West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce says Cardiff City can bounce back from Saturday's opening day defeat.
Allardyce believes the newcomers should look to Southampton, who made a poor start to their return to the Premier League last season, for comfort if results go against them.
"With the squad Cardiff have they'll hopefully get the results they're looking for. The challenge for them will be not getting too worried if they don't start well," he said.
"The example of that is Southampton last season. Nigel Adkins eventually pulled them out of the bottom three superbly well. And his reward for that was the sack!
"If it's to be your first game in the Premier League, you'd want it at home, not away.
"When we came up from the Championship we'd won more games away from home, but last season in the Premier League it was a huge task to pick up points away.
"Your home form is what you need to get right to stay in the Premier League."
