Matt gives his views on the unprecedented inclusion of four Saints players in a full England squad.

Seeing four Saints picked for England is superb news-absolutely fantastic!

I can’t ever remember this happening in my playing days so hats off to Adam Lallana, Ricky Lambert, Jay Rodriguez and Luke Shaw.

I always thought Luke was nailed on to be in the squad to face Denmark in next week’s friendly.

Luke has enjoyed a wonderful season and Roy Hodgson has spoken very highly of him in recent weeks.

And this is a very important game for him, too, because it’s the last one before Hodgson names his squad for the World Cup Finals.

Adam and Ricky, I think, have the most chance of getting to Brazil in the summer.

But I am really more pleased to see Jay in the 30-man squad.

He didn’t have the greatest of debuts against Chile in November but he hasn’t let it affect his club form.

Jay has still gone about his business at Southampton and kept up some pretty consistent performances.

So I’m pleased that he has not been discarded after one cap which may have made him think he was not good enough.

Andy Carroll’s injury and disciplinary problems at West Ham has opened the door for Ricky.

Ricky has not let England down when he’s played and scoring with his first touch on his international debut against Scotland only helped his cause.

Adam has been a good footballer for quite a few years and it’s great to see him getting the recognition he deserves

He was very loyal to the club when they dropped down to League One-he stuck by them and it’s paid off.

I really do hope that he gets his chance in Brazil to show everyone how good he is.

This news will give the four players a huge lift for Saturday’s home game against in-form Liverpool.

It’s going to be a tricky fixture for the Saints who have a chance of claiming a League double over the Reds having won at Anfield.

Liverpool are scoring goals for fun these days but they are not shy about letting in one or two themselves.

So, let’s hope, we can take advantage of that and claim a morale-boosting win for the four England Saints.

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ItchenNorth added 13:11 - Feb 28 Lets hope Roy plays Shaw from the start to really show what hes made of. Lallana should also start from now on in all of the build up games to Brazil. Jay Rod needs game time too for England; lets hope Roy just does pick Welbeck again because we know what he can do. Its no point giving these guys (whichever club they've come from) 20 mins to see what they have newly promoted to the squad. Ricky; he can play 20 if required again.

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SaintNick added 23:48 - Feb 28 Whats the point of playing ashley cole, you know exactly what he can do and he doesnt need the experience of playing in a friendly against Denmark, far better to use Baines and Shaw
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bigrob68 added 10:33 - Mar 2 i don't think it's a good idea to take Lambert, Cole, Wellbad, Johnson or Jayrod. Lallana, Shaw and Chambers should be starters.
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