Injury situation?

[fc_miller]

but we have already name a 25 man squad including the u18 player, so we cant add another free agent

[BramleyMiller58]

I've quoted it somewhere on here from last week's advertiser re. substitutes do it again " there is a governing-body ruling that stipulates at least one ' club produced ' player must be included in the numbers, otherwise teams can name only eight substitutes instead of nine. " How I read that means we could sign another out of contract player & not name a club produced player naming 8 substitutes instead of 9. Others might read it differently.

That's correct but MT said he wanted the option of being able to name 9 subs* so ..........

* having said that look forward to the day when he does/can !

[gru]

That's correct but MT said he wanted the option of being able to name 9 subs* so ..........

* having said that look forward to the day when he does/can !

Why when we don't have 9 subs now good enough not likely to have before January.

[BramleyMiller58]

Why when we don't have 9 subs now good enough not likely to have before January.

Best to ask MT

[HensonsPRman]

Best to ask MT

Best to ask MT

I have found the relevant section of the efl handbook which is section 44.9.1. See the link https://www.efl.com/governance/regul...ng-definitions
It is as clear as mud

Summary

A matchday team sheet must have:-

Club Developed Player — at least ONE

Homegrown Players — at least SEVEN (but Club Developed Player can be Homegrown as well)

Loan Players — no more that FIVE

Regular Players — up to ELEVEN as required

Club Consideration — registered players, Championship clubs can register a maximum of 25 1st team players, They can also register as many youth players over 17 years old as they like on professional contracts.

Club Consideration — loan players
There are no restrictions in the EFL to the total number of loan players that a Championship club can register at any one time. (Note — the EPL limits clubs to a maximum of eight loan players in their maximum of 25 registered 1st team players)

In the same way, there are no restrictions on the number of International loans that a Championship club can register.

So let’s look at these Match Day requirements
A Championship club can present up to 20 players on the match day team sheet.

The rules have got tighter again for this season a coach must now ensure that he meets certain conditions or he will not be allowed to put a full 20 names on the sheet.

Club Developed Player
Every Championship club must now include one Club Developed Player on the team sheet.

A Club Developed Player is defined as a player who joined RUFC before the start of the season where he turned 19 years old. He cannot count as a Club Developed Player unless he joined us by, or before, that date AND has got a year training by us under his belt.

For clarity, this would include an 18 year old lad joining us on a professional contract and spending one year training with the U18 squad. The next season he would qualify as a Club Developed Player for inclusion in the match team sheet.

Home Grown Players
Every Championship club must now put EIGHT Home Grown Players on the team sheet.

A Home Grown Player is someone who has spent at least three complete seasons registered with a football club affiliated to the FA or the Welsh FA before the season that he turns 22 years old.

This has nothing to do with nationality, race or anything remotely like that. It just covers players who have arrived in England or Wales from anywhere in the world and got themselves registered at a club. They must have been registered for three seasons but they can swap clubs and even have a season off providing they have three seasons registered before the season when they are 22 years old.

Of course, once a player has done his English or Welsh training to become a Home Grown Player then he will always be qualified as one. In this way many older players will be Home Grown, not just those in the youth system.

Combinations
If the Club Developed Player on the team sheet also qualifies as a Home Grown Player then the number of Home Grown Players is reduced to SEVEN plus the Club Developed Player.

Loan Player Restrictions
The coach can only pick up to FIVE players on a loan contract in his match day team sheet.

Of course, he can pick fewer.

Again, the Club may have registered many more loan players that form the pot that he selects from but the maximum he can pick is only FIVE — this includes a goalkeeper registered on an Emergency Loan Contract outside the normal transfer window.


As far as I can see we can have a squad of 25 provided we have 8 home grown players which is defined as anyone registered with the English or Welsh Football Associations for three seasons or 36 months before a player's 21st birthday.

I hope that helps, as I say it's as clear as mud

[pip_y]

Muddy waters

[BramleyMiller58]

Muddy waters

Have we signed him ?

[avondalemiller]

Henson, well done, but I fear that some on here struggle to understand 1 sentence never mind that lot............once again pal, well done.

[ragingpup]

Henson, well done, but I fear that some on here struggle to understand 1 sentence never mind that lot............once again pal, well done.

Wot you mean? Eh?

[fc_miller]

But to be clear (unless anyone else knows differently) we have already name a 25 man squad, which we can't change until the next transfer window.