances would be limited the next season and his reward would probably not be Premiership glory but financial.

However this season he has beaten the four games he played for Leeds in the Premier at the start of his career and in certain respects has been a lucky talisman for Saints, out of his 5 appearances, we won 2, drew 2 and lost only once.

So for Frazer it has to be a low mark, he didnt get the chance to contribute a lot to the season, but what he did do he did efficiently, 5/10 is no reflection on his ability, just on the fact that he didnt play much.     

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ExiledSupporter added 15:49 - May 28 Isn't the key question, which I rather think you have ducked, whether he is good enough to be retained as the second choice right back, assuming that Richardson would want to stay and whether we have one of our reserve/academy youngsters who could otherwise more ably be the understudy for Clyne?
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