Squad for 2025-2026

[morganb]

In brogue we trust

So, who's joining us tomorrow then?

[The Cap]

Didn`t pull up any trees in the championship last season, here`s hoping L1 is his level.

Pompey crew saying exactly this. Decent L1 player, whilst not all that in the Chump.

[Chameleon]

Do we have an unannounced player? JJ mentioned that we'd used both of our wildcards already. Obviously only one has been announced, is there someone else who'd be taking up one of the spots but we haven't clocked for some reason? If not they're one of the players where we're ironing out the details.

[Brogue]

In brogue we trust

So, who's joining us tomorrow then?

Not 100% yet, trying to find out. hopefully I’ll know in the morning. But I’ve been told another one is over the line and ready to be announced tomorrow so fingers crossed. I have heard recently we might just be after Jerry Yates. But nothing concrete on that. And not sure he’s the one for tomorrow but we shall see.

[Brogue]

Do we have an unannounced player? JJ mentioned that we'd used both of our wildcards already. Obviously only one has been announced, is there someone else who'd be taking up one of the spots but we haven't clocked for some reason? If not they're one of the players where we're ironing out the details.

DK the German guy and Fraser the Canadian are our two ‘wildcards’

[Snowflake Royal]

Didn`t pull up any trees in the championship last season, here`s hoping L1 is his level.

Given he got 12 goals and 7 assists in L1 the season before, at 22. It certainly is

[Vision]

Didn`t pull up any trees in the championship last season, here`s hoping L1 is his level.

Given he got 12 goals and 7 assists in L1 the season before, at 22. It certainly is

And at 24 still plenty of scope to improve.

On paper seems like a very astute signing.

I do think in general we need to put aside the owners to a certain extent and trust the person who gave us Smith,Knibbs,Savage,Elliott,Pereira and Wing in a tiny opening between embargoes.

[Sutekh]

Didn`t pull up any trees in the championship last season, here`s hoping L1 is his level.

Given he got 12 goals and 7 assists in L1 the season before, at 22. It certainly is

And at 24 still plenty of scope to improve.

On paper seems like a very astute signing.

I do think in general we need to put aside the owners to a certain extent and trust the person who gave us Smith,Knibbs,Savage,Elliott,Pereira and Wing in a tiny opening between embargoes.

19 goals in 114 L1 apps. 1 in 6ish. Need to get off this obsession with attacking midfielders (this is the 5th AM in the first team squad) and find an actual half decent striker somewhere.

[Sutekh]

Latest listing

Name - Contract Expiry

5 GOALKEEPERS

Tom NORCOTT - 2026
Joel PEREIRA - 2028
Matthew ROWLEY - 2026
Jack STEVENS - 2027
Josh WELLAND - 2027

6 RIGHT BACKS

Kelvin ABREFA - 2026
Ashqar AHMED - 2027
Boyd BEACROFT - 2026
Emmanuel OSHO - 2026
Tivonge RUSHESHA - 2026 - also defensive midfielder
Andy YIADOM - 2026 - also centre back

4 LEFT BACKS

John CLARKE - 2026
Andre GARCIA - 2026 - also attacking midfielder
Matty JACOB - 2026 - on loan from Hull City
John RYAN - 2026

6 CENTRE BACKS

Finley BURNS - 2026 - on loan from Manchester City
Jeriel DORSETT - 2026
Philip DUAH - 2026
Abraham KANU - 2026 - season loan to FGR
Paudie O’CONNOR - 2029
Michael STICKLAND - 2026 (+1 year option)

Sam HARRISON - 2026 (Sam is listed everywhere as just a Defender).

5 CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS

Joseph BAROUGH - 2026
Ben ELLIOTT - 2026
Luke HOWARD - 2026
Charlie SAVAGE - 2027
Lewis WING - 2028

3 DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS

Liam FRASER - 2027
Jacob HAMMOND-CHAMBERS-BORGNIS - 2026
Shay SPENCER - 2026

8 ATTACKING MIDFIELDERS

Carter-Blue BOWDERY - 2026
Mamadi CAMARA - 2026
Kelvin EHIBHATIOMHAN - 2027
Harvey KNIBBS - 2026
Daniel KYEREWAA - 2027
Paddy LANE - 2028
Jeremiah OKINE-PETERS - 2026
Tyler SACKEY - 2026 - also defensive midfielder

2 STRIKERS

Mark O’MAHONEY - 2026 - on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion
Basil TUMA - 2026

Considered as 1st team squad

[Snowflake Royal]

Given he got 12 goals and 7 assists in L1 the season before, at 22. It certainly is

And at 24 still plenty of scope to improve.

On paper seems like a very astute signing.

I do think in general we need to put aside the owners to a certain extent and trust the person who gave us Smith,Knibbs,Savage,Elliott,Pereira and Wing in a tiny opening between embargoes.

19 goals in 114 L1 apps. 1 in 6ish. Need to get off this obsession with attacking midfielders (this is the 5th AM in the first team squad) and find an actual half decent striker somewhere.

There's no point having any strikers, if you've got no one supplying them. And we very obviously need wingers too.

Quite why you feel the need to shit on everything is beyond me.

[Sutekh]

And at 24 still plenty of scope to improve.

On paper seems like a very astute signing.

I do think in general we need to put aside the owners to a certain extent and trust the person who gave us Smith,Knibbs,Savage,Elliott,Pereira and Wing in a tiny opening between embargoes.

19 goals in 114 L1 apps. 1 in 6ish. Need to get off this obsession with attacking midfielders (this is the 5th AM in the first team squad) and find an actual half decent striker somewhere.

There's no point having any strikers, if you've got no one supplying them. And we very obviously need wingers too.

Quite why you feel the need to shit on everything is beyond me.

The Lane signing is a great bit of business and it’s brilliant to have a wonderful range of providers but if you don’t have anyone capable of converting chances what’s the point

[WestYorksRoyal]

What is the clamouring for a "good" striker? We beat several rivals to O'Mahony's signature who has scored buckets at the youth level and made a good impression before his injury at Portsmouth last season. We have Ehibhatiomhan as another option. I would like another option too, but just that - an extra option in the squad. Not a big money signing who has previously scored 20+ L1 goals, as that's not how we're going to operate financially.

Give O'Mahony a chance. He could be this year's Charlie Kelman, so don't judge him on the basis of PSFs where he had no service and the team didn't play well.

[Hound]

What is the clamouring for a "good" striker? We beat several rivals to O'Mahony's signature who has scored buckets at the youth level and made a good impression before his injury at Portsmouth last season. We have Ehibhatiomhan as another option. I would like another option too, but just that - an extra option in the squad. Not a big money signing who has previously scored 20+ L1 goals, as that's not how we're going to operate financially.

Give O'Mahony a chance. He could be this year's Charlie Kelman, so don't judge him on the basis of PSFs where he had no service and the team didn't play well.

Exactly this

Proven scorers aren’t exactly easy to get hold of. You’re likely trying to nab someone off another team in the division (difficult and expensive), going for a youth player at a higher level (ie O Mahony), taking a ‘failure’ from the champ or taking a gamble on someone from a lower div - and they rarely come off tbh

We got very lucky with Smith where circumstances just fell into place at that exact moment in time. And even he wasn’t super prolific.

1 in 6 is pretty good for a winger. Kelvin needs to up his game this year but he’s still young and has the tools. Plenty of goals in that midfield. We should be ok

[Esteban]

What is the clamouring for a "good" striker? We beat several rivals to O'Mahony's signature who has scored buckets at the youth level and made a good impression before his injury at Portsmouth last season. We have Ehibhatiomhan as another option. I would like another option too, but just that - an extra option in the squad. Not a big money signing who has previously scored 20+ L1 goals, as that's not how we're going to operate financially.

Give O'Mahony a chance. He could be this year's Charlie Kelman, so don't judge him on the basis of PSFs where he had no service and the team didn't play well.

Brian Carey was asked last night if O'Mahony had come in to be the main striker this season and he said "Yes" very confidently. I think we will see another striker come in during this window, but it'll probably be just 'an option'.

[Hound]

What is the clamouring for a "good" striker? We beat several rivals to O'Mahony's signature who has scored buckets at the youth level and made a good impression before his injury at Portsmouth last season. We have Ehibhatiomhan as another option. I would like another option too, but just that - an extra option in the squad. Not a big money signing who has previously scored 20+ L1 goals, as that's not how we're going to operate financially.

Give O'Mahony a chance. He could be this year's Charlie Kelman, so don't judge him on the basis of PSFs where he had no service and the team didn't play well.

Brian Carey was asked last night if O'Mahony had come in to be the main striker this season and he said "Yes" very confidently. I think we will see another striker come in during this window, but it'll probably be just 'an option'.

I expect both him and Kelvin signed on the basis they’d be first team starters. Obvs can’t guarantee that if they play badly but probably part of why Brighton let O Mahony come to us

[WestYorksRoyal]

What is the clamouring for a "good" striker? We beat several rivals to O'Mahony's signature who has scored buckets at the youth level and made a good impression before his injury at Portsmouth last season. We have Ehibhatiomhan as another option. I would like another option too, but just that - an extra option in the squad. Not a big money signing who has previously scored 20+ L1 goals, as that's not how we're going to operate financially.

Give O'Mahony a chance. He could be this year's Charlie Kelman, so don't judge him on the basis of PSFs where he had no service and the team didn't play well.

Brian Carey was asked last night if O'Mahony had come in to be the main striker this season and he said "Yes" very confidently. I think we will see another striker come in during this window, but it'll probably be just 'an option'.

I expect both him and Kelvin signed on the basis they’d be first team starters. Obvs can’t guarantee that if they play badly but probably part of why Brighton let O Mahony come to us

I'd love to see Kelvin have a big season. He has unplayable moments but is infuriating a lot of the time. It just needs to click.

[Chameleon]

I think that Carney is never going to say 'no, our main striker isn't up to it'. So I wouldn't read anything into what he said.

That being said there's every chance MO'M will be up to it.

Given the summers we've had recently (Bindon, Dean, Smith, Wing, Mola, Knibbs, Savage, Elliot, Pereira etc), his hit rate has brought him a lot of credit - will be interesting to see which of the signings go into the above group, especially now we're able to pay a few hundred thousand.

[Sutekh]

WiFi looks dreadful when he plays through the centre, terrific on the left but really not a striker, I hope O’Mahoney is the deal but remember he might have scored loads at youth level but then so did Paul Brayson.

Thinking about it more though the issue has been that, despite the innumerable number of midfielders at the club, there has been virtually nothing of any note created on the pitch so do we actually have a management issue of some kind that needs to be worked out? Perhaps too many options and no idea what to do with them - yet.

Still think we could do with a half decent striker from somewhere but understand that requires shrewd scouting and even then probably a decent wedge of cash on top but it could be the difference between obscurity and the play offs.

[Snowflake Royal]

WiFi looks dreadful when he plays through the centre, terrific on the left but really not a striker, I hope O’Mahoney is the deal but remember he might have scored loads at youth level but then so did Paul Brayson.

Thinking about it more though the issue has been that, despite the innumerable number of midfielders at the club, there has been virtually nothing of any note created on the pitch so do we actually have a management issue of some kind that needs to be worked out? Perhaps too many options and no idea what to do with them - yet.

Still think we could do with a half decent striker from somewhere but understand that requires shrewd scouting and even then probably a decent wedge of cash on top but it could be the difference between obscurity and the play offs.

We played a LB at RW, Sackey in Knibbs role and kelvin missed all of Gills and half spurs. Where did you expectthe goals to come from?

[Sutekh]

WiFi looks dreadful when he plays through the centre, terrific on the left but really not a striker, I hope O’Mahoney is the deal but remember he might have scored loads at youth level but then so did Paul Brayson.

Thinking about it more though the issue has been that, despite the innumerable number of midfielders at the club, there has been virtually nothing of any note created on the pitch so do we actually have a management issue of some kind that needs to be worked out? Perhaps too many options and no idea what to do with them - yet.

Still think we could do with a half decent striker from somewhere but understand that requires shrewd scouting and even then probably a decent wedge of cash on top but it could be the difference between obscurity and the play offs.

We played a LB at RW, Sackey in Knibbs role and kelvin missed all of Gills and half spurs. Where did you expectthe goals to come from?

WiFi didn’t miss half Spurs or Pompey. I presume a LB at RW makes some sense to the management as Hunt is not a tit. Therefore I expect chances and, maybe, goals to develop as with any other game. Presuming what we had to endure v Pompey was actually an effort to delude watching scouts.