Matthew Le God Posted 6 February, 2018 Share Posted 6 February, 2018 17 with half a dozen first team games at Plymouth and as you say, certainly not `one of our own' Of course Plymouth played a big part in his development, but he is still a Saints academy product. He played for both the Saints under 18s academy team and under 21s/23s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 6 February, 2018 Share Posted 6 February, 2018 Of course Plymouth played a big part in his development, but he is still a Saints academy product. He played for both the Saints under 18s academy team and under 21s/23s.bit like Walcott and Chamberlain being regarded as products of arsenal I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 6 February, 2018 Share Posted 6 February, 2018 bit like Walcott and Chamberlain being regarded as products of arsenal I guess No, not really. Arsenal bought both of them for big fees and threw them straight into the first team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordic Saint Posted 21 October, 2018 Share Posted 21 October, 2018 Great performance from Jack yesterday. Most of us thought we'ce concede goals at Bournemouth but the main reason we didn't was a big change in the centre of our defence. We often keep clean sheets when Stephens plays. It's noticeable how many of our best defensive performances he has featured in, including the 0-0 v Burnley, the 1-0 win at Brighton, and the 1-1 at Everton in the EFL Cup this season and the 0-0 draw at Man Utd and the 1-0 win at Swansea at the end of last season. He is developing into a very fine player. Hopefully, he will go on to become the replacement for Fonte and leader of our defence we've been looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doggface Posted 21 October, 2018 Share Posted 21 October, 2018 Agreed, excellent yesterday. His weaknesses are in the air usually and poor marking. Yesterday pretty much faultless. Always been a talented footballer. Hoet good too yesterday but Stephens shaded it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 21 October, 2018 Share Posted 21 October, 2018 (edited) Hughes said in his post match interview on Solent that he had spent the international break working with the defenders who had not gone away and the reason that Hoedt and Stephens got the nod is they had responded well on the training ground to the coaching. Lets hope its the start of a more solid defence. Edited 21 October, 2018 by doddisalegend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooney Posted 21 October, 2018 Share Posted 21 October, 2018 The boy did good yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 21 October, 2018 Share Posted 21 October, 2018 I'm not a fan of him personally, but thought he was excellent yesterday - fair play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint IQ Posted 2 November, 2018 Share Posted 2 November, 2018 Stephens Season Stat. 3 clean sheets in the 4 games he has played in the league this season, 2 goals conceded in 360 minutes. Those might be about to take a hit....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 2 November, 2018 Share Posted 2 November, 2018 Stephens Season Stat. 3 clean sheets in the 4 games he has played in the league this season, 2 goals conceded in 360 minutes. Those might be about to take a hit....... Did he play in last seasons game up at City? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordic Saint Posted 2 November, 2018 Share Posted 2 November, 2018 Stephens Season Stat. 3 clean sheets in the 4 games he has played in the league this season, 2 goals conceded in 360 minutes. Those might be about to take a hit....... Obviously he can't do it all on his own but he has been one of the few bright spots this season. We have kept clean sheets in 5 out of the last 7 games he's played in, including the final two last season: the 1-0 win at Swansea Swansea and the 0-1 defeat to Man City, when we were unlucky not to keep a clean sheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derry Posted 2 November, 2018 Share Posted 2 November, 2018 (edited) Obviously he can't do it all on his own but he has been one of the few bright spots this season. We have kept clean sheets in 5 out of the last 7 games he's played in, including the final two last season: the 1-0 win at Swansea Swansea and the 0-1 defeat to Man City, when we were unlucky not to keep a clean sheet. Against City he got on the wrong side of the attacker. He may be learning this season but he had a problem connecting the ball with the attacker, often losing sight of one or both through ball watching or being caught on the wrong side of the attacker. He was caught several times last season by opponents attacking the ball and getting caught underneath both the ball and the opponent. He's not the only one, Yoshida and Vestergaard have been caught out. Zonal marking at set pieces doesn't help. Defenders have to attack the ball. Edited 2 November, 2018 by derry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 2 November, 2018 Share Posted 2 November, 2018 Cough, cough, splutter! Are we really now taking Stephens seriously? How far have we fallen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 2 November, 2018 Share Posted 2 November, 2018 Cough, cough, splutter! Are we really now taking Stephens seriously? How far have we fallen? Two years ago some were declaring him a better prospect then the then much hyped Maguire at Hull (having watched them in the same match at St Mary's), and a more outlandish claim was that he brought the ball out of defence in a style not seen since Beckenbauer. Perhaps after a brief lull he's rediscovered his potential ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordic Saint Posted 2 November, 2018 Share Posted 2 November, 2018 In Jack Stephens and Christoph Klarer we have two central defenders far better than the ones Ross and Les have wasted the van Dijk and Fonte transfer fees on: Vestergaard, Gardos et al. The point is we still have a few talented players left at the club and I think that if they were played regularly in the first team, they would give us fans players to identify with. It's just unfortunate that a lot of the useless dross the club has wasted tens of millions of pounds on gets in the way of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 3 November, 2018 Share Posted 3 November, 2018 Two years ago some were declaring him a better prospect then the then much hyped Maguire at Hull (having watched them in the same match at St Mary's), and a more outlandish claim was that he brought the ball out of defence in a style not seen since Beckenbauer. Perhaps after a brief lull he's rediscovered his potential ! No, he looked alright playing under the ultra cautious Puel but is frequently found out when we try to attack or when he comes up against better opposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordic Saint Posted 3 November, 2018 Share Posted 3 November, 2018 No, he looked alright playing under the ultra cautious Puel but is frequently found out when we try to attack or when he comes up against better opposition. And now he looks much better under Hughes. In fact, he's probably 2nd only to Hojbjerg as our player of the season so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 12 January, 2019 Share Posted 12 January, 2019 Charlie Nicholas said he was 'magnificent' today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusic Posted 12 January, 2019 Share Posted 12 January, 2019 He is good in a back 3, less so in a four. Composed and calm alongside more aggressive players. Was very good today, as were all the defenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 12 January, 2019 Share Posted 12 January, 2019 He is good in a back 3, less so in a four. Composed and calm alongside more aggressive players. Was very good today, as were all the defenders. Yeah, I think the 3 suits all our defenders at the mo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2019/07/02/report-aston-villa-could-return-to-southampton-for-centre-back-j/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabbage_Face Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 70 million for Maguire. So Stephens must be worth 150 million? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2019/07/02/report-aston-villa-could-return-to-southampton-for-centre-back-j/ please please please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 70 million for Maguire. Very , very overpriced... decent but not good enough to warrant that priceSo Stephens must be worth 150 million? As far a Stephens goes you are just being silly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northam soul Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 Who’s offering to drive him there, £5 million and snap their hand off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 Wonder how much we would be able to get for him. If you ignore the fact he's a liability, in this market that's probably £15m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 Wonder how much we would be able to get for him. If you ignore the fact he's a liability, in this market that's probably £15m. & that is purely because he’s english & played games in the premier league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 I can’t actually find who wrote the original article. To be honest, I can’t believe it’s true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Harris Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 I can’t actually find who wrote the original article. To be honest, I can’t believe it’s true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 Cool, cheers. Thought John Cross focused on Arsenal. Hope it’s true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabbage_Face Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 As far a Stephens goes you are just being silly No **** sherlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 He's not as bad as many make out, he's still fairly young for a CB, played over 60 times for us inc key clean sheets like away to Liverpool in a cup semi final and i remember watching him score the winning goal for England u21s at St Marys. Definitely should be looking at minimum £10M transfer fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 He's not as bad as many make out, he's still fairly young for a CB, played over 60 times for us inc key clean sheets like away to Liverpool in a cup semi final and i remember watching him score the winning goal for England u21s at St Marys. Definitely should be looking at minimum £10M transfer fee. Agreed. Under the watchful eye of Terry at Villa, and a dominant CB alongside him he actually could do well there. If Targett is an £11m + player, Stephens is worth at least that. If we could get decent cash for him it'd be a good move all round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 He's not as bad as many make out, he's still fairly young for a CB, played over 60 times for us inc key clean sheets like away to Liverpool in a cup semi final and i remember watching him score the winning goal for England u21s at St Marys. Definitely should be looking at minimum £10M transfer fee. He runs away from the ball. I still have a nightmare vision of him at Wembley running away from Ibrahimovic and allowing him a free header. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenue_Saint Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2019/07/02/report-aston-villa-could-return-to-southampton-for-centre-back-j/ Dear God, PLEASE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenue_Saint Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 He's not as bad as many make out, he's still fairly young for a CB, played over 60 times for us inc key clean sheets like away to Liverpool in a cup semi final and i remember watching him score the winning goal for England u21s at St Marys. Definitely should be looking at minimum £10M transfer fee. Lol He will save us points by not being on the pitch Give him away for free. Absolute liability Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 He runs away from the ball. I still have a nightmare vision of him at Wembley running away from Ibrahimovic and allowing him a free header. That was because he ran towards the ball, not away from it. But, either way, he can't mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_lambden Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 First Targett and now Stephens. Have Villa scouts ever watched us try to defend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 Jesus. Have the scouts at villa lost it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 I can see why they’d be interested. He’s clearly talented, he’s just far too prone too switching off in terms of concentration for my liking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabbage_Face Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 Villa building for the championship Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 He's not as bad as many make out, he's still fairly young for a CB, played over 60 times for us inc key clean sheets like away to Liverpool in a cup semi final and i remember watching him score the winning goal for England u21s at St Marys. Definitely should be looking at minimum £10M transfer fee. sorry, that is wrong on many levels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shance Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 If they take Stephens as well as Targett I will personally go up there and shake the hand for whoever is responsible for the purchases and will also be lumping on them going straight back down whilst those two are starting together. Thank you Aston Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 Do they want Elynoussi too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 Do they want Elynoussi too? If they carry on like this, I might give them a call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabbage_Face Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 Any chance they could take Forster and Hoedt? Make it a 3 for 2 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 Any chance they could take Forster and Hoedt? Make it a 3 for 2 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Or a 2 for 3 the way they’re doing business this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints foreva Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 He's not as bad as many make out, he's still fairly young for a CB, played over 60 times for us inc key clean sheets like away to Liverpool in a cup semi final and i remember watching him score the winning goal for England u21s at St Marys. Definitely should be looking at minimum £10M transfer fee. Wonder what our overall record is for those 60 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 He might as well go. If Ralph goes with two centre backs he must be fourth choice behind Vestergaard, Bednerek and Yoshida. Fourth choice and that’s before we sign a new defender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 2 July, 2019 Share Posted 2 July, 2019 That was because he ran towards the ball, not away from it. But, either way, he can't mark.The ball was crossed from the right but Stephens ran away from his man and up the pitch towards the edge of the penalty area, but you're right he's useless at marking. Goes off chasing rabbits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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