Veteran Southampton attacker Theo Walcott has insisted that everyone in the squad must take responsibility.

The Saints do have a very young team as compared to many other clubs in the Premier League.

As they remain rooted to the bottom of the table, Walcott says age cannot be an excuse for anyone.

“Of course, it's disappointing," Walcott told reporters after a 2-0 loss to Crystal Palace.

“I had a really good chance and should have done a lot better so I take responsibility for that.

“But you need to get the first goal in the Premier League otherwise it's an uphill battle. We're a team who don't score many goals anyway. I think we actually were playing pretty good football in the first half, we just needed that goal.

“Then when they scored I think it took the stuffing out of us a little bit, especially the way we started the second half, a bit disappointing from all of us. We never really recovered from it for whatever reason.

“But essentially we need to try and stay as positive as we can. It's a really difficult situation obviously, there's rumbles going on in the background as well which is frustration and I get it.

"As players we understand the frustration, we see it, but we need to stay positive and not start pointing fingers cause that won't get us anywhere."