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Peter White ‏@peterwhite_1 According to NA it is going to be a busy week. I reckon Saints will need and will bring in at least three players

Also, Cortese wasn't at the game today (apparently). I must admit, I couldn't see him either in his usual place.

I thought Fox had a good game today. Haven't got a big problem with him at all.

Him + the Itchen lino did my head in all flaming game.

We need pace down the wide positions, sharpish. Simple as that. The predicable way we slow down to a halt in the final third is so depressing, it was the same all pre-season. The build up in the midfield and the retention of the ball across the pitch was great. Nice and easy on the eye and very composed. But we just lack the final injection fo quality and pace down either flank to make this formation a success. Without additions of that ilk we might as well go back to 4-4-2 because this will end up being a bloody frustrating watch. So Ramirez + one other, as Ramirez isn't pacey (probably as pacey as Lallana)

I think Nixon is looking for a few bites from that. I imagine we have a list of CB's that we deem are good enough and a high enough quality to improve us - but it's a case of making the call as to which one to go for. Tricky one, will probably come down to who is the cheapest! I'd imagine all targets have been sounded out as to their wage demands as well (via their agents) and the clubs have been asked how much they'd cost, so we won't be going into it as blind as Nixon is suggesting. We know what they'd cost, and how much they'd ask for - so it's just a case of making the call as to which one. If we haven't done that sort of ground work, then I'd fully agree with what you say. But I don't think that's the case.

Didn't hear much booing, all I heard was big support as the players came round to clap at the end.

Wages ££££ too. The general feeling in the press/media as to why Spurs want him out is that he's crocked. He'll apparently never fully recover from his Achilles injury - and will have to train at a similar capacity of Ledley King. One to steer clear of, maybe.

I think he's a great talent, but is still very raw around the edges - which is to be expected. I think your assessment is fair - at times, his decision making in attacking and defensive positions still isn't 100% - and he has the tendency to get beaten around the back from time to time. He'll only get better though, the player with pace in our squad....so for that reason alone, starter every week!

Had no visibility of the Northam screen, but the other one looked fine.

To be honest, as good as our journey has been, that has absolutely no relevance on us now. We want to stay and build in this league.

Crikey, if we do no business at all then it's best to get Samaritans on speed dial for the season.

Alan Nixon ‏@reluctantnicko @Jayrodfan2 @markreeves999 U don't have a clue what centre half u want. Not clever.

We'll probably win against 1 of them, that's the way we work!

What, the 4-4-2 that totally ended the game for us today? Once we switched to 4-4-2 we didn't have a scooby what we were doing. Keep the formation as it is because it is fluid, easy on the eye and is the way forward long-term - but add a bit more penetration and ''nous'' down the flanks and we'd have more luck.

Totally not his fault. If he played where he's supposed to play then he'd have made much more of an impact. I'm sure of that.

Probably just fans who've sprung back up now we're in the PL. No true fan, who has been through what we have in the last 2 years, would think any such thing.

I wonder who our new CB's will be then?? Possibly that bloke from Rennes and Dann? Although I think we'll add 1 new CB and have done with that.

He scored 23 goals last season by playing as a striker. Therefore play him as a striker. The whole formation is fair enough, but it will not work by putting square pegs in round holes. As someone else has said, I'm sure he's there until we have someone else to play there. Shows the frightening lack of options on the flanks though.

He was no worse than anyone else in terms of ball retention. He was our most effective player in the final third in spells.

I didn't realise 9 points won you promotion.

The whole day was pretty underwhelming if we're honest, the attendance was very odd.

Christ, do we need someone like him. Please sign.

2 pretty rubbish teams, we were just a little more rubbish than them. We were pretty in the first half up until the final third, but very, very ineffective. I couldn't give two hoots if Jay Rodriguez has played on the left before, he shouldn't play there for us. Completely isolated, no support and not involved in the game what soever. He scored 23 goals last season as a striker, play him there - simple as that. We are pretty up until the final third, where it all goes tits up basically. We just need an extra injection of something, a little more flair on the flanks, because we're so static and slow it's frightening. and PL defenses will just gobble that up really. The 2nd half was one to just simply forget, horrific from us. We just never got going. We changed the shape a few times, but once you've started poorly it's very hard to get any sort of rhythm no matter which formation we played - and that was pretty much the case today. It was never going to be easy, but I just hoped we'd have a bit more about us today in our first home game back. But we were flat and one dimensional, and never got going as an attacking threat.