Clearout by next season

[It's There]

The Southampton Squad- Time for changes by August 2026

This is my take on the squad and the players- not including those on loan except Ramsdale…

Stay/Keep:

Ramsdale (ha) Long (as third choice), Moody

Quarshie, Wellington, Bree (new contract?) Jelert

Azaz, Scienza, Jander, Charles, Bragg, Williams, Sesay,

Fellows, Robinson, Stewart (… one year contract extension if fit through to May),

Undecided

Peretz, Stephens, Roerslev, Matsuki

Armstrong

Time to leave (variety of reasons)

McCarthy, Bazunu, Manning, Harwood-Bellis, Nathan Wood

Downes, Aribo, Edozie, Fraser, Romeo

Archer

Manager (Eckert)

 

We would need two new goalkeepers, central defenders, upgrades at left/right back.

Midfield ok if we keep Charles, Bragg & Jander– use u21 as support

Strikers…yep, we still need at least one tall, strong beast of a striker who can hold the ball up…as we’ve all been saying for years.

I know not everyone will agree- and I haven’t written my reasoning but could do so at length!

Truly fed up at wasted year as I don’t believe we can make playoffs – confidence is shot with clueless manager and negative habits.

[S-Clarke]

At this stage, I'd keep Jander, Leo, Fellows...I'm struggling?...Charles, Quarshie maybe ummm....Azaz and Robinson? I'm stretching a bit there though.

But that's as far as I'd go. New GK, entirely new defence, new full backs, new midfield, new strikers. And new owners. All of that needs to happen, nothing will change otherwise.

The rest can fuck off as far as I'm concerned. (I'm not including loan players, just our current perms)

[Gloucester Saint]

1 minute ago, S-Clarke said:

At this stage, I'd keep Jander, Leo, Fellows...I'm struggling?...Charles, Quarshie maybe ummm....Azaz and Robinson? I'm stretching a bit there though.

But that's as far as I'd go. New GK, entirely new defence, new full backs, new midfield, new strikers. And new owners. All of that needs to happen, nothing will change otherwise.

The rest can fuck off as far as I'm concerned. (I'm not including loan players, just our current perms)

Agree with that and most of @It's There - Stewart is too risky though for any of kind of contract, good as he’s been in the tiny cameos we’ve seen. A lot of other contracts up in the summer.

[ally_uk]

Scienza, Robinson, Charles, Jander, Fellows. Quarshie. Armstrong 

The rest I couldn't give two shits about. 

Massive overhaul needed including Manager, Coaching Setup even the fucking Ownership needs to go 🤣

[Pamplemousse]

We need half a dozen new signings minimum. And that's just to be competitive

Anyone from this season still here should be squad options at best.

[die Mannyschaft]

Get rid of all the players, we have been sold duds, second hand banger with leaking engines and no breaks. This team is like Steptoe and Son FC. 

[Gloucester Saint]

1 minute ago, Pamplemousse said:

We need half a dozen new signings minimum. And that's just to be competitive

Anyone from this season still here should be squad options at best.

More or less agree but Tom, Leo and Casper are good enough to be starters and Fellows is proven as a top player at this level. He must wonder what the hell he has joined. Clear the rest though. 

[badgerx16]

Clearout for next season;

Start at the Board and work down, don't stop until you get to the tea lady and matchday stewards.

[Dr. Kucho]

Clear out for next season, or better now: 

Sport Republic and all involved.

[woodsaint1]

I would only keep Jander, Charles, Bragg, Fellows, Scienza and Robinson

Quarshie (due to his potential) and Azaz (due to his record in this league) are both maybes

The rest can fucking do one

[bpsaint]

I genuinely would not care if we sold every single player and started over again. There are teams worth a fraction of this squad out performing us in the league, that’s the mindset we need to get behind, we need a complete and utter rebuild with a manager given the power over the signings rather than this director of football shite.

At a minimum though if there really is a clique in the squad then Macca, THB, Manning, Stephens, Downes and Armstrong need to be first out the door.

[Convict Colony]

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, bpsaint said:

I genuinely would not care if we sold every single player and started over again. There are teams worth a fraction of this squad out performing us in the league, that’s the mindset we need to get behind, we need a complete and utter rebuild with a manager given the power over the signings rather than this director of football shite.

At a minimum though if there really is a clique in the squad then Macca, THB, Manning, Stephens, Downes and Armstrong need to be first out the door.

Add in Bazunu, Wood as basic minimum as well. De-Martinisation needed. 

[Harry_SFC]

There are a core of players who I've just had enough of.

Downes, THB, Wood, Stephens, Manning, Bazunu, Aribo, Bree, Fraser, Archer. I'd probably replace Armstrong at the end of the season too. 

We need to build the squad around players like Charles, Jander, Fellows, Scienza and Quarshie (yes I think we should persevere with him). 

[S-Clarke]

2 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

There are a core of players who I've just had enough of.

Downes, THB, Wood, Stephens, Manning, Bazunu, Aribo, Bree, Fraser, Archer. I'd probably replace Armstrong at the end of the season too. 

We need to build the squad around players like Charles, Jander, Fellows, Scienza and Quarshie (yes I think we should persevere with him). 

I have some bad news for you.

Bree is on his way back on Monday, he's being integrated back into the squad.

[Gloucester Saint]

2 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

There are a core of players who I've just had enough of.

Downes, THB, Wood, Stephens, Manning, Bazunu, Aribo, Bree, Fraser, Archer. I'd probably replace Armstrong at the end of the season too. 

We need to build the squad around players like Charles, Jander, Fellows, Scienza and Quarshie (yes I think we should persevere with him). 

Agree on all of that although one of the Martinettes (Fraser) has gone Down Under at least.

[AlexLaw76]

1 minute ago, S-Clarke said:

I have some bad news for you.

Bree is on his way back on Monday, he's being integrated back into the squad.

Right sided Centre Back (in a 3)...you knows it.

[Gloucester Saint]

2 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

I have some bad news for you.

Bree is on his way back on Monday, he's being integrated back into the squad.

Don’t mind that though, decent pro at this level and not known to be a trouble maker. We’ve not been good for his career. He’s a RB but can and did play LB tidily, there’s scope for that at the moment.

Edited 13 hours ago by Gloucester Saint

[S-Clarke]

1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Right sided Centre Back (in a 3)...you knows it.

We could go completely rouge and play him as an inverted full back, linking up with Stephens as front sweeper. 

I can't wait.

[LVSaint]

It'll just be rinse and repeat though won't it. Bad owner allowing bad directors to make terrible decisions. They're not going to suddenly get it right after all this time. If they get very lucky and strike gold with a manager and coaching team, it'll only be short lived.

[Oisin]

Assuming he’s an option I’d keep Ramsdale. Of the current 1st team squad  I’d keep Quarshie, Charles, Bragg, Jander, Fellows, Leo and Robinson. And Williams if we count him as 1st team squad. The rest I couldn’t care less about.

To my thinking that leaves us with 4 full backs, 3 centre backs, 2 keepers, a winger and 4 forwards to find.  And that’s after SR have spent well over 100 million.

What a shambolic waste of time, money and effort

[Osvaldorama]

Fellows and scienza

A case could be made for Bragg. 
 

The rest I just think are awful, awful footballers that are league one level or below. 

(We’ll find out in league one next year)

[Roo1976]

38 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

There are a core of players who I've just had enough of.

Downes, THB, Wood, Stephens, Manning, Bazunu, Aribo, Bree, Fraser, Archer. I'd probably replace Armstrong at the end of the season too. 

We need to build the squad around players like Charles, Jander, Fellows, Scienza and Quarshie (yes I think we should persevere with him). 

the players you would like to build a team core around  sadly most of them will be gone ..................imo.

[Harry_SFC]

Just now, Roo1976 said:

the players you would like to build a team core around  sadly most of them will be gone ..................imo.

I'd imagine so. Charles (hasn't signed a new deal yet, so not looking good) and Scienza for sure.

[LoyalSaintSO50]

Not sure I can do another season watching manning being an utter fanny 

 

[LoyalSaintSO50]

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[Gloucester Saint]

8 hours ago, LoyalSaintSO50 said:

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Hideous. Would love to hear WGS’s views on that abomination. It’s failing propaganda football. I’d even watch Branfoot’s bilge over this Martinball/Pep Jr nonsense.