Matthew Le God

Our 1st (Niemi) and 2nd (Smith) choice keepers were injured at the time and we were using 3rd choice Blayney until Keller arrived... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/4006615.stm

Kelvin, Paulo and Cody's mothers write a sick note excusing them of games.

Have you just been reading the numerous articles linking him with Saints today... or do you actually have some proper insider knowledge you wish to share with the group?

Burnley will get compensation and it would be significantly more if he stays in England rather than for example moving to Spain.

According to...?

No goal or touch not being made at a corner doesn't by default make it a bad delievery. Extremely harsh to criticise him for that, he was very close to scoring. Lambert did similar, not every Lambert free kick was a goal.

He has scored from free kicks for England under 21's. Plus not all set pieces are direct shots on goal, Ward-Prowse puts in very good delivery from corners and free kicks.

Yes. Yoshida was in Japan. African timezones aren't significantly different to the UK.

Using the words "have to have" makes it sound like a Premier League requirement rather than a club based optional policy.

Where have you got that from?

Saint Charlie, I predict this will be your version of the "Paul Wotton is a better player than Morgan Schneiderlin" thread.

I think despite being significantly younger he is a better player and offers more to England than the likes of Fabian Delph, Jack Coback and Tom Cleverly who have all been called up by England recently as central midfielders.

"doesn't have a best position" - what of you mean by this? And so what? He has one of the best minutes per assist ratios in the Premier League, I'd say that is a good attacking contribution. "woeful defensively" is also extremely harsh. He has actually bulked up quite a lot this season. Until this season Lambert has been first choice on direct free kicks on goal. Ward-Prowse's delivery from free kicks and corners is superb, it can still be a good set piece even if the end result isn't a goal.

So what? He is 20 years old and playing for a team that after 30 games is 6th in the Premier League. You'd struggle to name many players of his age that would be first choice in such a team. He has played 67 games for a strong Premier League side, Schneiderlin and Lallana for example when the same age hadn't played a single Premier League game.

Newly promoted teams are allowed to buy new players in the summer and January. The 2011/12 Championship promotion winning Saints side wasn't good enough to stay up, but we signed players.

He is talking about a Southend United player.

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We have 4 games in May. Sunderland - Not on BT or Sky Leicester City - Not on BT or Sky Aston Villa - Live on BT Sports Man City - Final day TV games haven't been decided yet Its still possible the Man City game could be on Sky.

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Distin hasn't played for Everton since 6th January.

When Lallana was Mane's age, he hadn't played above Championship level. Mane is a international, with European competition experience and has already shown himself capable of being a dangerous threat to Premier League sides.

He is 22 and will be 23 years old for the first Premier League game of next season.

*cough* "In the event that Portsmouth Football Club should be promoted to the Football Association Premier League, Portsmouth Community Football Club Limited shall be required to pay further purchase consideration of £3,000,000, if promotion is achieved by 30th June 2022, reducing to £1,000,000 if promotion is achieved subsequently prior to 30th June 2024." *chuckle* None of that is likely to happen.

With everyone fit I doubt Reed will be in the match day 18 ahead of Djuricic, Saints didn't sign him on loan for him not even to be a sub. Matthew Targett and Harrison Reed will still likely travel with the squad just in case they are needed.