Matthew Le God

Whoever made that Tweet is wrong, as its an under 20's tournament. Which is why Danny Ings and others played vs Wales a few days ago in an under 21 qualifier, but not in this squad because they are too old.

Under 20's

Well they aren't, all they do is give a reasonable idea of the pecking order for some positions. If you applied the same to Saints then Lallana (20) and Shaw (23) wouldn't be starters at club level. Welbeck, Lampard, Wilshire all have shirts from 1-11, but I'd suggest none are guaranteed starters. Shaw and Lambert are very unlikely to start vs Italy, but I'd say Lallana has a very good chance.

Shaw and Lallana get the same numbers they have for Saints and Lambert can do a Zamorano and claim its 1+8 = 9

Ummm, hope you haven't got your shirt yet because... Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC 38s Adam Lallana will wear the number 20 shirt at this summer’s #WorldCup. Rickie Lambert gets number 18, and @LukeShaw3 is number 23. #saintsfc 1. Joe Hart 2. Glen Johnson 3. Leighton Baines 4. Steven Gerrard 5. Gary Cahill 6. Phil Jagielka 7. Jack Wilshere 8. Frank Lampard 9. Daniel Sturridge 10. Wayne Rooney 11. Daniel Welbeck 12. Chris Smalling 13. Ben Foster 14. Jordan Henderson 15. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 16. Phil Jones 17. James Milner 18. Rickie Lambert 19. Raheem Sterling 20. Adam Lallana 21. Ross Barkley 22. Fraser Forster 23. Luke Shaw

Jake Sinclair...

Odd that the journalist makes no mention of his brother already being at Saints, you'd think that would be notable enough to be added to the article.

The CEO of our new sponsors Veho just retweeted this...

Saints and Everton are the teams he supports.

Why are previous player exchanges Saints have done in any way relevant? You should look at a player on their own merits.

That isn't true. It hasn't been made public, but that doesn't mean there isn't one. The CEO of Veho has seen the new kit.

18th May... Ben Smith ‏@BenSmithBBC May 18 Back after few days by beautiful Aegean Sea. Alarm went off at 3.50am this morning. Off to Milan for an interview 20th May... Ben Smith ‏@BenSmithBBC 1h You can read/listen to/watch my exclusive interview with former Southampton chairman Nicola Cortese across @BBCSport tomorrow

Will we? Where is the non-Cortese side to the story? Because this doesn't really explain much... http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/southampton-fc-appointment-of-chairman-1296942.aspx/

The Benfica manager is 59 years old.

And I was supporting it.

Only guessing but I think its more likely to be new academy manager Matt Hale wanting to make his mark.

Jason Dodd joined Saints academy in November 2009, at the time Adam Lallana was 21 years old and was a regular in the first team.

Of course, but JWP did little wrong tonight apart from his marking for the Wales goal. In open play he was doing everything Southgate would want someone in that role to do. Its unlikely he'd win motm in that role as flair players like Redmond are more noticeable to your average fan, but if you watched what JWP did closely he kept England's passing ticking in a game they largely dominated in midfield.

He was playing as one of the 2 in a 4231 system. His role is to get the ball off the centre backs and distribute it to the attacking four players and fullbacks, plus take set pieces. What else are you expecting him to do in that role? I doubt Southgate gave him a remit to do anything else, as you need someone doing what JWP does well for a 4231 system to work well. Its never going to be a spectacular role to play, but JWP does the seemingly simple stuff consistently well.

Any players Saints buy with the money would also likely be in installments. So the year 2 and 3 Shaw money would help pay the year 2 and 3 payments for any purchases made by Saints.

Why? Because they've done such a terrible job signing players to get Saints from 68th to 8th in England in 5 years?

Alan Nixon @reluctantnicko · 24m Couple of surprise departures behind scenes at Southampton... Alan Nixon @reluctantnicko · 14m The pair of guys have been sacked ... would expect news to break shortly ... but trying to keep for paper. Neither Lallana or Shaw are in "behind the scenes" roles, nor would the club sack them!

They aren't from "behind the scenes", they were youth players that weren't offered pro deals by Saints and found a new club.

Matt Crocker left Saints last year to join the FA, Matt Hale has been the academy manager since October 2013.

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