Contracted Players

[spyinthesky]

Out of interest anyone know how many contracted players are on Saints books?

 

There are 34 on the programme list and there are probably 5 more unlisted ie:

 

Andy Robinson

Jack Savile

Alberto Seidi

Lloyd Isgrove

Aaron Racine

 

With the loss of regular Reserve team football, it is difficult to imagine how 20 or so players can be kept match fit and happy with only the occasional U 21 game

 

Three or four of the players still turn out for the U18's and there are seven, either injured or out on loan but it seems quite a large squad.

 

I know there are loads of technical aids available to help rate players but surely nothing can assist more than watching players in action.

 

In this respect it must be difficult for the coaching staff to rate those players who, for the moment can only turn out for the U21 squad, as they have so few games.

 

I read somewhere that Bill Shankly would only rate a player after he had seen him play twice at home and twice away as the challenges were quite different

 

At least it is good to know that the club seems able to fund the costs of a relatively large playing and support staff (I think I counted seven tracksuited support staff at the U18 game yesterday)