JAN Poortvliet has vowed to work twice as hard to drag Saints out of trouble, after coming through yesterday’s crisis talks unscathed.

The head coach met with the playing and coaching staff and PLC chairman Rupert Lowe at the club’s Staplewood training ground in the morning.

The meeting was called in the wake of Saturday’s horrendous 2-1 defeat to Doncaster, which was marred by trouble in the crowd and followed by fans protesting outside the ground.

It was arranged to try and work out a way to turn around Saints’ miserable home form, with the club having won just a single league game in 14 tries at St Mary’s this season.

There was some speculation that Poortvliet’s job could be at risk, but the Dutchman last night appeared to still have the board’s backing.

Lowe had told the Daily Echo on Monday that Poortvliet had his full support, adding the board had to do what was “best for the club.”

Poortvliet said the focus of yesterday’s meeting, which is thought to have lasted about half-an-hour, was on working harder, turning chances into goals and concentrating for the full 90 minutes.

“It was very good. The players were all there and for me that was very important."

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