"We were disappointed in the goals we conceded, but that’s history now and we have to build the guys up from this and move on to the next game.

“I thought there were a lot of positives, especially in the first half. We came with a game plan to frustrate one of the best sides in the Premier League and probably ended up with the better chances, albeit half-chances.

“Second half, we were sure Southampton would come out and play at a higher tempo, but we thought if we got to 60 minutes we could go at them again, but that wasn’t to be.

“The second goal comes from an individual error and the disappointing thing is we’re out of the cup.”

“It’s been a pretty hectic few days for me since I got a call on Sunday asking me to take charge,” he said.

“I’m disappointed as Tim was very good to me, bringing me back to the club and the players are disappointed as they don’t like to see managers losing their jobs.

“I haven’t spoken to anyone since Sunday about how long I’m going to be doing the job. Sooner rather than later it would be better for the club to appoint a new manager and we can get back to doing what we’re doing.

“But it seems to be they’ve gone down the road of talking to one or two people, so good luck to whoever comes in. If they ask me to stay on for Monday’s game, fine by me.”

Caretaker manager Kevin MacDonald, Wednesday, 28 October 2015.