Your havin a larf !!
You are the one who is totally obsessed with Bury ! If readers had the time it would be fun to add up the number of times you like to use them as a back up to your arguments
Infact as soon as I saw you had quoted my post and I dont think im a clairvoyant I guessed your Bury Obsession would be there in the reply
Trouble is you struggle to entertain other perspectives Riggers
Off course you could turn to last years teams above us and examine the size of their squads but dont let down your Bury Guard or I suspect you will need help.
At least I dont spend much time bashing fans on a regular basis
He is right though.
Anyways, in terms of squad size, you keep going on about this and partly due to other teams and the increase in substitutes next season. I wouldn’t be shocked to see us regularly not name a full compliment, especially as we don’t really have a youth team as such to dip into.
Kev likes to operate a smaller squad, that is true, and Kev has worked wonders during his spell in charge with a smaller squad, no more so than last season and the embargo and squad limit restrictions.
In an ideal world, you’d have at least a 22 man squad (two players for every position) and those two players being good enough to start. However, even during the Euros we’ve seen 26 men squads, and England had players in their squad that didn’t get a single minute of action, rightly or wrongly, and I’m not just talking about the goalkeepers.
The problem you’ll have is getting the amount of players you want, in the budget given. So the argument becomes quality or quantity. Take the goalkeeper for example. In my mind, whoever you bring into the squad should be good enough to start. No point signing a goalkeeper, who becomes number 2, that once Collin gets injured you bring in a replacement on loan because the number 2 you have was brought in because he is cheap. Using made up figures, say across our budget, Kev decides that £2k per week will go on the goalkeepers. So, do you go for two on £1k a week, one on £1200 and the other on £800 and so on. Collin might demand £1500, so we can only spend £500 on a number 2. Straight away, the quality available is reduced.
Again, look at centre forwards. We have Cards, Waldron & Walker. Ideally, for my mind, we’d have a fourth striker (two for every position) but he’d be good enough to start. So, again using made up figures, we have £4000 a week to spend on centre forwards. 4 on £1000, easy. However, Walker comes in and wants £1200, that’s okay as Waldron is on £800, however Cards is on £1500. Do we take a punt on a £500 a week centre forward, or do we reduce the budget on defenders to get in extra quality upfront?
It’s a fine balancing act. As I say, all those figures are made up but you get my point.
