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[Albion] Get Khadra in the first team.
- Thread starter dwayne
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Change at Barnham
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I've only just caught up on the highlights of our U-23's beating Liverpool.
Khadra looks like he could offer more than Connolly.
Is it possible to use him if he's not listed in our 25 man squad?
He looks great!
https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/my-albion-tv/videos/1865146/pl2-albion-1-liverpool-0
Khadra looks like he could offer more than Connolly.
Is it possible to use him if he's not listed in our 25 man squad?
He looks great!
https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/my-albion-tv/videos/1865146/pl2-albion-1-liverpool-0
SimpKingpin
See the match?
I was wondering this.
His two goals so far in the U23, he looked like a man playing against boys.
AZ Gull
@SeagullsAcademy @seagullsacademy.bsky.social
U-21 players do not get named in the 25-man squad.
U-21 players are available for selection for PL matches.
Reda Khadra, born on July 4 2001, qualifies as an U-21 player this season, next season, and the season after that.
SimpKingpin
See the match?
Thanks. This is good news.
So, do players like Lamptey and Connolly get officially named in the squad or not?
Wouldn't it make more sense to not name them (unless needed for HGP - although I read that HGP have to be "21 or older on January 1 of the year in which that season begins")?
Change at Barnham
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Thanks for that AZ Gull.
I feel as if we have a secret striker that no one knows about.
I reckon if he keeps playing like he has in his opening two games he'll be in the first team match day squad by Christmas.
We've got our very own Adama Traore right under our nose.
I feel as if we have a secret striker that no one knows about.
I reckon if he keeps playing like he has in his opening two games he'll be in the first team match day squad by Christmas.
We've got our very own Adama Traore right under our nose.
AZ Gull
@SeagullsAcademy @seagullsacademy.bsky.social
I cannot state the rules more concisely than I have already in post #24, which answers these questions.
Just for the sake of further clarification - for this season any player born on or after Jan 1 1999 qualifies as an U-21 player.
Lamptey was born on Sep 30 2000 and Connolly was born on Jan 28 2000 (and for those for whom maths is a struggle, that means they both qualify as U-21 players for this season and next).
SimpKingpin
See the match?
Right, so officially we have 5x U21 players with squad numbers who can play but do not have to be named in the official 25 man squad.
Lamptey (20), Connolly (20), Sanders (21), Zeqiri (21), Molumby (21).
Thanks for the clarification.
AZ Gull
@SeagullsAcademy @seagullsacademy.bsky.social
And for further clarification, whether an U-21 player has been shown by Albion in their squad number list (or not) has no bearing on their eligibility to be named in a PL matchday squad; Khadra (or Dendoncker or Tsoungui or any of the other U-21s) could still be called upon by Graham Potter, if he so desired.
And presumably Sanders and Khadra could be added if needs be
AZ Gull
@SeagullsAcademy @seagullsacademy.bsky.social
The entire playing staff (including scholars) have been given squad numbers; the club has merely chosen to release the numbers of whom they deem as members of the first team squad.
Khadra is number 67.
Correct in principle, not in numbers.
Lamptey (2), Connolly (7), Sanders (41), Zeqiri (29), Molumby (49).
https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/news/1869891/squad-numbers-confirmed/
Seasidesage
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SimpKingpin
See the match?
Yeah, that's actually what I was trying to figure out. They named 28 players instead of 25.
So I was trying to figure out who they officially named in the 25 man squad for the Premier League.
I assume it's everyone listed in that article minus the U21 players.
Makes more sense now. Cheers.
CaergybiGull
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He was listing their ages.