Surely there's a strong 11 in that lot somewhere.....
Has anybody got an updated version of the squad?
Seems like we've got loads of players now. Who is on loan and who is ours?
The website says....
GK
Fitsimmons
Pindroch
Culverwell
DEF
Tootle
Bird
Hewitt
Duffy
Hall (loan)
Ox-Chamberlain
Brisley
Dunn
Davies (loan)
Ward
Turley
Jones
Evina
MID
Vaughan
Thomas
Kellett
Husin
Hawkridge
Patching
Crawford
Milsom
Howes
Osborne
ATT
Alessandra
Boldewijn
Dennis
Hemmings
Stead
Campbell
Surely there's a strong 11 in that lot somewhere.....
Weird isn't it that we seem to have been inundated with midfielders for several seasons, and yet now we look weak in that area. it's not so much lack of numbers, but too many of the lightweight/creative type and not enough beasts. We need a couple of Paul Hardings!
Thomas and Milsom are both on loan, too. For me, the golden rule about loanees is that you should only ever sign ones you're sure - or as sure as you can be - that they are going to be first choices (ie better than what you already have). Thomas has been a huge disappointment, jogging around in a half-hearted fashion when he's not injured; Milsom makes sense, as does Hall (if he ever recovers from his groin strain). But Keston Davies feels like a complete panic move on deadline day.
Will he be one of those loanees who never actually gets to play for us despite being on a season-long loan, especially as he's cup-tied in the Checkatrade Trophy (he played when Swansea lost 5-0 to Stevenage)?
Davies on loan. What was the point if he's not playing?
I did not think I’d need to update this list once the season started.
So now including all signings since the season started we now have a squad of 32 for 2018/19.
GOALKEEPERS
GK – (1) Ross Fitzsimons (Age 24)
GK - (13) Branislav Pindroch (Age 26)
GK - (40) Max Culverwell (Age 17)
DEFENCE
DR - (2) Matt Tootle (Age 27)
DR - (12) Christian Oxlaide-Chamberlain (Age 20)
DL - (23) Dan Jones (Age 31)
DL - (25) Cedric Evina (Age26)
DL - (33) Declan Dunn (Age 17)
DC - (19) Elliott Ward (Age 33)
DC - (5) Richard Duffy (Age 32)
DC - (16) Shaun Brisley (Age 28)
DC - (26) Jamie Turley (Age 28)
DC - (21) Keston Davies (Age 21) Season Loan
DC - (6) Ben Hall (Age 20) Season Loan
DC - (3) Pierce Bird (Age 19)
MIDFIELD
MR – (7) Lewis Alessandra (Age 29)
MR - (18) Terry Hawkridge (Age 28)
MR - (11) Enzio Boldewijn (Age 25)
MR - (31) Sam Osborne (Age 18)
ML – (10) Nathan Thomas (Age 23) Season Loan
ML – (14) Andy Kellett (Age 24)
CM - (8) David Vaughan (Age 35)
CM - (24) Rob Milsom (Age 31) 1/2 Season Loan
CM - (4) Elliott Hewitt (Age 24)
CM - (17) Noor Husin (Age 21)
CM - (22) Tom Crawford (Age 19)
CM - (20) Will Patching (Age 19)
CM - (32) Alex Howes (Age 18)
FORWARDS
CF – (9) Kristian Dennis (Age 28)
CF - (30) Jon Stead (Age 35)
CF – (15) Kane Hemmings (Age 27)
CF – (34) Remaye Campbell (Age 17)
Last edited by MAD_MAGPIE; 17-09-2018 at 07:49 PM.
This is starting to remind me of that season Derry went mad and signed pretty much anyone he could. Then Moniz came in and did the same. Why do we always end up with a bloated squad like this? And why do we still fail to address the obvious problems? For all those players, there's not a single competent keeper or ball-winning centre mid.