Southampton mainstay set to escape Championship run comes out in Juric's defence | OneFootball

Lesley Ugochukwu surprisingly defends Ivan Juric's awful Premier League run with his truthful behaviour.

Not even a full day has gone since Jason Puncheon gave some wise words to Simon Rusk. As a coach himself, Puncheon recommended Rusk to refrain from utilizing the short-term Saints which feels a debatable call in the first place.

A significant portion of the present starting eleven falls into this category and suddenly restricting them to rot on the bench can easily go wrong for Southampton. Still, it can reduce the conflicting ideas among the roster to some extent.

And Lesley Ugochukwu can be viewed as a tailor-made example. The deep-lying midfielder knows he will be spared from experiencing the collective Championship agony unlike his Saints teammates.

Moreover, his long-term employers Chelsea could even arrange another Premier League loan spell for Ugochukwu in the following campaign.

Puncheon proved right with Ugochukwu's comments

In short, Ugochukwu may have a different viewpoint about his Southampton stay which isn't hard to admit from his Ivan Juric comments.

The Croatian took charge of Southampton with hopes of refining the playing style but instead left St. Mary's after creating a huge mess of the first-team's playing ideology. Inspite of those failures, Ugochukwu defended him for his brave truthfulness.

Before one starts labelling Ugochukwu as a dream player for every manager, Saints need to recall their expectations with Juric. The fans never fancy flattering optimism but Juric's primary checkbox was to search the fixture list for winnable points and then translate them on the matchday.

Not only did he miss those performance metrics but Juric even brought Southampton to a state from where win became a bleak imagination for the fans who backed him.