Bewildered

Goal and an assist for Rickie at HT! Doing well.

Isn't this just the rumour Ollie Lancashire was spreading on twitter to wind up saints fans with more creative license to make it a story?

Nixon and "Coyley" are good friends....

Best of luck to him, never looked short of effort on his fleeting appearances even if the quality wasn't there.

Kiyotake would be a great signing, but I would guess being In Japan would make it really hard.

Simon Peach ‏@SimonPeach 2m Despite reports to the contrary, seems #SaintsFC will not be bringing anyone in on deadline day.

bloke at staplewood on ssn just said one more deal today for saints

There are quotes from MP post Norwich match where he said a couple of areas could do with strengthening. http://www.football365.com/premier-league/8901096/Hughton-looking-at-more-signings

36m is a drop of **** in the ocean compared to the big teams, our only realistic endgame is to be best of the rest. If the squad chemistry was so great last season we would have beaten the three teams we have played so far home and away last season, oh wait las season we failed to beat any of them once. I'm sure on your footballs manager game, you spend all the money and the team wins every time, none of this taking time to gel rubbish or requirement for patience.

MP on this rumour http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/10646589.Poch__Saints_denied__blatant__penalty/

Have to agree with most of this, but I think we would be better served not starting Rodriguez and playing three midfielders behind Osvaldo. J-Rod has pace and can some decent runs, but his general play is not that good and his final ball is really bad. Personally, I would opt for Lallana left, JWP or Davis centre and a new winger out on the right behind Osvaldo. Can't just play all the strikers and expect goals.

A winger with pace, who actually wants to get behind the defence is desperately needed. Not just as a squad player, but as a starter. At this level, most defences will have absolutely no problems stopping a side who always wants to knock it about in front of them like we do, our approach play is so one dimensional it's unbelievable.

Boruc - 5 - One decent save, otherwise he didn't have anything to do apart from pick the ball out of the net. Chambers - 5 - OK first half, struggled second half. Hopefully Clyne comes back in after the break. Fonte - 5 - Defended OK, but distribution was atrocious Lovren - 5 - See Fonte Fox - 5 - was always going to struggle if only because he was left 2 on 1 most of the match Wanyama - 4 - Really poor game. Wayward passing and consistent fouls in dangerous areas JWP - 5 - Not as influential and perhaps a sign he is not ready to start every time yet Lallana - 6 - Probably our best player, hit the post, but other than that still wants to keep the ball in front of the defence too much. Lambert - 4 - Anonymous, didn't look much like he'd link up well with Osvaldo at all Morgan - 4 - Why did he go out wide? I'd guess MP wanted him to help Fox but he didn't do that well at all Osvaldo - 5 - Lively, tried hard but all too evident that he needs time to get used to how the rest of the team plays. Subs: Ramirez - 5 - Some decent touches, some bad ones, the usual Davis - 5 - Didn't really do much Rodriguez - 5 - ditto. Norwich had resolved to sit deep by the time he came on. Should have come on earlier while Norwich were still chasing the goal IMO. Looks like the international break came at the right time for us, have to hope we don't play that poorly again this season.

On the plus side Fonte and Lovren have defended well, even if their distribution has been poor and Chambers has kept Redmond relatively quiet. Lallana has also played well. Osvaldo is not on the same wavelength as the rest of the team, Lambert has been very quiet and Wanyama's passing has been very poor.

Being pressed high, could get some joy on the counter if we had some pace in the side. Sort of game where Rodriguez could cause lots of problems for Norwich.

Adam Blackmore says Shaw hasn't trained all week with a knee problem...

Even if Cork is not first choice any more, it is vital we keep him as he is the only real cover for Wanyama. Davis & JWP etc can technically play there but are nowhere near as good defensively as Cork so by bringing in Wanyama and selling Cork really the squad would not really be any better off as we'd still lack proper back up at DM. £3m is a **** take too, he is worth double that.

Played a big part in our rise up to the Premier League, very good player at Championship level.

2 year deal, undisclosed fee

Simon Peach ‏@SimonPeach 1m #SaintsFC outgoing about to be announced. Still more to go...

Also a small bit in The Sun today about this too.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2403455/Aston-Villa-Southampton-attempting-sign-Potro-centre-Abdoulaye-Ba.html

3-2 Liverpool. Bart showing why we released him

Hooiveld isn't playing because he has a throat problem according to Radio Solent.