The new signings at Southampton this summer have gone down a treat when looking at the Saints' confident display against Swansea City.
Indeed, both Keven Schlotterbeck and James Ward-Prowse - who were late forays during the frantic window - have slotted in seamlessly, with the German defender winning all 100% of his duels against Vitor Matos' league leaders.
Ward-Prowse feels as if he has never been away really, with the iconic number 30 classy throughout, as he notched up 44 accurate passes.
Of course, there is also Cyle Larin, who returned permanently in the summer, who shone during the 3-1 win, as he grabbed Southampton's second goal of the day when tapping home, despite Ben Cabango clumsily trying to deal with him.
Away from the signings all gelling, Tonda Eckert and Co. will have been glad to see the back of this flop this summer, as his error-strewn performances on the South Coast have followed him to his new employers.
Saints glad to see the back of this flop
Gavin Bazunu made his first Bolton Wanderers appearance on Tuesday night, as West Ham United travelled to the Toughsheet Community Stadium to face the second tier newbies.
The shaky 24-year-old leaving St. Mary's behind for good felt like it was coming all summer and Steven Schumacher's Bolton were the club who decided to be risky by snapping up the Irishman, who has just eight clean sheets across his last two campaigns.
He had to fish the ball out of his net three times against the Hammers, as well, as a debut clean sheet wasn't forthcoming, but he did manage to make four saves, as Bolton lost 3-2.
Still, even if parts of his game were encouraging, his error-prone ways at Southampton reared their ugly head once more during this back-and-forth clash, as he somehow let this 77th minute effort from Jarrod Bowen trickle past him.
West Ham hit the front again! Jarrod Bowen has a second as his effort trickles past Gavin Bazunu 😲 pic.twitter.com/e1cybd4r0N
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Bowen is usually capable of some audacious strikes from distance, but on this occasion, his winning effort was fortuitous, with Saints fans online not surprised whatsoever when witnessing this tame effort beat Bazunu from afar, having been put the wringer countless times by the leaky 24-year-old.
He will pray he's kept in the starting XI for Bolton's next Championship clash so he can immediately atone for his error, with Jack Bonham hardly a convincing stopper for the division, either.
Back at Bazunu's former club, Eckert does have some keeper issues of his own arguably, as Daniel Peretz hasn't quite been at the races this season.
Eckert does have some of his own goalkeeper issues to solve
Indeed, Peretz is still without a clean sheet in the Championship this campaign, after he couldn't stop Žan Vipotnik from the penalty spot on Tuesday night.
The Israeli keeper collected clean sheets for fun last season, with eight amassed from just 21 Championship outings.
But, removing his loan heroics for a moment, he has given up 11 goals already this season from eight games, with just one shutout recorded.
It could always be worse, though, with a lot of relief among the Southampton fanbase that they have Peretz in between the sticks, over Bazunu, with the former Bayern Munich keeper yet to fall victim to a clanger like the Irishman's against West Ham during his stay in England to date.
Next month, Bazunu will return to St. Mary's, and it will be intriguing to see if he starts, or if Schumacher opts for Bonham, instead, with the ex-Manchester City youngster continuing to let costly errors seep into his game.
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