Southampton boss, Nathan Jones hopes the team’s attacking debutants can make a difference after defeat at Brentford.
Deadline day signings Paul Onuachu and Kamaldeen Sulemana were handed their debuts off the bench at half time, with Jones encouraged by their individual cameos.
“They made a difference,” he said. “They gave us an impetus and we looked better, put more balls in the box and were a better team.
“Late on, they only put one ball in the box, people go to sleep, don’t follow a runner, don’t compete and get a free header from six, seven yards. We didn’t have any free headers from six seven yards. You have to defend your box better.
“It happened before I came, they didn’t defend the box well, and we’ve tried to improve that but it didn’t show today.”