These are interesting times at Southampton. Uncertain but interesting all the same.
Another summer has brought another transfer window of significant change. How one views their prospects this season depends on whether their glass is half full or half empty.
On the back of a poor second half to last season - just five wins from 22 league games - and the loss of three key, senior players, Ralph Hasenhuttl’s team find themselves closer to the bookies’ top three relegation favourites than they would like.
But four new first-team faces - with Theo Walcott’s loan also being made permanent -- have arrived to inject some young, fresh blood and hope into the squad.