Caspar Jander

[mikee]

There was one particular tackle where he just positioned himself in front of the oppo player to win the ball - gave me Morgan Schneiderlin vibes!

[lambtiss]

1 hour ago, Bakovnetski said:

Downes is sick (again) so we may get our wish

Let's see what Jander and Charles are like together.

Downes and Charles together just seem to slow everything down to a standstill. Out of the two, I much prefer Charles, at the moment. 

I have taken against Downes for being a perennial, sickly, whinger.

Edited 18 September, 2025 by lambtiss

[Lighthouse]

Outstanding player. Runs the show.

[benjii]

Just now, Lighthouse said:

Outstanding player. Runs the show.

Definite Prem potential.

 

[Toadhall Saint]

Quality from the first time he touched the ball you could see he was a bit good.

[saintant]

For me he is our best signing. He's the vital cog, the metronome, the conductor. We've missed this type of player for so long and he'll no doubt soon be on the radar of bigger clubs.   

[RedArmy]

He is class. 
 

With Charles to come back, Romeu to come into the mix and Bragg showing he’s worthy of minutes it is time to move Downes on in January because it’ll be tough for him to get minutes over those above and his style of play doesn’t really suit the way we play if we’re going to continue to be direct with the ball. 

Edited 25 November, 2025 by RedArmy

[S-Clarke]

He was always class, got bogged down a bit in the later days of Stills tenure - but even his short cameos right at the start, even against the Skates, you can see his has agility on the ball and a real knack of arriving in and around the box. He's an upgrade on Will Smallbone and Downes in one player, him and Romeu could strike up something pretty special. What a player to learn from.

[benjii]

Good job he missed that sitter against Swansea, or we might still have Still.

[Dusic]

Worth trying to add a year to his contract already.

[Spoonman]

Let’s appreciate him while we can, this lad has bags of potential 

[Convict Colony]

Posted in match thread but...

Jander is elite and chasing a man down and recovering the ball from behind him and then using his body to shield the ball as he gets up and gets us going forward again 

 

[saintant]

This guy gets better and better. He does everything well and with efficiency. Others may get the plaudits but Caspar is the one who makes the team tick.

[S-Clarke]

40 minutes ago, saintant said:

This guy gets better and better. He does everything well and with efficiency. Others may get the plaudits but Caspar is the one who makes the team tick.

Credit where it's due, this may be the first window where we have actually seen a legitimate return in SR transfers.

Jander

Leo

Fellows

Azaz

Those 4 have lifted the level of the team in key areas.

There are still a couple of oddities in our transfers from the summer, but that's not really unusual. No team ever gets it right 100%, but for the first time I can remember we've got it right more than we've got it wrong. Positives to cling to, maybe.

[saintant]

Just now, S-Clarke said:

Credit where it's due, this may be the first window where we have actually seen a legitimate return in SR transfers.

Jander

Leo

Fellows

Azaz

Those 4 have lifted the level of the team in key areas.

There are still a couple of oddities in our transfers from the summer, but that's not really unusual. No team ever gets it right 100%, but for the first time I can remember we've got it right more than we've got it wrong. Positives to cling to, maybe.

Yes and much credit to Tonda for the way he's set us up to get the maximum out of our flair players. I always believed they would prove good signings but it's taken a new coach to assess how they should be utilised and to make things tick. The football recently is some of the best we've produced in ages. Because things have been so bad it is hard to make yourself believe it's not going to suddenly go pear shaped again but I'm beginning to let my guard down and hope we are truly at the start of a golden period under Eckert.

[stfrancisofbenali]

2 hours ago, saintant said:

This guy gets better and better. He does everything well and with efficiency. Others may get the plaudits but Caspar is the one who makes the team tick.

Rolls Royce of a player. Scienza deservedly gets the headlines but Jander is the beating heart.

[spyinthesky]

1 hour ago, S-Clarke said:

Credit where it's due, this may be the first window where we have actually seen a legitimate return in SR transfers.

Jander

Leo

Fellows

Azaz

Those 4 have lifted the level of the team in key areas.

There are still a couple of oddities in our transfers from the summer, but that's not really unusual. No team ever gets it right 100%, but for the first time I can remember we've got it right more than we've got it wrong. Positives to cling to, maybe.

Just think the 4 players mentioned have added quite a lot to the team's performance albeit at Championship level.

The money from the Dibling deal has more or less paid for the players although the combined wage cost of the 4 newcomers will be significantly more than Dibling was paid.
Much as though I was sad to see young Dibling go, he would not have added any where near as much to the team as have the aforementioned players.

[benjii]

What a performance.

[LGTL]

He was sensational 

[chiknsmack]

Immense today. I thought we might be able to keep him even if we don't go up, but not after that on the big stage.

[sfc4prem]

Brilliant at winning the ball back and making forward runs and passes. So important to our attacks in those situations. A momentum changer.

[RedArmy]

Hard to believe it’s the same man that played as bad as he did in that first half at Leicester. 
 

Phenomenal today. 

[Toadhall Saint]

Outstanding.

[Toadhall Saint]

Outstanding

[Saint NL]

One of the best players on the pitch today, happy for him

[Edmonton Saint]

Superb. Was everywhere. 

[benjii]

Absolutely brilliant performance. 

Let's hope we haven't emptied the tank too much for Tuesday.

[saintant]

Liked him from his first games and today he proved he belongs at as high a level as he wants. He was simply immense.  He's in the shop window for sure and, if we can't keep him, we should be demanding top dollar - he's added to his value today.

Edited yesterday at 18:56 by saintant

[Turkish]

Yep he was excellent. I think he might have got himself a big move in the summer if we don’t go up. 
 

Bragg was good too 

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

Was great today. Definitely improved over the season. 

Can see teams eye him up easy as others have said.

[Osvaldorama]

Just came here to echo everyone’s thoughts. E and Bragg were outstanding first half. Thought they did so well 

[Turkish]

There is already a thread on him

*locked*

[HarvSFC]

Other than the Leicester away game, he's been the perfect replacement for Fernandes and plays at a similar level. He was the driving force in our comeback against Derby and felt that he was what we missed in the middle against Bristol City in midweek, given his ability to win the ball back and get us up the pitch quickly.

If we don't go up then there's no chance that we keep hold of him, but another example that there is actually a scouting team at the club now, picking up these lesser known players who excel here, like Scienza. After years of signing lesser known players and the reason they're not well known is they're playing two levels below where we were currently.

[davefizzy14]

Caspar Jander was immense today 😊

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

1 hour ago, JohnnyShearer2.0 said:

Was great today. Definitely improved over the season. 

Can see teams eye him up easy as others have said.

Yes, also wasn't sure about him earlier in the season but today he was my MOTM. Without Downes, I thought we'd struggle in the midfield, but Jandar was brilliant.

[Convict Colony]

Ally Mccoist raving about him and thought he should get man of the match.

[ally_uk]

Always have rated him, think he is class. Can't see him being here long in all honesty once the big boys start circling. 

[saintant]

He rarely missed a tackle, block or interception yesterday and was instrumental in our goal. Phenomenal performance from start to finish. One of the best midfield displays I've ever seen from a Saints player which is some tribute because we've had many great ones in his position.

[Swaythling Saint]

Brilliant yesterday (as he has been in other games this season), would love to hold on to him as long as we can - though seems like a lot of our players depends on promotion this season! 

[S-Clarke]

He was great, MOTM for me. All over the pitch, his stuff off the ball was just as important as his wins in transition. He certainly tired in the last 20, you could visibly see him looking a bit heavy on his legs, but he gave everything.

He's a Top League CM now, that's for sure.

[EssEffCee]

He was outstanding yesterday. Can see why he's attracting a lot of attention.

[AlexLaw76]

He is a very good player

Will probably be one of the couple we will have to sell if we don't go up

[saintant]

Just watched Chelsea beat Leeds. We raved about Lavia when he was here but he's not in Janders class plus he can only ever play 60 minutes.

[saintwbu]

For all that they’ve got wrong, Sport Republic do seem to have an eye for a good central midfielder; Lavia, Alcaraz, Fernandes and now Jander.

[SNSUN]

The most annoying thing about the second half of this season is knowing that now we've clicked and are playing excellent football, if we don't go up we lose players like Jander, THB, Scienza etc and have to start again. Give us another Championship season with Tonda and the current line up, with a couple of positions strengthened and Peretz and Larin on board and we'd be dead certs for 1st place next season. I really hope we go up even if it's through the play-offs so we can keep the team together and really try to make a dent in the Prem.

[saintant]

With the transfer fees we got for Dibling and Fernandes you wonder what Jander is worth in today's market. Not that I'd want us to sell him but he'll likely go in the summer if we don't get promoted.

[AlexLaw76]

7 minutes ago, saintant said:

With the transfer fees we got for Dibling and Fernandes you wonder what Jander is worth in today's market. Not that I'd want us to sell him but he'll likely go in the summer if we don't get promoted.

He will probably go for about £20m if we don’t go up.

[benjii]

16 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

He will probably go for about £20m if we don’t go up.

I think we would ask for more than that and unless he has a release clause we don't need to accept a poor offer.

[bugenhagen]

39 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

The most annoying thing about the second half of this season is knowing that now we've clicked and are playing excellent football, if we don't go up we lose players like Jander, THB, Scienza etc and have to start again. Give us another Championship season with Tonda and the current line up, with a couple of positions strengthened and Peretz and Larin on board and we'd be dead certs for 1st place next season. I really hope we go up even if it's through the play-offs so we can keep the team together and really try to make a dent in the Prem.

Yeah, going up is so important now if we want to build on this team and momentum.

Fail in the playoffs and we lose half our starting eleven, and probably Tonda as well... next season in the Championship will be another restart.

[The Kraken]

Just now, bugenhagen said:

Yeah, going up is so important now if we want to build on this team and momentum.

Fail in the playoffs and we lose half our starting eleven, and probably Tonda as well... next season in the Championship will be another restart.

I’d be surprised if we lost Tonda. It would have to be to a Premier League club surely, not sure his stock would be high enough for Bundesliga. Would an PL club go for him? I don’t see it.  Also in his interests to build his CV with us and stick a promotion on there.