Our first team is fine - short of 1 striker. Our issue comes with depth - but hasn't that always been the case. It's the reason every season why we start well and plummet.
The main difference between last and this season will be the recovery times of players. Aidy's style of training causes injuries to be aggrevated far more often (see Clingan's comments Re: Ben Turner).
With Andy's different style of training, Clingan didn't get injured since Thorn took charge (lets face it, under Boothroyd he'd probably still be injured atm) and Juke has already said his dead-leg won't keep him out on Saturday.
Also, the youth are a season older than they were last year and I have faith that 1 or 2 can fit in when needed. Obviously if we have 5 or 6 youth players in the same starting team I'll be concerned, but I have the utmost faith that they can fit in with no real problems as long as it's only 1 or 2 per game.
We're rumoured to be getting Adam Le Fondre/Kevin Lisbie in which would be helpful and all we really lost was deadwood (Carsley, McIndoe etc.)
(Except King and Westy ofc.)
Watford always do ok with a largely youth based squad and Barnsley are still around. I see nothing to suggest we're any worse off than them and can see us surprising a few people this season. Also, in Andy Thorn, we have a manager who the fans love, playing a style of football we enjoy and who other teams (and clearly the bookies) under-rate.
Therefore, I'm content.
