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swintondude
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Every game i notice on the back of the programme the size of our squad and all the others. Huddersfield had 40 players including 5 keepers. They don't have the benefit of parachute payments or massive crowds. How do they do it?

 

Are we being over cautious are the others heading for oblivion? 

 

 



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Great minds think alike!  I spent much of yesterday counting Championship squad sizes.  I gave up however as I wanted to correlate it to numbers of players used to support an idea I had on relating league performance to consistency of selection.  Couldn't get hold of the relevant info so packed it in.  We did though I think seem to have a similar number of players to Bournemouth.



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It was similar dimensions last season. We had a very small squad of 20-26. Many others had 30+

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We can hardly claim quality over quantity 



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Bournemouth have 26

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swintondude wrote:

Bournemouth have 26

 its a good point.

 

Like most things we look to for evidence for our point of view there always appears to be a contradiction, or indeed the weight of evidence against our own view.

what a strange way our brains work.



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its not easy to work out what the correct formula is whether its numbers, quality, pace, guile, youth, experience.

Look at chelski. Jose has got rid of some peachy footballers for what many regard as 'over the odds' and yet he has produced a very tight team with considerable talent.

brentford have smashed wolves this season, who themselves smashed everyone in league one before.

Bournmouth were poor when eddie went, yet, Burnley were poor when eddie was there.

Moyes was great at Everton but tanked at man u.

Gareth Bale is from Wales yet he is probalbly in the top 5 current best fottballers in the world.

cuba has undergone 60 years embargo and risen above it.

Russia is struggling with economic sanctions after 6 months.

China is probably the world oldest continuous social entity, yet, they havent embraced a democratic system.

England won the world cup when players still smoked and drank and ate what they wanted and one of our best players had a comb over.

The millers are currently in their best ever overall position yet some till arent too happy.

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