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England team now confirmed. 1 - Hart 2 - Walker 6 - Jagielka 5 - Cahill 3 - Cole 4 - Gerrard 8 - Lampard 7 - Walcott 10 - Wilshere 9 - Welbeck 11 - Lambert

An update to the useful links page is needed. Paulo Gazzaniga just confirmed on Twitter that he has managed to encourage Gastón to sign up. His handle is: @gasramirez10 Also, Calum Chambers is absent from the list. His Twitter is: @CalumChambers95

Rickie is starting! Woooo hoooo!

What a load of ******** this is. It's fair to state that he hasn't signed a British footballer in the summer window, but it's the insinuation that it means we lack confidence in Brits, or our youth that really puzzles me. I mean, of all clubs, Southampton lack confidence in the home-grown talent. Since the start of pre-season, I make it seventeen British players fielded, nine of which have been with the academy since before the age of fifteen. These are... K. Davis, Clyne, Chambers, Stephens, Turnbull, Shaw, Fox, Cork, S. Davis, Reed, Ward-Prowse, Lallana, Isgrove, Rowe, Sinclair, Rodriguez, Lambert. But yeah, damn that Argentine for buying three foreign internationals with Champions League experience, regardless of the blooding and use of youngsters alongside several other British players. They also appear confused as to what our crest looks like.

FA Chairman Greg Dyke plans to set up an FA Commission, comprising of the Premier League, Football League, Professional Footballers' Association and the League Managers' Association. He has called upon clubs to field more English plays, and provided more youngsters with first-team opportunities. He has also targeted a semi-final in Euro2020 and a final win in the 2022 World Cup. He's also looking into changing the loan market, tightening Premier League work-permit restrictions and looking into a winter break. Is it true that too many average foreign players are joining the Premier League, and are stunting the growth of English youngsters? http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23963416 On a Southampton level, I feel we are doing our bit. In our matchday squads, you currently see Calum Chambers, Luke Shaw, James Ward-Prowse and Adam Lallana. I'd say that's pretty good going. Cortese's policy of buying for the first team, e.g. bringing in Lovren, Wanyama, Osvaldo gives immediate strength, whilst himself and the committee then support and pad the squad with academy youngsters, with his well-known target of getting 50% of the academy into the first team. Others then observe the opportunities earned and given to the likes of Luke, James, Adam and Calum, and it therefore draws more talent towards the Saints academy. So what are your thoughts?

Was Papa Waigo popular? He wasn't exactly a huge fan favourite, but he will be fondly remembered for that JPT win.

I'd say... SAINTS: Boruc; Clyne, Yoshida, Lovren, Shaw; Wanyama, Schneiderlin; Ramirez, Lallana, Rodriguez; Osvaldo. BENCH: Gazzaniga, Chambers, Fonte, Cork, S. Davis, Ward-Prowse, Lambert. (for the next game) Nice to have options though. At current, I'd drop Lambert for Osvaldo to see how that works.

ADULT - £18 CONCESSION - £14 UNDER 17 - £10 UNDER 11 - £5 http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/bristol-city-date-set-1029994.aspx

Gareth Bale: "I am well aware that I would not be at the level I am today were it not for Southampton."

Real Madrid confirm signing of Bale for €100m. That's roughly £85m. http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/es/Actualidad_Primer_Equipo/1330158333625/noticia/Noticia/Bale,_nuevo_jugador_del_Real_Madrid.htm Nice little name-check there too. I hope the boy does well.

I've said it in a few places now. I didn't really understand MP's subs or his interview, yet I didn't get to watch the game. My main point is: Everyone has **** days at work. Football managers are people just like me and you. We all have crap days.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/southampton-wonder-kid-james-ward-prowse-snubs-2239450#ixzz2dUXN0gy6

Two-year deal. Undisclosed fee. Lots of good memories. Thanks Deano.

I went to Southend vs Yeovil in the cup as a couple of mates was going. I expected to see Hoskins play. He did, and was quite good. Seaborne was benched and Paul Smith was on the bench for Southend.

Not my story, just saw it over on another forum and asked the OP before posting it elsewhere. It's clearly biased and I'd expect nothing else. It just raised a point for discussion and the guy has gone public.

So as to tread carefully... The following thread/post is drawn from not606 forum user 'Lovelocum', which can be viewed at the following link: http://www.not606.com/showthread.php/227023-Rupert-Lowe-underhand-dealings-from-beyond-the-realms-of-football! Below is a screenshot of his post...

Just seen this courtesy of a retweet... from Dirk De Ridder - Steve's father: "FC Utrecht signing De Ridder slams Southampton culture - completely blown out of proportion - nothing but respect for UK & Saintsfc"

In the warm up before the Sunderland game. He was sat on the cinder track round the outside of the pitch after doing it, up the Chapel End.

SENIOR SQUAD CALL UPS FOR WEEK COMMENCING 2ND SEPT: Artur Boruc - (POLAND vs Monetenegro & San Marino) Dejan Lovren - (CROATIA vs Serbia & South Korea) Steven Davis - (NORTHERN IRELAND vs Portugal & Luxembourg) Gastón Ramírez - (URUGUAY vs Peru & Colombia) Emmanuel Mayuka - (ZAMBIA vs Ghana) Rickie Lambert - (ENGLAND vs Moldova & Ukraine) YOUTH SQUAD CALL-UPS FOR WEEK COMMENCING 2ND SEPT: Calum Chambers - (ENGLAND U19 vs Estonia) Luke Shaw - (ENGLAND U21 vs Moldova & Finland) James Ward-Prowse - (ENGLAND U21 vs Moldova & Finland) Lloyd Isgrove - (WALES U21 vs San Marino & Moldova)

Thieves busted by the item they stole. Courtesy of my local paper. http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/10635926.iFools__Victim_receives_snaps_taken_on_stolen_phone_/?ref=rss&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Anyone heard similar stories?

Top work from the bear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzK0DRAcVWg

What an intake this was! November 2010... before we played Brighton at home. Fantastic to see them all in the senior squad (or its fringes).