With tatey injured we now need to act fast to get players in, but also the ones we bring in must be registered to play in our 25 man squad, unless they are 21 or under, here is a guide printed last year in the mirror. ---------- 1) All Premier League clubs must submit a squad of up to 25 players, by 5pm on Wednesday, September 1. 2) Each 25-man squad must include at least eight 'home-grown' players. 3) The 'home-grown' players do not have to be English. According to the Premier League: "A home grown player is defined as one who, irrespective of his nationality or age, has been registered with any club affiliated to the Football Association or the Welsh Football Association for a period, continuous or not, of three entire seasons or 36 months prior to his 21st birthday (or the end of the season during which he turns 21)." In practice this means that Cesc Fabregas, who joined Arsenal when he was 16, counts as one of the Gunners' home-grown quota. 4) In addition to the 25-man named squad, clubs can use an unlimited number of players aged 21 or under. This means that Manchester City's new £22.5m striker Mario Balotelli, who is just 20, does not need to be named in their 25-man squad. According to the Premier League: "An Under 21 player is defined as one who is under the age of 21 on 1st January in the year in which the season commences. For the 2010/11 campaign Under 21 players will have been born on or after 1st January 1989." 5) Clubs can make changes to their squad but only during transfer windows, so once submitted the clubs will be stuck with that squad until January. Only in exceptional circumstances, such as a goalkeeper crisis, can changes be made outside the window, and then only if the Premier League board approves the changes. 6) Once the transfer window opens again, there are no restrictions on how many changes clubs can make to their squads, so they can replace the entire 25 if they want to. 7) Even if a player is not named in the 25-man squad, they can still play in the FA Cup, League Cup, Champions League or Europa League. 8) Players from the 25-man squad cannot be replaced if they are loaned to Football League clubs, but can regain their spot in the group if they return to the parent club. 9) Clubs do not have to name a full squad of 25 if they do not have that many contracted players and in this case they can add free agents outside the transfer window. However if they have 25 eligible contracted players, they must be named. 10) Similarly, clubs do not have to name eight 'home-grown' players if they do not have enough, but this would mean submitting a reduced squad.
Seems like they would be left out and added back in during January transfer window if needed. Pointless naming them if they're not going to play.
"With tatey injured we now need to act fast to get players in" Not sure about this at all. Jazz Richards is home grown, is a perfect stand in for Taylor and is a better LB than Tate anyway. Time for him to show what he's got.
We need cover, jazz may be able to step in, what happens if he gets injured ? We will be knackered we need at least 2 players for every position on field, I would say even three for some areas, sorry but if tate is out we can't really name him in the 25 the same for bodde. If we get lads under 21 though they don't have to be named in the 25 squad.
jaz would be making up the numbers as stand in for tailor as i see it, we have to get much better than him tatey and tailor at the end of the day. I cant see that happening now unless Brendan has already got someone in mind, if not then we will have to use what we got and wait until January when the window opens again...
Bredan Rodgers has already stated he wants another two CB's, so I'm sure they will come in time!.................. please log in to view this image
