The latest episode of the Goin' Home With Adam And Jo podcast has landed.
BBC Radio Solent's Adam Blackmore and former Southampton player Jo Tessem discuss Saturday's FA Cup defeat to Burnley and Ivan Juric's comments on Saints midfielder Flynn Downes.
Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds
Image source, Getty ImagesIvan Juric after Southampton's defeat to Burnley: "I think we did lots of things good. We did some mistakes in defence and it was enough to lose the game.
"I think we dominated the game, created lots of chances but we didn't score. There were some really good moments in the game, but some bad moments in defence.
"I saw really a lot of players playing at a good level. I think we were just not clinical despite dominating a lot. We really were not good in the last 20 metres [of the pitch].
"I'm disappointed we didn't win. It is a great competition and opportunity for us."
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Nine Premier League teams are competing in Saturday's FA Cup fourth-round action, and we will bring you every moment.
Leyton Orient v Man City (12:15) - watch on BBC One and listen on BBC Radio 5 Live
Coventry v Ipswich
Everton v Bournemouth
Southampton v Burnley
Wigan v Fulham - listen on BBC Radio 5 Live
Birmingham v Newcastle (17:45) - listen on BBC Radio 5 Live
Brighton v Chelsea (20:00) - watch on BBC One and listen on BBC Radio 5 Live
All kick-off times 15:00 GMT unless stated
Burnley's defensive record is unbelievable, but they have got a problem at the other end of the pitch.
They do not score many goals and it appears there is an element of Burnley fans who are quite bored watching Scott Parker's team.
Their situation is the same as Leeds, in that they are one of four teams chasing one of the two automatic promotion spots in the Championship.
Again, they have got a midweek league game coming up, at Hull City on Wednesday, which will be their priority. I think Parker will make changes here and they will fall foul of that.
Southampton will not be complaining, because they have won so few games against anyone this season.
Saints picked up a rare win at Ipswich last weekend, and at home they have managed only three victories in all competitions - Stoke City in the Carabao Cup, Everton in the league and Swansea City in the FA Cup third round.
To say they have momentum after beating Ipswich is probably pushing it, and they are still a long way adrift at the bottom of the table, but a decent FA Cup run would give their fans a bit of escapism in what has been a miserable season.
Sutton's prediction: 1-0
Image source, Getty ImagesThe fifth-round draw will take place during Monday's episode of The One Show on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
Former England winger Theo Walcott, who won the trophy twice while with Arsenal, will conduct the draw at about 19:10 GMT.
There are 16 Premier League teams left in the draw, with Leicester having been beaten by Manchester United on Friday, and Arsenal, Brentford and West Ham exiting in the third round.
Image source, Getty ImagesEarlier, we asked you to name the former Southampton manager from a series of clues.
The answer was Ronald Koeman, who was in charge between 2014 and 2016.
Adam Blackmore
BBC Radio Solent sports editor
Image source, Getty ImagesWe have been putting your questions to BBC Radio Solent's Adam Blackmore.
In our final part, Adam focuses on the club's future and which players could make the leap from academy to first team.
Chris asked: What would it take to make Saints an established Premier League club again, eg. as they were under Mauricio Pochettino, Ronald Koeman and even Claude Puel?
Adam answered: Hi Chris, I could write an essay on this! But in reality those days were halcyon ones where Saints were investing really well in talent, spending money, scouting well, and appointing the right managers at the right time.
It really is a cocktail of so many things needing to come together at the same time. But one thing they do need is top talent at the top end of the pitch. The managers you talk about had Adam Lallana, James Rodriguez and Rickie Lambert as a front three, or Dusan Tadic, Sadio Mane and Graziano Pelle. Those golden combinations do not come around that often or that easily.
It is harder now to sneakily buy a talent that nobody knows about, or just compete with far bigger clubs – PSR keeps medium-sized clubs in their place to the benefit of the bigger ones. So to be a regularly competing in the Premier League again needs consistent investment allied with a great fit of manager and players, with Saints punching above their weight for a season or two to increase revenue.
The club are investing for the long term on all sorts of infrastructure projects and revenue sources to compete more but it will take a long time. With PSR a much bigger thing now, it is harder to cheat the system or buck the trends.
Tim asked: Do you think the transfers out of Ben Brereton Diaz, Maxwel Cornet and others represents a move back to using academy graduates more rather than 'pros for hire'? And do you know of any good academy prospects?
Adam answered: Hi Tim, there is a lot more age group talent at Saints now – a lot of international age group players, and not just English ones. The club are confident they are on the right track with this and I hope the first team sees the benefits soon.
However, I do not see the exits of certain players this month as having anything to do with academy players – it is purely about getting the squad into a manageable size, allied with Ivan Juric getting players out that he thinks are not going to feature for him in the current fight.
Image source, Getty ImagesSouthampton have confirmed the appointment of Johannes Spors as technical director. He replaces Jason Wilcox who left St Mary's Stadium for Manchester United last year.
Spors has previously worked for RB Leipzig, Vitesse Arnhem and Genoa across European football, and will begin his role at Southampton next week.
"I'm excited to finally start work at Southampton." Sors said. "Saints are a club with a great history and commitment to developing players, not only in the academy, but also at first-team level.
"I look forward to working with the team at Staplewood to build a strategy that helps bring success on the pitch."
Adam Blackmore
BBC Radio Solent sports editor
Image source, Getty ImagesWe have been putting your questions to BBC Radio Solent's Adam Blackmore.
In part three Adam focuses on Saints' struggles in front of goal and recruitment in the forwards positions.
Ben asked: Why have we offloaded our forwards and not signed replacements?
Adam answered: Hi Ben, if you mean recently then I don't see the offloading of Ben Brereton Diaz and Adam Armstrong on loan as big losses in the current squad. They have two goals between them all season in the Premier League. As much as I love Arma, he just does not threaten enough in the Premier League.
Saints still have Paul Onuachu, Kamaldeen Sulemana, Tyler Dibling, Matheus Fernandes, Cameron Archer, and hopefully Albert Gronbaek as forwards for the rest of the season. Would it make a big difference if the other two were around? I don't think so. The bigger question for me is if they can go down and come back up at the first time of asking, will they learn from this last summer and invest in a proper Premier League goalscorer and buy quality not quantity.
Mike asked: Why has the club gone through so many transfer windows without signing a proven goalscorer (we haven't really had one since Danny Ings)? We have signed promising youngsters but one by one they seem to be drifting away.
Adam answered: Hi Mike, I share your frustration with this. As I said in my reply to Ben, the strategy of quantity over quality has not worked. I get that the club in their first season back up needs to be careful and hope that some potential is realised, but it has nt really happened. And we all know that since Ings' departure Saints have not had the quality upfront to stay in the top flight.
Any players that have drifted away have not really gone on to pull up trees elsewhere, just accentuating the lack of judgement Saints have made. Che Adams was never prolific (but they should have kept him) Arma has always struggled in the Premier League, Onuachu has been misused and underused by a succession of managers...
Plus, that revolving door of managers that has created different styles of play also has not helped a number of players who have been en vogue or persona non grata depending on who is in charge of the team!
You are right - they need to stop taking chances with the most important end of the pitch and back someone to keep them up with his goals.
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Image source, Getty ImagesSouthampton have won eight of their past 10 home matches in the FA Cup, winning the last three in a row at St Mary's Stadium by a margin of three goals or more without conceding a single goal.
Image source, Getty ImagesNow that the transfer deals are done, we have a clearer picture of how the season may finish.
Unfortunately, as things stand I think Ipswich will be relegated in addition to Southampton and Leicester City.
Saying Ipswich is a difficult one for me because out of those three, they are the one that I think will give the biggest fight to survive between now and the end of the season.
But at the expense of who? It is probably Wolves, as Everton have now distanced themselves from the pack, but even then Wolves have a new manager and they have Premier League experience which will always help in this crunch time.
Ultimately, the gap now between the Championship and the Premier League is massive.
It is hard to adjust quickly enough in the Premier League as the players simply just don't have the time to adapt. Mistakes are punished, so it makes it very difficult to play the same style that has got a team promoted from the Championship.
Ipswich have probably been the most adaptable of the three teams, but they still lack the quality that is needed within a squad to compete. They have, however, invested and brought in more players in the January transfer window to give them a fighting chance.
Fara Williams was speaking to BBC Sport's Katie Stafford
Adam Blackmore
BBC Radio Solent sports editor
Image source, Getty ImagesWe have been putting your questions to BBC Radio Solent's Adam Blackmore.
In part two, he focuses on Saints' recruitment, selling strategy and youth teams.
Laurie asked: Is there any chance that Southampton could stop being a selling club - with a view to keeping team consistency and having a fair chance of making ourselves a club to be reckoned with?
Adam answered: To be honest Laurie, I don't think there is! FFP/PSR really makes it very hard to compete in the Premier League against much richer clubs with far greater turnovers (Manchester City's turnover and wage bill is five times that of Saints) and I don't see those differentials changing unless, in the long term, Saints can up their turnover and revenues so much that they close the gap. That is a really long-term project that I know they're working on.
I think the best any club of Saints' size can hope for is one season where they have a crack with a manager and squad that punches above its weight, shocks everyone, and gets into Europe. That ups the income dramatically and makes players more likely to stay. However, finding young talent and making a good profit on that talent has to still be a big part of the strategy I'm afraid.
Darrell asked: Why have Southampton never brought young players into the fold and nurtured them together into senior team? Surely to bring a youth team on together through the age leagues and then into the senior team will be the best team spirit and cohesion that money can buy? Instead, they sell them on thinking of profit instead of a team that the supporters can be proud of.
Adam answered: Darrell, I'm afraid the days of Dave Merrington getting two-thirds of the first team squad from the academy are over. As I said in my reply to Laurie, PSR makes it nigh on impossible to keep really good talent for a long time.
Saints have only had a handful of players make it from the academy in the last decade but, on the positive side, we can now see a number of age group internationals in the under-21s and below.
There are also a lot of young players coming into the Saints setup from other countries, as the club hopes its wider scouting network will start to find diamonds in the rough.
But remember it is now a global market and the biggest clubs will always get the best young players. Manchester City pay for their academy talent to go to private schools – how do you compete with that if parents have a choice?
Realistically, Saints still need to develop talent as much as possible, but it's really difficult to keep top young talent and the best you can usually hope for is to make a big profit that helps the club thrive more in the future.
Adam Blackmore
BBC Radio Solent sports editor
Image source, Getty ImagesWe have been putting your questions to BBC Radio Solent's Adam Blackmore.
In part one Adam focuses on manager Ivan Juric and whether he is the man to lead Saints next season.
William asked: Is Juric the right manager to rebuild the team next season when we're in the Championship? What does he need from the club if he is?
Adam answered: I think in principle he is absolutely the right manager to take the club forward. I appreciate he has little experience of English football, but with any proven manager, it's about letting him do things his way and giving him the resources to be able to play the way he wants.
In that regard, what he needs is to keep as many key players as he can in the summer, and for those that are sold to be replaced with top-end Championship talent.
With parachute payments, Saints should again be a force in the Championship, and I think Juric's intense and focussed mentality could turn Saints into a ruthless team if he has the tools to do the job.
Ivan asked: Juric would obviously have been aware of what he was getting himself into. Do you get the sense he's in it for the long haul at St Mary's, and is the man who will lead us into next season's promotion push? Have you picked up any frustration on his part around our transfer activity this January (or lack thereof), that may influence him and any decision to stay on beyond this summer?
Adam answered: I think he and the club have every intention to give him his head and let him lead the club in the Championship. Saints will not gain anything by chopping and changing managers again, and in a short time he has shown he is a serious manager who can drive up a club's standards. I am quietly excited about the prospect of him leading Saints in the Championship.
With regards his frustration, I think he will not show it because it gives him and players an excuse, and so far I do not think he likes that.
He has rolled his sleeves up and got on with showing the players he is a manager who knows what he is doing, and he does not come out with excuses and makes players accountable.
I really like that - he does not mollycoddle them!
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Name this former Southampton manager from the following clues:
As a player, I scored the winning goal in a European Cup final;
I twice guided Southampton to top-seven finishes in the Premier League;
I left Saints to take charge of another English top-flight side.
Answer will be revealed at 17:00 GMT
Image source, Getty ImagesBurnley boss Scott Parker says Southampton are "going to be a big test" for his squad, describing Saturday's FA Cup tie at St Mary's as "a big step up" for the Championship outfit.
The Clarets are second in the league, chasing leaders Leeds United, but still hope to put a cup run together alongside their hunt for promotion.
"Southampton came out of this league last season and then added to an already quality squad," said Parker. "It's going to be a big test for us.
"It's a big step up for us and they're a very good side, but it's one we're looking forward to. It's also an opportunity for us to freshen things up, but we want to go there and give the best version of ourselves.
"There's a chance to give players minutes that haven't played as much as others and for the new lads to be integrated into the side. It will be useful for them to get a feel for it and what we expect.
"There's nothing better than going on a cup run and like I've said, it's a big fixture for us. It gives opportunities for others to show what they can do and hopefully we can progress into the next round."
Katie Stafford
BBC Sport journalist
Southampton boss Ivan Juric has been speaking to the media before Saturday's FA Cup game against Burnley (kick-off 15:00 GMT).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
Taylor Harwood-Bellis has an ankle injury and is unavailable for the FA Cup game but fellow defender Nathan Wood is expected to return.
Midfielder Tyler Dibling is also available, with Juric insisting there was "no fear of losing him" in the transfer window because the club's determination to keep him never changed.
Captain Jack Stephens has also faced a setback and is "upset" about returning to the sidelines. Juric said "it is not really bad" but they will know more in the next few weeks.
On opponents Burnley, who are flying high in the Championship: "They have kept a lot of clean sheets and from watching them, they are a really good team."
He said he will field his best XI to face Burnley because "every game is a opportunity to improve and get better."
On whether he was 'disappointed' by Southampton's transfer window business: "A little. There are some positions where we are missing players and that could be an issue in the future. But I understand the situation and it is difficult when you are bottom of the table to convince players. The club tried to bring me what I want - but we didn't succeed."
He added: "It is not easy to change mentality, but they [the players] are really willing to get better and are working" to get as many points as possible between now and the end of the season.
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Image source, PA MediaSouthampton midfielder Lesley Ugochukwu, speaking to BBC Radio Solent about the mood in the squad after beating Ipswich last weekend: "Winning is a very good thing for morale and it gives everyone more confidence to build this week and prepare for the game this weekend.
"For myself, I'm very happy to be part of the team and to win. I just want to give my best. The club trusted me, it wasn't easy at the start but now I'm playing and I'm happy and I'll give everything to this team."
On the impact of manager Ivan Juric since his appointment in December: "He is very busy [on the touchline] and passionate.
"During training every day, he shows his passion to us, showing us how hard he wants us to work. As players, we feel it. We want to give the confidence back to him because he trusts us and we feel it."
Listen to the full interview on BBC Sounds
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Ray Hunt
Fan writer
Image source, Getty ImagesSouthampton's deadline day ended as expected - inactive. In terms of incomings, anyhow.
In truth, we never expected, nor desired, to go down the buyer's route in our current position. With relegation almost a certainty, it would not have made sense financially. When Ivan Juric arrived, he commented on his eagerness to trim the bloated squad. And he has done just that.
Gavin Bazunu joined Belgian side Standard Liege on loan - a move that suits everyone, especially Bazunu. After being sidelined for nine months with a ruptured Achilles and with summer signing Aaron Ramsdale not likely to be replaced any time soon, Bazunu will get regular football and be ready to return in the Championship next season.
Promising academy graduate Sam Amo-Ameyaw was loaned to Strasbourg, with an obligation to buy. The loan in itself was expected given his lack of time under Juric. The obligation is hard to take.
Southampton's youth set-up has always been recognised as one of the leaders in the country, but has been a far cry from the likes of Theo Walcott or Adam Lallana. That is a major worry under this ownership. Amo-Ameyaw joins a long list of highly rated players moved on prematurely. We could end up regretting this decision.
A deal to send Adam Armstrong to West Bromwich Albion was confirmed on Tuesday. Armstrong has once again failed to impress in the top flight, scoring just three. A short-term loan with plenty of games should hopefully boost his confidence and get him finding the net again.
Left-back Welington formally arrived at the start of this window, while Denmark international Albert Gronbaek joined on loan from Rennes (let's hope that one becomes permanent). Both featured in the win at Ipswich and slotted in nicely.
I would have liked to have seen a centre-back arrive to plug the gaps of recent injuries in that area, but I was not too dismayed when a loan bid for Strasbourg central defender Abakar Sylla collapsed towards the end of the window.
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Southampton have signed Nigerian forward Victor Udoh from Royal Antwerp.
The 20 year-old has signed a three-and-a-half year contract and will initially be a part of the Under-21 side.
