Southampton were outplayed at Manchester Town, as most of the family expected.
They are the base of the Premier League, with only one level in their first nine games of the season.
Manager Russell Martin is underpowered, despite guiding the Saints back into control five months ago.
But something strange happened at the Etihad Stadium.
Speaking to the media later at Saturday’s competition, both managers honored the overwhelmed workforce.
It was no longer so much that they were unlucky enough to lose. If Erling Haaland had done better, he would have scored more than just the winning goal in the fifth minute.
Manchester Town beat Southampton in a clean game, not just because they found a way through a general defense.
At the end of the first phase, the visitors had almost all of the property. It used to go down to 42.3% until the end. As a matter of fact, Town’s two previous competing games, Sparta Prague and Wolves, obtained 20.1% and 22.4% respectively.
If Southampton are to progress unwell, or Martin is to lose his process, it will be by adopting a game plan he believes in.
“I accepted the job [at MK Dons] “Almost five years ago, when the club was in the relegation zone of League One and the chairman said he didn’t care if they got relegated, if he could see something he believed in and could be proud of,” Martin mentioned.
“There have been some real difficult moments at MK and Swansea and here, where you are questioned and you have to make a big decision.
“But when I finally end up getting rid of my process for a while, which is inevitable, nothing less than I will be able to say that I have grasped what I need to be, first as an individual, then as a leader, and then as a supervisor.
“Coming to the Premier League and then changing would be illogical. I can’t sit on the sidelines watching something I don’t feel connected to or love. I don’t see the point in that.”
That requires Southampton’s players to have the courage to hold onto the ball in tight fields, get better at passing when the force is at its highest, and not allow negative effects or desperation to change that mentality.
