Aging Squad
In the starting line ups we'd have (not including loans)
Goalkeeper
Etheridge - 31
Defence
Colin - 29
Dean - 30
Roberts - 31
Pedersen - 27
Bela - 28
Woods - 27
Gardner - 29
Sunjic - 24 - ????
Hogan - 29
Jutkiewicz - 32
Comes out as an average of 29 years old. Our academy isn't producing much talent (Apart from the obvious in Jude, which is generational & mentioning Jobe before you've seen him play professional football at 15YO is silly)
Others are;
Friend - 33
Clayton - 32
Aneke - 28
Sanchez - 28
Younger players brought in
Brought in:
Leko - 22 - Less said the better
Graham - 26 - Not seen enough to pass judgement, but should be in his best years currently (also 26 isn't exactly up n coming)
Simmonds - 20 - maybe the highest potential of our U23 squad to push into 1st team?
Home Grown:
Trueman - 25 - Not as much of a youth prospect anymore, 3rd/4th choice GK if we had any better.
Lakin - 22 - Think if he was going to be any more than a squad player, we'd have seen something from him by now.
Boyd-Munce - 21 - Didn't even start for the U23 this season.
We need to start bringing through some youth as soon as possible, Bowyer has a proper job on his hands to take us past this season & the next before players legs start falling off a cliff.