We've also loaned out Weir.
I'm aware of that, but as he's never played in a league game for us and was even less likely to do so now, I thought him irrelevant.
We've also loaned out Weir.
Bit selective
We've swapped
Bruce
Mason
Keane
Luer
Moses
Lenihan
McGregor
Jake
Snodger
With 7.
As already explained those outfield players who were injured were all expected back before Christmas & would have played some part before now.
We're now adding players who we know will play no part.
EDIT: maybe "adding" is the wrong word. "Including" may be more appropriate to the point being made.
Rush him back, good idea.
6 months would be the back end of April.
The place would have been better filled by Bruce.
This is a bit of a ridiculous debate, we've got more first team players available to us now, than we had before the window opened. FACT.
Lenihan's played one game in the last two years ffs.
Have we really? I count it the same.
In an ideal world maybe. But we now have 4 centre backs and Huddlestone who can go there if needed. is it really justifiable to keep a player on premier league wages who may get a game if 3/4 others get injured.
If that is your only gripe with the squad then I'd say we must be in a good position. The original squad had 4 goalkeepers which is too many, we now have 3. It had injured players in McGregor, Odubajo, Lenihan, Bruce. We had Luer in there and likely to get game time, now he's probably going to drop out of it because we have strengthened. I think we only have injuries to Odubajo and Davies in the squad now.
Yes Odubajo may not make it back, but if he doesn't and we effectively have a 24 man squad the fact that we have 1 less keeper means we still have the same amount of outfield players registered but with less injuries and less 'fillers' like Lenihan, Keane and Luer.
That's because you're still counting people with one leg and people who were never going to play.
Before
Marshall, Jak, Kuc
Daws, Davies, H, Elmo, Robbo
Jake, Meyler, Mason, Snodger, Hudd, Maloney, Henriksen, Clucas.
Dio, Hernandez, Mbok
That's 19, without Bruce who was back fit last week.
We now have
Marshall, Jak, Kuc
Daws Rano H Robbo, Omar, Elmo (when he's back).
Meyler, Clucas, Hudd, Maloney, Gros, Marko, Goebals, N' Dia,
Dio, Hernandez, Mbok, Niasse.
21, but only 20 available on a match day.
That looks about the same to me. It would also look better with Bruce still there.

So this "We haven't bulked out the squad, we've reduced it." wasn't true then, glad we got that one sorted.![]()
We named a 25 man squad in September. Made up with some injured players who were due back.
We can't do that now.
Agree although I've never been a fan of his TBH. Seems like his technical abilities may well suit MS better.I wouldn't leave Maloney out in a million years. I think he could be like a new signing.
Doolally looks like a real prospect to me. Let's hope so.I'm fairly certain he is. This article agrees.
http://www.espnfc.co.uk/story/30331...oui-eyed-by-west-ham-bournemouth-hull-sources
"Olympiakos could consider loaning out Elabdellaoui with a view to a permanent deal, while the fact that he qualifies as a homegrown player may make him an attractive proposition to Premier League clubs."
Hull City
25 Squad players (*=Home grown)
*Clucas, Samuel Raymond
*Davies, Curtis
*Dawson, Michael Richard
Diomande, Valentin Adama
Eissa, Ahmed Elmehamady Abdelfattah Aly
*Elabdellaoui, Omar
Evandro, Goebel
Grosicki, Kamil Pawel
Henriksen, Markus
Hernandez Platero, Abel Mathias
*Huddlestone, Thomas Andrew
Jakupovic, Eldin
*Maguire, Harry
Maloney, Shaun Richard
Markovic, Lazar
Marshall, David
*Mason, Ryan Glen
Mbokani Bezua, Dieudonne
Meyler, David
N'Diaye, Alfred John Momar
Niasse, Baye Oumar
*Odubajo, Moses Adeshina Ayoola Junior
Ranocchia, Andrea
Robertson, Andrew
Under-21 players (Contract and Scholars)
Akbas, Stephen Adam
Andrew, Charlie Alfred
Annan, William John
Barkworth, Ellis
Batty, Daniel Thomas
Bowen, Jarrod
Chadwick, William Anthony
Clackstone, Joshua Philip
Clark, Max Oliver
Curry, Adam
Dunkerley, Charlie
Edwards, Jonathan Dvonte
Fleming, Brandon James
Hamilton, Tyler Lee
Hinchliffe, Benjamin Jack
Holmes, Elliot Charles
Kelledy, Marc Thomas Michael
Lofts, Luke
Mannion, William John
Maslen-Jones, Bradley
McKenzie, Robbie
Olley, Greg Thomas
Ritson, Lewis Barry Ryan
Rodgers, Harvey James
Salam, Ahmed Mamdoh Abdel
Saltmer, Jonathan David
Sheaf, Max
Ter Horst, Johan
Thacker, Joshua
Tymon, Joshua Lewis
Weir, James Michael
Wilson-Rhiney, Mason Alexander
So a smaller squad than we had earlier in the season?
Question is, what happens now if we end up getting Salibur?
Henriksen gets the elbow because he's injured, or Maloney goes because he plays least?