Southampton boss Ivan Juric is determined for his gamers to show they aren’t the “worst workforce within the historical past of the Premier League”.
The Saints have endured a depressing season, at present sitting backside of the Premier League and 17 factors from security after simply two wins all season.
They’ve simply 9 factors from their 29 video games to this point, two shy of Derby County’s complete of 11 in 2007-08 and having solely picked up three factors since December, they’re in actual hazard of failing to achieve that tally.
“The workforce must be competing and attempt to do our greatest. We’ve got to be actually motivated,” stated Juric, whose Southampton facet host FA Cup semi-finalists Crystal Palace on Wednesday.
“I don’t need it to be that we’re the worst workforce within the historical past of Premier League.
“If we might be not the final on the desk, we’ve got to do our greatest, so on this second, that is our aim.
“I feel we’re in fine condition, we will do it and we’ll attempt to win the match.”
Juric coy over future
Juric took over from Russell Martin in December however has failed to stop the promoted facet’s plight, because the South Coast facet put together for one more seaosn again within the Championship.
The previous Torino and Roma boss stopped in need of comitting his future to the membership previous this season and stated he was centered on the rapid challenges.
“I feel if you wish to create one thing, it’s a must to have individuals with a powerful thought, figuring out what they need and begin to construct up one thing, begin to create one thing,” he stated.
“Generally, although, you come to attempt to do it greatest with the gamers you’ve.”
Worst ever Premier League groups
Derby’s notorious 2007-08 season is the present worst ever tally from 38 video games of a Premier League, however who’re the opposite sides to gather low factors tallies.
Earlier than Derby, it was Sunderland who had the undesirable tag of the worst workforce in historical past after gathering a measly 15 factors through the 2005-06 season.
Sheffield United went near ending decrease than that in 2023-24, the identical as Huddersfield mustered in 2018-19.
Present Champions League quarter-finalists Aston Villa may even go down as one of many worst the highest flight has seen after chaotic marketing campaign in 2015-16 wherein they have been capable of accumulate solely 17 factors as they dropped out of the Premier League for the primary time.
- Derby 2007-08 – 11 factors
- Sunderland 2005-06 – 15 factors
- Sheffield United 2023-24 – 16 factors
- Huddersfield 2018-19 – 16 factors
- Aston Villa 2015-16 – 17 factors
