Matthew Le God

Alpine, I thought you were impressed with Cedric Soares and Juanmi?

Not really, we have a lot of options in the attacking roles behind Pelle... Mane, Ramirez, Rodriguez, Juanmi, S.Davis, Ward-Prowse, Long, Isgrove, Tadic - thats 9 players for 3 positions (sometimes 2) Alternatives to Pelle upfront can be using combinations of... Mane, Rodriguez, Juanmi, Long, Gallagher, Seager (a replacement for Pelle doesn't have to be a target man, we used Long and Mane upfront together away at Chelsea and it worked well)

This'll be an interesting listen.... Adam Blackmore ‏@bigadamsport Looking forward to interviewing #saintsfc director Les Reed this afternoon - hear it in the Sportshour tonight on @BBCRadioSolent after 6pm

No he didn't, he said we were short but Juanmi signing fills that gap in the squad.

Ramirez, Mane, Juanmi and Tadic could all play as a "number 10".

If you mean Simon Kjaer, he signed for Fenerbahce on 16th June 2015.

He'd be insured against injuries.

So you think we'll cope without Clyne then?

Are you wearing a blue coat?

I wouldn't even know where to start with that. So much wrong with two short sentences, you've got it down to an art form!

Leipzig came 5th in the German 2nd tier last season. I haven't looked to check how strong a line-up they've used today, but the club is at a decent level.

A compliment!

Koeman said he missed training due to illness on Monday, if that is true then its not a surprise he doesn't play two days later, even though he trained on Tuesday and this morning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTcheaqt0rU

Yes, I think we can. It looks like West Brom want Evans this summer.

5pm UK time They aren't allowed to... Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC 2h2 hours ago Unfortunately. we're not allowed to stream the game. #saintsfc Will be highlights on youtube later today.

RB Leipzig ‏@DieRotenBullen 6m6 minutes agoView translation Unsere Startelf: Coltorti – Gipson, Orban, Nukan, Jung – Hierländer, Khedira, Ilsanker, Bruno – Quaschner, Sabitzer #RBLSFC

How do you know that? Just because Fonte, Alderweireld and Yoshida were ahead of him in pecking order that doesn't mean Koeman doesn't think he is a good player. Just that he preferred the others.

(might also be with Ramirez deeper and Reed as DM) subs: K. Davis (GK), Cédric, Gardos, Wood, McQueen, Little, Seager, Hesketh, Rodriguez

No it isn't. Its a 90 minute game. The 45 minute games are on Saturday vs Valencia and Salzburg or Werder Bremen

Hopefully not.

Chelsea don't have lots of academy players working with the first team & in match day squads like Saints do. Our best under 21's are with the first team, our best under 18's are with the under 21's, our best under 16's are with the under 18's etc. That all then impacts on the quality of each of the youth sides. The purpose of Southampton's under 18 manager is to produce players for our first team, not solely under 18 results. How many Chelsea youth products have been regularly in their first team since John Terry in the late 1990's?

Last season he was behind Yoshida in the pecking order.

Youth results are very much 2nd place to progressing and developing players. The under 18's lose their best players a lot of the time when they are used in the under 21's.