Will Lankshear

[K.D.D.D.D.Soc]

I get it and same, thats not the point I was making though or I am making it poorly. Mine is that a year forcing their way into a side, in their formative pro years is massive for a sense of what football is like, so when I see people moan and say "That loan is crap, they are not playing" then I think its actually a decent gauge on where the player is quality wise and also becomes a real test on what the footballing landscape really is. Much more than players just playing for the sake of it, if thats the only yardstick at 17/18/19 then send them lower in the pyramid for game time or keep them here and play them to death in the U21s.

On the positives for me, Lankshear seems to have harnessed what the actual crux of football is and has been on the end of a emotional relegation, for me thats probably given him 3 years of maturing in one season and he has seemed to have taken it like an absolute top pro. If he is good enough here, who knows, but this season means he will have a good career regardless IMO

I get your point, I feel strongly that the development system in this country is not working. The step from what was youth football use to be a reserve team now over 18 players don't get exposed to playing against experienced players just their peers. I believe 5 subs is more than enough to cover any team and managers mistakes, teams have too many players not getting enough game time and they can't build a tempo or rhythm to their game and it must be very difficult to get and maintain form.

 

[MartyFunkhouser]

I get your point, I feel strongly that the development system in this country is not working. The step from what was youth football use to be a reserve team now over 18 players don't get exposed to playing against experienced players just their peers. I believe 5 subs is more than enough to cover any team and managers mistakes, teams have too many players not getting enough game time and they can't build a tempo or rhythm to their game and it must be very difficult to get and maintain form.

I think the number of subs has gone a long way to ruin the game fullstop

 

[monkeybarry]

I think the number of subs has gone a long way to ruin the game fullstop

That's a good point.
I think it's made it too structured at times - I.E. get to a certain game position and make subs, knowing if it goes wrong you change again; that reduces jeopardy.
Also, players take time to get up to speed in a game.

That said, without it we'd probably have had some games stopped because we didn't have enough players

 

[harr1984]

That's a good point.
I think it's made it too structured at times - I.E. get to a certain game position and make subs, knowing if it goes wrong you change again; that reduces jeopardy.
Also, players take time to get up to speed in a game.

That said, without it we'd probably have had some games stopped because we didn't have enough players

With the intensity of the PL, there would be even more injuries if we couldn't bring on 5 subs. With the demands of modern football these days it's necessary, and that is the real problem - the amount of football these players have to play now....

 

[SteveAWOL]

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[Sandman]

I dont get the rules that we cant now use him in our own squad. His term with Oxford has ended. he has returned to his parent club. Surely we have the right to play him?

 

[Ace Face]

I dont get the rules that we cant now use him in our own squad. His term with Oxford has ended. he has returned to his parent club. Surely we have the right to play him?

He’s officially loaned out until the end of the FA 25/26 season so can not play for us until pre-season at the earliest. The same for all loanees.

 

[Muttley]

He’s officially loaned out until the end of the FA 25/26 season so can not play for us until pre-season at the earliest. The same for all loanees.

I agree with this rule. We had to re-register our squad at the end of January and so did Oxford. It shouldn't matter whether one club is under the PL and the other is under the EFL. Both are under the FA and you shouldn't have players named in 2 squads. The next window for registering players is end of August and it should stay that way.

I can't imagine the scenario whether every time a big club gets a long term injury they just recall a loanee. It wouldn't just be end of season where the EFL finishes and these loanees return. It would give the big clubs an even bigger advantage if they had access to their loanees. They'd be working with bigger squads.

 

[Glenda's Legs]

I agree with this rule. We had to re-register our squad at the end of January and so did Oxford. It shouldn't matter whether one club is under the PL and the other is under the EFL. Both are under the FA and you shouldn't have players named in 2 squads. The next window for registering players is end of August and it should stay that way.

I can't imagine the scenario whether every time a big club gets a long term injury they just recall a loanee. It wouldn't just be end of season where the EFL finishes and these loanees return. It would give the big clubs an even bigger advantage if they had access to their loanees. They'd be working with bigger squads.

There's also the fact that the EFL season has not actually finished yet, as there are still play-offs to be completed. It doesn't feel right that a loan player at a club not involved in a play-off could then go and play for their PL club, but another loan player at a play-off team can't.
That would be an unlevel playing field for PL teams.

 

[Lilbaz]

I agree with this rule. We had to re-register our squad at the end of January and so did Oxford. It shouldn't matter whether one club is under the PL and the other is under the EFL. Both are under the FA and you shouldn't have players named in 2 squads. The next window for registering players is end of August and it should stay that way.

I can't imagine the scenario whether every time a big club gets a long term injury they just recall a loanee. It wouldn't just be end of season where the EFL finishes and these loanees return. It would give the big clubs an even bigger advantage if they had access to their loanees. They'd be working with bigger squads.

He's u21. He doesn't need to be registered in our squad.

 

[NaijaSpurs]

I dont get the rules that we cant now use him in our own squad. His term with Oxford has ended. he has returned to his parent club. Surely we have the right to play him?

I am stunned that you do not get the rules. Long story short, we cannot register him to play for us because the registration is closed.