Will the fixture at Yeovil Town on Saturday give any clues as to the starting line up for the Leeds game.

With the season being only a week away, Saints fans wil look closely at Nigel Adkins team for the visit to Yeovil as a guide to what his thinking for the new season might be.

Some have mentioned how Bart Bialkowski seems to have got more game time than Kelvin Davies in pre season and from that point of view this will be the first position the supporters will look at.

But it doesnt just stop there, with a squad that has at least two players capable in every position, Nigel Adkins having won promotion might be ready to start to impose his own ideas on the team a little more, by that I mean that last year he came in and saw the situation, he didnt rock the boar too much and basically kept faith with the core of the side under Alan Pardew, now however he might be looking to freshen things up a little.

This being the case, in truth there might not be too many people who are an automatic choice, Jose Fonte would be one, Adam Lallana another, Chamberlain if he stays and probably Rickie Lambert, but those four apart the places are up for grabs.

At right back it could be Butterfield it could be Richardson, in the centre will it still be Jaidi or will Martin get a chance, at left back will he keep faith with Harding or prefer Dickson, the centre of midfield is even more intrigueing with Chaplow, Hammond, Cork & Schneiderlin all vying for two spots, up front Barnard & Connolly will be vying for the other spot and we havent even mentioned Guly, De Ridder, Holmes and Forte.

There are plenty of shirts up for grabs, but will Adkins reveal any of his hand in this friendly or prefer to keep his cards close to his chest.

From that point of view it might be an interesting game, certainly you would hope that the tempo is picked up a little with the season so close    

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SonicBoom added 13:34 - Jul 29 rockk the boar, don't rock the boar baby....
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stmichael added 13:46 - Jul 29 Competition for places all over. If everyone is fit i would start against leeds as follows : KD DB DH JF RJ AL JC DH AOC RL DC If anyone is out of form then players can come in and make the shirt their own. Likewise with injuries. I am happy with the quality all over however if looking to strengthen I would be looking at the full backs and another centre half. Everywhere else is fully covered and ready for a crack at the play offs.

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legod7 added 13:46 - Jul 29 What I have seen of the pre season games so far my line -up would be Davis, Butterfield, Fonte, Seabourne, Harding, Chamberlain, Schneiderlin, Cork, Lallana, Lambert, Connnolly. De Ridder if Chamberlin injured.
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schatfield added 17:01 - Jul 29 Getting back to the West Brom game, i wouldnt mind hearing people's opinions on how we played (i read the official site, but always better getting a fans view) - how was Ridder in particular?
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splurty added 17:59 - Jul 29 Amazing ,I still can't quite believe how good he was ,his first few touches were straight out of mattys book of skills and the crossing was pinpoint ,and with all the skills there was always end product ,so Ricky must be over the moon with the signing ,as am I , thanks Markus / The don you are building us a club to be very proud of ,Pompey we are going to do to you what we did to boremuff , COYR

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kcaj1164retsof added 13:24 - Jul 30 The manager said on Player that none of his selections for friendlies will give any indication as to who will be selected to start against Leeds. He will only know that himself on the Friday.
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