Goats squad analysis thread 2023/24

[Pittsburgh Footy]

Manager : Sean Dyche

Goalkeepers (3)
Jordan Pickford (HG)
Andy Lonergan (HG)
João Virgínia (HG)

Right Backs (2)
Séamus Coleman
Nathan Patterson (UA)

Left Backs (2)
Ashley Young (HG)
Vitaliy Mykolenko

Centre Backs (4)
James Tarkowski (HG)
Michael Keane (HG)
Ben Godfrey (HG)
Jarrad Branthwaite (UA)

Midfield (6)
Amadou Onana (UA)
James Garner (HG)
Idrissa Gueye
Abdoulaye Doucouré
André Gomes
Dele Alli (HG)

Wide Forwards (4)
Dwight McNeil (HG)
Jack Harrison (HG)
Arnaut Danjuma
Lewis Dobbin (UA)

Strikers (3)
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (HG)
Youssef Chermiti (UA)
Beto

Total players (24)

Players purchased so far (5)
Young, Danjuma(LOAN), Chermiti, Harrison(LOAN), Beto

Players culled so far (7)
Simms, Holgate(LOAN), Cannon, Maupay, Iwobi, Gmbamin, Gray

Non-HG players (7)
Home-grown players (12)
Underage players (5)

Speaking of tempting fate, in a bit Demz.

Numbers wise the squad is almost perfect, but thats just in terms of quantity and assumes everybody is "fit".

My god those centre backs

 

[Goat]

Numbers it is perfect, not almost. You want two sets of 11 don't you.

If you factor in 442, which we dont play, you would then need 4 Strikers, but it was just me being picky, im ok with the suggestion of perfection.

 

[Goat]

I'd like a squad comparison with our relegation rivals in terms of numbers as we seem light but I might be wrong, on my desk by Thursday, cheers

OH crikey, which teams do YOU consider our relegation rivals.

I could only use Wiki and have no idea if they are likely to play any Yoot.

 

[Pittsburgh Footy]

You can't actually say this till we actually get relegated

Let's just say I'm not going to get a better number from the bookies than the +350 I got in late July

I feel like I was caught stealing at that price

 

[Nymzee]

If you factor in 442, which we dont play, you would then need 4 Strikers, but it was just me being picky, im ok with the suggestion of perfection.

Aye, and if you cross out the crap players we have a squad of about 11 of those 22 lol

 

[Jay]

By the way, Mykolenko played as CB for us before and pretty sure Dyche/Thelwell count him as 5th choice CB in case of emergency

 

[The Binman]

Only two positions I'm semi-comfortable with are striker and goalkeeper.

I'm in no way comfortable with that squad whatsoever, its utter bobbins.

It's like one of those challenges on football manager where you have to over come odds..

 

[Goat]

By the way, Mykolenko played as CB for us before and pretty sure Dyche/Thelwell count him as 5th choice CB in case of emergency

I saw Keane play upfront the other day, along with Myko at CB, thats 2 things I hope to never see repeated and I doubt it will be.

 

[Jay]

I saw Keane play upfront the other day, along with Myko at CB, thats 2 things I hope to never see repeated and I doubt it will be.

Neither do I but removing my blue glasses and trying to be neutral,very impressed by the work of Thelwell and by that i mean how he is delivering to his employers, they obviously asked him to do a fire-sale and reduce the wage bill while building a squad that will avoid relegation for another year (till we move stadiums and the current owner sells and moves on)

Obviously there is the big "IF" in "if we avoid relegation", Dyche/Thelwell were not asked by the board to finish in European places or top half or even mid table, they were asked to avoid relegation, the squad we have right now is just for that, we will have our answer in 9 months (But it does look like we will be lucky again, this time by Luton, Burnley and Sheffield Utd being so bad)

 

[ToffeeTim]

We won't fill the bench all season

 

[Toffe3m4n]

We won't fill the bench all season

Call me crazy - but this isn't a particularly massive problem?

Literally the only reason it's not being 'filled' now is because we still have a number of injuries..

 

[ToffeeTim]

Call me crazy - but this isn't a particularly massive problem?

Literally the only reason it's not being 'filled' now is because we still have a number of injuries..

Of course it's a big problem. Firstly we don't have options to change personnel or the way we play, and secondly it means there is zero competition for places.

I would be shocked if we have 1 game all season where no one is injured or suspended. This is elite sport, it barely ever happens.

 

[Goat]

Of course it's a big problem. Firstly we don't have options to change personnel or the way we play, and secondly it means there is zero competition for places.

I would be shocked if we have 1 game all season where no one is injured or suspended. This is elite sport, it barely ever happens.

There's no excuse to not fill the bench tho.

We have over 200 footballers at the club.

 

[MikeH72]

By the way, Mykolenko played as CB for us before and pretty sure Dyche/Thelwell count him as 5th choice CB in case of emergency

Imagine that drip at centre back lol lol lol

 

[neil999]

Bring in jones and lingard on a free, then we have the man utd three amigos back together