Nathan Jones’ first home Premier League game as Southampton manager turned out to be a bit of a disaster, and a reminder of how the club has stagnated. twoht
Nathan Jones will ‘work religiously’ but Saints don’t seem to have a prayer or an identityNathan Jones’ first home Premier League game as Southampton manager turned out to be a bit of a disaster, and a reminder of how the club has stagnated.It wasn’t just the result itself, though that was bad enough. If Southampton supporters were in a gloomy state of mind after their team’sSouthampton vs Brighton isn’t the biggest local derby that either team faces.
Jones is plenty aware of the opportunity that the timing of the World Cup gave him, having said at his first press conference that: “ But instead, the club chose to stick with the Austrian until such a point that it was untenable to continue with him, with a 4-1 home defeat by Newcastle at the start of November proving to be the push that turned into a shove. But the manager hasn’t been the only big change around the club.
Southampton desperately need a new striker. They haven’t scored more than a single goal in a Premier League game since beating Chelsea 2-1 at the end of August. The market for strikers is always likely to be congested and bringing in the sort of player that could be transformative is likely to be both expensive and a bit of a gamble.
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