It didn't seem that long ago that our bench consisted of: Cudiccini, Bentley, Hutton, Bassong, Jenas, Keane, Pavyluchenko. That equates to around £65 million of talent. Along came a couple of injuries and the January transfer window and last night it was: Alnwick, Modric, Palacios, Rose, Dervitte, Parrett, Fredericks.
I had to look up Fredericks as I have never heard of him and I found he is a 17 year old winger who joined our academy last year. So much for having a big squad.
During January we saw Hutton, Keane, Naughton and Dos Santos go out on loan, with only Kaboul and Gudjohnsen coming in. To add to our problems is the continuing absence of Woodagte with also Lennon, Assou Ekotto and Pavyluchenko out injured with the latter more than likely heading back to Moscow before their season starts in March.
So from our previous strength in depth we currently have at the moment we have 3 strikers, 3 central midfielders, 2 left sided midfileders and 1 rightsided midfielder, 1 left back, 1 right backs, 3 central defenders and 1 goal keeper that we can feel confident about calling upon. It seems we are vulnerable to injury at th moment, which is a bit of a worry.
On the positive side it may men getting a look at some players who would not normally feature. The likes of Walker, Rose, Parrett, Bostock and Obika may find themselves getting into first team contention. I am sure that Harry Redknapp has a good idea of the capabilities of this squad but he too must be concerned about the current depth in numbers.
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