'Shut up and get on with it', says Saints boss Still

Will Still's Southampton have suffered back-to-back defeats at Blackburn and Bristol City

Under-pressure head coach Will Still says Southampton need to stop feeling sorry for themselves and "shut up and get on with it".

Fans turned on him after his side slipped to defeat at Blackburn on Saturday after leading 1-0 and dropped to 20th place - three points clear of the relegation zone.

Southampton are on a run of just one win in 11 league matches under Still and four victories in 47 games since they won promotion to the Premier League in May 2024.

"We've got to fight back," he told BBC Radio Solent. "It's time for the whole club to fight back a bit. This scenario is not new, it was happening last season too.

"As a club we need to stand up, fight back and show what this club is about and not moan about everything and find excuses for why things aren't going right.

"We need to manage games better and stop feeling sorry for ourselves - that's one thing I can't stand. In a rude way, shut up and get on with it.

"It's time, as a club, we turn the corner. We need everyone for that - we need the supporters as well, the team needs them.

"I understand things are difficult, not everything is perfect, we are conceding too many goals, but we're on the wrong end of a bit of luck for the moment. We need to start creating the luck."

Still, whose side host seventh-placed Preston North End on Saturday, said his squad had shared "a few ugly and honest truths" in the wake of defeat at Ewood Park against a side a place below them in the table.

But the 33-year-old added: "It's not a time for finger-pointing, it's the football club as a whole.

"Let's push and be positive. It's gone a bit too far in the wrong direction and something needs to be done."