Squad Analysis

[Özim]

1 million for an unknown reserve with no game time under his belt, bit steep.

Probably be one of our missing squad players

[LDG]

AKB, think homegrown over 21 should be 5 by your list? Unless you're not including oooh-ee-ooh-ah-ah-ting-tang-walla-walla-Frimpong??

[AKBapologist]

AKB, think homegrown over 21 should be 5 by your list? Unless you're not including oooh-ee-ooh-ah-ah-ting-tang-walla-walla-Frimpong??

Corrected, Ta.

He's injured but should be coming back soon. I wouldn't be surprised if he got loaned before november however - but I'll keep him on the list for now.

[LDG]

Corrected, Ta.

He's injured but should be coming back soon. I wouldn't be surprised if he got loaned before november however - but I'll keep him on the list for now.

So assuming he does piss off on loan, we need to buy 4 homegrown players over the age of 21? Is that right? Or can we include the U-21's as part of the deal??

[AKBapologist]

So assuming he does piss off on loan, we need to buy 4 homegrown players over the age of 21? Is that right? Or can we include the U-21's as part of the deal??

It's more a limit on the number of none homegrown players you have in your squad. Your maximum squad size is 25, of which only 17 can be *foreign*. You could actually have 25 home grown players over the age of 21, like Liverpool tried to do back when kenny was in charge.

Under 21's don't count in the limit at all, you can have as many of these as you want. Although for some, senior squad spots might be kept in reserve if they are close to being over 21 like Jenkinson and Whilshire.

[LDG]

It's more a limit on the number of none homegrown players you have in your squad. Your maximum squad size is 25, of which only 17 can be *foreign*. You could actually have 25 home grown players over the age of 21, like Liverpool tried to do back when kenny was in charge,

Sorry, I may be being thick here. Your list above says "At least 8 is required in a 25 man squad", which suggests that, as we only have 5, we need more?

[AKBapologist]

Sorry, I may be being thick here. Your list above says "At least 8 is required in a 25 man squad", which suggests that, as we only have 5, we need more?

In a 25 man squad, at least 8 players should be homegrown. (ie, another way of saying you can only have 17 foreign players) - If you have less than 25 in your squad, you can have less homegrown players.

[Niall_Quinn]

Sorry, I may be being thick here. Your list above says "At least 8 is required in a 25 man squad", which suggests that, as we only have 5, we need more?

Diaby counts multiple times.

[LDG]

In a 25 man squad, at least 8 players should be homegrown. (ie, another way of saying you can only have 17 foreign players) - If you have less than 25 in your squad, you can have less homegrown players.

Interesting.

[Özim]

Interesting.

In short we don't have to worry about signing anyone.