WESLEY Hoedt has urged everyone at Saints – from players to fans – to stick together as they bid to avoid relegation.

Hoedt wants Saints “to fix this” predicament they find themselves in, after the club slid to 18th in the table following 11 games without a league win.

He said: “We have to stick together, not only the team but the fans. It’s been difficult for them because we haven’t taken many points but they have to stick behind us and together we can do it.”

After a draw against Tottenham on Sunday, Saints are unbeaten in back-to-back league games.

However, that elusive victory is not yet forthcoming and Hoedt knows that performing well isn’t enough to avoid the dreaded drop.

The Netherlands international is sure, though, that there is “nothing to worry about” if they keep performing like they did in the 1-1 draw against Spurs.

“We definitely need three points because we need a lot more points to be safe,” he said.

“That’s our objective and if we play like against Spurs and we start making those chances as well, there’s nothing to worry about.

“But still we have to step up our game.”

The fanbase had started to turn on under-pressure boss Mauricio Pellegrino and players they felt were underperforming, including Fraser Forster and Nathan Redmond.

At times St Mary’s was an unfriendly place for Saints to play, but against Spurs the fans were in fine voice as they got behind the team, who laid on a promising performance.

Hoedt, who was bought from Lazio in a £15m deal last summer, knows that the players must take responsibility for their current form.

“I don’t know but I think the players on the pitch are responsible, not the manager,” he said.

He added: “You have to be self-confident, always, if you’re in a good situation or a bad situation.

“May be that (confidence) was a thing but I think if you look at the squad and the players we have we are obligated to play football because that is what we’re good at.

“I don’t think we should do the long balls and the fighting because that’s not the game we want to play.

“You see [against Spurs] when we played we were better than them. There are still 14 games left and we have to fix this.”

In the 2-2 draw at Watford, Saints failed to adapt after the Hornets pushed further forward and deployed big men Troy Deeney and, eventually, Stefano Okaka.

But against Spurs, Saints were able to adapt, even when their opponents changed tactics to try and unlock the hosts’ often flimsy backline.

“If you compare to the Watford game that was really difficult because they ended up with four strikers and we didn’t respond to that,” Hoedt said.

“If you look [against Spurs] they changed shape as well; they played the second half in a diamond. But we kept playing our own game and doing the things we were good at. That’s positive for sure.”

He continued: “You see, we created, not so many chances, but the chances we did create were 100 per cent chances and at this level you have to make them and that’s something we haven’t done.

“We conceded a really stupid goal and that’s something we have to look at.

“In my opinion we didn’t give them a lot of chances. They have amazing strikers so you have to be switched on all the time but we had the most part of the game and were the better team.”