The St Mary’s side have been condemned to Championship football after a 2-0 defeat to Fulham on Saturday. There are two games remaining of the Premier League campaign but Saints cannot catch up, with eight points separating themselves and safety. Ward-Prowse, who has made 407 appearances for the club, addressed the media following the match.
James Ward Prowse said: “Disappointing. It has been coming. We knew we were in a difficult position. We need to go away individually and as a club and assess if we’ve done everything we possibly could. I don’t think we have and that is a shame. I think as a team and a club overall we’ll think about the season that has gone by. Have decisions been right? Have we done everything we could on a pitch? I think we should perform at a better level than we have done. From the first day of the season until now you can tell the standards have slipped. I have been here right through from eight years old, for all the ups and downs. I’m sure with the good people at the club it will be back in the Premier League in no time. Over the last 10 years, we have had that kind of consistency and that has wavered. It will be testing for everybody but these are the times that make you as a player and as a club, we have done it before and we will do it again.”
Asked again about his future,
James Ward Prowse responded: “I’m not thinking too far ahead. We’ve just been relegated from the Premier League. I’m not looking beyond tomorrow. It’s about sticking together and dealing with it in the right way.”
