"The training ground is currently being utilised by eight permanent players, coaches without contracts and a collection of trailists.
New boss Jose Riga has landed only one transfer target, Estonian striker Sergei Zenjov, and has been forced to cancel to club’s pre-season tour to Spain due to a lack of players, with the club not even possessing a goalkeeper.
The club’s only playing asset of note, Thomas Ince, departed for Hull - forcing Blackpool to wait on a tribunal - along with another 26 other players at the end of the season.
Their first friendly is due to take place this Saturday against non-league Penrith, but whether Riga and his staff will feel confident enough to take on the minnows is another question".
Suspect player recruitment was put on hold at Doncaster pending the takeover led by John Ryan & the one direction singer. This takeover, I believe, has collapsed. The current owner will now have to produce a budget and commence signing players.
Whilst the FL will almost certainly have rules dealing with teams with less than 11 players, it won't be necessary in these cases, as sides will simply put players in from their youth teams (regardless of whether this is ideal).
No. Position Player 3 England DF James Husband 4 SA MF Dean Furman 5 England DF Rob Jones (captain) 12 NI DF Luke McCullough 15 England DF Liam Wakefield 16 England DF Jamie McCombe 19 England MF Richie Wellens 21 Spain MF Marc de Val 22 Jamaica FW Theo Robinson 23 England MF Kyle Bennett 25 England MF Harry Forrester 29 England MF Harry Middleton 30 England FW Alex Peterson - England DF Mitchell Lund - England MF Ben Askins - England MF Billy Whitehouse - England MF Lewis Ferguson
Part of me wonders if there is a higher amount of Players available on Free Transfer than there usually are.
We've just had the end of the first real year of FFP and I wonder if players are demanding their usual high wages without realising that Chairman wont pay as much as they used to because of these restrictions, if thats the case you could see a real rush for players come the start of the season (I know Freebies can join any time) yet by the time the season starts, players may then realise that they're not gonna get what they want
"The training ground is currently being utilised by eight permanent players, coaches without contracts and a collection of trailists.
New boss Jose Riga has landed only one transfer target, Estonian striker Sergei Zenjov, and has been forced to cancel to club’s pre-season tour to Spain due to a lack of players, with the club not even possessing a goalkeeper.
The club’s only playing asset of note, Thomas Ince, departed for Hull - forcing Blackpool to wait on a tribunal - along with another 26 other players at the end of the season.
Their first friendly is due to take place this Saturday against non-league Penrith, but whether Riga and his staff will feel confident enough to take on the minnows is another question".
They played Penrith last weekend and won 4-0
4 trialists started the game and a further 2 were on the bench
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New boss Jose Riga has landed only one transfer target, Estonian striker Sergei Zenjov, and has been forced to cancel to club’s pre-season tour to Spain due to a lack of players, with the club not even possessing a goalkeeper.
The club’s only playing asset of note, Thomas Ince, departed for Hull - forcing Blackpool to wait on a tribunal - along with another 26 other players at the end of the season.
Their first friendly is due to take place this Saturday against non-league Penrith, but whether Riga and his staff will feel confident enough to take on the minnows is another question".
Suspect player recruitment was put on hold at Doncaster pending the takeover led by John Ryan & the one direction singer. This takeover, I believe, has collapsed. The current owner will now have to produce a budget and commence signing players.
Whilst the FL will almost certainly have rules dealing with teams with less than 11 players, it won't be necessary in these cases, as sides will simply put players in from their youth teams (regardless of whether this is ideal).
No. Position Player
3 England DF James Husband
4 SA MF Dean Furman
5 England DF Rob Jones (captain)
12 NI DF Luke McCullough
15 England DF Liam Wakefield
16 England DF Jamie McCombe
19 England MF Richie Wellens
21 Spain MF Marc de Val
22 Jamaica FW Theo Robinson
23 England MF Kyle Bennett
25 England MF Harry Forrester
29 England MF Harry Middleton
30 England FW Alex Peterson
- England DF Mitchell Lund
- England MF Ben Askins
- England MF Billy Whitehouse
- England MF Lewis Ferguson
We've just had the end of the first real year of FFP and I wonder if players are demanding their usual high wages without realising that Chairman wont pay as much as they used to because of these restrictions, if thats the case you could see a real rush for players come the start of the season (I know Freebies can join any time) yet by the time the season starts, players may then realise that they're not gonna get what they want
4 trialists started the game and a further 2 were on the bench