Nathan Jones made sure to clap all four corners of the stadium as he trudged off the pitch after Southampton’s chastening defeat by Nottingham Forest on Wednesday.
In return he received a cacophony of boos and a six-word chant that suggests the end is nigh for him after just four league games. ‘You don’t know what you’re doing,’ sang the majority of Southampton fans at St Mary’s, getting louder each time.
The players were jeered and some could not face it. Young forward Sekou Mara scurried down the tunnel, 19-year-old winger Samuel Edozie covered his face with his shirt, and captain James Ward-Prowse screamed at team-mates to applaud the fans for turning out.