First Team
Goalkeepers
Nathan Harness Unknown
Craig MacGillivray 2023
Ashley Maynard-Brewer 2023 (season long loan to Ross County in the Scottish Premier)
Right Backs
Chris Gunter 2022 (+1 year option)
Adam Matthews 2022
Centre Backs
Deji Elewere Unknown
Akin Famewo 2022 (season long loan from Norwich City with option to buy)
Ryan Inniss 2022 (+1 year option)
Sam Lavelle 2024
Jason Pearce 2022 (with opportunity to move into coaching role)
Left Backs
Ben Purrington 2022
Defensive Midfielders
Harry Arter 2022 (season long loan from Nottingham Forest)
George Dobson 2023
Ben Watson 2022
Central Midfielders
Sean Clare 2023
Jake Forster-Caskey 2022 (+1 year option)
Alex Gilbey 2023
Albie Morgan 2023
Attacking Midfielders/Wingers
Corey Blackett-Taylor December 2021
Diallang Jaiyesimi 2024
Charlie Kirk 2025
Elliot Lee 2022 (season long loan from Luton Town)
Jonathan Leko 2022 (season long loan from Birmingham City)
Strikers
Josh Davison 2022 (+1 year option)
Ronnie Schwartz 2023
Jayden Stockley 2024
Conor Washington 2022
U23 Development Squad
Goalkeepers
Nathan Harvey Unknown
Right Backs
Centre Backs
Nazir Bakrin Unknown
Charlie Barker 2023
Billy French 2022
Lucas Ness 2022
Left Backs
Samuel Oguntayo Unknown
Jacob Roddy Unknown
Midfielders
Terrell Agyemang Unknown
Jimmy Appiah Unknown
Tyreece Campbell Unknown
Richard Chin Unknown
Charles Clayden Unknown
Ben Dempsey Unknown
Aaron Henry 2023
Jeremy Santos Unknown
Johl Powell Unknown
James Vennings Unknown
Euan Williams Unknown
Strikers
Wassim Aouacheria 2022 (three month loan to Aldershot in the National League)
Mason Burstow Unknown
Dylan Gavin Unknown
Hady Ghandour 2022
Ryan Viggars 2023
Comments
(ducks for cover)
My only opinion is that we should immediately try to extend Washington's contract.
We now have 4 wingers in the squad, and they need to be near to a goal every 4 games which is difficult to see happening.
Plus plenty of assists for Stockley,Lee and Gilbey (when back to health)
Lee is the goal scorer and ideal for the attacking midfielder role as the central threat supporting Jayden
Washington is turned into such a work horse that it negates his goal scoring record which was 1 in 3 games in League one when he played more central.
Charlie Kirk has been given the big 4 year contract and needs to not only emulate his form at Crewe but to surpass both the assists and goals scored.
Cafc need to win 16 home matches and not the abysmal 8 from last season.
MacGillivray
Matthews
Famewo
Inniss
Purrington
Arter
Gilbey
Lee
Kirk
Stockley
Jaiyesimi
Henderson
Gunter
Lavelle
Pearce
Souare
Dobson
Forster-Caskey
Morgan
Leko
Davison
Washington
Harness
Clare
Elewere
Barker
Roddy
Watson
Dempsey
Vennings
Blackett-Taylor
Schwartz
Ghandour
The system works.
Excellent hard work by Steve Gallen and co, with a decent League 1 budget, but goals win games (no shit Sherlock) and I just don't see our 4 wingers scoring that many.
We need goals from many players this season to compensate for the 1 goal in 100 minutes which Chuks gave the team last season.
We have a good League 1 squad, despite still having to take risks with incoming rustiness and fitness doubts.
Midfielders 12 (Gilbey, Morgan, JFC, Arter, Dobson, Clare etc)
DJ 6 (last season 5)
Kirk 6 (last season 6)
Leko 6 (5 in 21 appearances last time)
Lee 10 (12 last time in League 1)
Washington 10 (11 last season)
Stockley 16
Other forwards/signings 4 (Davison, Schwartz, CBT etc plus any others coming in during course of season)
Total 76
With a solid defence that would be enough to make the play offs as a minimum. It might even be sufficient for automatic promotion
Gilbey started scoring regularly as he was in a more attacking role, which the likes of Washington, Lee and Leko will have instead