{"id":30451,"date":"2025-04-03T12:37:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T11:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=30451"},"modified":"2025-06-05T13:36:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:36:25","slug":"ivan-juric-desperate-to-avoid-premier-league-worst-team-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/ivan-juric-desperate-to-avoid-premier-league-worst-team-tag\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivan Juric Desperate to Avoid Premier League &#8216;Worst Team&#8217; Tag"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Southampton manager Ivan Juric is urging his players to avoid being tagged as the worst team in Premier League history. 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