Saints showed 'horrendous attitude, discipline and application'

Former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy and former Manchester City defender Micah Richards have branded Southampton's performance in their 5-0 thrashing by Brentford "shambolic" on Match of the Day.

The Saints, who are rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table on six points, recorded just one shot on target all game.

"You can't say anything other than what you see," Murphy said. "It is horrendous attitude, discipline and application from the players - pulling out of tackles and taking poor touches - and it just continued.

"You could argue that the manager's appointment isn't ideal, for many reasons, but it was some of the mistakes that the players made.

"There were centre-backs trying to bring the ball down in their own half when there were players around them. There were just so many things to pick out, all to do with the basics of football.

"You have to have some self worth and some pride."

Richards added: "It was mistake after mistake. There was three against one at one point, in the middle of the midfield, and yet no tackle was made. Everything was just too easy for Brentford.

"You called it right, Danny - it was shambolic."

Catch up on Match of the Day on BBC iPlayer