Southampton head coach Russell Martin says his players have not been 'all in' in recent weeks as the Saints slipped away from an automatic promotion place.
Martin has chosen not to overtly criticise his players, instead critiquing his own motivational abilities when suggesting Southampton's players have not ran enough in recent fixtures. The Saints are winless in their last three, drawing with Middlesbrough and Blackburn Rovers either side of a stoppage time defeat by Ipswich Town, which has left the south coast club trailing third place Leeds United by 11 points and a dozen from the automatic promotion places.
We need to run more. 'How we took one point from Boro and Ipswich is beyond me, so there's not a huge problem. But we aren't all in enough.' Whether Martin's comments are a psychological ploy to glean more from his squad ahead of their last seven games, which culminates in a final day visit to Elland Road, is impossible to discern.
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