JASON DODD has returned to Saints to boost their survival bid, and could make his 400th appearance for the club in Sunday's crunch derby match against Portsmouth.

The Saints skipper has been out on loan at Plymouth for a month but has returned to add some much-needed voice, leadership and power to Harry Redknapp's Saints ranks.

As his loan spell doesn't officially end until tomorrow, Dodd is ineligible to play at Bolton tonight but could figure at Fratton Park this Sunday and creep past the 399-game mark he has been stuck on for some time.

Redknapp said: "We've got one or two injuries and I need all my players around me.

"I love Doddsy. He's a great character and we need all hands on deck."

Redknapp is facing a few selection problems going into tonight's game.

He may well be missing his first-choice central midfield pairing of Nigel Quashie and Jamie Redknapp, while Andreas Jakobsson is also a doubt with a hip injury.

It could mean some major reshuffling and Redknapp is still toying with the idea of changing his formation to cope with Bolton's physical 4-5-1 approach.

He said: "There's no quick fixes. I've got what I've got and I've got to try and pick a team out of that group and get a result.

"Nigel's struggling but we'll have to wait and see.

"I have a problem with Jamie. He had an injection on Saturday and he can't go on having that.

"Every week he has an injection so he'll be struggling. If I play him today he won't play Sunday and I think I'd rather play him on Sunday at Portsmouth.

"I could completely wreck his knee if he plays today, which I won't do. Three in a week and his knee will go up like a balloon.

"He wants to play every game and has painkilling injections to play every match, but I can't afford to lose him for the last four games."

Redknapp added: "Bolton's system is a problem to play against.

"The only way you can match that up is to leave one of your strikers out because they only play one up.

"Ideally that is the way to play against them, but you have to leave a striker out.

"It's food for thought - I've thought about nothing else all weekend, 24 hours a day on the next game."