'Unless something changes, it feels like the writing is on the wall'

If Southampton continue to play the way they have done so far this season then they could be another Burnley.

I mean that in the sense that they have won promotion and become stubborn in the way that they want to play.

Monday's defeat to Bournemouth was the first time that we have heard Russell Martin speak about his team's attitude and mentality. Normally, he takes responsibility for the way his team is playing, but instead he criticised their effort.

There is a sense of frustration around the team.

As a player, when you are continually losing in a style that the manager wants to play, it can become a rut of accepting defeat.

Looking at the squad, their calibre of player is probably still more suited to the Championship. The leap to the Premier League is massive but you have to find a way.

Ipswich still want to play possession-based football and be aggressive in the press, but they have been adaptive in their style. They are doing that to try and get results.

Southampton are a little bit too stubborn and are too high risk when they play out from the back. They are getting punished for it. You can get away with it more in the Championship because you create more chances than you do in the Premier League.

You do question where their goals are going to come from this season. It is OK having lots of possession but you need to punish teams with that and Southampton are not.

They were also reliant on Adam Armstrong in the Championship to get their goals but we saw a few years back that he was not a prolific forward in the Premier League.

Unless something changes, then it does feel like the writing is on the wall. They have to adapt their style of play a little bit sooner rather than later if they want to start picking up results.

Vincent Kompany left it too late last season and Burnley went down.

Fara Williams was speaking to BBC Sport's Katie Stafford