Ian Wright SLATES Nathan Jones' bizarre post-match comments

02/06/2023

‘Don’t come here and start throwing people under the bus’: Ian Wright SLATES Southampton boss Nathan Jones after his bizarre post-match comments about his rock-bottom Saints team as the board review his position

The Arsenal legend, 59, criticised Jones’ unusual remarks on Match of the Day
The Saints have now lost six of his seven Premier League matches in charge
The comments are said to have raised eyebrows behind the scenes at St Mary’s

Ian Wright has slated Southampton boss Nathan Jones after his bizarre post-match comments about his rock-bottom team as the board review his position.

The Saints have now lost six of his seven Premier League matches in charge since taking over in November with their latest defeat a 3-0 loss at Brentford on Saturday.

Jones’ unusual remarks after the loss in west London are said to have raised eyebrows behind the scenes at St Mary’s.

When asked by Gary Lineker about his thoughts on the comments on Match of the Day, the Arsenal legend, 59, responded with a damning assessment.

He said: ‘They were strange comments, they were strange. It’s your job to do your job, what are you talking about “pandering” to people?

When asked by Gary Lineker about his thoughts on the comments on Match of the Day, the Arsenal legend (pictured), 59, responded with a damning assessment

Jones’ (above) post-match comments after the loss in west London raised eyebrows behind the scenes at St Mary’s

‘This is the Premier League and you’re not going to get many opportunities here, so don’t come and start throwing people under the bus saying it’s their fault you didn’t do what you’ve done before. Get it done.’

It comes after Jones hit out in a bizarre outburst over having to ‘compromise’ elements within the club.

He claimed he had compromised the methods that made him a success at his previous club Luton since joining Southampton.

Jones said: ‘I’ve compromised because of fans, and so on, a few little things but – no more.

‘I’ve been very successful playing a fluent style, Luton were a real aggressive front-footed side. Statistically, there weren’t many better than me around Europe in terms of aggression, clean sheets, defending the box, balls in the box, xG, all those sort of things.

‘We were pound-for-pound the best because we were spending next to nothing and producing so much. I’ve gone away from that because it’s the Premier League and due to certain players and internationals.’

The coach appeared to target certain figures within the club whilst also claiming he was one of the best manager’s in European football during his time at Luton.

Southampton owner Dragan Solak (second left) is set to review Jones’ comments while Rasmus Ankersen (second right) sat dejected at full-time after the Brentford loss

Brentford’s Ben Mee (third left) scores the opening goal during the win over Southampton

Jones’ side are three points from safety and face Wolves and Chelsea in their next two matches.

Sportsmail’s Chris Sutton described Jones’ comments as ‘delusional’ and said Southampton ‘would be better off without him in charge’.

Southampton fans were heard chanting ‘get out of our club’ and ‘you don’t know what you’re doing’ – referencing the decision to substitute Romeo Lavia – towards Jones during the defeat at Brentford.

‘The fans saw a performance today that justified those sayings and that’s fine. All I can say to them is that I understand. To be fair, they’ve sung that at any point I’ve made a substitution.

‘If we keep Lavia on a booking they will counter-attack inside, so we were at risk. Was Romeo Lavia running the game? Was he outbattling or dominating their team? If he was, they were watching a different game to me.’

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