Looks like you've acquired your avatar's grip of all things football, then! You could, of course, if you really wanted to fail, go with a squad of 17 - but if you want to name your maximum squad of 25, then you will need a minimum of 8 HGPs.
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[Albion] The gigantic squad - who is leaving?
- Thread starter Han Solo
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AZ Gull
@SeagullsAcademy @seagullsacademy.bsky.social
Fun fact: we currently have 74 professionals on our books.
In addition, we have 27 scholars. So, 101 full-time footballers on our payroll.
In addition, we have 27 scholars. So, 101 full-time footballers on our payroll.
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
I believe in Joe Hendry
- Oct 4, 2003
- 12,218
I'm not sure in the entire time we’ve been in the PL we’ve ever named the full 25.
For the 22-23 season, our most successful season ever, we named a 19 man squad for the first half of the season and then a 17 man squad for the second half of the season (Mwepu and Trossard being the two players not in the squad from Feb 2023). Obviously our squads had a number of HGPs but the notion that you have to have a 25 man squad to be successful is nonsense, especially for a club like ours that values the development of their U21s so highly.
Yes, but if you do want to name a 25 man squad (and many teams do, and we might one day), then you need 8 HGPs!
- Jul 6, 2011
- 2,427
I think you have confused an explanation of the Premier League squad rules with how you like to play Football Manager.
Well I might - if ever I'd played Football Manager, or ever intend to! 25-17 still = 8 though!
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 72,711
Anybody else's brain consistently playing tricks when reading the thread title?
- Jul 6, 2011
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Well done, you can have an A* for getting an irrelevant maths sum correct. But a D- for still not understanding the rules.
We could, if we wanted, even have 0 players in our official squad and only ever field under 21 players. It would be an extremely bizarre move but the rules would allow it.
I do understand the rules.
- Jul 6, 2011
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You are welcome. Happy to have helped.I do understand the rules.
- May 8, 2018
- 10,821
Do you reckon we’ll get the under 21’s down to 3 figures by September?
ewe2
Well-known member
If last season taught us nothing else ,the squad must have enough game changers on the bench and coping with a substantial injury list. Therefore IMO this season we will have more depth and numbers .
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
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It's a postcard I bought in the i360 gift shop. If you load an app called ARTIVIVE and point it at the image, it does something pretty damn cool (you might need two devices tho, one with the app and the other with the image)
Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
Why did I read the title of this thread as "The Gigantic Squid"?
Yes, it's very good.
Every time I see the thread title I think of the Despair Squid and Dwayne Dibbley off Red Dwarf
Me too
Chat GPT
Last season we felt it more than normal because we were in Europe. We were also terribly unlucky. Back to a normal operation this season.
pigmanovich
Good Old Sausage by the Sea
Isn't it a bit early to sell Mazilu?