Jack Stephens

[hypochondriac]

20 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Yeah. Lots of possible moves. Bednerak had interest, THB could easily go if our price is met, and ABK could hopefully be sold/get a loan fee for.

Stephens is fine to be a squad player, who gets plenty of Championship minutes, if not a starter.

I'd not be extending the contract until we see how things pan out though.

 

Agreed. If we get promotion again then I'd bin him at that point. I certainly wouldn't be making him captain. Maybe club captain which is more of a ceremonial role. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

19 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Agreed. If we get promotion again then I'd bin him at that point. I certainly wouldn't be making him captain. Maybe club captain which is more of a ceremonial role. 

Like the new avatar, by the way. 🙂

[Gingeletiss]

Get rid. Two sendings off in the manner his were, whilst captain, was diabolical. Just get rid.

[Charlie Wayman]

He was past his Use By date 3 year ago. 

[gammon cheeks]

Crap player .get rid .

[Mixedkebab]

22 hours ago, Osvaldorama said:

I don’t really want to see many of the players again next season, but he’s one that I really hope fucks off. 
 

Actually there are quite a few players that I’d like to never, ever see again. 

Bednarek, Stephens, Bazunu, Sulemana, Sugawara are the main ones. Just have absolutely no desire to ever watch them play football, let alone pay for the privilege. 
 

Utterly, utterly shit, pointless players. 

Agree on all these but I would also add McCarthy, Manning, Bella-Kotchap, Harwood-Bellis, Aribo, Smallbone, Dibling, Downes, Fraser, Stewart, Onuachu, and Archer.

Either lazy, bad attitude, or just shit. Fuck off! 

[Whitey Grandad]

22 hours ago, Gingeletiss said:

Get rid. Two sendings off in the manner his were, whilst captain, was diabolical. Just get rid.

If he is as useful as some claim then there should be plenty of takers.

[sadoldgit]

For a tall guy he is very poor in the air and his positional sense is appalling. We really should have sold him on years ago. 
Passion and being ok at blocking occasionally is all well and good on a Sunday morning on Hackney Marshes, but it really doesn’t cut it in professional football nowadays.

[Saint Fan CaM]

To be fair to Stephens he’s managed to cut himself a football career at the highest level - you don’t get that by being complete poop. The fault lies in the successive seasons of the club diluting the quality of the squad and relying on players such as Stephens who have been in the past 3rd or 4th choice to be first choice and even Captain.

It’s no wonder we’re not attracting better players when some of the senior players in the squad are seen to be so sub-standard.

[gio1saints]

Please all his detractors:

Jack does not need to be good enough to play against Mo Salah or Cole Palmer next season.  He only needs to be good enough for the Championship players he is facing next year to get into Saints 1st team squad. Is he good enough to help nullify the Preston’s or Swanseas attackers for example? It’s a totally different and lower skill level required. And he will be more than fine there. Plus he’s the biggest voice we have in a silent team. 

What we do need is a goal scorer. Am I convinced by Archer and RS? No. Am I convinced AA is not past it after 3 goals in 16 at WBA? No. Am I convinced TP is staying? No. Sulemana? No. Will Sam E come back and tear it up? Unlikely. Will Tyler be around? Maybe. No. But we need some goal scorers - not resurrection jobs like BBD and that West Ham South coast holiday project we took in with Mr Cornet out of desperation. Oh for a Rickie Lambert! 
PS. I’ve a sneaky suspicion Patrick Bamford will be a Saint shortly..

Edited yesterday at 12:32 by gio1saints

[Bakovnetski]

Stephens is nowhere near good enough for the PL but the Championship is OK if, and only if, he is playing to his best potential. Otherwise he is not good enough for that league either. If he is on his better form, he has an excellent line in shithousery that will come in useful (as we have seen before) providing that he stays on the pitch.

[Hamilton Saint]

On 03/05/2025 at 16:43, The Kraken said:

As long as he stays in the dressing room while the rest go out to play, no problem. He can do a proper sweeper’s job.

Yeah. That old joke when I was a kid. Where do you want Stephens to be for this match? Left back--left back in the dressing room.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

3 hours ago, gio1saints said:

Please all his detractors:

Jack does not need to be good enough to play against Mo Salah or Cole Palmer next season.  He only needs to be good enough for the Championship players he is facing next year to get into Saints 1st team squad. Is he good enough to help nullify the Preston’s or Swanseas attackers for example? It’s a totally different and lower skill level required. And he will be more than fine there. Plus he’s the biggest voice we have in a silent team. 

What we do need is a goal scorer. Am I convinced by Archer and RS? No. Am I convinced AA is not past it after 3 goals in 16 at WBA? No. Am I convinced TP is staying? No. Sulemana? No. Will Sam E come back and tear it up? Unlikely. Will Tyler be around? Maybe. No. But we need some goal scorers - not resurrection jobs like BBD and that West Ham South coast holiday project we took in with Mr Cornet out of desperation. Oh for a Rickie Lambert! 
PS. I’ve a sneaky suspicion Patrick Bamford will be a Saint shortly..

Biggest voice? As a captain he is an absolute disgrace. Two sendings off this season, mouthing off at the officials after the first sending off, great example to be setting. Should be nowhere near the squad this season or next. 

[qwertyell]

Chris Rigg (Sunderland): "“I laugh at it, you’ve got to enjoy it or football isn’t the game for you. There was this one time, we were playing Southampton and I was shoving one of their defenders. I was marking him and he just said: ‘You’re still getting breastfed, aren’t you?’ That was a good one, but it doesn’t knock me out of my stride. They are testing me mentally as well as physically.”

Got to be Stephens, the dressing room bantsmeister general.

[Charlie Wayman]

11 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

If he is as useful as some claim then there should be plenty of takers.

There must be at least one team in the EFL who will regard him as an upgrade 🤞

[Charlie Wayman]

7 hours ago, Bakovnetski said:

Stephens is good enough for the Championship if he is playing to his best potential. 

Don't say that, somebody at the club might take you seriously enough to be a seal of approval. Just imagine if he leads us out at Preston in our first match in August…….   

Edited 23 hours ago by Charlie Wayman

[Willo of Whiteley]

2 hours ago, qwertyell said:

Chris Rigg (Sunderland): "“I laugh at it, you’ve got to enjoy it or football isn’t the game for you. There was this one time, we were playing Southampton and I was shoving one of their defenders. I was marking him and he just said: ‘You’re still getting breastfed, aren’t you?’ That was a good one, but it doesn’t knock me out of my stride. They are testing me mentally as well as physically.”

Got to be Stephens, the dressing room bantsmeister general.

Surprised he didn’t retort that the baby is schooling the adult in how to play. 😂

[Gloucester Saint]

12 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

If he is as useful as some claim then there should be plenty of takers.

On 25% of the wages (even taking the relegation reduction into account) he’ll be earning next season perhaps.

Ditto McCarthy.