Simon Rusk delights home fans with customary substitution but they need to stop | OneFootball

Simon Rusk wins over Southampton fans by showing glimpses of Jay Robinson's talent but such kind of substitutions should be brought to an end currently.

Yesterday, Southampton recreated an iconic edge of the seat classic but in their own notorious tone. The Saints extended their courage to the maximum in the first half but looked like their usual porous defensive self in the second.

Actually, their commendable resistance needed only ten quality minutes from Aston Villa to sound out another defeat to the optimistic Saints. Now, Simon Rusk quickly sensed that his immediate task was to lift the club's off-field spirits as the matchday ones had already vanished from St. Mary's.

In response, Rusk gave the substitute orders to Jay Robinson who got a handful of playing minutes. Without a doubt, the home fans were ecstatic as they wouldn't have thought Robinson donning the first-team's colours so soon in their strangest dreams.

Rusk shouldn't drift away from non-negotiable Saints objective

Honestly, presenting the first outings to talented prodigies when the season is done and dusted is somewhat of a customary Southampton tradition. Rusk deserves the props for sticking true to these practices but experimenting inexperienced gems should be stopped at this crucial Premier League checkpoint.

Firstly, games like the Aston Villa ones are quite rare where Southampton has accepted they don't have any reliable striker to pull off a multiple-goal comeback.

Thus, let's hope that Rusk also agrees with these fears and doesn't get swayed away towards the short-term benefit of academy players. Finally, one Premier League masterclass isn't too big of an ask from six games, which hopefully gets accomplished as well.