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That could just be because he's a Saints fan

Clyne is so one footed that's not going to work - he has to play on the right Chambers of the two is probably a lot better on the left

We still need a left back, centre forward and a right winger even if no one leaves the club in January.

Sorry we're going to sell him to Roma for a couple of million when he cost us near £13 million! That's mad - we should hold on to him until tafter he World Cup and at least get our money back on him. That's assuming he's fit enough to play again this season.

I have a feeling we'll see a few players leave before the end of January to reduce the wage bill and bring in some money to balance the books as the Liebherrs look to sell the club Osvaldo, Ramirez and Yoshida will probably be out of the door pretty quickly as all 3 seem to want to leave - Yoshida and Gaston to get regular first team football and Osvaldo as he doesn't seem to have settled - and for all 3 World Cup squad places are to play for I just hope we get our money back for them And if West Ham make us a stupid offer for Lambert we'll take the money - and he'll take the salary I think we'll also see Barnard, Sharp and Aaron Martin back in the first team squad until the end of the season - and a lot more of Guly And I wouldn't be surprised if Pochettino and his assistants follow Cortese out of the club after Saturday's game with us either getting a caretaker manager in or Les Reed taking over until the end of the season

Anyone seen Paul Allen's yacht yet?

Weren't we linked with Rodrigo - the Spanish Brazilian forward - the one who was on loan at Bolton - lazy summer

Apparently Saints scouts are at the Benfica v Porto game. I wonder who they are watching? Rodrigo Moreno Machado perhaps?

Your right I meant left back - Fox has to go and we need someone to provide cover for Shaw for now as he shouldn't be playing ever game. And if you've actually watched Saints lately you'd see we are desperate for a centre forward come striker who can finish things of in the box and lead the line. We also need pace up front and width on the right - something Zaha would give us. Lallana drifts in to the middle and plays as a number 10 meaning we have no one on the right. We should play him in the hole behind the striker and bring in a wide right forward.

I'd like to see us go for a couple of players on loan as January is never the best time to buy the right players at a good price. That way if they make an impact we can look at signing them permanently in the summer. john Guidetti to give us the centre forward we need, Wilfiried Zaha to give us the right winger, pace and the ability to go past a man Ryan Bertrand to give us competition and cover at right back. All three of them need game time and been talked about as potential loans - and we need the players - and I'm sure we'd be a more attractive proposition as a destination for their parent clubs than most of the other clubs in the premier league. We're not challenging any if them for the top four, we play good football and we're not struggling at the bottom - yet. We also need a centre back but I think we are just going to have to buy one of them - Albert Botia or Hector Moreno from Spain would do dor me.

There's something about a Danish journalist proving it somewhere by asking Kitson a load of questions which give it away

I did it today - one senior and one U11 to two adult tickets - but I think you can only do it with season tickets You have to pay the upgrade cost and the ticket tax for buying on the day! Sometimes the ticket office staff have no idea how to do it though! But you can only do it at one of the ticket office windows - the ones marked 'customer services' You have to hand over your season tickets until after the game though

It will be the B team - Jos, Maya, Fox etc - and we will lose against a good Burnley team

I have to completely agree with you on that The crowd was embarrassingly quiet today - but that's because the team were awful for the first 5 - 10 mins and lost the crowd After that the first half was pretty even - but second half we basically gave up - and completely surrendered once Chelski scored We seemed to lose every 50-50 ball - and the 60-40 balls as well Sat at the back of the chapel stand today and from there it was obvious we lack real pace and movement up front - we need someone like Torres who really worked over our back 4 today and ripped them apart with his pace, aggression and movement By comparison JayRod was embarrassing Too often we were static on and off the ball - with no one to pass too Chambers was probably our best player today along with Cork - but he was at fault for one of the goals at least Ramirez is and was pointless - he should have come off of Lambert - and taking Cork off was asking Chelsea to score 2 or 3 more

To be really successful in the premier league, play in Europe and/or have a good cup run you need two good players in each position. At the moment we don't - and too wait for the academy to fill those gaps could be a fatal mistake. Ideally your academy gives you a third player in each position. Added it that you need to bring young players through gradually - giving them the odd substitute appearance, then the odd game and then shirt runs in the team - coaching them all the time - but allowing them to build their confidence and match fitness, gain experience and get streetwise. Take left back at the moment - Shaw is obviously good enough to make the top class grade - but should he be playing week in week out at 17/18? No - not if you don't want him to pick up injuries and burn out before he hits his peak in mid 20s. But we simply don't have any cover for him - Fox is simply not good enough to play in the Premier League. We really need an early 20 something left back who is good enough to be our first choice left back to alternate with Shaw. Target will hopefully be good enough to step up next season as the third player - and maybe the second if we end up selling Shaw. If we do sell Shaw to a Chelsea I would take Bertrand in part exchange to be our first choice left back. In fact I'd ask Chelsea if we can have him on loan for the rest of this season - and not sell Shaw until the summer at the earliest. As for centreback Yoshida was good enough last season when given a run in the team so it would be Hooiveld I'd move on. It's a catch 22 as he needs games to get match fit. Hopefully we'll replace Jos with Astori in January. What we should have done though is bought someone like Caulker or Ilori in the Summer as it doesn't sound like Stephens or Turnbull are going to step up.

Fox is a truly terrible left back because he simply can't defend - he can't seem to tackle, when he gets forward he doesn't track back, his positioning is terrible, he drifts in to the middle all the time and he always seems to back off players and invite them to shoot or pass In the Championship it took teams 60 mins to work out he was useless - in the premier league it's takes teams 15 mins. Spurs were so bad it took them 25 mins I must admit when I saw the line up yesterday I thought we were going to loose 3-1 at the minimum. Garza, Jos and Fix are a fatal combination at this level. One of the biggest problems is neither Fox or Jos are very good at clearing the ball - they just head or hoof it forward when under any pressure so it comes straight back at us. A top class defender like Lovren will clear the ball to someone on the same team.

He needs to go on loan to A League 1 or League 2 club to get some much needed experience and to be toughened up

sometimes we just need to keep it simple - we over elaborate in defence when the simple pass or the long ball out is the right thing to do. We seem to keep possession at al costs - even when it means giving the ball away in dangerous areas It's the same up front we lay it off, try the nutmeg, the dribble around or the flick on when the simple through pass or actual shot at goal is called for Villa kept it dimple when it mattered The game reminded me of the one against Reading two season ago when they taught us the same lesson - we don't learn though It's time to get rid of Gaston and Osvaldo and reinvest the money somewhere useful! We should flog Osvaldo too Atletico Madrid - get Adrian Lopez in on loan in return and play him on the right of a front three, JayRod down the middle and Lallana on the left, bench Lambert and bring in Banega to play in the whole with Morgan and Cork behind him We also need a spare left and right back - Bertrand and Trippier would do Oh and Astori for Yoshida and Hooiveld!

We need a centre forward just as much to finish things off and put the ball in the back of the net!

What we really need are a couple of full backs to provide cover for Shaw and Clyne! Oh and a striker and a right winger! Get those in for January the 1st and we might have a chance of finishing in a Europa league place

Got what we deserved today - a 3-1 loss We're not as good as we hunk we are yet - and we simply don't have enough strength in depth. We are also a striker light - someone with a bit of pace and power - and someone who knows when to pass the ball. I think Osvaldo's time as the main striker is up - and I'd sell him back to Italy or off to Spain in January - but Ricky is not the man we need either unfortunately Ramirez should have been song off for foul after foul - but you expect big club bias from the Refs at their grounds The worst thing was Chelsea out fought and out pressed us - too many of our players looked tired - too many had bad games - we gave the ball away far too much and wasted all our free kicks and corners.

The mucky duck always has the Saints games on

I'm disappointed we didn't beat Arsenal at the Emirates by 2 goals and go top of the premier league after 12 games - that's says it all really - I never thought I'd be saying that just 3 years ago. We didn't play our first 11 and lost to a dodgy penalty and a goal keeping muck up - but we still edged the possession and had 2 more shots. I'm still enjoying it. If we are going to push for a European place this season we do need to strengthen in key areas in January - and I'm sure the club know that whatever they are saying in public

It's been a good day after all!

Got what we deserved with that team selection