Southampton's away day woes in the Championship this season continued on as they lost in the last minute at Wrexham on Saturday.
Heading into the match, there would have been a hope that the flat away day performances this campaign wouldn't follow the Saints to the Racecourse Ground, having humbled the Red Dragons 5-1 last season on their own patch.
However, away from James Ward-Prowse picking up his first goal since his return, it was an afternoon to largely forget for Tonda Eckert's visitors, as a 89th minute own-goal from Keven Schlotterbeck handed the hosts a much-needed 2-1 win.
Yet to win away from St Mary's this season in the brutal second tier, alongside only scoring four goals from four away matches, questions need to be asked over the three-week break as to why Southampton are so poor on the road, with several usually trusty first teamers dropping the ball in Wales.
Saints' main underperformers vs Wrexham
The obvious place to start with the underperformers is with the aforementioned Schlotterbeck, as he was "uncharacteristically" off the pace, as the Daily Echo's Alfie House put it in his post-match thoughts.
Away from scoring an unfortunate own goal, he was too weak in trying to close down Kieffer Moore for the first goal, as well, as the 34-year-old veteran emphatically headed a corner past Daniel Peretz.
Alongside the German putting in a shaky display, after such a promising start to life on the South Coast, Nathan Wood didn't look comfortable, either, at the back, with the number 15 still yet to collect a Championship clean sheet for the campaign.
Moving away from the leaky backline, the attackers also weren't at the races in Wales, with Kuryu Matsuki - before he links up with Japan during the break - dropping an unconvincing showing, with zero accurate crosses and zero accurable dribbles registered.
Tom Fellows didn't fare much better when he was introduced late on, as the ex-West Bromwich Albion winger was very weak in trying to close down the advancing Wrexham full-back, in the build-up to the late Red Dragons winner.
You can tell Southampton had a collective off-day as even Cyle Larin was ineffective, despite bagging seven Championship goals already this campaign.
Two big chances would be squandered by the 31-year-old, who would typically bury those chances with his eyes closed.
There was another regular first-team presence, like Larin, who could be in danger of being dropped when Championship action returns after the break, when he once would have been viewed as undroppable.
This Saints star is no longer undroppable
Eckert can be a little too stubborn with his favourites in the squad.
Larin being wasteful is very unlike him, but he was still kept on the pitch for far too long, before Divin Mubama was given a minimal nine minute cameo right at the end of the game, with it being too little too late for the Manchester City loanee to really sink his claws into the contest unfolding.
He's too loyal to James Bree, as well, with the Eckert stalwart dropping a poor individual performance at the Racecourse Ground.
Indeed, the one-time Charlton Athletic loanee would only win one duel all match, while failing to also offer anything going forward, with zero successful dribbles pulled off.
It could be a case of Bree becoming complacent, as there is little competition breathing down his neck in the right-back spot at the moment, as he was consistently impressive last campaign, when he had something to prove, coming back from the Valley.
Now, he knows he's guaranteed to be in the starting XI week in week out, and his performance levels are arguably dropping as a result of his all but certain starting status.
Noted as being "nowhere near last season's levels" by one disgruntled Saints fan after the game, could Eckert be tempted to thrown in Zach Abbott down the right for the tussle with Portsmouth, when the unrelenting action returns in October?
This would be a bold call to throw the wide-eyed loanee into the starring XI for such a high pressure game, but Bree appears to be too comfortable currently.
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