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by **Igor Zidane** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:39 pm

Liverpool Football Club has submitted its 21-man squad to the Premier League, in accordance with new rules which have come into force today.

For the 2010-11 season, top-flight clubs must register a squad of up to 25 players for league games, which must include at least eight 'home grown' players and no more than 17 'non home grown' players.

Home grown players are defined as those who irrespective of nationality or age, have been affiliated to the FA or Welsh FA for a period of three seasons or 36 months prior to their 21st birthday.

This is the squad Liverpool have submitted today:

Home grown players
Jamie Carragher
Joe Cole
Stephen Darby
Steven Gerrard
Glen Johnson
Brad Jones
Paul Konchesky
Jay Spearing

Non home grown players:
Daniel Agger
Fabio Aurelio
Ryan Babel
Milan Jovanovic
Dirk Kuyt
Sotirios Kyrgiakos
Lucas Leiva
Raul Meireles
Christian Poulsen
Pepe Reina
Maxi Rodriguez
Martin Skrtel
Fernando Torres

Clubs can supplement their squads with an unlimited amount of players under the age of 21, meaning Roy Hodgson will also be able to call on the services of Peter Gulacsi, Martin Kelly, Daniel Wilson, Jonjo Shelvey, Daniel Pacheco, Nathan Eccleston and David Ngog for Barclays Premier League games this season.

This squad list applies to Barclays Premier League games only.

by **ethanr** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:45 pm

I guess we can't really be surprised who was going to make the squad. It was somewhat obvious for 22 or so of them. The last 3 probably won't even play.

by **carmonkeycasino** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:23 pm

Man City's 25 man squad

Shay Given,
Joe Hart,
Stuart Taylor,
Jerome Boateng,
Wayne Bridge,
Aleksander Kolarov,
Vincent Kompany,
Joleon Lescott,
Shaleum Logan,
Micah Richards,
Kolo Toure,
Pablo Zabaleta,
Gareth Barry,
Nigel de Jong,
Adam Johnson,
Michael Johnson,
James Milner,
David Silva,
Yaya Toure,
Patrick Vieira,
Shaun Wright-Phillips,

Emmanuel Adebayor,
Jo,
Roque Santa Cruz,
Carlos Tevez.

(City can also use: Mario Balotelli (wtf!), Dedryck Boyata, Greg Cunningham, Abdi Ibrahim and Alex Tchuimeni-Nimely.)

by **carmonkeycasino** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:25 pm

Man Ure

Ben Amos,
Darren Fletcher,
Tomasz Kuszczak,
Darron Gibson,
Edwin van der Sar,
Ryan Giggs,
Wes Brown,
Owen Hargreaves,
Nani,
Anderson,
Park Ji-Sung,
Jonathan Evans,
Patrice Evra,
Rio Ferdinand,
Paul Scholes,
Antonio Valencia,
Gary Neville,
Dimitar Berbatov,
John O'Shea,
Javier Hernandez,
Nemanja Vidic,
Michael Carrick,
Michael Owen,
Wayne Rooney.

(United can also use Fabio, Rafael, Ritchie De Laet, Gabriel Obertan, Bebe, Chris Smalling, Federico Macheda).

by **carmonkeycasino** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:26 pm

it here's the link http://soccernet.espn.go.com/feature....cc=3888

by **Benny The Noon** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:31 pm

carmonkeycasino wrote:Man Ure

Ben Amos,
Darren Fletcher,
Tomasz Kuszczak,
Darron Gibson,
Edwin van der Sar,
Ryan Giggs,
Wes Brown,
Owen Hargreaves,
Nani,
Anderson,
Park Ji-Sung,
Jonathan Evans,
Patrice Evra,
Rio Ferdinand,
Paul Scholes,
Antonio Valencia,
Gary Neville,
Dimitar Berbatov,
John O'Shea,
Javier Hernandez,
Nemanja Vidic,
Michael Carrick,
Michael Owen,
Wayne Rooney.

(United can also use Fabio, Rafael, Ritchie De Laet, Gabriel Obertan, Bebe, Chris Smalling, Federico Macheda).

umm who cares what there squad is

by **ethanr** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:31 pm

haha.

I was expecting a few higher profile players to end up being left out of the man city squad and loaned out to other leagues, but surprisingly there's really not.

by **LFC2007** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:44 pm

Balotelli will have to be in the list next season.

You can see how the rule has influenced our transfer activity.

Now, there's less incentive to stockpile deadwood - the Voronins, Degens, Cavlieris of this world, and more incentive to sign homegrown players e.g. Jones, Cole, Konchesky, and more to the point: increased incentive to develop or sign homegrown players to replenish that quota on an ongoing basis. Translated, it means we've more incentive to keep and nurture a player like Martin Kelly (instead of say signing a cheap "ready" foreign import) so's when Carra retires he takes his place on the list.

You might say that at the moment there is still too much scope to stockpile cheaper "foreign" imports, and here you could cite Maxi, Babel, and Kyrgiakos, all who serve as backup to the first team. Give it a few years though for teams to adjust and if the time's right the PL can always increase the quota to 10 or 12. You wouldn't to raise it too high too quickly or else you risk damaging the competitiveness of the league.

by **carmonkeycasino** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:45 pm

Well our squad may not have the best quality but at least we have two players per position now...

GK
1 Brad Jones
25 Pepe Reina

RB
2 Glen Johnson
32 Stephen Darby

CB
23 Jamie Carragher (also LB and RB)
5 Daniel Agger
37 Martin Skrtel
16 Sotirios Kyrgiakos

LB
3 Paul Konchesky
6 Fabio Aurelio

RM
17 Maxi Rodriguez
18 Dirk Kuyt (also F)

CM
21 Lucas Leiva
4 Raul Meireles
28 Christian Poulsen
26 Jay Spearing

CAM
8 Steven Gerrard (also CM)
10 Joe Cole

LM
19 Ryan Babel (also RM and F)
14 Milan Jovanovic

F
9 Fernando Torres
24 David Ngog

by **fivecups** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:26 pm

Arsenal and Spurs awaited. We only submitted 21 players, Chelsea only 19?

Arsenal: Manuel Almunia, Andrei Arshavin, Nicklas Bendtner, Marouane Chamakh, Gael Clichy, Denilson, Abou Diaby, Johan Djourou, Emmanuel Eboue, Lukasz Fabianski, Cesc Fabregas, Laurent Koscielny, Vito Mannone, Samir Nasri, Tomas Rosicky, Bacary Sagna, Alex Song, Robin van Persie, Thomas Vermaelen, Sebastien Squillaci. (Arsenal can also use young players including: Theo Walcott, Jack Wilshere, Kieran Gibbs, Carlos Vela, Emmanuel Frimpong, Aaron Ramsey.)

Aston Villa: Brad Friedel, Brad Guzan, James Collins, Carlos Cuellar, Curtis Davies, Habib Beye, Richard Dunne, Eric Lichaj, Stephen Warnock, Luke Young, Stewart Downing, Jonathan Hogg, Stephen Ireland, Isaiah Osbourne, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, Moustapha Salifou, Steve Sidwell, Ashley Young, Gabriel Agbonlahor, John Carew, Emile Heskey. (Villa can also use: Marc Albrighton, Nathan Delfouneso, Barry Bannan, Ciaran Clark and Fabian Delph).

Chelsea: Petr Cech, Henrique Hilario, Ross Turnbull, Branislav Ivanovic, Ashley Cole, Jose Bosingwa, Paulo Ferreira, Yuri Zhirkov, John Terry, Alex, Michael Essien, Ramires, John Obi Mikel, Frank Lampard, Yossi Benayoun, Florent Malouda, Salomon Kalou, Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba. (Chelsea can also use: Patrick van Aanholt, Jeffrey Bruma, Josh McEachran, Gael Kakuta, Daniel Sturridge, Fabio Borini).

NB: Chelsea have only 19 senior players over 21

Liverpool: Daniel Agger, Fabio Aurelio, Ryan Babel, Milan Jovanovic, Dirk Kuyt, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Lucas Leiva, Raul Meireles, Christian Poulsen, Pepe Reina, Maxi Rodriguez, Martin Skrtel, Fernando Torres, Jamie Carragher, Joe Cole, Stephen Darby, Steven Gerrard, Glen Johnson, Brad Jones, Paul Konchesky, Jay Spearing . (Liverpool can also use: Peter Gulacsi, Martin Kelly, Daniel Wilson, Jonjo Shelvey, Daniel Pacheco, Nathan Eccleston and David Ngog)

Manchester City: Shay Given, Joe Hart, Stuart Taylor, Jerome Boateng, Wayne Bridge, Aleksander Kolarov, Vincent Kompany, Joleon Lescott, Shaleum Logan, Micah Richards, Kolo Toure, Pablo Zabaleta, Gareth Barry, Nigel de Jong, Adam Johnson, Michael Johnson, James Milner, David Silva, Yaya Toure, Patrick Vieira, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Emmanuel Adebayor, Jo, Roque Santa Cruz, Carlos Tevez. (City can also use: Mario Balotelli, Dedryck Boyata, Greg Cunningham, Abdi Ibrahim and Alex Tchuimeni-Nimely.)

Manchester United: Darren Fletcher, Tomasz Kuszczak, Darron Gibson, Edwin van der Sar, Ryan Giggs, Wes Brown, Owen Hargreaves, Nani, Anderson, Park Ji-Sung, Jonathan Evans, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Paul Scholes, Antonio Valencia, Gary Neville, Dimitar Berbatov, John O'Shea, Javier Hernandez, Nemanja Vidic, Michael Carrick, Michael Owen, Wayne Rooney. (United can also use: Ben Amos, Fabio, Rafael, Ritchie De Laet, Gabriel Obertan, Bebe, Chris Smalling, Federico Macheda).

Tottenham: Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Sebastian Bassong, David Bentley, Vedran Corluka, Peter Crouch, Carlo Cudicini, Heurelho Gomes, Michael Dawson, Jermain Defoe, William Gallas, Tom Huddlestone, Alan Hutton, Jermaine Jenas, Younes Kaboul, Robbie Keane, Ledley King, Niko Kranjcar, Aaron Lennon, Luka Modric, Kyle Naughton, Jamie O'Hara, Wilson Palacios, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Stipe Pletikosa, Rafael van der Vaart. (Spurs can also use young players including: Gareth Bale, Giovanni Dos Santos, Sandro, Kyle Walker, John Bostock, Dean Parrett, Danny Rose.)

by **Reg** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:34 pm

LFC2007 wrote:Now, there's less incentive to stockpile deadwood - the Cavlieris of this world,

How was DC deadwood?

Pepe is the solid no 1 so no second string goalie is going to get a chance but that doesnt mean they are 'deadwood'.

I dont understand the negative comments against DC.

by **LFC2007** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:19 pm

Reg wrote:
LFC2007 wrote:Now, there's less incentive to stockpile deadwood - the Cavlieris of this world,

How was DC deadwood?

Pepe is the solid no 1 so no second string goalie is going to get a chance but that doesnt mean they are 'deadwood'.

I dont understand the negative comments against DC.

Forgive me. He wasn't strictly speaking "deadwood". The other two were but like them he falls into the category of foreign players who played minimal first team football and is therefore a prime candidate to ship out in place of a homegrown alternative.

by **crim cram** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:01 pm

carmonkeycasino wrote:Well our squad may not have the best quality but at least we have two players per position now...

GK
1 Brad Jones
25 Pepe Reina

RB
2 Glen Johnson
32 Stephen Darby

CB
23 Jamie Carragher (also LB and RB)
5 Daniel Agger
37 Martin Skrtel
16 Sotirios Kyrgiakos

LB
3 Paul Konchesky
6 Fabio Aurelio

RM
17 Maxi Rodriguez
18 Dirk Kuyt (also F)

CM
21 Lucas Leiva
4 Raul Meireles
28 Christian Poulsen
26 Jay Spearing

CAM
8 Steven Gerrard (also CM)
10 Joe Cole

LM
19 Ryan Babel (also RM and F)
14 Milan Jovanovic

F
9 Fernando Torres
24 David Ngog

I'd put Pacheco somewhere up front as well CAM, F. I think he's going to have a very good season.

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