County ranger wrote:newgroundrodney wrote:What I'd like to know is on what period's money is our budget for this season based, because it seems we took quite a few bob into the club, but leaving aside our loan players we only have a squad of 18 players who actually belong to us. One of which is out on loan.
Surely we can afford a squad of 20 + 5 loans?.....
Didn’t see the most recent accounts - we cannot afford a squad of 18 - why you need 25 players amazes me - quality not quantity is what I would prefer to see.
How do you plan to have quality when three defensive players are injured or suspended at the same time, when we've failed to get anyone from the Academy to the standard needed for EFL football for far too long? Anything under at least 2 players per position with some of them providing cover in other positions is opening yourselves up to losing games purely from fielding poor players who the opposition can simply exploit. Football is an o-ring game:
https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/wh ... -you-think - minimising errors is the most important thing for success, especially at a level where every team makes them.
(The Numbers Game is a great book btw, and that link has a funny anecdote about Toshack and Keegan's televised ESP test).