By Sami Mokbel for the Daily Mail
Published: 22:31 GMT, 20 January 2019 | Updated: 01:01 GMT, 21 January 2019
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'Welcome to Ralphampton', reads the advertising hoardings outside St Mary's.
Four wins from eight Premier League games, Southampton fans would happily rename the city in tribute to their new manager.
Like Mauricio Pochettino in January 2013, the Austrian arrived to scepticism. 'Ralph who?' In less than 18 months after arriving, Pochettino became a household name. Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy certainly knew who he was. We know how that story has panned out.
Since talking over at Southampton Ralph Hasenhuttl has turned fortunes around
Of course, it is far too early to be branding Hasenhuttl the next Pochettino. But you can't escape the comparisons.
Plucked from relative obscurity, the former Red Bull Leipzig manager has invigorated a squad that looked to be going in one direction under Mark Hughes: down into the Championship.
