Man City’s 25 Man Premiership Squad
Here is an analysis of #MCFC squad below from the MCFC website to find the 25 player squad for the Premiership.
I don't understand the problem some people seem to have regarding City and compliance with the new 25 man squad rules. I've read that we need to sell lots of players, there's going to be lots of juggling etc…
However it seems to fall into place quite nicely with some unfortunate, but obvious casualties.
I'll explain the rules again and then the table below.
The New Premier League 25 Squad Rules:
Each Premiership team must submit a 25 man squad on the 1st of September, 24 hours after transfer deadline.
The 25 must consist of a minimum of 8 home grown players (home grown is a player that has been affiliated with the FA or Wales FA for at least 3 years prior to their 21st birthday)
There can be an unlimited amount of Under-21 players to supplement the 25 man squad.
Under 21 is under 21 as at 01/01/2010 or be born after 01/01/1989 for this season.
The Manchester City Squad as at 18/08/2010 Table:
The Table below shows current squad number and details from mcfc.co.uk. Including Name (Player), Position (Pos), Date Of Birth (DoB).
The first action taken was to establish who is under 21 (U21). If the player is born after 01/01/1989 then they have a "Y" in U21 Column.
If the player is U21 then they are highlighted light green, (These are supplementary and do not have to be named in the 25 squad).
Home Grown (HG) players have a 1 in the HG column, non-home grown players have a '0'. Home Grown are highlighted yellow. These don't have to include under 21s as they won't be in 25 man squad.
I've also highlighted players in dark green if they are highly likely to be in the final squad i.e. key players/new players.
Onuoha, Bellamy, Caicedo and Nielsen are on loan for the season. M Johnson will be not be fit for inclusion. These players are shaded out and will not be part of the 25 man squad.
The 25 column is where I have guessed at which players will be in the 25: '1' is in the squad.
I've selected senior home grown players, key players, new players. Below the table
I've got analysis of the data.
No. | Player | Pos | DOB | HG | U21 | 25 |
26 | Gonzalez, David | GK | 20/07/1982 | 0 | N | |
1 | Given, Shay | GK | 20/04/1976 | 1 | N | 1 |
25 | Hart, Joe | GK | 19/04/1987 | 1 | N | 1 |
37 | Nielsen, Gunnar | GK | 07/10/1986 | 0 | N | |
12 | Taylor, Stuart | GK | 28/11/1980 | 1 | N | 1 |
13 | Kolarov, Alexsandar | DEF | 11/10/1985 | 0 | N | 1 |
38 | Boyata, Dedryck | DEF | 28/11/1990 | Y | ||
22 | Cunningham, Greg | DEF | 31/01/1991 | Y | ||
36 | Vidal, Javan | DEF | 10/05/1989 | Y | ||
17 | Boateng, Jerome | DEF | 03/09/1988 | 0 | N | 1 |
19 | Lescott, Joleon | DEF | 16/08/1982 | 1 | N | 1 |
3 | Bridge, Wayne | DEF | 05/08/1980 | 1 | N | 1 |
30 | Logan, Shaleum | DEF | 29/01/1988 | N | 1 | |
4 | Onuoha, Nedum | DEF | 12/11/1986 | N | ||
2 | Richards, Micah | DEF | 24/06/1988 | 1 | N | 1 |
28 | Toure, Kolo | DEF | 19/05/1981 | 0 | N | 1 |
5 | Zabaleta, Pablo | DEF | 16/01/1985 | 0 | N | 1 |
50 | Ibrahim, Abdisalam | MID | 01/05/1991 | Y | ||
11 | Johnson, Adam | MID | 14/07/1987 | 1 | N | 1 |
21 | Silva, David | MID | 08/01/1986 | 0 | N | 1 |
18 | Barry, Gareth | MID | 23/02/1981 | 1 | N | 1 |
7 | Milner, James | MID | 04/01/1986 | 1 | N | 1 |
24 | Vieira, Patrick | MID | 23/06/1976 | 0 | N | 1 |
42 | Toure, YaYa | MID | 13/05/1983 | 0 | N | 1 |
34 | De Jong, Nigel | MID | 30/11/1984 | 0 | N | 1 |
29 | Etuhu, Kelvin | MID | 30/05/1988 | 1 | N | |
6 | Johnson, Michael | MID | 24/02/1988 | N | ||
33 | Kompany, Vincent | MID | 10/04/1986 | 0 | N | 1 |
40 | Weiss, Vladimir | MID | 30/11/1989 | Y | ||
8 | Wright-Phillips, Shaun | MID | 25/10/1981 | 1 | N | 1 |
9 | Adebayor, Emmanuel | ATT | 24/02/1984 | 0 | N | 1 |
39 | Bellamy, Craig | ATT | 13/07/1979 | N | ||
45 | Balotelli, Mario | ATT | 12/08/1990 | Y | ||
20 | Caicedo, Felipe | ATT | 05/09/1988 | N | ||
Jo | ATT | 20/03/1987 | 0 | N | 1 | |
52 | Nimely, Alex | ATT | 11/05/1991 | Y | ||
10 | Robinho | ATT | 25/01/1984 | 0 | N | 1 |
14 | Santa-Cruz, Roque | ATT | 16/08/1981 | 0 | N | 1 |
32 | Tevez, Carlos | ATT | 05/02/1984 | 0 | N | 1 |
Totals | 11 | 25 | ||||
Goalkeepers: Given, Hart, Taylor
Defenders: Kolarov, Boateng, Lescott, Bridge, Logan, Richards, Toure, Zabletta
Midfielders: Johnson (A), Silva, Barry, Milner, Vieira, Toure (Y), De Jong, Kompany, SWP
Attackers: Adebayor, Balotelli, Jo, Robinho, Santa Cruz, Tevez
That's 25 players, with 10 home grown players.
Obviously there could be some shuffling with the fringe players, for example Etutu for Jo.
Therefore we could loan out Etutu and release Gonzalez. Simples.
Of course there are rumours circulating regarding some of the players.
Cruz has been linked with West Ham and Fulham. Weiss has been linked with Celtic and Newcastle. There could even be a swap deal with Robinho if he is not prepared to repair his City career.
Given is also a worry, as he may not stay to fight for his place. If he doesn't then City have been linked with Stokes young keeper Begovic who is classified as home grown. Chelsea have already had a £4 million bid rejected for him however.
Conclusion:
There is no problem with Manchester City easily submitting a 25 man squad, with lots of youth to supplement it. There's still even room for more players, but we must offload to buy.
It seems simple… have I missed something.
If not I'm going to do an analysis on the other Prem Teams and see where they stand in comparison.
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