Matthew Le God

They are dark yellow/orange, not pink.

Probably because they saw this Tweet... Sunderland fans certainly like them lending out their training ground, most of the retweets and favourites are from them...! I wonder if they realise there is a good chance Newcastle let us use their training ground when we play Sunderland? Saints have let Pompey's northern opponents use Staplewood on a number of occasions.

That article is based on a Tweet by "The Secret Footballer", who happens to be this man...

van Dijk hasn't played for Feyenoord. Do you mean when they've played against each other? Pelle gives van Dijk a compliment in this article by saying he is the only good defender in the Dutch League... http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/5619/Feyenoord/article/detail/3422916/2013/04/09/Pelle-In-Nederland-heb-ik-het-alleen-moeilijk-tegen-Van-Dijk.dhtml&prev=search

We beat Everton 3-0 with a midfield of Reed, Ward-Prowse and Davis. That trio worked well together as a shield for the back four and are all relatively small.

We've still got 4 central midfielders (Ward-Prowse, Reed, Cork and Davis) and Schneiderlin and Wanyama will be back in 2 or 3 league games time.

They've used a photo of Maya Yoshida and labelled it "Jack Cork (right) has been offered a new deal to stay at Premier League high-fliers Southampton" More top journalism from the Daily Mail, this time the picture editor.

The tweet this morning was accompanied with a picture of St Mary's... Stephen J Harrison ‏@StephenHM56 3h3 hours ago A busy day beginning at @SouthamptonFC home to clients @JayRodriguez9 and #DusanTadic #TeamBeswicks pic.twitter.com/zO3ANGRw8X Yesterday he spent an evening with Rodriguez... Stephen J Harrison ‏@StephenHM56 15h15 hours ago A lovely evening with @JayRodriguez9 & his fiancé. Excited about his return @england @SouthamptonFC @BeswicksSports It suggests his agent was at the stadium today. If he was merely meeting Rodriguez then that could be done at Rodriguez's home or a restaurant/bar,(as he probably did last night) no need to goto St Mary's unless he was talking to the club.

At the Ipswich Town training ground when he was interviewed yesterday about the game.

Possibly, but its still hard to know who'll play tomorrow at left back.

He didn't play in the Ipswich game at St Mary's, he was an unused sub.

He didn't play for the under 21's last night, Debayo was the left back... Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC · 22h22 hours ago #SaintsFCU21s team vs @FulhamFC: Cropper, Flannigan, McCarthy ©, Mugabi, Debayo, Gape, Cork, Hesketh, Sims, McQueen, Seager. #saintsfc Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC · 22h22 hours ago #SaintsFCU21s subs vs @FulhamFC: Britt (GK), Barnes, Willard, Little, Mason.

Of the three players they list only Skuse was in the match-day squad of 18 at St Mary's, coming on for the final 20 minutes.

What about if it hits the crossbar and bounces down, but it is spinning towards the goal-line and the keeper saves it? Like this, but if the keeper saved it as it rolled towards the line (the ball was heading on target)...

Technically the post isn't the target, but again its a grey area because the ball could potentially hit the post and still go in or rebound out depending on the angle it connects, power and spin.

The next international break is in March, it is the FA Cup 4th round weekend after the Newcastle game.

What is your definition of a "block"? What if the block by the defender happens 5 yards from the goal-line? Is that not an on target shot? Its very much a grey area in football statistics and analysis.

If its heading towards the goal then why isn't it a shot on target? I'm guessing you'd treat it as on target if it was going it and the keeper saved it, why should it be different for a blocked shot on target by a defender?

Kristof Terreur @HLNinEngeland · 2m2 minutes ago Toby Alderweireld will be out between 3 and 4 weeks with a muscle injury. #saintsfc

The last time Southampton had the same kit for two seasons was in 2008/09 and 2009/10.

Koeman said in the build up to the Man Utd game that Jack Cork might play for the under 21's twice this week to build up match fitness. He starts tonight... Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC 2 minutes ago #SaintsFCU21s team vs @FulhamFC: Cropper, Flannigan, McCarthy ©, Mugabi, Debayo, Gape, Cork, Hesketh, Sims, McQueen, Seager. #saintsfc The under 21's also play on Thursday at St Mary's in the cup against Norwich, so I doubt he'll be with the first team on Wednesday.

From his Liverpool days...

It was the equivalent of that, as you well know.

Between Sammy Lee and the Koeman brothers, the Saints coaching team has a playing career of... - 2x European Championships - 4x European Cups - 7x La Liga/Premier League titles - 123 caps for England/Holland

Yoshida will be back in 2 or 3 league games at most, until then we have Fonte and Gardos, with McCarthy on the bench.