Squad List 2017/18

[Jeff]

Our squad, as registered with the Premier League:

25 Squad players (*=Home grown)
Albrighton, Marc Kevin*
Amartey, Daniel
Benalouane, Yohan
Dragovic, Aleksandar
Fuchs, Christian
Gordon, Joshua Luke
Hamer, Benjamin John*
Huth, Robert*
Iborra, Vicente
Jakupovic, Eldin
James, Matthew Lee*
King, Andrew*
Maguire, Harry*
Mahrez, Riyad
Martis, Liandro Rudwendry Felipe
Morgan, Westley Nathan*
Musa, Ahmed
Okazaki, Shinji
Schmeichel, Kasper Peter*
Silva, Adrien Sebastien Perruchet
Simpson, Daniel Peter*
Slimani, Islam
Ulloa Fernandez, Jose Leonardo
Vardy, Jamie*

Under-21 players (Contract and Scholars)
Barnes, Harvey Lewis
Bolkiah, Faiq Jefri
Bollard, Dylan Jack
Bramley, Max
Brown, Morgan Lea
Chilwell, Benjamin James
Choudhury, Hamza
Davies, Rhys Paul Richard
Debayo, Joshua Akinkunmi
Dewsbury-Hall, Kiernan
Edwards-John, Kairo
Elewa-Ikpakwu, Edward
Felix-Eppiah, Joshua
Fielding, Thomas Christian
Gill, Rubyn
Gray, Demarai Remelle
Heaven, George William
Hughes, Samuel Joseph
Husek, Lukas
Iheanacho, Kelechi
Iversen, Daniel
James, Leon Pitchaya
Johnson, Darnell Tobias Jack
Kapustka, Bartosz
Keaveny, Jozsef Phelim
Knight, Joshua Michael
Leshabela, Thakgalo Khanya
Makanjuola, Habib Abdulfatal
McLeod, Sammie
Meite, Alassane
Moore, Elliott Jordan
Muskwe, Admiral Dalindlela
Myring, Harrison
Ndidi, Onyinye Wilfred
Ndukwu, Layton Julius
Pascanu, Alexandru Stefan
Shade, Tyrese
Sherif, Lamine Kaba
Tee, Conor
Thandi, Simranjit Singh
Thomas, George Stanley
Thomas, Luke Jonathan
Uche Rubio, Raul
Ughelumba, Calvin
Watts, Dylan Billy
Williams, Kian
Wood, Connor
Yates, Cameron James

 

[Robin127]

So Silva has been registered but no one is sure the transfer has gone through? and who is Liandro Martis?

 

[Jeff]

So Silva has been registered but no one is sure the transfer has gone through?

The squad list had to be sent to the Premier League on Friday, so if they didn't include him he couldn't play whether we signed him or not.

who is Liandro Martis?

Young winger signed last summer. He plays for the development squad, but he's now too old to be on the under 21s list.

 

[Brown Nose]

72 players to fill three teams. We're growing a bit fat with no-hope players aren't we?

A first team squad of about 23, an U23 squad of about 15 and an academy of about 18 should be plenty.

Some signs that we're recruiting into the lower sides more now which is good if it works. The lad Meite joined us from PSG on a 3 year contract wanting first team football . . . we'll see if we ever see him. Last year it was Uche who is still here but made no impact whatsoever and Kapustka who was supposed to be a boy wonder and also got nowhere.

Then we have the likes of Josh Gordon that we signed from Stafford Rangers and has to take one of the main squad places because he's too old for the U23s - what's the point of him then? Much like the case of Martis.

And this year we've also added George Thomas and Sam Hughes who were getting first team football elsewhere and will no likely disappear into our system.

My point is that we're not good at developing players at all so what's the U23s all about? They've been poor for a couple of seasons now and I can't see anyone progressing much. I don't see us doing anything at that level that will see any potential developed and improved. Maybe there are too many players and maybe our coaching at that level isn't good enough?

Who has successfully progressed through the academy and U23s to be part of our current first team squad? Chilwell (last couple of years) and King (almost 10 years ago). It seems like we're all about signing young players now and not developing them.

 

[Lako42]

Our youth setup has been lacklustre for so many years that it's not expected to produce anyone truly good enough for the PL.

It goes all the way into the lower age groups where we have fans who take their own kids to local rivals because the setup is better.

Our staff seem to be very happy to plod along, same faces doing the same things for years.

I wouldn't want to give up 1st team football to play for our u23 team.

 

[sparky79]

I think the criticism of the youth set up is harsh. Johnson, Moore, Barnes, Chilwell, Gray all shone for their respective age groups in the summer tournaments for England whilst we had several others in foreign youth international tournaments. One thing we struggle with us getting the players in to our starting line up. With only Schlupp and Chilwell making it into the regular premier league squad from the youth team in the past 3 yrs. We could do with a better strike rate than tha but it's by no means the worst and we do seem to have a more active pursuit of ones for the future recently.
Where it falls down for me is long term commitments to players we clearly have no faith in like hamza choudury or Layton Ndukwu who seem to play heaps of games at u23 but never ever get mentioned for the senior squad. Players like that need to be given a chance elsewhere earlier rather than for until 23 in our reserves.

 

[Mike - True Blue Tinter]

How many PL clubs are bringing their kids into the first team?

Don't they all do what Chelsea does? Hoover up fifty kids and loan them out to L 1&2 club?

 

[Micky]

72 players to fill three teams. We're growing a bit fat with no-hope players aren't we?

A first team squad of about 23, an U23 squad of about 15 and an academy of about 18 should be plenty.

Some signs that we're recruiting into the lower sides more now which is good if it works. The lad Meite joined us from PSG on a 3 year contract wanting first team football . . . we'll see if we ever see him. Last year it was Uche who is still here but made no impact whatsoever and Kapustka who was supposed to be a boy wonder and also got nowhere.

Then we have the likes of Josh Gordon that we signed from Stafford Rangers and has to take one of the main squad places because he's too old for the U23s - what's the point of him then? Much like the case of Martis.

And this year we've also added George Thomas and Sam Hughes who were getting first team football elsewhere and will no likely disappear into our system.

My point is that we're not good at developing players at all so what's the U23s all about? They've been poor for a couple of seasons now and I can't see anyone progressing much. I don't see us doing anything at that level that will see any potential developed and improved. Maybe there are too many players and maybe our coaching at that level isn't good enough?

Who has successfully progressed through the academy and U23s to be part of our current first team squad? Chilwell (last couple of years) and King (almost 10 years ago). It seems like we're all about signing young players now and not developing them.

We have made a better start to this season, beating last years league winners Everton, drawing with Man City and narrowly losing to Man Utd. From what I have seen we look far more capable at that level and hopefully a couple of players will get their chance in the league cup.
https://www.premierleague.com/results?team=U21