#PLStories- Ralph Hasenhuttl wants Southampton players to show their nasty side #SAINTSFC

BOSS Ralph Hasenhuttl has called on Saints to show their "nasty" side as they look to arrest a recent slump in form tomorrow (7.30pm). Saints are winless in five and have slipped into the bottom six of the Premier League table, following Saturday's 3-0 loss at Arsenal. But they have the chance to climb the standings as the busy December schedule takes Saints to Crystal Palace tomorrow, before welcoming Brentford on Saturday. The fixture list also includes matches against West Ham and Tottenham before the New Year. Asked if it was time for Saints to show their mettle ahead of a likely physical challenge against Palace, Hasenhuttl said: "Yeah, definitely. The Premier League is a brutal challenge. "What I always say is you can be sure if you show a weakness, they will take it. On Wednesday we have to show them that we are also nasty to play against because this is what we have also shown in the past. "A team that can take a point against Man City away, it is also possible to take a point against Palace. "This is what we have to show, such a performance. "We have to be flexible in our way we want to play football. We have not a lot of time to prepare for it, but we will do it and then we go there with all the trust we have in us." For Hasenhuttl, he will come up against a new face in the opposition dugout for the first time in Patrick Vieira. The Arsenal legend replaced long-serving boss Roy Hodgson over the summer, after spells coaching at New York City and Nice. At 45 years old, only three other top-flight managers are younger than Vieira. The youngest of the 20 is Gunners boss Mikel Arteta, the man Hasenhuttl faced at Emirates Stadium on Saturday. Discussing the challenges associated with facing younger coaches and asked how much football management has changed since he started out at SpVgg Unterhaching in 2007, Hasenhuttl said: "When you talk like this, I feel very old to be honest! "It was not long ago that I was called a young manager. Time is running, thank you for reminding me, but I can take this! "It is always a challenge, against everybody. I can remember it very well when I was a little bit of a younger or inexperienced manager. "You try a lot, you are brave, you do a lot of things new. "There are some advantages you have when you are young, but also some advantages you have when you are a little bit more experienced because you see the bigger picture sometimes and it helps you also. "So it is a battle for everybody. It very often goes down to the quality of the team you have and because you can be sure every manager in the Premier League has his plan, but there is also not a manager who can win games without quality in his team. "In the end, very often it comes down to how much quality you have on the pitch. "But quality is something you can either buy, or create and develop and we are, without alternative, more looking for the second way. "That sometimes takes a little bit longer, but in the end, it should lead to the same target that we stay in the league and have a good season."