Now the bench has increase to 9, has the squad size increased from 25?

I've read a few comments about our bench being weak, but what do people expect. Do they see a couple of youth players and think its poor, or was it the rest of the 'first team' squad players.

We have a few of injuries, so already aren't able to choose 20 first team players (though not sure we have 20 players good enough for the first team). I'd expect to see a couple of youth players on the bench most games as they dont count to the 25. Given the way yellow cards are being handed out, after a couple of months I'd expect most squads to have a few youth players on the bench.

Do we need a bench of 9? Yes it will give youth a chance to sit on bench and maybe a subs appearance here and there, but clubs will be reluctant to let them go on loan, which might make it harder for us to pick up better youth players on loan from PL.

Why did we need an increase to 9 subs on bench, wont be long until they just say you can just bring the squad.