Kante is of Malian heritage so would be eligible for them - he was born in France but never was capped at any level so can see him switching allegiances if they ask.
There's nothing wrong with putting an extra midfielder in for at least the first half to keep things tight against a dangerous (and, dare I say it, better) side, and just see how things pan out. With the speed of Schlupp and Albrighton on either flank we can still keep our counter attacking options open. With 20 or 30 minutes left the manager can make a call either way, to leave as is or put on another attacker. A point won at Southampton, however gained, will be a good point.
.... BRING IT ON!!!!
De Laet is not a right back - is great attacking but is poor defensively and leaves us in the lurch far too often.
Firstly, that was at your place and secondly we had run out of steam by then. We are starting to get on a role and Mane and Pelle have been unplayable in the last 2 games. Mane is class, you give him space you're ****ed. Same with Mahrez, we need to keep him out of the game. But I do think we are going to score goals, your defence isn't great whereas we have got Bertrand back and Van Dijk has been superb alongside Fonte. I've got a sneaky feeling we're going to come out all guns blazing and win by 3 or 4.Some good points made all round - the BBC write up of the Norwich game more or less made Okazaki man-of-the-match .. he certainly enables Vardy to be more selective with his bursts of pace / toming of runs etc ...
The only one who wasn't that good against Norwich was Albrighton ... against Arsenal it was Mahrez and Claudio then benched him ... but Mahrez destroyed Southampton last time we played them ... my head is beginning to throb ..
Still not convinced about Simpson and wonder whether de Laet's pace might get him the nod against Southampton and Mane etc ...
The brilliant thing is that we now have so many options ... gonna be a real test this one
.. only Arsenal have beaten us by 3 over the last two seasons. - so fair play to you if you manage it .. but we are not exactly out of form ourselves
I think Mane is terrific but we had his measure the last time we played you and he ended up throwing himself down like a little girl in a pair of new school shoes she didn't want. ... looking forward to it ...
That's a 0-0 draw officially secured then
11/1 if anyone fancies it.... I certainly don't 
Probably now yeah
How do you see the game going? Will Mahrez come back in do you think?
.. Claudio Ranieri somewhat surprised me (indeed somewhat disappointed me) with his first match team selection against Sunderland ... but he got it spot on ... it was a very brave move on his part to drop Mahrez for the Norwich game ... but again it worked a treat ... I've also been impressed with his substitutions so far, both in terms of timing and personnel ... our only blip is the Arsenal game ... but that was by no way as one sided as the final scoreline suggests, and we could easily have come in 3-1 up at half-time rather than 2-1 down (with a little more luck and a more vigilant ref 
at we should be able to promise you is an attractive game .. we will attack you with incredible pace (even if it is in a counter attacking style) ... when we beat you last season the MOTD pundits mentioned that you couldn't cope with our pace ... the very next game you drubbed Villa who couldn't cope with YOUR pace ... so expect it fast and furious ... as you will have perhaps noted, we have both scored and conceded in every game we have played - so brace yourself for a 0-0 ... cos that's footie ...
