2014 Squad Numbers Announced... : Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:11 am  

Club Captain Paul Wellens has been given the number 17 shirt whilst also retained for the 2014 campaign is Anthony Laffranchi (14), Ade Gardner (21) and Mark Flanagan (15).

Connor Dwyer (34) and Andre Savelio (33) have been promoted into the first team.

As is inevitable with a large squad, some of the younger players will be going out on loan and we will announce details shortly.

Dom Speakman (Barrow) and Nathan Ashe have left the club and we wish them all the best in future.

1. Jonny Lomax
2. Tommy Makinson
3. Jordan Turner
4. Josh Jones
5. Adam Swift
6. Lance Hohaia
7. Luke Walsh
8. Mose Masoe
9. James Roby
10. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook
11. Sia Soliola
12. Jon Wilkin
13. Willie Manu
14. Anthony Laffranchi
15. Mark Flanagan
16. Kyle Amor
17. Paul Wellens
18. Alex Walmsley
19. Paul Clough
20. Richard Beaumont
21. Ade Gardner
22. Mark Percival
23. Joe Greenwood
24. Gary Wheeler
25. Anthony Walker
26. Matty Dawson
27. Greg Richards*
28. Luke Thompson*
29. Jordan Hand
30. Carl Forster
31. James Tilley
32. Lewis Charnock*
33. Andre Savelio*
34. Connor Dwyer

Re: 2014 Squad Numbers Announced... : Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:40 am  

The club is a joke. Where is the bridge?

Re: 2014 Squad Numbers Announced... : Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:49 am  

Saddened! wrote:

The club is a joke. Where is the bridge?

And so are you - if you feel this strongly I suggest you support your home town team and join the wolf waggon

Re: 2014 Squad Numbers Announced... : Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:52 am  

steve wrote:

And so are you - if you feel this strongly I suggest you support your home town team and join the wolf waggon

Sarcasm really is lost on some people.

Re: 2014 Squad Numbers Announced... : Fri Nov 15, 2013 11:00 am  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

Sarcasm really is lost on some people.

thats not sarcasm - that vitriol -

you cry wolf often enough...

Re: 2014 Squad Numbers Announced... : Fri Nov 15, 2013 11:03 am  

steve wrote:

thats not sarcasm - that vitriol -

you cry wolf often enough...

I think you need to lighten up a bit.

Re: 2014 Squad Numbers Announced... : Fri Nov 15, 2013 11:29 am  

wakey_saint wrote:

Club Captain Paul Wellens has been given the number 17 shirt whilst also retained for the 2014 campaign is Anthony Laffranchi (14), Ade Gardner (21) and Mark Flanagan (15).

Connor Dwyer (34) and Andre Savelio (33) have been promoted into the first team.

As is inevitable with a large squad, some of the younger players will be going out on loan and we will announce details shortly.

Dom Speakman (Barrow) and Nathan Ashe have left the club and we wish them all the best in future.

1. Jonny Lomax
2. Tommy Makinson
3. Jordan Turner
4. Josh Jones
5. Adam Swift
6. Lance Hohaia
7. Luke Walsh
8. Mose Masoe
9. James Roby
10. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook
11. Sia Soliola
12. Jon Wilkin
13. Willie Manu
14. Anthony Laffranchi
15. Mark Flanagan
16. Kyle Amor
17. Paul Wellens
18. Alex Walmsley
19. Paul Clough
20. Richard Beaumont
21. Ade Gardner
22. Mark Percival
23. Joe Greenwood
24. Gary Wheeler
25. Anthony Walker
26. Matty Dawson
27. Greg Richards*
28. Luke Thompson*
29. Jordan Hand
30. Carl Forster
31. James Tilley
32. Lewis Charnock*
33. Andre Savelio*
34. Connor Dwyer

Certainly looks stronger than this season's squad. Disappointing that we seem to be stuck with a pretend standoff but hopefully it's a burden we can overcome.

Re: 2014 Squad Numbers Announced... : Fri Nov 15, 2013 12:33 pm  

You've got good depth in the forwards and X factor players like Lomax, Roby and Manu who can win games on their own. You will certainly challenge the top couple of places. The weaknesses that I can see in the squad are the lack of a good stand off and in the centres. If Walsh can control games though that should allow Hohaia some more freedom and Percival could really make a centre spot his own.

Re: 2014 Squad Numbers Announced... : Fri Nov 15, 2013 1:31 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

The club is a joke. Where is the bridge?

A mixed bag for me.

Big new signings are excellent.
The fringe new signings are interesting and are exciting in their way.

The retentions are absolutely shocking defying both logic and belief.

Re: 2014 Squad Numbers Announced... : Fri Nov 15, 2013 1:49 pm  

Gerry Mander wrote:

The retentions are absolutely shocking defying both logic and belief.

That's probably why the way they have been announced is so low-key and almost apologetic.