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Newly appointed Southampton supervisor Ivan Juric says his facet are able to “one thing distinctive” as they give the impression of being to keep away from relegation from the Premier League this season.
Juric, previously of Roma, Genoa and Torino, additionally in contrast his footballing type to loss of life metallic music as he seems to show across the fortunes at St Mary’s this time period.
The Croatian will take cost of his first recreation on Boxing Day, when Southampton host West Ham. The Saints are presently rooted to the underside of the desk on six factors, eight factors from security.
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Following the dismissal of Russell Martin, Juric signed an 18-month deal at Southampton. Nevertheless, his process, on paper a minimum of, seems moderately steep.
Within the historical past of the Premier League, solely 4 groups have survived from the identical place on 25 December: West Brom in 2004-05, Sunderland in 2013-14, Leicester in 2014-15, and Wolves in 2022-23.
“It is going to be a really powerful job,” stated Juric.
“I do know that within the historical past no person stayed within the Premiership with this example, however I feel there are a number of good gamers, and we’ve got [to be] significantly better in some moments of the sport.
“I’m optimistic. I’m actually optimistic. Even the opposite day, I noticed their mentality and it’s step one to doing higher. I feel we are able to do one thing distinctive. The blokes need to be very motivated to do one thing that by no means, no person did.”
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Juric added that the job at Southampton, nevertheless difficult, was a beautiful prospect and defined how a really particular style of music helps inform his tactical method.
He stated: “It was slightly little bit of a dream, the Southampton alternative.
“I used to be pondering that life is brief, I need to strive new issues and I need to journey to the opposite manner of working, put myself in a tough scenario, and that’s it.
“They [the players] don’t know me however I do know them. I stated that I imagine in them, they’ve high quality, they’ll do it. Be optimistic, work exhausting, and the whole lot is feasible.
“Once I was younger I favored loss of life metallic music loads, and that’s one thing I feel my type of soccer is like.
“Work exhausting, press exhausting, play good, be intense, all these things. I feel (the gamers) can do it.
“They’re younger, they’re optimistic, they need to work exhausting. It’s not straightforward to alter the type instantly, however we’ve got to be intelligent.”
