Those that have left on-loan have been excluded
33 players
13 considered HG- includes club trained below
6 considered Club trained - but likely to loan or sell all.
Up to 17 of those 33 could be sold or loaned out. Giving us a current core of 16 players...
Is that a problem? Not really. One of his philosophies at Barcelona was to work with around 15 first teamers as a core. What could that mean? More graduate s in and around the first team!
No. Position Player
1 Chile GK Claudio Bravo
2 England DF Kyle Walker
4 Belgium DF Vincent Kompany (captain)
5 England DF John Stones
6 Brazil MF Fernando
7 England MF Raheem Sterling
8 Germany MF İlkay Gündoğan
9 Spain FW Nolito
10 Argentina FW Sergio Agüero
11 Serbia DF Aleksandar Kolarov
14 Ivory Coast FW Wilfried Bony
17 Belgium MF Kevin De Bruyne
18 England MF Fabian Delph
19 Germany MF Leroy Sané
20 Portugal MF Bernardo Silva
21 Spain MF David Silva
25 Brazil MF Fernandinho
No. Position Player
27 England FW Patrick Roberts
28 Belgium DF Jason Denayer
29 Colombia FW Marlos Moreno
30 Argentina DF Nicolás Otamendi
31 Brazil GK Ederson
33 Brazil FW Gabriel Jesus
35 Ukraine MF Oleksandr Zinchenko
42 Ivory Coast MF Yaya Touré
47 Australia MF Luke Brattan
50 Spain DF Pablo Maffeo
53 England DF Tosin Adarabioyo
72 Nigeria FW Kelechi Iheanacho
75 Spain MF Aleix GarcÃa
â€" England GK Joe Hart
â€" France DF Eliaquim Mangala
â€" France MF Samir Nasri
Sad thing is that I think the key could be the fitness of otherwise of just one of those players - again.
The squad is good but it's lacking depth in the defensive area which was the problem last season too. Hopefully the new keeper will solve one of the glaring but we are still very light in the fullback position and one Vinny injury away from pretty weak CB pairing.
With intention as he's to be loaned out to Girona as he doesn't meet the WP criteria
Quote from: Tony the Troll on July 16, 2017, 11:26:41
The squad has depth, you lack intelligence to see it. Let the professional manage his team, he knows what he is doing, you clearly do not!
Is this nature or nurture... I can't decide
Quote from: Hesperus on July 16, 2017, 10:43:04
The squad is good but it's lacking depth in the defensive area which was the problem last season too. Hopefully the new keeper will solve one of the glaring but we are still very light in the fullback position and one Vinny injury away from pretty weak CB pairing.
yer not wrong H
Looking at the squad now with the comings and goings:
GK --------------------------------------------------3 (2+1 U21)
1.Ederson Moraes
2.Caudio Bravo<--------------> Pepe Reina (rumour)
3.Arijanet Muric (EDS)
CB---------------------------------------------------6 (5+1 U21)
1.V. Kompany
2.J. Stones
3.N. Otamendi
4.E. Mangala<------------------> sale, No firm links
5.T. Adarbioyo (EDS)-----------> Loan, No firm links
6.J. Denayer (EDS)--------------------> Loan/Sale - No firm links
FB---------------------------------------------------------2 (1+1 u21)
1.k. Walker
2.???<---------------------------B. Mendy (yet to make official)
3.???<---------------------------Danilo (yet to make official)
4.P. Maffeo (EDS)
CM---------------------------- 7 (5+2 u21)
1.I. Gundogan
2.Y. Toure
3. Fernandinho
4. Fernando------------------>Sale to Galatasary (rumour)
5. F. Delph--------------------> Sale to (Mulitclubs -rumours)
6. P. Foden (EDS)
7. A. Garcia (EDS)
AM---------------------------------------6 (4+2 u21)
1.K. De Bruyne
2. D. Silva
3. B. Silva
4. S. Nasri------------------------------>Sale/Loan (NFR)
5. B. Diaz (EDS)
6. O. Zinchenko (EDS)
WF---------------------------------------3 (2 +1 u21)
1. L. Sane
2. R. Sterling
3. P. Roberts (EDS)-------------------------->Loan/Sale (NFR)
FW---------------------------------------5 (2+3 u21)
1. S. Aguero
2. G. Jesus
3. K. Iheanacho-------------------------->Sale (rumour - Leicester)
4. M. Moreno----------------------------->Sale/Loan (NFR)
5. W. Bony-------------------------------->Sale (Galatasary - rumour)
*Noted some players have multi-positions: I've just assigned them in one place for viewing ease.
There are 32 players above.
11 are u21 and most will likely be loaned/sold
leaving 21 snr players, a further 5 are likely to be sold but 2 are set to join.
Giving us 18 senior players
Maffeo and Garcia have alrrady gone on loan.
Manu Garcia has gone on loan, but Aleix and Pablo are still listed as at the club? I can't see anything to say they've gone yet.
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Ha. Computer said no.
Thanks for this Swiss, for CM, we look light. If the EDS lads step up great, if not, Toures legs have gone and Gundog, though a really good player, has injury problems - sick note.
Looking at the rest, if Kompany plays the majority of games, we stand a chance in most competitions. If not, we will ship lots of goals. That probably means a new CB, or has mangled had a new lease of life?
We're light in striking options too if nacho goes
I still think we need a centre half and a full back. Sanchez would be nice but a luxury really.
I'm not sure he is any more...
We've only got Aguero and Gabigoal as strikers if the rest, as planned leave.
when did we sign gabigoal?
nevermind, you meant jesus
stat monkey, i got mildly excited
Haha. I didn't realise there were two gabigols/gabigoals?
the lad at inter
Yer, Had a Google. Is he any good?
hes at inter, probably not
both good but i think our lad has more goals in him