Northampton Town’s attempt to secure the signing of a second senior goalkeeper to challenge Bermuda’s Freddy Hall for the number-one spot could be delayed.Hall, 26, made only his second senior appearance in Saturday’s 5-2 defeat to Southend United at Sixfields.The former St George’s man made some good saves but also conceded the penalty that provided the Blues with an equaliser after Town had led 2-1 at the break, and afterwards said on Twitter: “Heart broken, hard day at work.”Manager Aidy Boothroyd confirmed before the game that he wanted to sign a second keeper to provide competition in the ranks after losing Shane Higgs to a long-term achilles injury.But he says plans to complete a deal this week may face a delay.“His team are still involved in the FA Cup so we’ve got to wait and see what happens with that,” said Boothroyd told the Northampton Chronicle and Echo.“We do need another keeper, there’s no doubt about that, but we want to get the right one and to get the right one we might have to be a little bit patient.“I’m hoping it will be done in January but you never know, that’s what January is all about. We’ve got similar situations with other clubs wanting our players.“I want to get some more players in because the turnaround is there for all to see but it was never going to be sunshine and flowers.”Town played well for the majority of the game against Southend only to ship three goals in the final nine minutes to sustain a heavy defeat that leaves them rock bottom of League Two again.Boothroyd cited the season-long problem of an inability to stop, and then deal with, balls into the box, but came away feeling positive from a game in which his side had twice led the table-toppers.“We’ve got to make sure we stop the cross coming in and if we can’t do that we have to make sure we defend the cross when it does come in,” he said.“We didn’t do that well enough at the end stages when it really counted.“We have got to look at ourselves in terms of that.“Both goalkeepers were very busy, it was an end-to-end game and both teams were being brave, trying to win it.“What it also tells you is that perhaps we were a bit naïve to go toe-to-toe with a team like Southend, but I think the fact we went