Southampton manager Nathan Jones hopes to see his early work rewarded in the Carabao Cup as he makes a belated bow at St Mary’s.
Jones was unveiled as Ralph Hasenhuttl’s successor just before the World Cup break, with the Welshman’s only game in charge to date being a 3-1 Premier League defeat at Liverpool on November 12.
The former Luton boss finally gets the chance to meet home supporters tonight when Saints take on Lincoln for a place in the last eight.
‘There are certain things we need to improve on from the first half of the season,’ Jones said.
‘I wanted to take little steps quickly, and hopefully we’ve done that over the four weeks we’ve had to work with them. Hopefully we’ll see some sort of seeds of that [against Lincoln].
‘We’ve just finished the week of a World Cup and you would normally be thinking, “It’s July and where are you going for your holidays?”
‘But it’s a cup game, a really exciting week with my first two home games, and it won’t be long before Santa’s here.’
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