Really well reasoned response, cheers.
My first thoughts. 2 players for each position is about perfect Jose mourinho used to sayIs it ?
Squad of 33 works, 2 for each position and a capable kid / u21 shadowing / being able to play in an emergency.It was a pretty thick comment though saying that it’s a ridiculously sized squad etc - there’s 2 players for every position virtually - do you want a squad of 33?
Just checked, Wiki has us with 23 on the firsts, including Moore who is probably surplus.Squad of 33 works, 2 for each position and a capable kid / u21 shadowing / being able to play in an emergency.
Really? We have players like Bidwell and Binks unable to get near the starting 11. Basically we have at least two experienced players for each position. Going to be difficult to keep all these players happy in my view.Such a ridiculously small squad for this level.
Well considering most teams in this league have 26/27 man squads probably around there. No idea why you’d jump to 33.It was a pretty thick comment though saying that it’s a ridiculously sized squad etc - there’s 2 players for every position virtually - do you want a squad of 33?
Really? We have players like Bidwell and Binks unable to get near the starting 11. Basically we have at least two experienced players for each position. Going to be difficult to keep all these players happy in my view.
Would you rather we had kept Kane, Waghorn, Dacosta and Hilssner just to fill out the numbers?
We have a much stronger squad but lack the outstanding players that we had last season with Hamer and Gyokeres. Let's hope we can develop a few to that level.
Our play is too slow and predictable with the Sheaf/Cake combination. With time hopefully Ayari can go in there and improve that.
Oh trust me, there will be some bedwetter who's still not happy!It's one window. We've signed 11 players.
We lost two players we knew would leave us.
We got excellent fees for both those players.
We're not reliant on loans at all this season.
We nearly got promoted with a squad this size.
We've got more depth in all areas except CM.
We've got a potential star back soon (O'Hare).
We can trust we'll add more in Jan if needed.
Looking for a negative in all that is weird to me.
I wonder if Ohare is making great progress so the need for another am not as large
That’s my reading of the situation, O’Hare and (to a lesser extent) Tavares are progressing so less of a desperate need for another CM or a new 4th choice strikerI wonder if Ohare is making great progress so the need for another am not as large
I don’t feel like we’re lacking DMs at all, we have three of them in the squad plus Latibeaudiere competing for (maximum) two positions. We don’t have that kind of depth in several other areas of the pitch.Failing to strengthen adequately at DM will be this squad’s Achilles heel when fixtures take their toll.
Ohare isn’t an 8 though ….I wonder if Ohare is making great progress so the need for another am not as large
Again it’s less the quantity and more the type of player.I don’t feel like we’re lacking DMs at all, we have three of them in the squad plus Latibeaudiere competing for (maximum) two positions. We don’t have that kind of depth in several other areas of the pitch.
Huh? We have exactly the same set of defensive midfielders as we had last season, plus Latibeaudiere.Again it’s less the quantity and more the type of player.
So Hamer isn’t a defensive midfielder?Huh? We have exactly the same set of defensive midfielders as we had last season, plus Latibeaudiere.
NoSo Hamer isn’t a defensive midfielder?
Who highly regards him?
I think Lati will now move up to DM which would make sense. You don’t sign a player for a quoted £5m to have him on the bench.
One thing I like about our signings this summer is they are very versatile and can cover various positions, onwards and upwards!
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Yeah that's a good shout, Lati play's in midfield for Jamaica.
Alexander Arnold shouldn't play there for England thenSo he has never played there in the championship but does in a shite international team - makes sense
Alexander Arnold shouldn't play there for England then
Well he doesn't play there for Liverpool. By your rules that's not experienced enough right?why?
Well he doesn't play there for Liverpool. By your rules that's not experienced enough right?
It's the same principle. You just don't like admitting you talk bollocksWell I wouldn’t compare England to Jamaica or the two individuals or the fact it doesn’t happen at club level but if you say so
Yes, if a top Prem level club has let someone go then I think there is certainly room in our development squad. I refer to the BBC iPlayer documentary “Boot Dreams” (worth a watch).Anyone think we might still pick up a CM whose contract was cancelled yesterday?
Yes, if a top Prem level club has let someone go then I think there is certainly room in our development squad. I refer to the BBC iPlayer documentary “Boot Dreams” (worth a watch).
We need to allow time for players to become outstanding.
Vik looked like a man with his knees tied together when he first arrived and Gus was an accident waiting to happen.
Some of our new players will shine.
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