<text>  Ryan Seager has won the inaugural Barclays Under 21 Player of the Month award after impressing for Southampton in February. The 19-year-old made his debut for the senior team last month against Swansea, as well as scoring one and making one assist for the youth side, and has been chosen ahead of all the players in Division 1 and 2 24 teams based on his performance statistics. Seager also recently netted a hat-trick against Derby County in the Under 21 Premier League Cup, and is looking to follow in the footsteps of Adam Lallana, Luke Shaw and James Ward-Prowse in making the step up on the South Coast. Sportsmail held an exclusive QA with Seager after he found out about his award. Southampton youngster Ryan Seager has been chosen as the inaugural Barclays U21 Player of the Month . Whats your style of play? A poacher, getting in around the box, its where I score most of my goals. Who do you model your game on? Michael Owen in his early days, and obviously with Southampton its Matt Le Tissier. He was my biggest inspiration from early on as a Saints fan. Have you worked with the first team? In the last few months and when I made my debut I was training with them quite a lot, theyve got near enough a whole first-team squad fit now so its getting harder but I still train with them every now and again. Its a good experience. Young striker Seager says he models his game on Matt Le Tissier left as a Saints fan and Michael Owen . Do you speak to Ronald Koeman often? He gives me advice in training, as do Shane Long and Graziano Pelle, with my shooting and movement. What do you do to relax away from football? Hobbies? Id love to say golf but Im not very good at it! I just relax really, I like all sports but dont play too many. Last album you listened to? Probably The Wanted, someone like that. Last film you watched? Fury. I loved it - I love war films. Another youngster youd tip to make it at Southampton? Jake Hesketh. Made his debut for the first team in December, were a good combination on FIFA! Ive got a career mode on the game with Southampton at the moment, only in my first season so dont know if I get any good yet. I bring myself off the bench though... The 19-year-old fights for the ball with Chelsea midfielder Isaiah Brown during a youth game . Seager says the best youth player he has ever played against is Manchester Uniteds Adnan Januzaj . Best young player youve played against? Adnan Januzaj in Under 18s. We played them away from home and he was just tearing it up. It was before he made his United debut, but I knew he would make it. What would you be doing now if you werent a footballer? I think about that all the time. Ive always thought it would be nice to work in a supermarket. Dont ask me why. Ive always found it interesting. Best advice youve been given? Rickie Lambert, last season when I trained with him, told me I dont always have to shoot with power, to finesse it more often, and since then Ive scored most of my goals from that. I look back to that advice. Any advice for young players? Work hard. If you keep working, you never know! Seager says he might fancy working in a supermarket if he wasnt a footballer at Southampton . The award has been established to recognise the next generation of players coming through, coinciding with Barclays own work to encourage the next generation of fans, which will see thousands of tickets and unique football experiences given away via the Barclays Spirit of the Game website. A winner will be selected every month for the rest of the season, as well as the Barclays Under 21 Premier League Player of the Season being unveiled in May. 