Matthew Le God

Bizarre they peddle the Ports-Myth of the 250,000. Man City have a vastly larger fanbase and their parade had 100,000... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-44114899

Does it? This was probably Bertrand's final chance for a World Cup spot gone, a move won't help him get one for 2022 and probably not the EUROs in 2020.

Delph & Young can also be used as midfielders. Plus England will likely play with 3 centre backks and 2 wing backs, so you need more defenders in your squad than a 4 man defence.

Danny "10 games in a season" Rose is? I'd also prefer Bertrand's defensive skills above Young or Delph.

If true they are waiting until Friday, then possibly so it gets more media coverage. Announce it today or tomorrow and it will get lost in the England squad announcement.

There are Burnley, West Brom, Leicester, Stoke & Bournemouth players in his selection & standby list.

That has never been an issue for Saints. It didn't need Liverpool players talking to Saints players to tap them up on England meet-ups. They would want to join regardless for the money and better chance to win things if offered the chance, it doesn't require a Liverpool player to tell them about the wonders of Anfield.

Playing Devil's advocate... 15 goals from 37 caps shows he is doing something right on the international stage

There are 3 left backs... Rose, Delph and Young. Delph and Young have been playing left back this season.

Standby list is Tom Heaton James Tarkowski Lewis Cook Jake Livemore Adam Lallana

Bertrand is not even on the standby list...

What is wrong with a 10th place finish in the Premier League? That would be a good season for Saints.

A broken clock is right twice per day... A broken Dalek on an internet football forum for 12 years is indistinguishable from a broken record!

If Liverpool win the Champions League Saints apparently get £10m in bonuses from deals they've done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8KFTLmm2Ug

Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium didn't last long.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0678t7z

I'm Glasgow Saint and so is my wife.

Stephens is 5 months older than Stones. Neither of them can really be considered youngsters anymore.

The three amigos!

Perhaps you should have read the rest to see it in context. Of course Bale is light years ahead of Redmond now, but when Bale was 17 years old he wouldn't find it easy displacing senior first team players like in 2006 when he was competing in the Championship for a starting role.

Again, I doubt it. I think Redmond would still be preferred over a 17 year old Bale, sure Bale would have been good enough for the first team squad but I doubt he'd be starting as first choice. Plus of course it wouldn't have taken Bale long to become first choice, but it was easier for Bale, Walcott, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Lallana etc to get Saints 1st team games when we were not in the Premier League. Our youth players need now to go on loan to build up to a level where they are good enough for the first team in the Premier League.

The club made the choice for Stephens to be a first choice player. He did come from Plymouth, but Stephens played a season for Southampton academy under 18s & the under 21/23s so that makes him a Southampton & Plymouth academy product.

How have you figured that out? Shaw left in 2014, my hypothetical is a 17 year old Bale at Saints in 2018 would struggle for games at left back due to Bertrand.