Who'll take 7 & 8

[Nolan]

Two pretty big unallocated shirt numbers. 

To pass the time. 

Who'll get the 7 and 8 numbers this season?

[CSA96]

The Charles replacement will take the 8, Scienza might move to 7 if there’s clarity on his future unless there’s an attachment to 13 I’m unaware of 

[Toadhall Saint]

A person and an other? Not sure who will get what number though 😉

[WinglessWonder]

Can we please have an exciting, creative game changer at #7 this time round? With the greatest respect to aribo he wasn't any of these things!

[lumuah]

7 hours ago, CSA96 said:

The Charles replacement will take the 8, Scienza might move to 7 if there’s clarity on his future unless there’s an attachment to 13 I’m unaware of 

Something to do with a birthday - his or his Dad or something. Can't quite remember.

[CSA96]

35 minutes ago, lumuah said:

Something to do with a birthday - his or his Dad or something. Can't quite remember.

Ah yeah, he was born on Sept 13th so he chose that number when he arrived

[Pamplemousse]

Damion Downs 

[Football Special]

On 17/07/2026 at 21:56, CSA96 said:

Ah yeah, he was born on Sept 13th so he chose that number when he arrived

Also the day his Dad died i think, can't find the interview he did but was emotional attachment 

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

Beckham and Iniesta.

Get them on the books. They don't have to play, but the shirt sales would pay for an extra player.

[Saint86]

On 17/07/2026 at 14:56, CSA96 said:

The Charles replacement will take the 8, Scienza might move to 7 if there’s clarity on his future unless there’s an attachment to 13 I’m unaware of 

Slightly worryingly, I don't think Scienza hasn't looked particularly happy in any of the preseason footage so far? Considering he is also one of our star players and the fans' favourite, I'd say coverage has been fairly Spartan of him to date. Could be reading into it too much, but when combined with the news of potential moves to Italy / prem / Brazil (I.e. no smoke without fire) it's not clear that he'll be here come October.

Edit... Saying all that, it's surely a good sign that Jander and Leo are 8 and 7? You would like to think they will both be here come October now!

Edited 4 hours ago by Saint86

[Matthew Le God]

Scienza 7

Jander 8

Edited 4 hours ago by Matthew Le God

[skintsaint]

[RedArmy]

Just now, Matthew Le God said:

 

Jamder 8

Who? 

[skintsaint]

Just now, Matthew Le God said:

Jamder 8

He knows how to spread the play.

[RedArmy]

Hopefully that’s an indication that Leo and Jander are staying. 

[SNSUN]

2 minutes ago, RedArmy said:

Hopefully that’s an indication that Leo and Jander are staying. 

Big indication we want to keep them sure, but it probably means nothing in the scheme of things. Hope I'm wrong as we keep both, we have a bloody good chance of autos. 

[bugenhagen]

Yeah, what it tells us is that the club are planning for them to stay, and the players have not indicated that they are desperate for a move. 

Nothing is certain, but this is about as good of an indication we will get. 

[kitch]

Charles not getting a new number is telling.

[Matthew Le God]

15 minutes ago, kitch said:

Charles not getting a new number is telling.

He might be happy with his current number

[hypochondriac]

18 minutes ago, bugenhagen said:

Yeah, what it tells us is that the club are planning for them to stay, and the players have not indicated that they are desperate for a move. 

Nothing is certain, but this is about as good of an indication we will get. 

Yep. Could still go but you'd imagine that anyone coming in would replace them so hopefully would be of a similar quality. At least shows there's a chance of keeping them.

[trousers]

38 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Scienza 7

Jander 8

Boom! Premier League here we come!

#f***theEFL

[trousers]

[RedArmy]

25 minutes ago, kitch said:

Charles not getting a new number is telling.

Charles won’t be here I think that’s fairly obvious. The club are waiting to get the valuation they want and he will go.  
 

If the choice is keep Charles or keep Jander then for me it’s an easy choice. Jander has a much higher ceiling. 

[hypochondriac]

Surely (surely) the club wouldn't be making hay with that mlt shirt picture if they weren't confident in him staying? Tbf though I remember being burnt by the old saints fc calendar one year when half the players in it had left by the start of the season so no guarantees.

[Saint Garrett]

Think Charles will be off, he's got decent value and he doesnt get in our best XI...plenty of teams keen too. Guessing he's refused new contracts too.

Sure he'll develop into a very decent prem player, but we dont need that right now.

Edited 3 hours ago by Saint Garrett

[CSA96]

54 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Scienza 7

Jander 8

Hope they’re able to live up to the challenge of taking those numbers over from Joe Aribo and Will Smallbone

Edited 3 hours ago by CSA96

[hypochondriac]

Just now, Saint Garrett said:

Think Charles will be off, he's got decent value and he doesnt get in our best XI...plenty of teams keen too. SUre he'll develop into a very decent prem player, but we dont need that right now.

His transfer value to us is probably higher than his value to us as a player. As you say he's not a guaranteed starter and close to 30 million may mean we have made enough money from sales once Archer, bbd, the Japanese full back I can't remember the name of etc.

[Turkish]

3 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

His transfer value to us is probably higher than his value to us as a player. As you say he's not a guaranteed starter and close to 30 million may mean we have made enough money from sales once Archer, bbd, the Japanese full back I can't remember the name of etc.

Weird isn’t it. Good enough for a big bid from multiple premier league clubs but probably not a starter for us. 

[hypochondriac]

5 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Weird isn’t it. Good enough for a big bid from multiple premier league clubs but probably not a starter for us. 

Goes to show our strength in depth in that position. I think Downes at the top of his game is our best midfielder and I think Jander was showing at points that he was a better performer than Charles. Charles is a moments player though no doubt and has real personality on the pitch which we will miss. No doubt we will bring in a replacement of some kind though.