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Speaking in his pre-match press conference before travelling to the Emirates this Saturday, Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl had some interesting comments on his side's playing style of late and what he has been trying to implement.

Whatever the Saints have been doing recently hasn't been working. The south coast side currently sit just one point off the bottom of the Premier League title, having amassed just eight points from their opening 12 games.

Southampton also have the leakiest defence in England's top-flight, conceding 29 goals in their 12 outings - alarmingly, this works out at an average of 2.4 concessions per game.

What did he say?

Hasenhuttl said, via Sky Sports: "We need to see a good trigger after losing the ball, good momentum when we go to fight to win it back again immediately.

"This is something we were working on during the last two weeks and especially with the players that have been here.

"You could see that we forgot a little bit about this behaviour - it was this behaviour that made us strong and for a long time."

Clearly keen to get back to effective method

The Athletic's Carl Anka recently detailed how Southampton's high-intensity pressing style was reaping some rewards earlier in the campaign, although it appears that the players have slowly been shying away from what the 'Alpine Klopp' has been famed for throughout his career.

We ourselves outlined how the Saints have no reason to stop such a playing style, as they currently find themselves joint-third in terms of shots earned after a high-press - only Manchester City and Chelsea have taken more shots on goal following an intense harrying of the opposition.

Perhaps Hasenhuttl's players became timid, as they do not possess a man capable of finishing off these shots, so their enthusiasm to continue pressing gradually waned.

While the current situation at St Mary's is not pleasant for anyone involved, it is somewhat reassuring to see Hasenhuttl identify that the pressing ethos was a positive, and that his players must begin to adopt it effectively once again - if they don't, staying in this division may be a far-fetched thing.

In other news, Southampton fans have reacted in humorous fashion by using GIFs to give their thoughts on one potential Ralph Hasenhuttl replacement...