| | 18/19 Players | 20/21 Players | Better/Worse |
| Positions | Played | Played | >/</= |
1 | GK | Phillips | Amos | = |
2 | GK | Steer | na | < |
3 | LB | Page | na | < |
4 | LB | Purrington | Purrington | = |
5 | LB | Stevenson | na | < |
6 | CB | Bauer | Oshilaja | < |
7 | CB | Sarr | Famewo | ? |
8 | CB | Pearce | Barker | < |
9 | RB | Dijksteel | na | < |
10 | RB | Solly | na | < |
11 | CM | Bielik | Levitt | ? |
12 | CM | Pratley | Pratley | = |
13 | CM | Cullen | Oztumer | < |
14 | CM | Williams | Williams | = |
15 | CM | FCaskey | FCaskey | = |
16 | CM | Aribo | Gilbey | < |
17 | CM | Reeves | Morgan | >? |
18 | CM | Lapslie | Lapslie | = |
19 | LM | Fosu | Doughty | = |
20 | RM | Marshall | na | < |
21 | FW | Grant | Bonne | < |
22 | FW | Taylor | Washington | < |
23 | FW | Ajose | Aneke | >? |
24 | FW | Vetokele | na | < |
25 | FW | Ward | na | < |
26 | FW | Parker | na | < |
27 | FW | HFairchild | na | < |
28 | CM | na | Watson | ? |
You really can't compare these two sides with the amount of gaps in the squad. I have seen people comparing the two sides and for me, given the state of our current squad that is madness.
This is only players that have played so far, but if we're allowed a squad of 22 we need to fill those spare places and get a few games strung together. A bigger concern for me is that we appear to have continued our form of last season. I'm not sure how different players would affect that lack of morale.
Think we have to see how we're doing as Bowyer says, each 9 games look at where you are and set a target for the next 9.
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Now that's lifted, we can sign any number - providing the salary cap is not exceeded.
Are you sure? Football League FC states:
League One and League Two clubs will be limited their squad size to 22 players for the 2020/21 season.
This will be reduced to 21 and 20 in subsequent seasons (2021/22 and 2022/23 season respectively).
Players aged under the age of 21 are exempt from these restrictions.
I think bonuses related to promotion don’t count towards the cap (because they are conditional) so we might be able to sweeten some deals there. If you sign a 3 year contract then there’s a reasonable chance that Charlton will be promoted in that time so you might accept a slightly lower salary in exchange for a nice bonus there (let’s not go crazy though - guaranteed money is what really counts).
But nevertheless, "Players aged under the age of 21 are exempt from these restrictions."
How many of our current players count for our 22-man squad right now?
Obviously, Alfie, Davidson, Vennings, Morgan, Barker, AMB, etc don't count.
Get Cracking TS, LB & SG
A promotion bonus would be the best carrot on a stick to entice a prospective player, yet still stay within the wage cap.
Nothing like an incentive, is there?
In any case, should we get promoted ..... surely any player that we want to keep would be offered an improved contract by us in the Championship.
They'll know that, so there's yet another incentive.
Phillips
Solly Bauer Sarr Page
Aribo Cullen Bielik Fosu
Grant Taylor
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You’ve made a mistake in your analysis though. I’d say “na” is an improvement on both Josh Parker and Hackett-Fairchild!
If so, I think you're being a bit harsh on Ben Watson.