Hassan Kachloul wants to be a permanent fixture in Glenn Hoddle's Dell revolution.

The Saints midfielder reckons he has learned more from the former England coach than from all his previous managers put together.

The Moroccan crowned an outstanding individual display by scoring both goals to earn his team their first point of the new Premiership season in a 2-2 draw at Derby on Saturday.

He almost gave his side a deserved win at the death but was denied a hat-trick by a fine save from Mart Poom.

And afterwards he paid tribute to the former England coach saying: "In eight months with Glenn Hoddle I have learned more tactically from him than I did in eight years as a professional with ten different managers.

"He knows his job so well. Every day I learn a lot from him because the game has become much more tactical and he is a master of that.

"He is trying to make us more professional and to win games from fine detail. We start concentrating on the opposition on a Monday rather than a Thursday or Friday.

"He knows how we are going to play to try and counter them and he gets us fully focused and concentrating on that. He has made us very tactically aware so that we can change formations even during games."

Only a week earlier Hoddle had sanctioned a £1.8 million transfer to Ipswich but Kachloul turned it down preferring to fight for his place at The Dell.

He only played at Derby because of a thigh injury to Marian Pahars but he staked a strong claim to be a permanent fixture with a five-star display which left the Saints boss purring.

Hoddle said: "There was money on the table so we gave Hassan the choice but he turned it down. He wants to stay and that is credit to the club because he can see things might be happening here. It was not a case of us wanting to sell him and I am delighted he has stayed.

"Any footballer at any club has his price and sometimes if there are areas which need strengthening, you have to generate finance. We have not got £30 or £40 million to build a squad."

On the game, Hoddle said: "I said beforehand that a point would be a good result but we have come away disappointed because we should have won.

"We still need to be more clinical and to finish teams off. For 45 minutes there was only one team in it but we did not quite punish them when we were in control.

"If we had gone in at half-time 2-0 up then we would have won but they scored a terrific free-kick which let them back into it. But we did not fold after they equalised and we might have won it at the end."

Saints striker Shayne Bradley could be on his way to Mansfield. The Third Division club have enquired about the 20-year-old who has scored in each of the last four reserve team friendlies.

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