I'd sooner have a small squad packed with quality than a squad twice the size half-filled with dead wood, like we used to have. Every player in our squad these days is capable of making a positive contribution, which certainly wasn't the case a few years ago. There was a time when our squad was littered with players you wouldn't want to deploy even in an emergency.
It says something that the player regarded by some fans as the weakest in our squad - Kairo Mitchell - has actually had a very positive impact on results while on loan at Eastleigh (aside from the game he got sent off
). Yes, there will be times when injuries bite and our bench isn't as strong as it can be, but that's the reality for virtually every National League team except Wrexham.