Southampton defender Ryan Manning says the gamers are not to blame for Will Still’s sacking and claims it was “an easy thing to say for those looking in from the outside.”
The 29-12 months-previous performed 12 Championship video games beneath Still and is the membership’s joint second highest goalscorer this season along with his two free-kicks in opposition to Wrexham and Watford.
Advertisement
After Still’s departure some followers shifted blame to the gamers within the latter levels of his tenure.
But Manning feels Saints’ poor outcomes did not come down to a scarcity of effort from him and his crew-mates.
“I just think that’s from people on the outside looking in. It’s an easy thing to say,” Manning instructed BBC Radio Solent.
“It’s so competitive at this level, no player could even go out on the pitch and not try, the gap and the difference between trying and not trying is huge at this level so no player does that.
“I feel beneath the earlier supervisor we had been grafting and we had been making an attempt all the things, we had been determined to win video games and we did not need to be the place we had been simply as a lot as he (Still) did not need to be.
Advertisement
“So I think that is just an easy thing to say but I think as players you have to take the good with the bad and just have to get on with it.”
Things turned poisonous at St Mary’s in what turned out to be Still’s closing recreation in cost after they misplaced 2-0 to Preston North End.
Fans booed the gamers at half-time and full-time in addition to chanting against the current ownership.
Since then interim boss Tonda Eckert has are available and gained each of his matches in cost.
Ryan Manning has scored two objectives within the Championship this season [Getty Images]
There nonetheless stays a degree of uncertainty as to what Southampton’s brief and longer-time period future appears like within the dugout as Eckert is anticipated to take cost of their upcoming video games following the worldwide break.
Advertisement
If the German coach impresses and continues his successful streak then it might put him in a beneficial place to land the job on a everlasting foundation.
Following Southampton’s win over Sheffield Wednesday, Eckert was seen sharing an embrace with sporting director Johannes Spors, somebody who might be closely concerned with appointing whoever the following boss might be.
“I think for us now we just have to keep pushing on with this momentum and keep looking forward and I think that will garnish everyone together,” Manning added.
“A few wins and fans are back on side, enjoying it and everyone’s looking forward to going out playing games.
Advertisement
“This league is legendary for momentum, when it is going good it is good and when it is going dangerous it is so robust.”
After the break Saints are straight back into action with three Championship games in the space of a week.
Eckert will lead the team away at Charlton on Saturday, who are managed by former boss Nathan Jones, before a midweek game against Leicester City and then an away game at Millwall before the end of the month.