Foot & Soccer Soccer Match Reports, Football News Southampton boss Ivan Juric is determined for his gamers to show they don’t seem to be the “worst group within the historical past of the Premier League”.
The Saints have endured a depressing season, presently 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 up to now, 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 group must be competing and attempt to do our greatest. We now have to be actually motivated,” mentioned Juric, whose Southampton aspect host FA Cup semi-finalists Crystal Palace on Wednesday.
“I don’t need it to be that we’re the worst group within the historical past of Premier League.
“If we may be not the final on the desk, we now have to do our greatest, so on this second, that is our objective.
“I believe we’re in good 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 forestall the promoted aspect’s plight, because the South Coast aspect put together for an additional seaosn again within the Championship.
The previous Torino and Roma boss stopped wanting comitting his future to the membership previous this season and mentioned he was centered on the rapid challenges.
“I believe if you wish to create one thing, you must 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 will 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 group 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 can even go down as one of many worst the highest flight has seen after chaotic marketing campaign in 2015-16 during which they had been in a position to accumulate 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
