Over land and sea

25 Squad players (*=Home grown) Alves Soares, Cedric Ricardo Armstrong, Stuart Austin, Charlie* Bednarek, Jan Bertrand, Ryan* Davis, Steven* El Younossi, Mohamed Forster, Fraser Gerard* Gabbiadini, Manolo Gallagher, Samuel James* Gunn, Angus Fraser James* Hoedt, Wesley Hojbjerg, Pierre Emile Kordt Ings, Daniel William John* Lemina, Mario Rene Junior Long, Shane Patrick* McCarthy, Alex Simon* Redmond, Nathan Daniel Jerome* Rose, Jack Joseph* Stephens, Jack* [corrected from PL list which incorrectly did not list him as Home Grown) Targett, Matthew Robert* Vestergaard, Jannik Vidal, Oriol Romeu Ward-Prowse, James Michael Edward* Yoshida, Maya Under-21 players (Contracts and Scholars) Afolabi, Jonathan Agbontohoma, David Osaretim Bartlett, Daniel Grahame Bradley Green, Jamie Braithwaite, Benjamin Smales [should have read Smales-Braithwaite, Benjamin] Brennan, Sean Anthony Burnett, Ethan Darren Bycroft, Jack Thomas Cluett, Ryan Cull, Alexander Davis, Harrison Defise, Lucas Nsiona K Ferry, William Fleary, Taymar Freeman, Kieran Glean, Rio Kamil Hale, Harlem Hamblin, Harry Mark Hansen, Kornelius Normann Idowu, Roland Johnson, Tyreke Martin Jones, Alfie Keogh, Seamas Klarer, Christoph Kozak, Simon Kpohomouh, Pascal Latham, Kingsley Finn Ledwidge, Kameron Malcolm Lewis, Harry Charles John Mdlalose, Siphesihle Thembinkosi Morris, James William Nlundulu, Dan Norton, Christian Anthony Obafemi, Michael Oluwadurotimi O'Connor, Thomas James O'Driscoll, Aaron Olufunwa, Oludare Samuel Araba Parkes, Adam Darren Ramsay, Kayne Robise, Enzo Rowthorn, Ben John Saunders, Michael Sims, Joshua Samuel Slattery, Callum Smallbone, William Anthony Patrick Tchaptchet, Wandja Allan Tella, Nathan Valery, Yan Vokins, Jake Watts, Caleb Cassius Watts, Callum Neil 76 players in total (25+51). Excluded Marcus Barnes - over 21 and excluded from 25 man list Alexandre Jankewitz - new first year scholar Jordy Clasie (loan) Guido Carrillo (loan) Ryan Seager (loan) Sofiane Boufal (loan) Harry Reed (loan) Sam McQueen (loan) Jake Hesketh (loan) Jake Flannigan (loan)

Squad numbers now confirmed on PL website - https://pulse-static-files.s3.amazonaws.com/premierleague/document/2018/09/03/7facc0c2-60c8-422d-8ba2-cabc71bcdc53/PL-Squad-Numbers-2018-19.pdf Ours are as set out in post #37.

The 25 man squads have been published on the PL website. Go to publications at the foot of the homepage. Marcus Barnes is the unlucky player not to make the 25. Both Forster and Rose included.

Those who qualify for the U23s are All the U21s plus the following Gunn Bednarek Hojbjerg Targett Gallagher Rose Barnes I’ve not included anyone on loan. You can add Seager, Hesketh, Flannigan, Reed and McQueen if you were to do so. Following loan of McQueen, Hesketh and Flannigan, we now have 26 over 21 players competing for the 25 man squad for the first half of the season. Unless there is a late surprise, the first 23 players look set and 2 from the following 3 will also be included: Fraser Forster Jack Rose Marcus Barnes

U23 and U18 profiles updated belatedly. Harry Lewis excluded from 1st team and U23s

Although the link I posted above was yesterday showing a list of squad numbers for each team - with ours as set out in the previous post - the link is now saying: The 20 Premier League clubs will release the finalised shirt numbers for their squads for the 2018/19 season from early September after the closure of the summer transfer window. So looks list above could perhaps be liable to change. Alfie Jones has gone out on a season loan so will presumably not be listed

Flannigan won't make the 25 man squad so can't play in the Premier League; and is too old for the Checkatrade Trophy (an U21 competition) - perhaps that's why a squad number was considered unnecessary.

The extended set of squad numbers for the 18/19 season have been published on the Premier League website. https://www.premierleague.com/news/810083 1. Alex McCarthy (was 13) 2. Cédric Soares 3. Maya Yoshida 4. Jannik Vestergaard (new) 5. Jack Stephens 6. Wesley Hoedt 7. Shane Long 8. Steven Davis - loaned to Rangers in January 2019 to end of season 9. Danny Ings (new) 10. Charlie Austin 11. Mohamed Elyounoussi (new) 12. Sam McQueen (was 38 ) - (since loaned to Middlesbrough for season) 13. 14. Oriol Romeu 15. Sam Gallagher (was 27) 16. James Ward-Prowse 17. Stuart Armstrong (new) 18. Mario Lemina 19. Harrison Reed (new; was 25 in pre-season. Since loaned to Blackburn Rovers for season.) 20. Manolo Gabbiadini 21. Ryan Bertrand 22. Nathan Redmond 23. Pierre Højbjerg 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. Angus Gunn (new) 29. 30. 31. 32. Alfie Jones 33. Matt Targett 34. 35. Jan Bednarek 36. 37. 38. 39. Josh Sims 40. 41. Harry Lewis (new, though was 41 in a previous season) 42. Jake Hesketh 43. Yan Valery 44. Fraser Forster 45. 46. 47. Will Ferry (new) 48. Kornelius Hansen (was 70) 49. Thomas O'Connor 50. Ben Rowthorn 51. Tyreke Johnson 52. Dan N'Lundulu 53. 54. Christoph Klarer 55. Callum Slattery 56. Adam Parkes 57. Jake Vokins 58. Aaron O'Driscoll 59. Jonathan Afolabi 60. Will Smallbone 61. Michael Obafemi 62. Jack Rose 63. Harrison Davis 64. Nathan Tella 65. Marcus Barnes 66. Kayne Ramsay (new) 67. Alex Cull (was 69) 68. Harlem Hale 69. Enzo Robise (new) 70. Harry Hamblin (was 71) 71. Jamie Bradley-Green (new) 72. Siph Mdlalose (new) 73. Alexandre Jankewitz (new) 74. Christian Norton (new) 75. Allan Tchaptchet (new) Those with no squad number (scholars excluded) Jake Flannigan (was 34) Kingsley Latham (was 67) (since loaned to Dorchester Town until end of 18-19 season) Kieran Freeman Out on season loans at time numbers announced Jordy Classie - Feyenoord Guido Carrillo - CD Leganés Ryan Seager - SC Telstar Sofiane Boufal - Celto Vigo

For those interested in squad numbers, today’s programme (as I still prefer to call it!) confirms some late changes to this season’s numbers (also confirmed in the Club Shop): 12 Sam McQueen 15 Sam Gallagher 19 Harry Reed Also confirmed 41 Harry Lewis. Otherwise the first team numbers are as per the OS squad listings. Flannigan not listed

If Jake Flannigan is still with the club then we have 30 over 21s. I say that because Jake was on a monthly contract but was removed earlier this week from the first team profiles. So we need to omit 4 or 5 players. I am not sure when we have to submit but I think it’s 1 September. So who is omitted will be influenced by who we’re able to send out on loan between now and then. I’d add Barnes to the list of those likely to be on the omitted list - perhaps Barnes, Flannigan, Forster, Hesketh and one other.

Thanks, OP updated. The OS squad profiles are still way out of date - it's 2 to 3 months since we announced the retained list and the U23 and U18 profiles still contain the players we released and none of the new intake of scholars. Harry Reed and Harry Lewis are still missing completely. Oh and we have invented a new chronology for numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 4, 6... Edit: First Team profiles updated with new kit, Harry Reed added and more traditional numbering system reintroduced. U23/U18 still out of date and Lewis still missing.

Rose Valery, Klarer, Jones, Vokins O'Connor Slattery Smallbone Barnes Obafemi Johnson Subs Cull Bradley-Green Flannigan Davis Hamblin Rowthorn - came on early for injured Slattery Hesketh Mdlalose N'Lundulu

Our U23s are playing Marseille in the final at 5pm. We won 3-0 against South Shields yesterday to make the final. Team sheet Match report. https://southshieldsfc.co.uk/match/south-shields-vs-southampton-u23s/ Highlights The U23s also played 3 games in Italy over the past couple of weeks. Some relevant links in the absence of anything on the OS 23rd July 2018 Southampton U23 v Bologna. Lost 2-0 Highlights http://www.tuttobolognaweb.it/video/video-bologna-southampton-u23-2-0-gli-highlights/amp/?__twitter_impression=true Team line up 20th July 2018- Southampton U23 v NK Bravo. Drew 1-1 Full match 17th July 2018 Southampton U23 VS Real Vicenza - Won 5-0 YouTube Photos

Currently at 29 but that includes 3 players who are not currently with first team (Rose, Barnes and Flannigan). Edit: in fact 4 players not with first team, as you can add Hesketh to the three mentioned above.

Just realised it is Jamie Bradley-Green. One of three unused subs (along with Alex Cull and Harry Hamblin).

Here was our line up - anyone know who Bradley is (number 12)? Edit - screenshot from full highlights which were on Facebook - quality of screenshot rubbish but we had someone on the bench with the surname of Bradley

Those teams ought to do quite well - they've got 12 players in them! Bednarek is also not back from WC duty either.

Very clear. Rose, Barnes and Seager are also all home grown players over 21. You are right about the U21 - but if you were to add the main ones that would probably include Lewis, Vokins and Slattery (all went to China) and Obafemi on the basis he played for the first team last season. I'm not sure whether Valery (who's French) qualifies as home grown or not but it's not relevant at this stage as he's under 21 and there is no distinction in the U21 list between home grown and not.

Now that Carrillo has gone out on loan, we currently have 30 players who do not qualify as Under 21 and would therefore need to be named in our 25 man squad to play in the PL. Add Gunn and Vestergaard and will need to sell or loan out at least 7 to avoid them sitting around and ineligible to play. The 3O players are as set out in the previous post. On the basis that neither Barnes nor Seager made the plane to China, they would seem not to be in Hughes’ plans for this season (Seager set for a loan in Holland I think I read). Clasie is set to go back to Holland. We are clearly looking to offload Boufal. It is difficult to see us bringing Gunn in if we didn’t think we could loan or sell Forster. That’s 5 of the 7. Flannigan is on a monthly contract so could be released or may be a prime candidate for a loan. Perhaps McQueen or Targett also out on loan? Davis is also rumoured to be on his way - didn’t get any game time in China. Reed is another widely tipped for a move out but will depend on Hughes’ view having seen him in China.

Thomas O'Connor signed a 2 and a half year deal in May 2016 (see bottom of page one of this thread and https://southamptonfc.com/news/2016-05-17/oconnor-signs-professional-contract-with-saints) - so it looks like his deal is up sometime during the course of next season. Since Alfie Jones signed his contract at the same time, perhaps this also applies to him. http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11700/10286125/southampton-quintet-sign-first-professional-contracts Bailey Owen is on Swansea's list of scholars on their retained list - so he must have been on loan to us. See Bailey Elis Owen in the Swansea list - the PL website confirms https://www.premierleague.com/players/23927/Bailey-Elis-Owen/overview that Bailey Elis Owen has been playing for us this season so it's either the same player or a massive coincidence!

https://www.premierleague.com/news/698775?sf191372450=1 The full list of players retained by PL clubs Contracts Alves Soares, Cedric Ricardo Austin, Charlie Barnes, Marcus Thomas Bednarek, Jan Bertrand, Ryan Boufal, Sofiane Bradley Green, Jamie Carrillo, Guido Marcelo Clasie, Jordy Cull, Alexander Davis, Steven Ferry, William Flannigan, Jake (monthly) Forster, Fraser Gerard Freeman, Kieran Gabbiadini, Manolo Gallagher, Samuel James Hansen, Kornelius Normann Hesketh, Jake Alexander Hoedt, Wesley Hojbjerg, Pierre Emile Kordt Johnson, Tyreke Martin (offer) Jones, Alfie Klarer, Christoph Kozak, Simon Latham, Kingsley Finn (offer) Lemina, Mario Rene Junior Lewis, Harry Charles John Long, Shane Patrick McCarthy, Alex Simon McQueen, Samuel James Mdlalose, Siphesihle Thembinkosi O'Connor, Thomas James O'Driscoll, Aaron (offer) Obafemi, Michael Oluwadurotimi Parkes, Adam Darren Redmond, Nathan Daniel Jerome Reed, Harrison James Rose, Jack Joseph (offer) Rowthorn, Ben John Seager, Ryan Paul Sims, Joshua Samuel Slattery, Callum Smallbone, William Anthony Patrick Stephens, Jack Tadic, Dusan Targett, Matthew Robert Taylor, Stuart James (offer) Tella, Nathan Valery, Yan Vidal, Oriol Romeu Vokins, Jake Ward-Prowse, James Michael Edward Yoshida, Maya Scholars Afolabi, Jonathan (offer contract) Bartlett, Daniel Grahame Brennan, Sean Anthony Davis, Harrison (extended) Fleary, Taymar Hale, Harlem (offer contract) Hamblin, Harry Mark (offer contract) Ledwidge, Kameron Malcolm Nlundulu, Dan (offer contract) Norton, Christian Anthony Olufunwa, Oludare Samuel Araba Ramsay, Kayne Robise, Enzo This is largely as expected except: - Jake Flannigan is on a monthly contract - Thomas O'Connor and Alfie Jones are not shown as having been offered contract extensions so they must not have been out of contract after all - Harrison Davis has been offered an extended scholarship not a pro deal - Bailey Owen (2nd year scholar) is not listed. He was not one of the new scholars that was paraded last summer and was missed off of both squad lists (September and February). No idea why he keeps getting excluded - he is included in the OS profiles. Perhaps he's on loan to us? - Enzo Robise is not yet on a pro contract I've updated the OP. This list doesn’t tell us the length of the new contracts offered - unhelpfully.

The following would need to be included in the 25 man squad if they are to feature in the PL: 1. Alex McCarthy 2. Cédric Soares 3. Maya Yoshida 4. Jordy Clasie 5. Jack Stephens 6. Wesley Hoedt 7. Shane Long 8. Steven Davis 9. Guido Carrillo 10. Charlie Austin 11. Dušan Tadic 12. Matt Targett 13. Fraser Forster 14. Oriol Romeu 15. Jan Bednarek 16. James Ward-Prowse 17. Sam McQueen 18. Mario Lemina 19. Sofiane Boufal 20. Monolo Gabbiadini 21. Ryan Bertrand 22. Nathan Redmond 23. Pierre Højbjerg 24. Harry Reed 25. Ryan Seager 26. Marcus Barnes 27. Sam Gallagher 28. Stuart Taylor 29. Jake Hesketh 30. Jack Rose 31. Jake Flannigan So plenty of loans or sales needed to get us down to 25 before any additions. Of course, not all those offered new contracts will necessarily accept them. By the way the players are listed chronologically to show how many there are - these are not the new squad numbers

Yes - presumably a few players (including Jones, Taylor, Rose and Flannigan) have been offered new contracts. The full list of retained players and players offered new contracts has to be published on PL website by 8 June (2nd Saturday in June) so we will find out then. In the meantime I’ve updated the OP.

Funnily enough they were the one I looked up to see if they had had more - looks like they've also had 26. Just found an article which ranks last season's PL teams for number of managers they have had in PL era. It was from September 2017 but if I've remembered the moves since then correctly the updated list is as follows, with the number representing the number of time the club has changed manager. Palace 33 Saints 27 Brighton 26 Swansea, West Brom, Leicester 25 Huddersfield 23 Newcastle 22 Watford 21 Chelsea 20 Spurs 18 West Ham 17 Man City, Stoke 16 Bournemouth, Burnely 13 Everton 12 Liverpool 8 Man Utd 5 Arsenal 4 Not a high position to be proud of!

Yes it was Chris Nicholl. 3 managers between 1955 and 1991. 26 managers (or 28 if you count Bassett/Wise and Gorman/Dodd separately) since 1991. I wonder how many teams have had more managers than us over the PL period.