Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert cannot believe speculation surrounding the future of Southampton boss Nigel Adkins. The newly promoted Saints are bottom of the table having lost all four of their Premier League games so far this season.
"It's getting a bit silly now," he said. "With what he's done for them, and when it's only four games into the season, I think it's a bit ridiculous. But football is like that - you just never know what's around the corner.
"It's getting harder and harder every year but I think that's really unfair.
"Nigel's done a great job at Southampton. In the last few years they have done fantastically well getting promoted twice.
"The Premier League is an unforgiving division. Every game is hard, whoever you are playing. It doesn't matter if it's a side in the top six or bottom six. It's a hard, hard league."
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