Trucking shrimper
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- Joined
- Aug 7, 2010
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- 951
Bentley, T Smith, P Smith, White, Bolger, Barrett, Prosser, Ibenfeldt, Thompson, Sokolik, Binnom Williams, Coker, Timlin, Leonard, O'Toole, Atkinson, Deegan, Worrall, Corr, Cassidy, Pigott, McLaughlin, Clifford, Hurst, Barnard, Weston, Payne, Williams ?
Close.
Coulthirst instead of Paul Smith - his only appearance was in the Capital One Cup against Walsall (this is just for league).
This proves the importance of a relative small squad of quality players , several of which are versatile. The leagues are almost directly related to final positions therefore a settled team will give better results.
Its vital we have players like Lenny , White & Atkinson who can play in a number of positions at top level.
Players by appearance (Including first XI by amount of League starts)
First XI :Bentley 42, White 40, Thompson 27, Prosser 29, Coker 32, Worrall 23, Leonard 39, Timlin 29, Atkinson 26, Payne 20, Corr 30.
And the rest : Bolger 21, Deegan 19, Hurst 19, Binnon-Williams 18, Weston 17, Pigott 17, Coulthirst 12, Cassidy 12, Clifford 10, Barrett 9, McLaughlin 6, Ted Smith 4, Barnard 2, O'Toole 2, Sokolik 1
Jason Williams (2) and Ibenfeldt (1) substitute appearance
Donning my pedants hat...
Why does Payne get in the first XI with 20 starts (did he really make that many starts?) while Bolger is amongst "the rest" with 21 starts
I'm guessing perhaps you've done it to kind of mirror a feasible starting line up?
Teams are using a ridiculous number of players.
The FL should cut down the number on players on the bench, certainly in L1 and L2.
Saw an interesting tweet from Chris Phillips earlier, throughout the entire season, only Wycombe used less players than us. Tranmere used almost double ours and got relegated. Shows the importance of stability!
Donning my pedants hat...
It is with some predictability that I once again say that the loan system is out of control and needs to be pruned back ..... :'(
Use the players you have ..... and not just throw another loanee at the problem. :thumbsup:
And donning my pedants hat...that should be fewer players and not less.
I agree with the principal Rattus, but I'm kind of glad that McLaughlin was in the box against Stevenage second leg and Piggy was lurking in extra time at Wembley.