Europa League Squad - Knockout

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finbar70

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What exactly are we allowed to do with the squad? If players leave this window do these count towards the 3 changes, or are they over and above the permitted 3 changes?
 
mao tse tung said:
3 additions, plus Wood if he was in the original squad
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Ok, so Luiz and Zinch and Boly were part of the original squad along with Wood.
Does that mean that we can replace all the above should they leave the club in January (Wood being injured) and then still make 3 changes?
 
finbar70 said:
Ok, so Luiz and Zinch and Boly were part of the original squad along with Wood.
Does that mean that we can replace all the above should they leave the club in January (Wood being injured) and then still make 3 changes?
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yes, we can replace them even if they don'tleave the club
 
JC21 said:
yes
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Thanks for clearing up.

So hypothetically, we could change Cunha for Boly, Lucca (Or another striker for Wood) and Hutch for Luiz?

Then the 3 changes 'could' be the other CF for Bakwa (I think he will be binned from the EL squad) the new LB in, and that leaves 1 other option?
 
finbar70 said:
Thanks for clearing up.

So hypothetically, we could change Cunha for Boly, Lucca (Or another striker for Wood) and Hutch for Luiz?

Then the 3 changes 'could' be the other CF for Bakwa (I think he will be binned from the EL squad) the new LB in, and that leaves 1 other option?
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Hutch?
 
finbar70 said:
Ok, so Luiz and Zinch and Boly were part of the original squad along with Wood.
Does that mean that we can replace all the above should they leave the club in January (Wood being injured) and then still make 3 changes?
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AI says we can ADD 3 players max. We then have to take out players to get down to our squad size. If we have five players no longer registered at the club, we can add an extra player. If we have seven or more players who have left the club, we can add an extra two players. (I assume this applies to players already in the Europa squad, so not "extras" such as McDonnell.)

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finbar70 said:
Thanks for clearing up.

So hypothetically, we could change Cunha for Boly, Lucca (Or another striker for Wood) and Hutch for Luiz?

Then the 3 changes 'could' be the other CF for Bakwa (I think he will be binned from the EL squad) the new LB in, and that leaves 1 other option?
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I would imagine we will replace Kalimuendo with Lucca, we are after another left back to replace Zinchenko, so I would guess he would go into the squad, and Hutchinson will replace Luiz

We will then be able to replace Wood, if he has not already been replaced
 
mao tse tung said:
I would imagine we will replace Kalimuendo with Lucca, we are after another left back to replace Zinchenko, so I would guess he would go into the squad, and Hutchinson will replace Luiz

We will then be able to replace Wood, if he has not already been replaced
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Aina came back in already for Zinchenko so that one doesn’t count against our 3
 
Do we really need Milko, Murillo, Morato, Abbott, Boly and Savona, who has also played CB in the squad. Dropping Boly and adding Cunha adds to problem. It makes sense naming young CB’s in league stage as they could get game time but now we are in KO we play strongest every time. 4 is enough plus Savona.

Aina was in original squad and Zinc came in as replacement so isn’t part of squad.

We can swap three. If our squad has five registered players drop out we can do a fourth replacement. 5 out could be Kali, Boly, Wood, Luiz and Bakwa. Meaning we could bring four in. Lucca, another striker, Hutch and a.n.other. The a.n.other could be LB cover or a midfielder.
 
Polly 433 said:
Do we really need Milko, Murillo, Morato, Abbott, Boly and Savona, who has also played CB in the squad. Dropping Boly and adding Cunha adds to problem. It makes sense naming young CB’s in league stage as they could get game time but now we are in KO we play strongest every time. 4 is enough plus Savona.

Aina was in original squad and Zinc came in as replacement so isn’t part of squad.

We can swap three. If our squad has five registered players drop out we can do a fourth replacement. 5 out could be Kali, Boly, Wood, Luiz and Bakwa. Meaning we could bring four in. Lucca, another striker, Hutch and a.n.other. The a.n.other could be LB cover or a midfielder.
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Unless we sell Wood he will still be a registered player, though you can replace injured players on a "temporary" basis. I think Aina was named in the original squad, swapped out for Zinchenko when he was injured, then swapped back in when he recovered. We will still be short in our squad though, as we only have one homegrown player (Yates). Cunha counts as under 21 in the PL, but not in the Europa League as he didn't come through our academy.
 
Adding Lucca and another striker to the EL squad will allow Jesus to play with a striker or as a 10 when MGW goes off or doesn’t start instead of McAtee
 
finbar70 said:
Ok, so Luiz and Zinch and Boly were part of the original squad along with Wood.
Does that mean that we can replace all the above should they leave the club in January (Wood being injured) and then still make 3 changes?
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Aina already replaced Zinc (who had replaced him in the original squad).

Luiz, Kali & Boly - probably replaced by Hutch, Lucca & Taiwo (subject to any other signings).
 
Fenerbahce supposedly about to sign Ademola Lookman for €35m, so it shows the scale of the task. Not that we shouldn’t expect to beat them with the money we’ve spent, but they’re clearly among the better sides left in the competition.
 
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