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Some more detail here:

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Of course the study is immediately flawed and shows that taking raw data is only worthwhile if you are able to apply context.

"Poor stategic planning" would be fair were it not for the fact the squad that got promoted were amongst relegation favourites - so it stands to reason wholesale changes would be required in a market where moving lower quality players, who are under contract, out of a club is difficult given the financial implications for teams in attempting to sign them - the loan market being much mroe prevalent these days for Football League teams to take on those missing the 25 man squad.

I think the statistics are simply showing once cosequence of how far we have come in such a short space of time.

It is fair to say recruitment was probably excessive in the last window, but the circumstances of our promotion meant that the previous manager wanted to get in as many as he could in all areas.

Edited by Hambo (21 Jan 2014 12.09pm)

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Edited by thebob (21 Jan 2014 12.18pm)

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25 man squad doesn't count in Jan so anyone can play.

Arsenal (link tbc) and Manchester City ( [Link] ) have both named youngsters in their squad recently with shirt numbers in the sixties. This would indicate a much larger squad than ours (although possibly not all "seniors").

Additionally, at the time the report was compiled (Oct 1st), we had at least a 43-man squad: [Link]

However, it is likely that no other team has had so many ineligible players on their books this season.

Edited by Jenny Taylier (21 Jan 2014 12.55pm)

Edited by Jenny Taylier (21 Jan 2014 12.56pm)