"Squad players"

[deliasmith]

I see the usual disappointed comments being posted about transfer targets that the press is linking to us: 'we have enough squad players' it seems.

First, it's quite obvious we don't have enough squad players - an average run of injuries, nothing exceptional, saw us unable to start with two specialist full backs on Saturday, and sees us faced with starting Pericard or Cresswell next week.

Second, almost every player we have is a squad player - that is, they are liable to find themselves sitting on the bench or sitting in the stand even when fully fit. I would say that Griffin, Fuller and Sidibe were our only definite starters when fit, and probably Sorensen, now (but not at the start of the season).

Most of the players for a club like ours are going to be squad players, and we need them all.

[viiistokieviii]

I just think we need one or two top quality signings rather than 7 or 8 average players who are slightly better than the squad players we have at the moment and are probably going to sit on the bench.