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Deserved more. Clear pen denied at the end there as well.

What's the betting that lino misses some obvious offsides next half?

Jos is well ahead on goals scored ... at the wrong end.

Couldn't really give a toss about the result. It's still the lack of any decent conversion of the few real chances we create that keeps on nagging at me. That's the same whether it's the first or second string.

Well that shows how shallow the squad is.

The lack of a cutting edge up front has been a problem for a while.

Two points dropped I reckon.

Laughable. We'll be seeing that again for a few years to come.

Saints were well worth a point. I'm still wondering where the ref got 5 minutes extra from though. Perhaps he thought we'd nick it in added on time.

Now if only we could find something more penetrative in attack.

Swansea are finding it far too easy down their right flank. It seems to have become them v. Boruc.

Call theat defending?

The finishing is really quite bad.

It seemed to me that Rickie was one of the few players that looked comfortable with the ball while also managing to pass it to a red shirt occasionally. Admittedly the Ukrainians were also pretty adept at finding red shirts too.

Have just come in. I take it we have the same old story of being unable to penetrate against the park the bus sides.

He's a fine player. Happy to have him in the squad. If he has a noticeable shortcoming it's in his poor finishing. He really doesn't have much of a shot on him. If he works on this then more goals will come.

I can just about go along with the new home shirt - grudgingly. That bib thing on the away shirt though. Looks dreadful.

Just can't abide that V shape thing. Looks awful to me. I can live with the grim colour (or lack of one) but it just doesn't look good in my opinion. Zero chance of me buying either shirt but that's because I'm approaching 60 and blokes my age shouldn't be prancing about in football shirts.

Totally not enthralled.

Time to think about how to turn the possession into goals. Still, first season back in the Prem, I'd have taken that at the start.

Just enough. Any chance that they can indulge in some shooting practice & dead ball delivery practice?

Delivery on set pieces is just awful.

Scored at last. Now get a second please.

Reasonable possession but the impotence when it comes to scoring is still evident. Sunderland really are poor.

I see the Saints dead ball delivery is still pretty awful.