Starting XI’s - Current Squad (keep updating) 24/25

[RavenBish]

hard to pick a reason to be upset about our squad, the most depth we’ve had in key areas ever I think (goalkeeper is basically the only position where we have nothing behind Bass)

I don’t think we have the array of attacking options the likes of MK and Vale have and we’re very reliant on Jones, Crowley and Jatta staying fit but with those 3 in front of a very competitive looking defence and midfield, we should be relatively optimistic

 

[JJ1990]

Thought this was the best place for it. The EFL squad lists have been released. The names are in order based on last season's league positions from what I can tell.

https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gc-media-assets.gc.eflservices.co.uk/9edd2ed0-6c4a-11ef-9965-335248f7bb41.pdf

Some big squads out there.

 

[Son of Cod]

Thought this was the best place for it. The EFL squad lists have been released. The names are in order based on last season's league positions from what I can tell.

https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gc-media-assets.gc.eflservices.co.uk/9edd2ed0-6c4a-11ef-9965-335248f7bb41.pdf

Some big squads out there.

I think it's alphabetical order but based on last season's divisions as opposed to specific league position. Seems a weird way to do it but no surprise given it's the EFL. The person compiling it was probably waiting for someone to email them the new divisions.

 

[Son of Cod]

So average squad size is 27.

Biggest most expensively bloated squads are MK Dons (31*), Bromley (32), Notts (32), Colchester (34), Fleetwood (37) and Salford (40).

Smallest pluckiest underdogs squads are us (23), Morecambe (22) and Harrogate (20).

*worth noting that 40% of this squad is 15 year old goalkeepers

 

[RavenBish]

I think we’ve registered a few 12 year olds there so a bit misleading unless Maynard’s plan is to sellotape 3 of them together and they’d be more useful than Slocombe in goal

 

[valefan16]

So average squad size is 27.

Biggest most expensively bloated squads are MK Dons (31*), Bromley (32), Notts (32), Colchester (34), Fleetwood (37) and Salford (40).

Smallest pluckiest underdogs squads are us (23), Morecambe (22) and Harrogate (20).

*worth noting that 40% of this squad is 15 year old goalkeepers

Note keepers are not listed also.

 

[Son of Cod]

Note keepers are not listed also.

Good spot. Didn't realise that.

 

[DippyDon]

So average squad size is 27.

Biggest most expensively bloated squads are MK Dons (31*), Bromley (32), Notts (32), Colchester (34), Fleetwood (37) and Salford (40).

Smallest pluckiest underdogs squads are us (23), Morecambe (22) and Harrogate (20).

*worth noting that 40% of this squad is 15 year old goalkeepers

Basically a squad of 22, with the inclusion of Tripp into the first team. 10 of those 31 are youth players so not as bad as it first looks.

 

[jacobncfc]

So average squad size is 27.

Biggest most expensively bloated squads are MK Dons (31*), Bromley (32), Notts (32), Colchester (34), Fleetwood (37) and Salford (40).

Smallest pluckiest underdogs squads are us (23), Morecambe (22) and Harrogate (20).

*worth noting that 40% of this squad is 15 year old goalkeepers

Including the under 21 ones just makes it ‘who has a development side/functioning youth team’, I’ve never heard of like 10 of ours.

 

[hellogregory]

Final squad that we’ll have till January.

Goalkeepers
Gabe Breeze
Harry Lewis
Jude Smith

Defenders
Jack Ellis
Archie Davies
Cameron Harper
Ben Williams
Jack Robinson
Sam Lavelle
Jon Mellish
Terell Thomas
Aaron Hayden
Ben Barclay

Midfielders
Harrison Neal
Josh Vela
Ethan Robson
Dylan McGeouch
Callum Guy
Dominic Sadi
Taylor Charters
Harrison Biggins

Attackers
Luke Armstrong
Charlie Wyke
Georgie Kelly
Anton Dudik
Dan Adu-Adjei
Jordan Jones

We need our injured players back fast. We have some good players but our current midfield is shite.

When all available, for me our best team would be something like this

Lewis
Davies Hayden Thomas Harper
Biggins Guy Robson
Sadi Wyke Jones​

Subs: Breeze, Barclay, Williams, Vela, McGeouch, Adu-Adjei, Armstrong


That should comfortably stay up which is why I’m confident we won’t go down.

 

[FiRTHYY]

BUMP -

Thought I’d use this thread again following January transfer window.

Incomings:
George Lapslie - Perm from Gills (undisc)
Tommy Leigh - Perm from MK (undisc)
Romoney Critchlow - Perm from P’Boro
Joe Hilton - Perm from Blackburn (undisc)
Brandon Khela - Loan from Birmingham
Michael Mellon - Loan from Burnley
Tayo Adaramola - Loan from Crystal Palace

Outgoings:
Corry Evans - Oldham Athletic
Harry Ibbitson - Loaned to Guiseley
Tyler Smith - Loaned to Barrow
Vadaine Oliver - Loaned to Shrewsbury
Olly Sanderson - Returned to Fulham
Joe Adams - Returned to Wigan
Cheick Diabate - Returned to Exeter

Very busy window for us, but some utter dross off the wage bill at the same time. Micky Mellon is the only striker to replace the 3 that have left. With Cook injured, we don’t have a target man-like striker to rely on - massive risk, despite us now playing with just the loan striker.

Squad:

Goalkeepers:
Sam Walker
Joe Hilton
Zac Hadi
Colin Doyle (player-coach)

Defenders:
Brad Halliday
Lewis Richards
Neill Byrne
Aden Baldwin
Cieřan Kelly
Paul Huntington
Callum Johnson
Jack Shepherd
Jay Benn
Gabe Wadsworth
Tayo Adaramola
Romoney Critchlow

Midfielders:
Ritchie Smallwood ()
Jamie Walker
Antoni Sarcevic
Brandon Khela
Clarke Odour
Alex Pattison
Tyreik Wright
Bobby Pointon
George Lapslie
Tommy Leigh

Strikers:
Andy Cook
Calum Kavanagh
Michael Mellon

 

[valefan16]

Incomings:

Rhys Walters - (Unattached) Port Vale last season
Jaheim Headley - (Huddersfield) undisc
Finn Ashworth - (Wolves) Loan
Nathan Broome - (Swansea) Loan
Jemiah Umolu - (Crystal Palace) Loan

Outgoings:

Connor Ripley - (Swindon) Undisc
Benicio Baker-Boaitey (End of Loan)
Conor Grant - Released
Brandon Cover - (End of Loan)
James Plant - (Yeovil) Loan
Ruari Paton - (Dundee United) Loan
Diamond Edwards - (Weymouth) Loan

Current Squad:

Goalkeepers:

Ben Amos
Natham Broome
Aaron Davies

Defenders:

Mitch Clark
Ben Heneghan
Connor Hall
Nathan Smith
Tom Sang
Jesse Debrah
Kyle John
Ben Lomax
Sam Hart
Jaheim Headley

Midfielders:

Rakheem Harper
George Byers
Ben Garrity
Ethan Chislett
Ronan Curtis
Ryan Croasdale
Jason Lowe
Jack Shorrock
Rico Richards
Rhys Walters
Finn Ashworth

Forwards:

Jayden Stockley
Laurent Tolaj
Antwoine Hackford
Jemiah Umolu
Andrew Buah

Fairly happy with that.

 

[jacobncfc]

Ins:

Will Jarvis (Undisclosed, Hull)
Charlie Whitaker (Free, Everton)
Zak Johnson (Loan, Sunderland)
Mai Traore (Undisclosed, Fredrikstad)
Junior Morias (Loan Terminated, Dagenham)

Outs:

Cedwyn Scott (Undisclosed, Carlisle)
Dan Crowley (Undisclosed, MK Dons)
Josh Martin (Free, Newport)
Jevani Brown (Loan Terminated, Bristol Rovers)
Aidan Stone (Free, Yeovil)

Goalkeepers:

Alex Bass
Sam Slocombe

Centre backs:
Rod McDonald
Matty Platt
Jacob Bedeau
Lewis Macari
Zak Johnson
Rob Cundy
Lucas Ness (Injured for the season)

Wing backs:
Jodi Jones
Nick Tsaroulla
Kellan Gordon
Madou Cisse

Midfielders:
Matt Palmer
George Abbott
Jack Hinchy
Curtis Edwards
Scott Robertson (Injured for the season)
Conor Grant
Will Jarvis
Charlie Whitaker

Sam Austin:
Sam Austin

Forwards:
Alassana Jatta
David McGoldrick
Mai Traore
Junior Morias (Likely off to the National League)

Happy with ours really. 23 man squad for the run in if we exclude the long-term injuries and Morias. Reasonable depth without players twiddling their thumbs and not doing anything.

Transfer wise we turned quite a decent profit while arguably looking stronger as a whole. Can’t ask for much more from recruitment really.

 

[spireite]

In:

Janoi Donacien (Ipswich) - short term injured
Kyle McFadzean (Blackburn) - long term injured
Jack Sparkes (loan - Peterborough) - short term injured
Dylan Duffy (£90k - Lincoln)
Bim Pepple (loan - Luton)
Michael Olakigbe (loan - can't remember)

Out:

Dylan Markanday (loan - Blackburn, recalled)
James Berry (£400k+ add ons, Wycombe)

Squad:
GKs:

Max Thompson (loan - Newcastle)
Ryan Boot

Def:
Janoi Donacien (Ipswich) - short term injured
Kyle McFadzean (Blackburn) - long term injured
Jack Sparkes (loan - Peterborough) - short term injured
Vontae Daley Campbell - (was injured, don't think still is? Gone very quiet there)
Chey Dunkley - long term injured
Lewis Gordon - long term injured
Jamie Grimes
Brandon Horton
Ashley Palmer - just returned from long term injury
Tyrone Williams - just returned from injury
Ryheem Sheckleford
Harvey Araujo (loan - Fulham)

Mid:

Tim Akinola - probably off to NL soon
Bailey Hobson - probably off to NL soon
Ollie Banks
Dylan Duffy
John Fleck - just returned from long term injury
Mike Jones - long term injured, career done I think
Jenson Metcalfe - (loan Everton)
Liam Mandeville
Darren Oldacre
Armando Dobra
Ryan Colclough
Michael Jacobs (not sure what's happening here, I think he's just returned from injury but he's not been around it yet)

Fwd:

Will Grigg - (long term injured)
Paddy Madden
Kane Drummond - probably off to NL soon
Bim Pepple - (loan - Luton)



Squad is looking a bit fat now and I think we'll see some go out. I think the elephant in the room that's been a problem all season is the injuries. However what's hurt even more is losing Grigg, Markanday, Berry all close together. Our top 3 scorers at the time. We've generally struggled to replace those goals elsewhere with only Dobra looking likely really. Defensively we've not got much cohesion, I don't think the same back 4 has played a handful of games straight all season and you can tell. All in all a bit annoying, but I expected a bit of an adjustment season anyway and we might have to be content to go again next year. Although I'm praying we can gel a bit and finish strong, but we need to find a way to get the best out of Paddy Madden for that to happen I feel because I'm not sure where else we get a reliable source of goals from.

 

[LS Bantam]

Chesterfield really pushing Mansfield close for mentioning injuries every three seconds.

 

[spireite]

Chesterfield really pushing Mansfield close for mentioning injuries every three seconds.

I mean, it's kind of hard to talk in a thread about current squad without talking about the state of the current squad!

 

[1862]

Ins:

Will Jarvis (Undisclosed, Hull)
Charlie Whitaker (Free, Everton)
Zak Johnson (Loan, Sunderland)
Mai Traore (Undisclosed, Fredrikstad)
Junior Morias (Loan Terminated, Dagenham)

Outs:

Cedwyn Scott (Undisclosed, Carlisle)
Dan Crowley (Undisclosed, MK Dons)
Josh Martin (Free, Newport)
Jevani Brown (Loan Terminated, Bristol Rovers)
Aidan Stone (Free, Yeovil)

Goalkeepers:

Alex Bass
Sam Slocombe

Centre backs:
Rod McDonald
Matty Platt
Jacob Bedeau
Lewis Macari
Zak Johnson
Rob Cundy
Lucas Ness (Injured for the season)

Wing backs:
Jodi Jones
Nick Tsaroulla
Kellan Gordon
Madou Cisse

Midfielders:
Matt Palmer
George Abbott
Jack Hinchy
Curtis Edwards
Scott Robertson (Injured for the season)
Conor Grant
Will Jarvis
Charlie Whitaker

Sam Austin:
Sam Austin

Forwards:
Alassana Jatta
David McGoldrick
Mai Traore
Junior Morias (Likely off to the National League)

Happy with ours really. 23 man squad for the run in if we exclude the long-term injuries and Morias. Reasonable depth without players twiddling their thumbs and not doing anything.

Transfer wise we turned quite a decent profit while arguably looking stronger as a whole. Can’t ask for much more from recruitment really.

Most interesting for me is where Jarvis fits in our system, seems like he's played up front, as one of the 10s and at wing back in his appearances so far. Seeing as most of his career as far as I know has been as an out and out winger, it'll probably take him some time to settle.

 

[hellogregory]

Ins:
Will Patching - Derry City
Paul Dummett - Wigan
Callum Whelan - undisclosed, Gateshead
Elliot Embleton - undisclosed, Blackpool
Stephen Wearne - undisclosed, MK Dons
Cedwyn Scott - undisclosed, Notts County
Josh Williams - undisclosed, Birmingham
Sean Fusire - loan, Sheff Wed
Joe Hugill - loan, Man Utd
Joseph Bevan - loan, Burnley
Charlie McCarthur - loan, Newcastle

Outs:
Luke Armstrong - loan
Taylor Charters - loan
Jake Allan - loan
Harrison Neal - fleetwood, undisclosed
Jon Mellish - Wigan, undisclosed
Jack Robinson - released
Ben Williams - released
Tyler Burey - released
Dan Adu-adjei - loan ended
Dom Sadi - loan ended
Harrison Biggins - loan ended



Our final squad as a football league club:

Goalkeepers
Gabriel Breeze
Harry Lewis
Jude Smith

Defenders
Archie Davies
Josh Williams
Cameron Harper
Aaron Hayden
Jack Ellis
Sam Lavelle
Ben Barclay
Terrell Thomas
Paul Dummett
Charlie McCarthur

Midfielders
Callum Guy
Callum Whelan
Sean Fusire
Josh Vela
Elliot Embleton
Dylan McGeouch
Ethan Robson
Sam Hetherington
Stephen Wearne
Will Patching
Jordan Jones

Forwards
Kadeem Harris
Cedwyn Scott
Joseph Bevan
Georgie Kelly
Anton Dudik
Joe Hugill
Charlie Wyke

 

[Scum.]

Incomings:
Dan Crowley (Notts County) - Undisclosed
Jay Williams (Crawley Town) - Undisclosed
Nathan Thompson (Stevenage) - Undisclosed
Connal Trueman (Millwall) - Undisclosed
Jack Sanders (St Johnstone) - Undisclosed
Danilo Orsi (Burton Albion) - Loan
Tommi O’Reilly (Aston Villa) - Loan
Travis Patterson (Aston Villa) - Loan

Outgoings:
Stephen Wearne (Carlisle United) - Undisclosed
Tommy Leigh (Bradford City) - Undisclosed
Darragh Burns (Grimsby Town) - Undisclosed
MJ Williams (Barrow) - Undisclosed
Brooklyn Ilunga (Bromley) - Undisclosed
Jack Tucker (Colchester United) - Loan
Ellis Harrison (Walsall) - Loan
Nathan Harness (Southend United) - Loan
Callum Tripp (Gateshead) - Loan
Tom McGill (Brighton) - Recalled
Matt Dennis - released
Joe Pritchard - released
Tom Carroll - released

Goalkeepers:
Craig MacGillivray
Connal Trueman
Seb Stacey
Ronnie Sandford

Defenders:
Nathan Thompson
Luke Offord
Laurence Maguire
Sam Sherring
Nico Lawrence
Jack Sanders
Dean Lewington
Charlie Waller
Charlie Stirland

Midfielders & Wing Backs:
Liam Kelly
Jay Williams
Connor Lemonheigh-Evans
Kane Thompson-Sommers
Joe Tomlinson
Aaron Nemane
Travis Patterson
Phoenix Scholtz
Albert Wood

Forwards & Attacking Mids:
Danilo Orsi
Scott Hogan
Callum Hendry
Alex Gilbey
Dan Crowley
Joe White
Tommi O’Reilly
Jonathan Leko
Joel Anker

 

[DearneValleyRover]

Incomings:
Rob Street
Ethan Ennis
Charlie Crew

Outgoing:
Ben Close
Kyle Hurst

Squad now:
Goalkeepers:
Teddy Sharman-Lowe
Ian Lawlor
Louis Jones
Jake Oram
Defenders:
Jamie Sterry
Tom Nixon
Josh Emmanuel (month to month contract)
Joe Olowu
Jay McGrath
Tom Anderson
Richard Wood (injured)
Jack Senior
James Maxwell

Midfielders:
Owen Bailey
George Broadbent
Harry Clifton
Luke Molyneaux
Ethan Ennis
Joe Sbarra
Patrick Kelly
Jordan Gibson
Zain Westbrooke
Charlie Crew
Sam Straughan Brown

Forwards:
Billy Sharp
Joe Ironside
Rob Street

On loan:
Ben Close
Kyle Hurst
Tavonga Kuleya
Jack Goodman
Will Flint
Jack Degrouchy
Bobby Faulkner
Freddie Allen