New Southampton manager Mark Hughes accepts his team will have to hit the ground running if they are to achieve their objective of staying in the Premier League.
The Welshman, who made 60 appearances for the Saints as a player, took charge of the squad for the first time on Thursday after signing a contract until the end of the season to replace Mauricio Pellegrino.
Southampton head to Wigan in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup on Sunday, with the first Premier League match under Hughes set to be at fellow relegation battlers West Ham on March 31.