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scott_d 5:27 Mon Jul 1
Squad Depth for 24/25 and the Youth

Without European football, there is a little less pressure to build a large squad but if you consider that we since January we have/will be without:

Kehrer
Ogbonna
Fornals
Benrahma
Mubama
Johnson
Trott

It's clear we definitely need to strengthen the squad substantially.


Coming in/back this season we have:

Downes (although he may still leave for Southampton)
Guilherme
Foderingham

So in terms of simple numbers we are down by 4 or 5 players who featured for the first team last season.

It's early days to answer the question but important none-the-less to consider how many of these available spots will be given to youth players and who are the main contenders? (am I missing anyone?)

Luizao
Kailan Casey
Ollie Scarles
George Earthy
Freddie Potts
Lewis Orford
Callum Marshall
Gideon Kodua


How many of these can we genuinely expect to:

Provide a genuine contribution to the first team, with a starting opportunity here and there?
Earn a cameo role here and there as part of development?
be loanded out in the lower leagues?
Keep the bench warm whilst they play for the development squad?

WHUDeano 2:12 Tue Jul 2
Re: Squad Depth for 24/25 and the Youth

Great questions, difficult to answer though - Earthy I def think will see a lot of football for us next season. Marshall I think could also be useful. Luizao will be on his way I'd think, Potts def a loan, and the other lads Scarles, Casey,Kodua, etc will be loaned.

It's a real shame we're not in conference league again, with such few games compared to previous seasons, most of these lads mentioned will be off to League 1

Fauxstralian 1:13 Tue Jul 2
Re: Squad Depth for 24/25 and the Youth

Was reading that a couple of clubs had made enquires for Lewis Orford & we have dithered over sorting out his contract

Also Spurs & Arsenal showing interest in Dan Rigge who is younger than the others at 18
He has 2 years on his contract so they can fuck off

pdbis 12:51 Tue Jul 2
Re: Squad Depth for 24/25 and the Youth

There will be clubs looking at some of our youth players.

Fauxstralian 11:11 Mon Jul 1
Re: Squad Depth for 24/25 and the Youth

Interesting to see what Loppy does with those young players after seeing them in preseason
Earthy looked as though he could have a role with the squad but you could imagine some might be loaned out
If he lets Downes go to Southampton he might be seeing a role for Freddie Potts
Not seen many of them but also heard good reports about the 20yo right back Junior Carl Robinson