Matthew Le God

Did you think that when Pochettino put a similar side out for the Barnsley game? Why does that have any bearing on tonights game?

He is a right back/centre back.

When we face a side where better players would be need to beat the opposition. Tonights line-up should be good enough to beat a League 1 side, a similar line-up beat a Championship side easily in the last round. There should in theory be no need to use our first choice players, and it keeps them fresh for Saturday.

It'll likely be in the usual 4-2-3-1 system so he'll have 3 other attacking players with him.

I copied and pasted it from the BBC, they mean Jack Stephens. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23763998

This team won 5-1 away vs a Championship side in the last round... 01 K Davis 02 Clyne 03 Yoshida 06 Fonte 13 Fox 08 S Davis 10 Ramirez 18 Cork 27 Isgrove (Rowe - 72' ) 09 Rodriguez (Reed - 81' ) 24 Mayuka (Sinclair - 90' ) Substitutes 25 Gazzaniga 16 Ward-Prowse 22 Chambers 39 Sinclair 35 Stevens 37 Rowe 38 Reed

How can your statement that "talk of an England call up is mental" be true when he was called up last season by England?

He was called up by England last year. So is it really "mental"? Yes, there are a number of people ahead of him, but he isn't that far down the pecking order for it to be described as "mental".

"10 to 12 at a minimum"? That is an extremely high figure for a midfielder in the Premier League! Only two midfielders managed 11 or more Premier League goals last season and that was Santi Cazorla and Frank Lampard (who has penalties, which Lallana won't).

And our reserves beat a Championship side easily in the last round. Do you not think our reserves are stronger than Crystal Palace's?

Do you? Why? The bench for the 5-1 away win over Championship team Barnsley in the 2nd round was... 01 K Davis 02 Clyne 03 Yoshida 06 Fonte 13 Fox 08 S Davis 10 Ramirez 18 Cork 27 Isgrove (Rowe - 72' ) 09 Rodriguez (Reed - 81' ) 24 Mayuka (Sinclair - 90' ) Substitutes 25 Gazzaniga 16 Ward-Prowse 22 Chambers 39 Sinclair 35 Stevens 37 Rowe 38 Reed I think most (if not all) of the starting XI for the Crystal Palace game next Saturday won't be involved at all tomorrow and it'll be fringe players in the starting XI and youngsters on the bench. Lambert, Lallana, Boruc, Shaw, Clyne, Schneiderlin, Wanyama, Osvaldo, Lovren etc all probably won't feature and they shouldn't need to. The starting XI from the Barnsley team is more than strong enough to beat a League One team, as they should in the last round vs. a Championship side.

Well thats rubbish, as Saints had a red/white striped home kit and a yellow away kit in 2011/12.

He is a Man Utd fan, so may explain the predicting Liverpool to lose.

Express on Sunday...

Is that not what Wanyama said...? Journalist #1: In terms of what you thinks achievable this season for this team, what would you like to see them achieve? Wanyama: Obviously first is to just do better than last season and then we will see what will happen. Journalist #1: Do you think thats possible? Wanyama: I think yeah its possible. Journalist #2: Do you think Champions League football is possible with Southampton? Wanyama: Yeah, I believe one day, you know, everything, step by step, then I believe one day we will be also there.

So something like this then...? Boruc Clyne Fonte Lovren Shaw Wanyama Schneiderlin Ramirez Osvaldo Lallana Lambert Subs: K.Davis, Yoshida, Chambers, S.Davis, Cork, Ward-Prowse, Rodriguez

Journalist #1: In terms of what you thinks achievable this season for this team, what would you like to see them achieve? Wanyama: Obviously first is to just do better than last season and then we will see what will happen. Journalist #1: Do you think thats possible? Wanyama: I think yeah its possible. Journalist #2: Do you think Champions League football is possible with Southampton? Wanyama: Yeah, I believe one day, you know, everything, step by step, then I believe one day we will be also there. ................. Is that really something to cringe at? He was asked a question, he gave an answer. He didn't start the Champions League talk, a journalist started that line of questioning and he gave an answer. He didn't say "Saints will be in the Champions League next year". What would you prefer him to say to such a line of questioning?

If you don't know the context of the answer, how can you make comments like this criticising Wanyama...? You can see his answer in context at yesterday's press conference on Saints Player. I'd watch that before cringing at "constant rhetoric". It is the media that keep asking Pochettino and the players questions about the Champions League, it is not the Saints 1st team coaches and staff that bring it up.

What would you prefer him to say after being asked such a question?

Can they? How? In any case Wanyama didn't even make a prediction. What would you prefer him to say after being asked such a question?

It was a live press conference streamed on youtube, it finished over an hour and a half ago. It'll be on Saints Player later.

No I didn't, you've made that up.

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I doubt we'll see much of him in the Premier League unless lots of injuries and suspensions kick in. He is adding to depth of the squad outside the matchday 18 and I'd guess he'll play vs Bristol City later this month.

No he didn't.