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da cassino online： New Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl spoke to the press for the first time since taking charge of the club on Thursday, and he was quick to explain what he expects to see from his players in the coming days, weeks and months.
The 51-year-old was in attendance at Wembley for his side’s 3-1 defeat against Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday night, to give him a first glimpse of some of the players he is inheriting.
The Austrian coach covered a range of subjects in his press conference, and when asked about the January transfer window his comments were particularly revealing.
What did he say?
When asked about whether he wanted to bring new players in, Hasenhuttl said, as quoted by official club website:
“We just have a look at the players we have now. I want to bring them to their limits – I don’t know where the limits are, but if they like to go this way, they are invited to.
“When they follow us, it will be an intensive, hard-working way, and when everyone is pushing their limits to a higher level, we can see how far it gets us with each player.
“If someone says ‘it’s too much running for me or too much work’ he will fall very quick beside us. That’s how I want to work until January. Then we will have a look.”
Should his comments concern any Saints players?
In a word, yes.
While Manolo Gabbiadini was handed a start by Kelvin Davis for the defeat against Spurs, he has generally found starts hard to come by under previous managers Mauricio Pellegrino and Mark Hughes, even missing out on the 18-man squad in the Premier League on four occasions already this season.
18-year-old Michael Obafemi was preferred to him for the trip to Manchester City, and you can only imagine that it was down to poor performance/attitude on the training pitch.
Pellegrino certainly alluded to that with his quotes about the 27-year-old earlier this year, when he said, as reported by the Daily Mail:
“Manolo has to be prepared; the players have to be really well-prepared.
“Our reaction on the pitch is about preparation before the game. It’s about what you did in your past, how you prepare every single week.
“The attitude is a preview of the preparation to move to the action and this is the most important thing at this level.”
Hasenhuttl certainly won’t take any prisoners, and unless Gabbiadini is willing to change his ways he could be the first major casualty of the Austrian’s tough regime.