Squad of 25

[ABC (A Basingstoke Canary) 26]

I am a bit unsure of the 25 squad ruling. If we join the Premier League Reserves, does that mean that our overall squad still stays at 25? If so, how do we "blood in" youngsters or new talent?

[Canary_on_the Trent 0]

Players under the age of 21 are not included in the 25.

[Bethnal Yellow and Green 1,557]

The same squad rules applied last year in the Championship after the two leagues harmonised their rules. Basically it isn''t a worry for us at all.

[ABC (A Basingstoke Canary) 26]

Thanks for your responses.

 

Assuming we have the full complement of 25, and hypothetically (he said touching wood) our 2 centre backs pick up injuries over Xmas, putting them out for a "couple of months", and we then use the January window to get in a couple of loanees. When our 2 CB''s have recovered sufficiently to say go into the reserve team - at what stage do we transition over the nominated 25 man squad from the 2 loanees to the 2 regulars?

[TheGoogler 324]

How old is Korey?

[Bethnal Yellow and Green 1,557]

[quote user="ABC A Basingstoke Canary"]

Thanks for your responses.

 

Assuming we have the full complement of 25, and hypothetically (he said touching wood) our 2 centre backs pick up injuries over Xmas, putting them out for a "couple of months", and we then use the January window to get in a couple of loanees. When our 2 CB''s have recovered sufficiently to say go into the reserve team - at what stage do we transition over the nominated 25 man squad from the 2 loanees to the 2 regulars?

[/quote]You can only change players in the squad during the transfer windows, otherwise the rule would be pretty pointless. To play in the reserves players don''t have to be registered in the squad of 25. The current NCFC squad is 21 players over 21 - this includes JBA, Gill and Smith who are all pretty certain to leave. We have plenty of space in the squad for new additions.

[Harry 0]

[quote user="TheGoogler"]How old is Korey?[/quote]Korey was 20 in January.