Source: PA
Wilkins getting on with it
Southampton caretaker boss Dean Wilkins has shrugged off the surprise sacking of manager Alan Pardew and insists it is "back to business" at St Mary's.
Ruthless Saints chairman Nicola Cortese axed Pardew on Monday morning just two days after the team's 4-0 victory at Bristol Rovers, their first league win of the season.
Wilkins has been placed in temporary charge while the search for a new manager begins, with Gianfranco Zola, Paul Tisdale and Eddie Howe the early frontrunners.
Wilkins told the club's official website: "I think in any situation like this, there's the initial jaw drop and then it's back to work and I think that's the case.
"A large majority of the players in the changing room have seen situations like this before, so I think as soon as we get in on Tuesday morning we'll do our preparation right and as soon as we wake up it will be a case of being back to business.
"It's nothing unusual in football. Unfortunately it's life and life goes on, and the football club will go on. The team will respond and I'm sure they will do that in the right way."
