PLENTY

of you agreed with my assertion that Mark Hughes is the right man to save Southampton from relegation – but many of you, especially Stoke fans, won’t have it.

The real battle starts with a six-pointer at West Ham next weekend, but the early evidence of Saints’ FA Cup quarterfinal win at Wigan was a promising start for Hughes.

Yes, I hear you saying it was ‘only’ Wigan from League One... but nobody should take Wigan lightly after they beat Manchester City and, quite possibly, denied Pep Guardiola the Quadruple.