Southampton Q&A: Your favourite player and game?

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In the final part of our special Q&A with BBC Radio Solent's Adam Blackmore, he chats about his favourite current and former Southampton players and his favourite Saints moments throughout the years.

Chris asked: Have you got a favourite Saints player? Not necessarily the best - just someone you think sums up all that is good about the club?

Adam answered: My favourite players of the current squad are Adam Lallana and Will Smallbone; Adam, because we have known each other so long and I love his attitude to the game and how he made the best of every bit of ability he has had, and Will because he is also homegrown and is a misunderstood player with a lot of ability. He is also a really good guy who has come through a lot in life and his career.

My favourite players of my two decades watching Saints are Rickie Lambert and Morgan Schneiderlin - two people I have a lot of time for and two I would consider good professional friends. Also, for his ability and for the role he played in a great team and period for the club, Sadio Mane.

Rob asked: It has been a shocker of a season so to cheer us up - outside of Wembley and West Bromwich Albion, tell us of a couple of games across the years that you fondly remember from your seat in the commentary box (Ronald Koeman running down the touchline, perhaps?)

Adam answered: Hi Rob, I think the ones that got me euphoric in commentary have to stand out - League Cup semi-final at Liverpool, last season's Wembley play-off final and beating Inter Milan all stand out, as well as the day we all had at home to Coventry with promotion back to the Premier League achieved – all wonderful memories.

Commentating on the fastest Premier League hat-trick ever also stands out and the fastest-ever goal in the Premier League - they are lovely archive moments for me personally to have experienced and created the archive sound for.

That also applies to the 8-0 against Sunderland. It has not been quite so memorable being on mic for two 9-0 losses, though! But if we are talking about pure drama and football, then the 3-2 win against Liverpool from 2-0 down stands out as my favourite commentary, with survival at Swansea up there too.

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