Jack Stephens

[SouSaint]

Failure of a transfer window if he's starting for us this season. 

[Andrew Watson]

God knows how many goals Stephens will give away in the championship with passes like that this season, a very frightening thought.

[BarberSaint]

16 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

It's that ability to instill standards across a multi-club model that makes him irreplaceable for SR. 

It's like he's never been away.

 

 

Alas.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Just now, BarberSaint said:

It's like he's never been away.

 

 

Alas.

Soon we can shed a tear of pride, as SR teams in France and then Turkey make catastrophic defensive decisions.

Fans of certain clubs in France and Turkey will be shedding tears of a different sort.

[Harry_SFC]

1 hour ago, trousers said:

 

 

How often does he do this? He's a complete liability. Extending his contract is up there with McCarthy levels of stupid. 

[benjii]

When's his testimonial?

[Midfield_General]

1 hour ago, trousers said:

 

 

Well, that's a shock that no-one could possibly have seen coming 

[ChristopheVAFC]

😅

[ChristopheVAFC]

49 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Soon we can shed a tear of pride, as SR teams in France and then Turkey make catastrophic defensive decisions.

Fans of certain clubs in France and Turkey will be shedding tears of a different sort.

Let me reassure you, we've already had players who, when they had the ball, I can tell you we had cold sweats in the stands haha

[Weston Super Saint]

33 minutes ago, benjii said:

When's his testimonial?

3 more years.

Sadly.

[Mixedkebab]

On 18/07/2025 at 18:34, Weston Super Saint said:

3 more years.

Sadly.

Spors’ credibility is utterly fucked before it began with the Stephens 3 year extension- only a disturbed, or possessed fuckwitt would give Jack 3 years. 
Even if Stephens miraculously has a good, non error strewn season and Saints go up, the 2 extra years are pointless curly turds. Spors seems a halfwitted helmet already just based on this single decision.

Edited Sunday at 23:59 by Mixedkebab

[John B]

7 hours ago, Mixedkebab said:

Spors’ credibility is utterly fucked before it began with the Stephens 3 year extension- only a disturbed, or possessed fuckwitt would give Jack 3 years. 
Even if Stephens miraculously has a good, non error strewn season and Saints go up, the 2 extra years are pointless curly turds. Spors seems a halfwitted helmet already just based on this single decision.

Perhaps we will not go up in May 2026 but go up in 2027 or 2028 with a young team led by Jack which could stay up in the PL.

That could be the plan as at present the standard in the PL is probably the highest ever

[Smirking_Saint]

4 hours ago, John B said:

Perhaps we will not go up in May 2026 but go up in 2027 or 2028 with a young team led by Jack which could stay up in the PL.

That could be the plan as at present the standard in the PL is probably the highest ever

I still don’t buy the leadership bollocks, @stevegrant summed it up better than I could on the latest pod (can’t remember exact statement but) - If he was the leader in what has been our most rudderless period its fairly damning on him

Besides, ive both played and coached at a reasonable level… a leader in sport needs to have an aptitude at that level, as well as the qualities needed to lead, or else a rot sets in and ‘better’ players lose motivation 

If it was a year or two extension… fine… but 3 years puts the current DoF under the same scrutiny as his predecessors by burdening us with mediocrity 

[ally_uk]

Should of sold and upgraded 3 seasons ago, not extend the contract by 3 years 🤣

[coalman]

 

On 18/07/2025 at 18:10, ChristopheVAFC said:

😅

 

Bearing in mind he's trying to pass across his defence in the picture, who the hell is he trying to pass to? From that angle, even if he didn't get caught by the attacker for being too casual I struggle to see how it's not giving away possession in a dangerous area.

[Badger]

On 18/07/2025 at 17:18, Andrew Watson said:

God knows how many goals Stephens will give away in the championship with passes like that this season, a very frightening thought.

Compounded by a more frightening thought is Smallbone tackling in front of him, and Bazunu behind him.

Any bets on conceding 60+ again this season ? 

[Matthew Le God]

31 minutes ago, Badger said:

Compounded by a more frightening thought is Smallbone tackling in front of him, and Bazunu behind him.

Any bets on conceding 60+ again this season ? 

I think that is unlikely. Will Still doesn't want his players to take the risks Russell Martin did. Still's teams have pretty good defensive records in comparison to Martin.

Edited 15 hours ago by Matthew Le God

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, Badger said:

Compounded by a more frightening thought is Smallbone tackling in front of him, and Bazunu behind him.

Any bets on conceding 60+ again this season ? 

And BBD to complete The Spine of Victory 🙂

[Harry_SFC]

9 hours ago, coalman said:

 

Bearing in mind he's trying to pass across his defence in the picture, who the hell is he trying to pass to? From that angle, even if he didn't get caught by the attacker for being too casual I struggle to see how it's not giving away possession in a dangerous area.

From that picture you either pass it back to the keeper to punt upfield or just do it yourself. Clearly no team mate free so don't fuck around with it. 

[Saint Fan CaM]

2 hours ago, Harry_SFC said:

From that picture you either pass it back to the keeper to punt upfield or just do it yourself. Clearly no team mate free so don't fuck around with it. 

Stephens doesn’t think that fast and has no inherent footballing brain to instinctively know what the least riskiest play should be. In his own mind he has all the time in the World to choose his pass. He’s as thick as…

[Whitey Grandad]

8 hours ago, Harry_SFC said:

From that picture you either pass it back to the keeper to punt upfield or just do it yourself. Clearly no team mate free so don't fuck around with it. 

It's something that's drilled into players at all levels all over the world.

"Don't pass the ball across your own penalty area"

[saintant]

2 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

It's something that's drilled into players at all levels all over the world.

"Don't pass the ball across your own penalty area"

If he hasn't learned this after all his years in the game we can safely assume he never will.