Butler said during the interview that he was looking for a squad of under 20.
Somebody needs to tell Butler that a match day squad will be 18. Having a playing squad of under 20, including those named above with regular injury issues, just isn’t workable.
That’s what I was thinking. If all those do sign then 1 of the 2 players coming in will be a GK. You have to imagine one will be a striker to go with Elliot and Whitehall which leaves us stretched out wide and at LB. Only 2 natural wingers will be Law and Roberts who both have questionable history with injuries.
Also with all the players being offered deals, options taken up and those who are still under contract would leave us with five CM players in Clunan, Scales, Shrimpton, Butterfield and Beestin. This is why I thought we would play a similar system to Jimmy.
I suppose Scales could be played at RW which would make sense, but not comfortable going into a new season with 2 natural crock wingers. When I heard Butler say he was looking for a squad under 20 players I nearly fell off my chair.
