Life in the pressure cooker of a Premier League dogfight can be tough when even your son tells you you are going down.
But young Arlo Walcott can rest a little easier today now that Southampton are finally off the foot of the table.
And dad Theo, who grew up playing pretty football under Arsene Wenger at Arsenal, reckons the gritty way they won this game needs to be their blueprint for survival — because it is time for Saints to get their hands dirty.
James Ward-Prowse missed a penalty but Carlos Alcaraz scored the winner as the south coast strugglers scrapped their way off the bottom for the first time since November.