Russell Martin insists his Southampton stars are still playing for him, despite Saturday's second-half collapse against Leicester.
The Saints boss is under increasing pressure after taking just a point from the first eight games, and this week he declared the season's objectives were clear: for him to still be the manager in May and for Southampton to still be in the Premier League.
At present both look unlikely, but Martin will stick with the possession-based style which got Southampton back into the top flight at the first time of asking.
He said: 'I'm not going to sit here in the false-positivity loop and say we're doing great - we're not.