Non Academy Players

[Rich]

1. Diego Cavalieri
2. Andrea Dossena
3. Steve Finnan
4. Sami Hyypia
5. Daniel Agger
7. Robbie Keane
8. Steven Gerrard
9. Fernando Torres
10. Andriy Voronin
12. Fabio Aurelio
13. Dan Ackroyd
14. Xabi Alonso
15. Yossi Benayoun
16. Jermaine Pennant
17. Alvaro Arbeloa
18. Dirk Kuyt
19. Ryan Babel
20. Javier Mascherano
21. Lucas Leiva
22. Emiliano Insua
23. Jamie Carragher
24. David Ngog
25. Pepe Reina
26. Jay Spearing
27. Philipp Degen
28. Damien Plessis
29. Krisztian Nemeth
30. Charles Itandje
31. Nabil El Zhar
32. Stephen Darby
34. Martin Kelly
35. Ryan Flynn
36. Steven Irwin
37. Martin Skrtel
38. Craig Lindfield
39. Nathan Eccleston
41. Martin Hansen
- Godwin Antwi
- Daniel Sanchez Ayala
- Vincent Lucas Weijl
- Dean Bouzanis
- Emmanuel Mendy
- Nikola Saric
- Paul Anderson
- Gerardo Alfredo Bruna Blanco
- Daniel Pacheco
- Mikel San Jose Dominguez
- Jordy Brouwer
- Ryan Crowther
- Sebastian Leto
- Peter Gulacsi
- Gary Mackay-Steven
- Andras Simon
- Ray Putterill
- Francisco Duran
- Robbie Threlfall
- Miki Roque
- Jack Hobbs
- Ronald Huth
- David Martin
- Adam Hammill

We've got approx 3 billion non-academy players, too many in my book.

[PTP]

that dan ackroyd is meant to be class

[mersey86]

Is Charles Itandje still our player? And Dan Ackroyd?? Are you making some of these names up? But I see your point, and agree.

[Rich]

No word of a lie; taken from the Official Whizzbang

[Resu]

What does non-academy mean?
Players that are not "self-made" by the new rules? If so,that list has to be wrong, loads of the players with numbers are from with-in the club.
If it means something else I havn`t got a clue what, so please enlighten me.

[red g]

to many in your book? do you have a graham rix sort of thing going on?

on a serious note.....i dont know if its to many becuase how many do the other top teams have?

[Imy]

Half of those are from the 'elite' reserve squad

Dan Ackroyd

[mersey86]

What does non-academy mean?
Players that are not "self-made" by the new rules? If so,that list has to be wrong, loads of the players with numbers are from with-in the club.
If it means something else I havn`t got a clue what, so please enlighten me.

I would understand it to mean players not dwelling in the safe "nest" of the academy - players who are either first team squad, or who have moved beyond the realms of the academy and are in "make or break" territory - either in the first team, out on loan, or on the fringes.

to many in your book? do you have a graham rix sort of thing going on?

on a serious note.....i dont know if its to many becuase how many do the other top teams have?

It does seem that many of these youngsters will never really get a chance. Is that a bad thing? Maybe not. The more of them you have the more chance that one or two of them are going to make the first team.

[Rich]

I would understand it to mean players not dwelling in the safe "nest" of the academy - players who are either first team squad, or who have moved beyond the realms of the academy and are in "make or break" territory - either in the first team, out on loan, or on the fringes.

Exactly. The players listed are from the Official site as first team squad; they aren't able to play for an Academy side.

We seem to have a huge number of players!

[Morph]

Exactly. The players listed are from the Official site as first team squad; they aren't able to play for an Academy side.

We seem to have a huge number of players!

Well of those who won't be in the first team, (and don't forget the 7 subs rule opens up possibilities for some of those to get a look in this season), expect to see at least another 5 or 6 go out on loan before the window closes, a reserve team squad needs around 18-19 players if you don't incorporate first team players which we don't, so I think we're just about right personally

[Johnny]

Theres no Number 6.

[mersey86]

Theres no Number 6.

Saving that for our new defensive midfielder.