Matthew Le God

So what would you propose Saints do at left back? Shaw is clearly already good enough to start Premier League games, if you want to dip him in and out occasionally what senior left back will you get to join the club to do that? We already have Fox at the club and although he isn't great he can cover that role. If for example we signed Buttner in the summer and started him every game, where would that leave Shaw's development?

Do you not think we need squad depth and options off the bench? Plus with Rodriguez being 7 years younger, he can be the long term Lambert replacement. You may be right, but I still think it is still too early to say that. This is irrelevant, Shaw has more than held his own and really doesn't look out of place at all. Bringing in another left back would hold back Shaw's progress. I agree. Puncheon couldn't get in the team in 2010/11 because Lallana and Oxlade-Chamberlain are better players. That is what led to him being loaned out, with Oxlade-Chamberlain gone, the wounds healed Puncheon is back in. Lets see your rebuttals...

Or... he has gone back to Uruguay for a family bereavement?

It is not live on ESPN or ITV... http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/fa-cup-games-televised-live-1472565 So will be on Saturday 5th January at 3pm.

Of course I do, but I think Mayuka would have been useful in both games with 20 minutes to go in place of Puncheon. Perhaps Adkins doesn't think Mayuka defensively is as good as Puncheon at the moment and bringing him on might have cost us vs Norwich with the game poised at 1-1. But vs Liverpool bringing Mayuka on when we were losing and struggling for the ball at 1-0 might have been worth it.

I don't know, I would have put Mayuka on vs Norwich and Liverpool.

Nor did a lot of his teammates.

Nigel has enough confidence to put him on the bench, but Puncheon is playing well at the moment. That is why Mayuka isn't playing, although I'd like him to be given more game time.

I thought I was making quite a clear hint that they might think differently.

When we last played a top team in the FA Cup as a League One side vs Man Utd in 2010 we used this... 24 Bialkowski 03 Harding 06 Fonte 12 Butterfield 19 Seaborne 04 Schneiderlin 11 Guly (N'Guessan 79) 26 Oxlade-Chamberlain 30 Chaplow (Gobern 84) 07 Lambert 09 Barnard (Dickson 73) Does't look like a "development squad" to me!

Because Saints were denied a clear goal and the actions of the Man Utd player prevented them winning the game by cheating late on it the match with that handball. It matters not that you should score penalties, it shouldn't have come to that.

What about those that watched him vs Spurs in the Premier League, where he turned the game towards Saints int he second half and frightened the life out of the Spurs defence?

This is where football should follow rugby's lead with penalty tries. A deliberate handball that stops a goal like tonight shouldn't be a penalty, it should be a "penalty goal" and a red card.

Reading did have an initial 1,700 allocation but have been given 700 more tickets and now have an allocation of 2,453. http://www.readingfc.co.uk/tickets/away-games/ Poor that they can't sell out the 3,100 seater away end for a relatively local, important, Premier League game.

Adkins does mention Boruc in that interview. You can also see him in training videos and he was involved in a training session on the St Mary's pitch with De Ridder and other unused players after the Newcastle game on Sunday.

http://audioboo.fm/boos/1084591-saintsfc-boss-nigel-adkins-talks-to-krsitemple-after-1-1-draw-with-norwich But better to watch it on Saints Player to see his facial expressions when asked about it. I think we'll see a change on Saturday.

Nigel doesn't sound happy with him in his post match interview.

Played poorly in the opening games of the season.

Luke Shaw, by some distance!

Time for Artur Boruc to play! Paulo Gazzaniga should have been loaned to a Championship team in the loan window for experience rather than keep costing us in the Premier League.

The only change from Sunday is Reeves for Ward-Prowse on the bench.

Adam Blackmore ‏@bigadamsport Early indications are that Rickie Lambert is fit for #saintsfc - maybe an unchanged side for 4th game in a row

Norwich's defence hit with Michael Turner and John Ruddy out. Ruddy is out for next 3 months which is a big blow for them... https://twitter.com/Johnruddy86/status/273852935992131585

The last time we played them was a 2-0 win at Carrow Road in 2010 in League One. Lee Barnard getting both goals.

- If Wigan lose by any score at home to Man City, any Saints win puts them at the very least 15th. - If Wigan lose by any score at home to Man City + Newcastle lose away at Stoke City then Saints will be 14th as long as there is a 4 goal swing in goal difference between Saints and Newcastle.