Southampton v Arsenal: Ralph Hasenhuttl sends fans free drink vouchers
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The beers are on Ralph Hasenhuttl for his first home game in charge of Southampton this weekend.
The Saints manager, 51, has sent free drinks vouchers to season ticket holders for the Premier League match against Arsenal at St Mary's on Sunday.
And the Austrian hopes fans will get to toast only a second home league victory in the past year for the struggling Saints, who are currently 19th.
"I'm a guy who always brings everyone in our boat to row with us," he said.
"You never know, maybe on Sunday comes the first win for a long time at St Mary's."
Saints' last home league win was against south-coast rivals Bournemouth in April under Hasenhuttl's predecessor Mark Hughes, who was sacked on 3 December.
And their previous top-flight victory at St Mary's came in November 2017, when Mauricio Pellegrino's side beat Everton.
Former RB Leipzig boss Hasenhuttl, whose opening match was a 1-0 defeat by Cardiff, said Southampton owed its fans.
"You have to build up your credit," he said. "It's like an account - if you always take money off sometimes it's empty. Now we have to put money on the account.
"We try to invest something and show them that we are working harder and put more in games."
Hasenhuttl also wrote a letter to season ticket holders to accompany the drink voucher, saying he was "very proud" to have taken charge and was "not afraid" of the challenge of keeping Southampton up.
He promised an "intensive and very hard-working environment" and said he would push his players "to their limits".
"If they go with me on this, then they will find a very rewarding journey," he wrote.
"The other people I want to make sure I bring with me are you, the fans."
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It doesn't matter if he is the manager of SFC or not he's making a kind gesture to the fans.
It seems a some fans only get one drink from their clubs
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Seems like a straight talking man to me. He's already stated that Southampton is a stepping stone for him, which none of his ambitious predecessors ever did before they moved up the food chain.
Good luck to him.
This new guy needs 3 seasons at least to try and get something going or it'll be their own fault...…….I just hope Hughes disappears for a while, he's been getting away with it for too long now.
Good luck Saints.
Seems an honest man. Southampton have to draw a line and start again. Small steps.
BBC HYS really does attract some bitter oddballs, who perhaps, need to get out more.
They were the envy of a lot of teams outside the top six for the past 4 years.
They had a terrific academy they were well managed and they got excellent results and a Wembley final out of it. Has the club struggled to adjust to new leadership? Or do the fans expect to much to soon? Or is it the media that love a club until it fails and then there fall is lost.
With Arsenal's poor record at St. Mary's A home win would not be a surprise. On current form, I cannot see Saints getting anything from Arsenal (I hope not anyway, being an Arsenal Fan). Good luck to Southampton for the rest of the season though.
Hope the players are good enough to bring the results in though!
He reaches out to Season Ticket holders with a gesture....we all moan he hasn't included everyone !
Hope he has the hide of a rhino ...looks like he's going to need one to survive all this negativity.
Be interested to see the reaction if we get something out of the Arsenal game.
Oh and thanks BBC for removing my post yesterday deriding the abuse and immature nature of a lot of the 'posters' on your site because it contained the word 'idiots'. Yet people are routinely allowed to swear, make completely unfounded claims and throw insults in their posts