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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2014 11:28:06 GMT
I seen a good stat to come from the official conference twitter page yesterday. It shows the league table from last season and in the last column (PU) it shows how many players were used by all the teams. The bottom 4 clubs who got relegated (Dartford and Chester have been reinstated since) used the most players showing a settled squad is better!
Here is the tweet which shows the table info:
What worries me is that DC said he wants to run with a squad of 23 players (which includes the 1st year pro's). If you look at that table in the tweet, only 5 clubs used less than 30 players and not 1 club used 23 players or less. So DC is having a wafer thin squad compared to last seasons squads in this division and in DC's squad there is a lot of youths with inexperience of any type of 1st team football.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2014 11:39:59 GMT
... good insights!
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Post by The Man from Del Monte on Jul 2, 2014 11:40:04 GMT
I would be interested to know how many players these teams went into the season with. Luton had 31 players, but I bet they never started the season with that many. As we know (from experience) players can come and go (or not) during the season.
Edit: Having checked Luton's stats. 5 players came in during the season. 5 players went out of the club during the season.
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Post by Gashead on Jul 2, 2014 11:49:48 GMT
Interesting stat, but cause and effect comes into play. Did all squads start out similar sizes? Because if so I'd say its fairly obvious that the ones who were more successful will remain settled, whilst those at the bottom will want changes. Its like comparing managerial changes of those clubs at the bottom to those clubs at the top.
Tis a little bit worrying, but when you account for loan signings throughout the season you're probably looking at nearer 30 anyway. I don't know how active some of the first year pros will be next season, but hopefully there isn't too much pressure placed on their shoulders a la last season.
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Post by empirebaypete on Jul 2, 2014 11:56:00 GMT
It'll be interesting to see how many players clubs use next season. I'm pretty sure that most clubs. Football League included are probably cutting the number of players they have in a squad. You might see the lower payers in the conference use more players, but I reckon the rest will have smaller squads and use less. Maybe FGR will be the exception.
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Post by daniel300380 on Jul 2, 2014 12:01:35 GMT
We will loan players and bring players in as the season progresses. If we sign too many now and then get lots of injuries in a certain area we will be stuck.
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Post by The Man from Del Monte on Jul 2, 2014 12:03:28 GMT
We will loan players and bring players in as the season progresses. If we sign too many now and then get lots of injuries in a certain area we will be stuck. Yep. Also, wouldn't it be great to go into a season with a fully fit squad for once. The past few seasons have been a nightmare for injuries. |
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Post by empirebaypete on Jul 2, 2014 12:09:44 GMT
We will loan players and bring players in as the season progresses. If we sign too many now and then get lots of injuries in a certain area we will be stuck. I've said this before. There will be loads of players trying to get contracts with league clubs. A couple of weeks before the season starts they'll suddenly realise they're without a club and all of a sudden the Conference won't look so bad. We'll just have to hope they're the kind of players DC is after. The problem is though will those players want to play for Bristol Rovers or will those players just be playing for money. |
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