Matthew Le God

Changed his mind since January when he extended his contract until 2024?

Southampton 8 Sunderland 0 Newport County 0 Southampton 8 The only players to play in both matches... Shane Long & Fraser Forster!

vs the reserves of a 4th tier team?

Walker-Peters

A stream today looks extremely unlikely...

We are playing a 4th tier team who have made 6 changes themselves, if Tella, Broja, Long and Obafemi aren't enough of a striker selection to beat them then they really shouldn't be near a squad of a PL or Championship team.

Forster, Walker-Peters, Stephens, Bednarek, Valery, Diallo, Ward-Prowse [c], Redmond, Elyounoussi, Tella, Broja Subs: Lewis, Perraud, Salisu, Romeu, Walcott, Long, Obafemi

Recently laid pitch looks fine from a distance...

Saints can not loan another Chelsea player. The rules only allow one loan from another PL team at a time and Saints already have Broja. Saints also have Armstrong who can play in central midfield, with lots of alternatives to him not being in the AM role. Plus Smallbone will be back at some point soon.

I did not say he is a good first choice keeper. I'd prefer Fraser Forster to be playing. If McCarthy is staying and Forster leaving as seems the case, then I hope it is to be a back-up to the new keeper next summer.

Bednarek 6 foot 2 Salisu 6 foot 3 Lyanco 6 foot 2

What if any new 1st choice keeper we get is already relatively young, say 22 to 26 years old?

He isn't a great first choice keeper, but back-up keepers don't need to be amazing. Hopefully any new keeper we get next summer will be to go straight in as first choice.

Why? It probably means he'll be back-up next season to any new keeper.

Are you suggesting Saints should sign him?

We play a system with 2 strikers, we don't really need more than 4 dedicated strikers for that. If anything the squad is too bloated with Long and Obafemi still here. Armstrong is clearly not the Long replacement, Long wasn't even in the squad for the last part of the season Ings was here to require replacing. Armstrong is the Ings replacement. Tella has been more effective as a striker and Broja hasn't joined on loan to not make the squad due to us signing another striker.

Are you still stuck in the 1970s watching football?

It is a wind up account and a poor one at that. Daft Tweets made today from the same account...

Of those 6... 1) Niemi 2) Forster 3) Boruc 4) McCarthy 5) Jones 6) Davis

It would have to be a transfer. Premier League rules state you can only have one player on loan from another club at a time and Saints already have Broja.