Southampton boss Ivan Juric is determined for his gamers to show they don’t seem to be the “worst staff 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 date, 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 succeed in that tally.
“The staff needs to be competing and attempt to do our greatest. We’ve got to be actually motivated,” mentioned 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 staff within the historical past of Premier League.
“If we could be not the final on the desk, we’ve got to do our greatest, so on this second, that is our aim.
“I believe we’re in fine condition, we are able to 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 mentioned he was centered on the speedy challenges.
“I believe if you wish to create one thing, you need to have individuals with a powerful thought, understanding what they need and begin to construct up one thing, begin to create one thing,” he mentioned.
“Generally, although, you come to attempt to do it finest with the gamers you might have.”
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 staff in historical past after amassing a measly 15 factors in the course of 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 by which they have been capable of acquire solely 17 factors as they dropped out of the Premier League for the primary time.
Derby 2007-08 – 11 pointsSunderland 2005-06 – 15 pointsSheffield United 2023-24 – 16 pointsHuddersfield 2018-19 – 16 pointsAston Villa 2015-16 – 17 factors
