: Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:38 pm
We seem to be talking a lot about having a "big squad" this year, but in my opinion we don't really compatred to other Championship clubs.
With Graham departing we now only have 22 players at the club. This gives us a team with 5 reserves. If we were to get a couple of injuries, we would be very low indeed on numbers, and cutting it close to having a fully fit team.
Again, this is probably linked in with the fact that we don't have a reserve side, but really we could do with a few more heads to be safe. However, the 22 players we do have are all quality players, and I would be confident that any combination of 17 could do the job for us. I just feel we could do with one or two "Pay as you play" backup players that could fill a gap if needed.
Other Championship clubs have 30+ players, maybe not as good as ours but they have the numbers if needed.
Thoughts. . .
On the other hand, sad to see Graham go, looked promising, but best of luck with his future endeavours!