student
07/07/2005, 10:36 PM
i know bray have been struggling with injuries recently but there has to be question marks over the number of players in the squad at the moment. it would seem to me a lot of money is being wasted on squad players. Perhaps its a case of going for quantity over quality. What do you reckon?
This is a list of players i can think of off the top of my head. All (i think) have first team experience of some sort, although i acknowledge that some have played very little.
Keepers:
O'Connor, Hannigan, McNamee, Hobbert
Defenders:
O'Reilly, Gifford, Tresson, McGovern, Davey, Donnelly, Roche, Ivory, Tyrell, Manley, O'Hanlon, O Brien, Lynch
Midefielders:
Gormley, Long, Keogh, McGuinnes, James, Ryan, Tresson, Sinnott, Flood, McGee, Zambra, Fox, Dunne, Kelch, Tyrell, Holt
Forwards:
O'Brien, Zayeed, McGrory, Grogan, Dunne, Flood. Colfer (played first team for UCD)
Plus:Under 21's (7 i can think of)
Willie Murphy, Darren Lacey, Wayne Byrne, Stephen Roche, Ryan Davis, Brian Gartland, Luke Nixon
Also i havent included the romanian player training with first team who i believe will become involved once he gets international clearance.
(In total there is 48 players listed above)
out of these 48 players there is very few players that are outstanding. perhaps only Zayeed, Lynch, Fox and Keogh. a lot of the other players are of the same standard. surely by getting rid of a few of the players from the wage bill, Pat could add at least one outstanding player (perhaps a striker) rather than signing five or six as he has done this week, who (McGovern apart) are not neccesarily better than what is in the squad already.
This is a list of players i can think of off the top of my head. All (i think) have first team experience of some sort, although i acknowledge that some have played very little.
Keepers:
O'Connor, Hannigan, McNamee, Hobbert
Defenders:
O'Reilly, Gifford, Tresson, McGovern, Davey, Donnelly, Roche, Ivory, Tyrell, Manley, O'Hanlon, O Brien, Lynch
Midefielders:
Gormley, Long, Keogh, McGuinnes, James, Ryan, Tresson, Sinnott, Flood, McGee, Zambra, Fox, Dunne, Kelch, Tyrell, Holt
Forwards:
O'Brien, Zayeed, McGrory, Grogan, Dunne, Flood. Colfer (played first team for UCD)
Plus:Under 21's (7 i can think of)
Willie Murphy, Darren Lacey, Wayne Byrne, Stephen Roche, Ryan Davis, Brian Gartland, Luke Nixon
Also i havent included the romanian player training with first team who i believe will become involved once he gets international clearance.
(In total there is 48 players listed above)
out of these 48 players there is very few players that are outstanding. perhaps only Zayeed, Lynch, Fox and Keogh. a lot of the other players are of the same standard. surely by getting rid of a few of the players from the wage bill, Pat could add at least one outstanding player (perhaps a striker) rather than signing five or six as he has done this week, who (McGovern apart) are not neccesarily better than what is in the squad already.