' SQUAD SIZES VERSUS LEAGUE POSITIONS '
Mon Dec 15, 2014 2:45 pm
1.Cardiff City 48 League position 11
2.Bolton Wanderers 44 League position 18
3.Huddersfield Town 42 League position 17
4.Millwall 40 League position 20
5.Blackpool 39 League position 24
6.Fulham 38 League position 14
6.Reading 38 League position 16
7.Norwich City 37 League position 7
8.Leeds United 35 League position 19
8.Birmingham City 35 League position 15
9.Wigan Athletic 34 League position 23
10.Watford 33 League position 6
10.Rotherham United 33 League position 21
10.Nottingham Forest 33 League position 9
10.Derby County 33 League position 3
10.Charlton Athletic 33 League position 10
10.Middlesbrough 33 League position 2
10.Brighton & Hove Albion 33 League position 22
11.Bournemouth 32 League position 1
12.Sheffield Wednesday 30 League position 13
12.Ipswich Town 30 League position 4
12.Blackburn Rovers 30 League position 8
12.Brentford 30 League position 5
13.Wolverhampton Wanderers 28 League position 12
Source http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/201 ... flcham.htm The squad sizes are taken from here so may not be bang up to date ie Ravel Morison leaving, but are plenty accurate enough to make a point!
With the exception of Norwich the top 6 squads have a squad of 33 or less. If you follow the table downwards you can actually see the league positions improving as there are less players in the squad! It took a while to put this together as I couldn't find a table like it on line but I think it demonstrates well that bigger is not necessarily better!
As a manager I have always found that the smaller team you have the more efficiently you will manage it. If we have a cull in January and get in some better players it could equal a big turnaround! Its too much of a coincidence not to be a factor.
The only question is how useful is a big squad as the season progresses?
2.Bolton Wanderers 44 League position 18
3.Huddersfield Town 42 League position 17
4.Millwall 40 League position 20
5.Blackpool 39 League position 24
6.Fulham 38 League position 14
6.Reading 38 League position 16
7.Norwich City 37 League position 7
8.Leeds United 35 League position 19
8.Birmingham City 35 League position 15
9.Wigan Athletic 34 League position 23
10.Watford 33 League position 6
10.Rotherham United 33 League position 21
10.Nottingham Forest 33 League position 9
10.Derby County 33 League position 3
10.Charlton Athletic 33 League position 10
10.Middlesbrough 33 League position 2
10.Brighton & Hove Albion 33 League position 22
11.Bournemouth 32 League position 1
12.Sheffield Wednesday 30 League position 13
12.Ipswich Town 30 League position 4
12.Blackburn Rovers 30 League position 8
12.Brentford 30 League position 5
13.Wolverhampton Wanderers 28 League position 12
Source http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/201 ... flcham.htm The squad sizes are taken from here so may not be bang up to date ie Ravel Morison leaving, but are plenty accurate enough to make a point!
With the exception of Norwich the top 6 squads have a squad of 33 or less. If you follow the table downwards you can actually see the league positions improving as there are less players in the squad! It took a while to put this together as I couldn't find a table like it on line but I think it demonstrates well that bigger is not necessarily better!
As a manager I have always found that the smaller team you have the more efficiently you will manage it. If we have a cull in January and get in some better players it could equal a big turnaround! Its too much of a coincidence not to be a factor.
The only question is how useful is a big squad as the season progresses?
Re: SQUAD SIZE VERSUS LEAGUE POSITION
Mon Dec 15, 2014 4:58 pm
quite an interesting post fairplay..
Re: ' SQUAD SIZES VERSUS LEAGUE POSITIONS '
Mon Dec 15, 2014 5:00 pm
Bournemouth and Brentford stand out for me.