Goats squad analysis thread 2021/22

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Manager: Waste of oxygen

Goalkeepers (3)
Jordan Pickford (HG)
Asmir Begović (HG)
Andy Lonergan (HG)

Right Backs (2)
Séamus Coleman
Jonjoe Kenny (HG)
Nathan Patterson (UA)

Left Backs (1)
Vitaliy Mykolenko

Centre Backs (5)
Yerry Mina
Michael Keane (HG)
Mason Holgate (HG)
Ben Godfrey (HG)
Jarrad Branthwaite (UA)

Midfield (6)
Allan
André Gomes
Abdoulaye Doucouré
Jean-Philippe Gbamin
Tom Davies (HG)
Fabian Delph (HG)

Wide Forwards (5)
Richarlison
Andros Townsend (HG)
Demarai Gray (HG)
Alex Iwobi (HG)
Anthony Gordon (UA)

Strikers (3)
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (HG)
Salomón Rondón
Cenk Tosun

Total players: 26

Players purchased so far: 7
Begovic, Townsend, Gray, Lonergan, Rondon, Patterson, Myko

Players culled so far: 7
Bernard, Virginia(Loan), Kean(Loan), Nkounkou(Loan), James, Number 10, Digne(TBC)

Non-HG players: 10
Homegrown players: 13
UnderAge players: 3
Not enough UA's on there for Sat.
 

Even looking at the recent ins and outs… James, Kean, Sigurddson, Small, Digne…
I don't agree at all. I am far from being a Benitez (or a kneejerk @davek) supporter.

But if I look through the team we are getting a core of decent players at decent ages:

Forwards: Gordon, Gray, Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin
Defence: Mykolenko, Godfrey, Branthwaite, Patterson

Pickford is at a good age and standard, so the need is arguably in midfield. We have a fairly mediocre stack of aging average PL players there. And if we pick up a loan or a transfer to take us through to the next window then we are doing a decent job in reshaping the team from one including too many overpaid and overrated older players.

Tbh, I'm relatively OK about Digne being the financial price to pay for that reshaping. (And I don't think he would be particularly unhappy about a move.)

(Added: omitted Godfrey)
 
Manager: Waste of oxygen

Goalkeepers (3)
Jordan Pickford (HG)
Asmir Begović (HG)
Andy Lonergan (HG)

Right Backs (2)
Séamus Coleman
Jonjoe Kenny (HG)
Nathan Patterson (UA)

Left Backs (1)
Vitaliy Mykolenko

Centre Backs (5)
Yerry Mina
Michael Keane (HG)
Mason Holgate (HG)
Ben Godfrey (HG)
Jarrad Branthwaite (UA)

Midfield (6)
Allan
André Gomes
Abdoulaye Doucouré
Jean-Philippe Gbamin
Tom Davies (HG)
Fabian Delph (HG)

Wide Forwards (5)
Richarlison
Andros Townsend (HG)
Demarai Gray (HG)
Alex Iwobi (HG)
Anthony Gordon (UA)

Strikers (3)
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (HG)
Salomón Rondón
Cenk Tosun

Total players: 26

Players purchased so far: 7

Begovic, Townsend, Gray, Lonergan, Rondon, Patterson, Myko

Players culled so far: 7
Bernard, Virginia(Loan), Kean(Loan), Nkounkou(Loan), James, Number 10, Digne(TBC)

Non-HG players: 10
Homegrown players: 13
UnderAge players: 3

Still need 3 midfielders out, 3 in, and a centre back. Possibly another LB if Nkounkou isn't any good

So 4 more players.

And a new manager.
 
There's a revolution / Rafalution going on here on the quiet under the din of the naysayers and pitchforkers: a young cohort of players being bought or thrown in.

Branthwaite
patterson
Mykolenko
Gordon
Dobbin
Simms

...it's a mile away from that Italian fraud's refusal to play younger players.
 

There's a revolution / Rafalution going on here on the quiet under the din of the naysayers and pitchforkers: a young cohort of players being bought or thrown in.

Branthwaite
patterson
Mykolenko
Gordon
Dobbin
Simms

...it's a mile away from that Italian fraud's refusal to play younger players.

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Goalkeepers (3)
Jordan Pickford (HG)
Asmir Begović (HG)
Andy Lonergan (HG)

Right Backs (3)
Séamus Coleman
Jonjoe Kenny (HG)
Nathan Patterson (UA)

Left Backs (1)
Vitaliy Mykolenko

Centre Backs (5)
Yerry Mina
Michael Keane (HG)
Mason Holgate (HG)
Ben Godfrey (HG)
Jarrad Branthwaite (UA)

Midfield (6)
Allan
André Gomes
Abdoulaye Doucouré
Jean-Philippe Gbamin
Tom Davies (HG)
Fabian Delph (HG)

Wide Forwards (5)
Richarlison
Andros Townsend (HG)
Demarai Gray (HG)
Anwar El Ghazi
Anthony Gordon (UA)
Alex Iwobi (HG)

Strikers (3)
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (HG)
Salomón Rondón
Cenk Tosun

Total players: 27

Players purchased so far: 8

Begovic, Townsend, Gray, Lonergan, Rondon, Patterson, Myko, El Ghazi(loan)

Players culled so far: 7
Bernard, Virginia(Loan), Kean(Loan), Nkounkou(Loan), James, Number 10, Digne

Non-HG players: 11
Homegrown players: 13
UnderAge players: 3
 
Goalkeepers (3)
Jordan Pickford (HG)
Asmir Begović (HG)
Andy Lonergan (HG)

Right Backs (3)
Séamus Coleman
Jonjoe Kenny (HG)
Nathan Patterson (UA)

Left Backs (1)
Vitaliy Mykolenko

Centre Backs (5)
Yerry Mina
Michael Keane (HG)
Mason Holgate (HG)
Ben Godfrey (HG)
Jarrad Branthwaite (UA)

Midfield (6)
Allan
André Gomes
Abdoulaye Doucouré
Jean-Philippe Gbamin
Tom Davies (HG)
Fabian Delph (HG)

Wide Forwards (5)
Richarlison
Andros Townsend (HG)
Demarai Gray (HG)
Anwar El Ghazi
Anthony Gordon (UA)
Alex Iwobi (HG)

Strikers (3)
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (HG)
Salomón Rondón
Cenk Tosun

Total players: 27

Players purchased so far: 8

Begovic, Townsend, Gray, Lonergan, Rondon, Patterson, Myko, El Ghazi(loan)

Players culled so far: 7
Bernard, Virginia(Loan), Kean(Loan), Nkounkou(Loan), James, Number 10, Digne

Non-HG players: 11
Homegrown players: 13
UnderAge players: 3
Need that vomit reaction
 
Goalkeepers (3)
Jordan Pickford (HG)
Asmir Begović (HG)
Andy Lonergan (HG)

Right Backs (3)
Séamus Coleman
Jonjoe Kenny (HG)
Nathan Patterson (UA)

Left Backs (1)
Vitaliy Mykolenko

Centre Backs (5)
Yerry Mina
Michael Keane (HG)
Mason Holgate (HG)
Ben Godfrey (HG)
Jarrad Branthwaite (UA)

Midfield (6)
Allan
André Gomes
Abdoulaye Doucouré
Jean-Philippe Gbamin
Tom Davies (HG)
Fabian Delph (HG)

Wide Forwards (5)
Richarlison
Andros Townsend (HG)
Demarai Gray (HG)
Anwar El Ghazi
Anthony Gordon (UA)
Alex Iwobi (HG)

Strikers (3)
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (HG)
Salomón Rondón
Cenk Tosun

Total players: 27

Players purchased so far: 8

Begovic, Townsend, Gray, Lonergan, Rondon, Patterson, Myko, El Ghazi(loan)

Players culled so far: 7
Bernard, Virginia(Loan), Kean(Loan), Nkounkou(Loan), James, Number 10, Digne

Non-HG players: 11
Homegrown players: 13
UnderAge players: 3
Are they wide forwards, wingers or widemen? Either way we have six of them for 2 positions.
 

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