Only three games in and it is clear Saints are going to be in a fight to stay up.

Martin wants the team to play out from the back, but it is so easy to play against and puts so much pressure on the players, which ends in them making errors that turn out very costly.

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He needs to change the way we play quickly before we get too far adrift.

We need a big centre forward we can play to and get goals.

All this passing the ball around gets you nowhere at the end of the day unless you’ve got the players who can do it like Man City, and Man City we are not.

So come on, Martin, take the pressure off the players and play another way.

Shirley Saint
Southampton