Southampton fans have been seriously underwhelmed by their team's performances this season. Goals are in short supply, the team lacks grit, Mark Hughes is the man tasked with staging a revival.

Curiously, instead of the familiar 4-2-3-1, win-some-lose-some approach Hughes normally takes with his teams, against Wigan he employed a tactical setup reminiscent of one he used to be part of before his Saints playing days. Whisper it, but it looked like it might even entertain.

The Man Utd 4-2-4

Southampton lined up in a 4-4-2 for their FA Cup on Sunday, with Manolo Gabbiadini and Guido Carillo as strikers - the kind of crazy attacking plan that Claude Puel and Mauricio Pellegrino didn't really appear to consider during their terms in charge. A sign of change.

The forward duo took turns to act as the traditional 10 in this strike partnership - a Teddy Sheringham - with the other playing off the shoulder of the last man looking for balls over the top into space, like Andy Cole.

Two central midfielders, Pierre-Emille Hojbjerg and Mario Lemina, had a you-stay-I-go deal going on, with the two wide midfielders allowed to move inside the pitch when the ball was on the opposite flank. If Sofiane Boufal had the ball on the left wing for example, Dusan Tadic would drift inside from the right.