Alan Pardew: “It was a tough day to take at Southampton.
“As a group and individually we’re better than that, and I take responsibility for that.
“It was a heavy defeat when we were looking for so much more.
“It was a tough day for our fans, a tough day for the team and, certainly, a tough day for me.
“The two injuries in the week (Rolando Aarons and Siem De Jong) were blows, particularly mentally to us.
“The worry is how many goals are we going to score? We’re aware of that.
“We need to find a formula which will get us some goals.
“We have spoken about how important making a good start is.
“But that’s something that we can’t do. We conceded very early against Crystal Palace as well.
“That will put us on our guard for Saturday to make sure it’s something we do (start well).
“I don’t know about patience, this is a time to stand up and deliver really.
“Saturday is an important game for us because we’ve had a difficult start.
“Even if we’d got a point (at Southampton) it would have been an okay start because I think we’ve had some tough games.
“But now we have a game at home where the pressure is really going to be on us. We have to deliver.”