Cann we make the top 4 or 5?

[Bishop]

Can we get Spence included for our Europa squad in January? Seems like an essential player to have for this competition to keep Udogie fresh for PL games.

Yes in January/February we can update the squad list to take into account any additions or subtractions.

 

[braineclipse]

No, I wouldn't have. We had to select two british goalkeepers. So if the choice was Forster or Spence, i would have said Spence. The numbers dont work at all. How can we have 4 players in a squad for one position, but 7 players for 4 positions. We have zero cover for full backs, you're practically relying on playing VdV or Romero in most Uefa Cup games. Given the importance of VDV to our style of play, we effectively need to rest him in Uefa Cup, at least in the early stages.

Thursday no Dragusin, so either Ben Davies left back to rest Destiny, with Romero and VdV in the middle, or Destiny starts and we play Davies CB with one of Romero or VDV. neither are ideal because we left ourselves insanely short on full back cover.
Granted maybe the club didn't realise Spence would be so integral off the bench this early on, and other teams have 4 GKs, but we've left ourselves incredibly short in one area.

4 for 1 Position
Vicario
Forster
Austin
Whiteman

7 for 4 positions
Porro
Gray (should be in Midfield really)
VdV
Romero
Dragusin
Davies
Destiny

For me depends on the actual difference in quality between Forster and Whiteman/Austin.

If there's a significant difference between them leaving Forster out could also have been bad had Vicario gotten injured. I don't know how big that difference is so difficult to have strong opinions on the decision.

7 players for 4 positions is thin, but it's not that thin.