Sniffer wrote:rigger wrote:So that's fifteen first team players as it stands.alwaysleeds wrote:Updated: June 30, 2018
Goalkeepers:
Bailey Peacock-Farrell.
Defenders:
Luke Ayling, Gaetano Berardi, Liam Cooper, Pontus Jansson, Tom Pearce.
Midfielders:
Ezgjan Alioski, Lewis Baker (loan), Stuart Dallas, Adam Forshaw, Pablo Hernandez, Kalvin Phillips, Samuel Saiz, Ronaldo Vieira.
Forwards:
Kemar Roofe.
Given we will definitely sign another goalkeeper and obviously need a couple more strikers, that would take us to 18.
The midfield looks fine - incidentally, what's happened to O'Kane ? - but defence is sorely lacking, unless O'Connor and Shaughnessy are added along with de Bock. With those three in along with O'Kane, that would bring the numbers up to 22, which is about right given MB wants everyone getting game time.
Did I miss something with an announcement ?
Is there a reason why all the players I've mentioned are not in the list posted by alwaysleeds ??
As far as I understand it, Marcelo Bielsa has had 12 players training with him. O’Kane, de Bock, Klich etc are not included in the 12 so it is assumed they do not figure in MB’s plans. It is possible that such as Klich, who was out on loan and didn’t feature in enough games for MB to have studied him, could still be involved, if MB ultimately sees something in him.