Kids are all right - Adkins

Southampton manager Nigel Adkins has backed the club's kids to see off Millwall in Tuesday night's FA Cup replay.

Adkins will rest some of his key men with one eye on the Championship promotion race so teenagers Luke Shaw, James Ward-Prowse and Jack Stephens are set to be involved again.

"Having put ourselves in the race to get promoted, the league is the priority," said Adkins.

"But it's great to have a cup run and we want to win all the games we compete for and we want competition for places.

"It's a tough game. We won't underestimate the opposition but we want to get through to the next round.

"I believe we've got a good, strong squad of players now and again we want to utilise the youth. We've done that in the two cup competitions this season. We want to make sure there is a pathway for them as well but we've got an opportunity to keep progressing and that's what we want to do."