Ralph Hasenhuttl says the time has come for Southampton to show they’re worthy of a top-10 Premier League end forward of a run of fixtures in opposition to their nearest rivals.
Saints’ aspirations of ending within the higher half of the division had been dealt a blow by Thursday night’s uninspiring 2-0 loss at relegation-threatened Burnley.
A bunch of golf equipment are jostling for place in midtable, with Hasenhuttl’s males within the combine alongside Leicester, Brighton, Newcastle, Crystal Palace and Aston Villa.
Southampton will face 4 of these sides within the last month of the season, starting with Sunday’s journey alongside the south coast to tackle Graham Potter’s Seagulls.
“We’ve got now all of the groups round us,” stated Saints boss Hasenhuttl, whose group even have upcoming appointments with Palace, Brentford and Leicester.
“In case you are stronger than they then you definately need to be there; if not then it’s a quite simple query.
“We’ve got to play otherwise, higher for certain, in any other case we now have no likelihood. I’m certain that we will do higher than (in opposition to Burnley).
“I’ll have a look at what I’ve seen. We don’t have lots of time to offer them an opportunity to point out a response.”
Simply 5 factors separate ninth-placed Leicester and Aston Villa in fifteenth, albeit every of these golf equipment have video games in hand on the edges sandwiched in between.
Southampton have 39 factors from 33 video games – solely a degree and three locations under weekend opponents Albion and two factors behind the Foxes.
Saints travelled to Turf Moor buoyed by ending a five-match winless run with final Saturday’s shock 1-0 success over Champions League-chasing Arsenal.
But the enjoyment of upsetting the Gunners was abruptly ended after first-half objectives from defenders Connor Roberts and Nathan Collins boosted managerless Burnley’s survival hopes.
Hasenhuttl acknowledged his gamers fell quick in plenty of areas in opposition to the Clarets and is dedicated to resolving the problems.
“We all know what you need to anticipate while you come to Turf Moor and that was precisely what we acquired,” stated the Austrian.
“And we didn’t discover the correct reply on the pitch: bodily not robust sufficient, with the ball not calm sufficient.
“Whenever you wish to create one thing in opposition to them then you need to be courageous with higher choices than we had.
“Our sport was far-off from what we needed to do Why this stuff occurred – we now have to take a look at that.”
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