With Roy Hodgson about to name his England squad for the next two World Cup qualifyers, Saints fans will be hoping that there might be two of our players in the squad this time.
For the game against the Ukraine it was great to see Adam Lallana sat on the bench for his country, the only disapointment was that he didnt get on the pitch and become the first Saints player to win an England cap since Peter Crouch back in 2005.
Lallana however might not be holding his breath for another call up, in fairness he will know as much as anyone that it took a fair few drop outs for him to get the nod and unless there is that sort of injury list again, then he isnt likely to feature in the squad this time around.
However he will be content in the knowledge that he is in Roy Hodgson's thought and that he will of course have now worked with the England boss in training who hopefully will have been impressed by the way Lallana works and conducts himself both on and off the pitch, these games might just come at the wrong time for the Saints captain, but there will be other chances and i would expect him to get his chance in a friendly fixture if he continues to show what he can do in the Premier.
Another Saint that St Mary's fans will be hoping to see named is Rickie Lambert, however despite the fact that SRL is the joint top English scorer in the Premier League and has a fine start to the season, there is one key reason why I would be surprised to see him feature and that is age.
Rickie will be 31 in January and indeed 32 by the time the 2014 World Cup comes around, for this reason alone I would not expect him to be in Hodgson's plans, International managers cant buy in players like their League club counterparts, for that reason they have to look at what players are likely to be still able to cut it in not just the next game, but the next tournament.
Having said that Hodgson wouldnt be the first England manager to fail to plan, indeed look at the recent past when the manager of the International side kept picking David James for worthless friendlies and not blooding younger keepers meaning that when they were needed they were not experienced enough, dont think that Hodgson will be that naive though.
So sadly for Rickie i dont expect him to be in this England squad, however if the England strikers misfire and Rickie keeps scoring into the New Year there could be a slight ray of hope for him.