Southampton manager Ronald Koeman has seen a reaction from goal-shy Graziano Pelle after dropping him in the league for the first time . The 29-year-old striker enjoyed a dream start to life at St Mary 's after moving from Feyenoord in a reported £9million summer deal . Pelle scored nine goals in his first 12 matches for Saints in all competitions and netted the winner on his debut for Italy . Graziano Pelle ( 19 ) has struggled with form recently and was n't happy at being dropped for the first time . The goals have dried up of late , though , and he was replaced in the starting line-up by Shane Long in Sunday 's 1-1 draw at Chelsea . Pelle ran straight down the tunnel at the final whistle , having played the final few minutes , and Koeman hopes the striker can end his three-month wait for a Premier League goal when Burnley visit this weekend . 'There has been a little bit of a reaction , yes , because nobody is happy to stay on the bench , ' the Saints boss said . Ronald Koeman ( centre ) says he 's 'seen a reaction ' from Pelle after leaving him on the bench against Chelsea . 'Sometimes you need a reaction off the player in that situation . He is doing well . 'In that game , in that moment , I think it was good to change the way of playing with more fast players up front . Saturday we play at home . ' Koeman has no fresh injury worries to contend with against Burnley , with Eljero Elia coming back into contention after missing last week 's match through injury . Sean Dyche 's relegation-threatened side head to St Mary 's buoyed by last weekend 's shock win over champions Manchester City and having overcome Southampton 1-0 earlier in the season . 'Yeah , they beat us but it was n't a very good game that day and we missed a penalty , ' Koeman said . The targetman was in superb form at the start of the season and scored nine goals in 12 matches . 'It was a stupid goal against us but , of course , we analyse always the opponent and we play 11 against 11 and then one team is playing like Burnley . 'Sometimes it is difficult to prepare a training session for the match , but we expect an aggressive opponent who will press us with direct play . 'That is always difficult because they do n't give you time to play and you have to that and you have to prepare for that . ' Saturday 's match will be their last before a two-week international break , during which time many of Southampton 's players will be away with their national teams . Martin Odegaard ( left ) was linked with a loan move to the Saints next season but Koeman denied the claims . England duo Nathaniel Clyne and Fraser Forster are amongst those players , with some eyebrows raised by the fact left-back Ryan Bertrand did not join them in Roy Hodgson 's squad . ' I am not surprised , ' Koeman said . 'He had suspension for three games . After that he came back and is playing well . ' I think he played very well against Chelsea but I am not surprised because his time will come if he keeps working like this , keeps playing like this . ' The 16-year-old signed for Real Madrid from Norwegian side Strømsgodset and big things are expected . Meanwhile , Koeman downplayed speculation linking Southampton with a loan move for talented Real Madrid teenager Martin Odegaard . 'It is not my job to do scouting of young players , ' he said of the 16-year-old Norwegian midfielder . 'He moved to Real Madrid - that means that he is a very good player . '
mark Koeman says he 's seen a reaction from striker Graziano Pelle . The Italian was benched for Southampton 's move away to Chelsea . Koeman is happy to see Pelle show some passion and has done well since . The ##eman also announces that Saints are interested in signing Odegaard . Click here for all the latest Southampton transfers .