In fact we only have 24 in the squad, which leave a place open for....Diarra? "The Fulham FC 25 man squad for the 2013/14 Barclays Premier League season has been submitted to the league. All clubs in the Premier League had until today to submit a squad containing no more than 17 players who do not fulfil the "Home Grown Player" (HGP) criteria. The remaining members, up to a total of 25, must be Home Grown. This means âa player who, irrespective of his nationality or age, has been registered with any club affiliated to the Football Association or the Football Association of Wales 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).â An Under-21 player is defined as being born on or after January 1, 1992. Clubs can use an unlimited number of U21 players in addition to their 25-man squad. Clubs with fewer than 25 players in their squad are still permitted to sign free agents. The Fulham squad: 1.Maarten Stekelenburg 2.David Stockdale (H) 3.Neil Etheridge (H) 4.Sascha Riether 5.Elsad Zverotić 6.Aaron Hughes (H) 7.Philippe Senderos (H) 8.Brede Hangeland 9.Fernando Amorebieta 10.Kieran Richardson (H) 11.John Arne Riise 12.Matthew Briggs (H) 13.Damien Duff (H) 14.Ashkan Dejagah 15.Steve Sidwell (H) 16.Derek Boateng 17.Scott Parker (H) 18.Bryan Ruiz 19.Giorgos Karagounis 20.Adel Taarabt (H) 21.Alexander Kačaniklić (H) 22.Darren Bent (H) 23.Hugo Rodallega 24.Dimitar Berbatov 25.{....}
Got to say from an outsider point of view, thats not a bad loooking squad. Should do quite well if he gets the tactics right. Some decent players in there. Good luck
Agree Queenslander,not bad looking ,could have been better,but as you say will Jol be up to it tactically ?
And, for the record, here is a list of all the aged 21 and under players who are in contract or scholars (a whacking 4 football teams worth) - {names in bold have been given main squad numbers; names in italics are currently out on loan} Altman, Omri Arthurworrey, Stephen Baba, Noe Banya, Charles Bettinelli, Marcus Brister, Alexander Keith Buatu, Mananga Jonathan Burgess, Cameron Burn, Daniel Johnson Christensen, Lasse Vigen David, Christofer Della Verde, Lyle Dembele, Moussa Donnelly, Liam Francis Peadar Elworthy, Shane Evans, Jordan Anthony John Frei, Kerim Grimmer, Jack Hyndman, Emerson Islamovic, Dino Joronen, Jesse Pekka Kasami, Pajtim Kavanagh, Sean Leacock Mcleod, Mekhi McDonald, Wesley Minkwitz, Ronny Na Bangna, Buomesca Tue Norman, Magnus Oberschmidt, Max O'Halloran, Dean O'Reilly, Daniel Passley, Josh Pritchard, Joshua Philip Redford, Aaron Richards, Tom Oliver Roberts, Patrick John Joseph Rodak, Marek Sambou, Solomon Sheckleford, Ryheem Cole Smile, Joshua Clifford Tankovic, Muamer Trotta, Marcello Williams, George Christopher Williams, Ryan Dale Woodrow, Cauley
Some interesting stats for the squad at the end of the transfer window: - Our squad has an average age of 29.34 (2012: 29.75) - Our squad has 12 home grown players, of which 2 were club trained (2012: 9 & 1) - Our oldest player is Giorgios Karagounis at 36.49 years old (2012: Mark Schwarzer at 39.9) - Our youngest player is Alex Kacaniklic at 22.05 years old (2012: Neil Etheridge at 22.57) - Our squad features two loan players in Adel Taarabt and Darren Bent (2012: One - Sascha Riether)
"Steve Clarke’s summer signings have given The Hawthorns a very cosmopolitan feel. With new arrivals representing Uruguay, France, the Czech Republic and Benin – Albion’s foreign legion now stands at 16 (including Hungary’s Zoltan Gera) and only Martin Jol’s Fulham have a wider span of nationalities in their 25-man squad." John Wiles, West Bromwich Albion Interesting. And here is link to the full article by John Wiles , which is really about how expensive English players are : http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/west-bromwich-albion-john-wiles-5852036
