Paddingtonwolf
Flaming Galah
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Everyone else is augmenting the squad. We are denuding ours. And that is before you start throwing Fabio fucking Silva back in the squad to attempt to bolster the numbers, and indeed Sasa who is fucking borked for at least another year.We had 20 players in the squad last Saturday - all players with senior experience , add 3 more that were left out ( Lima , Semedo and Traore ) , brings it to 23 . Throw in Fabio and Sasa - as both are still being paid as senior players - that makes 25 .
Lets assumes Fabio leaves and is not replaced . Let's assume that Sasa does not play this season and will not be replaced ( even if he were to be advised to retire by surgeons ) .
That leaves 23 - that's fine , and I wouldn't want it to get any lower than that , i.e. if we sell one of those , then we must replace that player .
There are clubs with a good few more than that , and I don't really see the need for it .
Neither of them will get a squad place. We will leave them empty rather than include an injured player and someone who only wants us less than we even want him.
We also have spent large tranches of the last few seasons down to absolute bare bones, and with players out of position as soon as injuries arrive, because the squad is too bloody small.