....have a small squad?? Looking at the way the Beeb have it listed it doesn't look like it. http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/teams/ipswich-town 3 'keepers, plus Crowe 6 defenders (although they have Hyam listed here and Clarke as a midfielder so I switched them in the count and I'm not counting Wyatt) 12 midfielders, not including Benyu 6 senior forwards and McQueen A grand total of 24 senior outfield players (not including the three academy boys yet to play first team) Compare this to our next opponents Watford... http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/teams/watford 3 ' keepers, 11 defenders, 8 mids and 6 strikers and I have no idea if any of those are academy boys. A total of 25 outfield lads Not much difference is there really?? Now read the top scorers for both teams. We only have one player in double figures. 23, 7 and 5 from Berra. Truly embarrassing compared to Watford having three lads on 19, 17 and 12. Check their disciplinary record too, ours doesn't make great reading either. Don't ask me why I chose now to do a thread like this, I'm just killing time at work and the comparison of the two teams led me to write the above.
I think i checked the other day, and have used 31 players this season...31!!!!! You're right, so much for a small squad, although admittedly a lot of them a one gamers.
Some things never change........and they won't until we can concentrate on quality rather than quantity.
