There was good news for Saints Polish central defender Jan Bednarek last night as he won his first full cap for Poland.

Jan Bednarek might not be ready for Premier League action just yet, but Poland thought he was ripe for his first taste of International football at the highest level when he came on as substitute for the Poles against Kazakhstan in Warsaw last night.

The game was already dead and buriied with the Poles 3-0 up when Bedanarek entered the fray in the 89th minute, but it showed that Poland are willing to blood him and see him as one for the future after graduating from their age based sides.

This puts Poland in Pole position in group E of the World Cup qualifyers and with two games to play they are three points clear and in with a good chance of automatic qualification.

Their next game is away to second bottom Armenia, a win there could see them qualify with second placed Montenegro at home to third placed Denmark, both will start that day 3 points behind Poland, if they draw and the Poles win they are through.

Otherwise it will all go the final day when Poland host Montenegro.

Bednarek's start at St Mary's has been slow so far with his only first team game being against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the League Cup, a game where he did not exactly shine, although to be fair neither did the other two Yoshida & Stephens, in an experimental back three that looked mishaped and was not supported by the wing backs.

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aceofthebase added 12:30 - Sep 5 89th minute sub! Now what do I read into that.
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SaintNick added 12:33 - Sep 5 You read nothing into it, there doesnt always have to be something in every action, I imagine that the Poles wanted to run the clock down and give Bednarek a taste of International football
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Keesie66 added 13:35 - Sep 5 Aceofthebase ........ how negative can you be, the guy has made his debut so congratulations to him and Saints have another International player in the squad..... how bad can that be eh?
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underweststand added 16:45 - Sep 5 ...even if he earned his "cap" with a 5 minute substitution, it'll look good on his CV and give him confidence for the future..even if he doesn't get off the Saints bench too often. He is on a learning curve and it may take a year or two before he is considerd a first team regular for Saints, but ...come the day, come the man...he may be on the way up sooner than we think, and getting to play for your country ...even for 5 minutes ...is something a lot of players never come close to achieving.

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aceofthebase added 17:17 - Sep 5 Well Nick that is what I read, they wanted to run the clock down and they could have played the Pope. Hardly 'ripe for international football at the highest level' which you read into it.
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SaintBrock added 19:41 - Sep 5 I'm super relieved that you did not write that headline for Hoedt!
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SaintBrock added 19:43 - Sep 5 aceofthebase, only one minute of normal time left?
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aceofthebase added 20:21 - Sep 5 Saintbrock 89th minute. Is there any confusion?
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