It's Quiet 17 - Glory Thread

[oldius]

I would not be surprised for some other EDS guys to begin training with the first team - Bobb, Borges and Mebude would be on my radar. I also highly rate Josh Adam who has Gundogan-like ability to control the tempo of matches.

 

[Zenmanc]

I know it smacks of fantasy or video game football but A) I still would like us to sign one more solid midfielder who can cover a few positions. B) I'm also still not 100% sold on our solidity at LB and would like Cancelo to be able to cover there only occasionally if at all. I just don't see Kyle being able to shoulder 90% of the load on the right. That said- and more video game football wishes- if we had another LB- Cancelo could play in midfield as you know full well he'd absolutely relish thereby solving problems A and B.

 

[Deleted member 81382]

3 - Ederson, Ortega, Carson
3 - Walker, Cancelo, Gomez
4 - Ake, Laporte, Dias, Stones
2 - Rodri, Phillips
3 - KDB, Silva, Gundo
4 - Mahrez, Palmer, Foden, Grealish
2 - Haaland, Alvarez

I make it 21.

Technically you're right but we only have 18 outfield players (including Palmer) and the ideal situation is usually to have 2 for every position meaning we are still 2 light.

I would say we could do with another full-back and a midfielder/winger depending on how you view certain player's best positions, e.g., Foden could play in midfield but then we're light in the forward areas or Bernardo could play right wing but then we're short in midfield.

I think we can just about get away with it due to having a squad with plenty of versatility, e.g., Laporte and Ake can play LB and Stones can play RB. We need to have some luck with injuries though.

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

Registered. Palmer is youth, Foden is CT.

We usually have a full 21 out of 21, plus then those two (and other youth). so 22-23.

the structure is 17+4 (21) + 4. A squad of 25, plus youth.

We always have the 21 and 1 or two out of 4.

It's 19 registered, but we have 21 players, Foden and Palmer don't count in the 21 . It's the same thing though IMO .We don't need 21 registered because Foden and Palmer are good enough to be in the 21. If they weren't we'd need to buy 2 and register them. It doesn't make the squad smaller though. The squad size is just fine and overall better than liverpools.

Registration rules are another story, I'd still count Foden & Palmer as 'senior' players in the squad.

Reg wise. I make it.

 

[blueparrot]

Technically you're right but we only have 18 outfield players (including Palmer) and the ideal situation is usually to have 2 for every position meaning we are still 2 light.

I would say we could do with another full-back and a midfielder/winger depending on how you view certain player's best positions, e.g., Foden could play in midfield but then we're light in the forward areas or Bernardo could play right wing but then we're short in midfield.

I think we can just about get away with it due to having a squad with plenty of versatility, e.g., Laporte and Ake can play LB and Stones can play RB. We need to have some luck with injuries though.

I don't know, Onouha in the interview with Steven McInnerny was saying how 2 for every position sounds a good idea but really doesn't work as it's impossible to keepp 22 players happy, even with 9 subs some players can end up sat in the stands.
We had a few academy players on the bench at the weekend but had 4 players out that would expect to at least make the bench when fit.

 

[Summerbuzz]

Last seasons PL squad;

	Ake	HGP
	Carson	HGP
	Cancelo
	De Bruyne
	Dias
	Jesus
	Grealish	HGP
	Gundogan
	Rodrigo
	Laporte
	Fernandino
	Mahrez
	Bernado
	Ederson
	Steffen
	Sterling	HGP
	Stones	HGP
	Walker	HGP
	Zinchenko

Foden was on the U21 list.

Looks like 19 + 1. Smaller than I imagined, for sure. But... hmm. Dunno.

One caveat is that Torres and Mendy did not make the 'final list', despite playing 800 minutes at the beginning of the season.

For the record, the PL rules are, you can submit a 25 man squad. 8 Homegrown, 17 from anywhere. U-21s are separate. That list includes any player that will be under 21 on 1 Dec of the season being played. Neither Foden (21 already) or Gomez (21 on Sept 4) will be eligible for that list.

 

[Coatigan]

Registration rules are another story, I'd still count Foden & Palmer as 'senior' players in the squad.

It doesn't matter how you me or others count them. They have a category. I was excluding them, in both comparisons. If you choose to include them, then previously we had squads of 23. So either way, we currently have 2 less.

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

It doesn't matter how you me or others count them. They have a category. I was excluding them, in both comparisons. If you include them, then previously we had squads of 23. So either way, we currently have 2 less.

The initial post didn't mention the reg. rules, it was just about senior squad size. Which is fine (ish) we went ahead with 20 last year.

 

[Coatigan]

The initial post didn't mention the reg. rules, it was just about senior squad size. Which is fine (ish) we went ahead with 20 last year.

That's fine, other than we went into last season with 23, including phil and palmer

For me the set structure is a given, so I always speak in those terms.

I think the squad is good enough. I don't think it is big enough, and it will show over the season.

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

That's fine, other than we went into last season with 23, including phil and palmer

For me the set structure is a given, so I always speak in those terms.

I think the squad is good enough. I don't think it is big enough, and it will show over the season.

Take some decent management of minutes for fitness, but we usually have to do that for morale nowadays anyway. I think we've seen an increase in quality over quantity. Good luck Pep :)