Malaysian Ambitions.

Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:00 pm

Just been looking at our squad of players compared to other clubs and as we all no we are about 6 players short of a full squad of players.

We are not the only ones I think it was brum and boro and blackpool who are similar in squad size to us and all these clubs are bunched together in the league.

Southampton, Reading,West Ham have much bigger squads than us buy up to 7 or more players.

What ever happens this season we have to make are squad of players much bigger we have had a small squad for far to long.

If we want to compete say in the championship in the top 2 we have to have a bigger squad and that is all down to are Malaysian friends.I know they have come in and spent a lot of money which is great but the ambition of the Malaysians has to be questioned for next season.

The Langston debt PMG etc has to be sorted out to give us a clear road to travel down.IF Malky had a bigger squad then we would most definitely be higher up the league.We all no what type of players we need to better the squad but the most concerning position for me is striker the good ones dont come cheap do they.

This season we lost DJ and got Malky in and we lost something like 12 players ,so to be 6th in the league is a good return but next season I have renewed my season ticket and I will be looking very closly at the Malaysians to see how ambitious they really are.

So malky has done his bit this season as a whole next season its over to you VT. They have to put some money into buying players. Will they convert debt into shares or will they inject some cash or will they buy more ownership in the club.What do you expect from the Malaysians next season ? :ayatollah:

Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:08 pm

I don't agree we need a bigger squad we just need a bigger squad.

We have to rely on the malaysians to keep us afloat and thankfully they do but they shouldn't spend extra money upon upon and sink this club.

If we can get rid of the 8-ish players who are not involved an on big wages and get even 6 first team players in then we would improve the squad massively without getting us massively further in debt.

Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:06 pm

2blue2handle wrote:I don't agree we need a bigger squad we just need a bigger squad.

We have to rely on the malaysians to keep us afloat and thankfully they do but they shouldn't spend extra money upon upon and sink this club.

If we can get rid of the 8-ish players who are not involved an on big wages and get even 6 first team players in then we would improve the squad massively without getting us massively further in debt.

I agree and disagree, it will depend if the league change the subs rule e.g. having 7 on the bench instead of 5, that would give more opportunities to youth players as well, the likes of Ralls and O'Sullivan. I think the issue we find is, Malky doesnt seem to content to use some of the players he inherited e.g. Keinan, Naylor, Taiwo, Wildig, Quinn etc.....so really we have a smaller pool of players to choose from anyways.

I guess it will depend if we can have 7 subs, hence we'll need to bring in at least 8 players or may be more, if its just 5 subs, I believe anything up to 7 players. But it will depend who leaves.

Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:17 pm

Unless we get promoted I haven't read anything about the 7 sub rule coming back.

The players MM inherited are not good enough really, I'd imagine that's why they haven't been used.

Thu Apr 12, 2012 9:27 am

I Find The 5 Sub rule Atrotious......when the Premier Leugue has 7 Subs.
theres's an old chinese proverb.......when it comes to playing football there must be a level playing field. :old: