Squad numbers 2014-15

[Toronto Villa]

No number 9. Bent up to 19. Jack Grealish now part of the bomb squad. Poor Jack

2014-15 squad list:

1 Brad Guzan
2 Nathan Baker
3 Joe Bennett
4 Ron Vlaar
5 Jores Okore
6 Ciaran Clark
7 Leandro Bacuna
8 Karim El Ahmadi
10 Andreas Weimann
11 Gabby Agbonlahor
12 Joe Cole
13 Jed Steer
14 Philippe Senderos
15 Ashley Westwood
16 Fabian Delph
17 Chris Herd
18 Kieran Richardson
19 Darren Bent
20 Christian Benteke
21 Alan Hutton
22 Gary Gardner
24 Aleksandar Tonev
27 Libor Kozak
28 Charles N'Zogbia
31 Shay Given
32 Janoi Donacien
34 Matt Lowton
35 Enda Stevens
36 Daniel Johnson
37 Callum Robinson
38 Graham Burke
40 Jack Grealish

[ADVILLAFAN]

I hope this doesn't mean that Baker is playing at right-back, or indeed in the first team.

[silhillvilla]

I hope this doesn't mean that Baker is playing at right-back, or indeed in the first team.

That also applies to Joe Bennett and Ciaran Clark .

[Toronto Villa]

If numbers 1-11 actually meant anything at all we'd rarely see the likes of Delph, Richardson, Bent, Benteke, Kozak etc.

[UK Redsox]

I assume that Benteke was offered 9 but didn't want it

[joe_c]

I assume that Benteke was offered 9 but didn't want it

I assumed it has been left free to accommodate a big money signing. Or a left field, free transfer wtf? signing.

Bent seems a strange choice for 19 though after it having a year off in deference for Petrov.

[Toronto Villa]

I assume that Benteke was offered 9 but didn't want it

he wore 9 and 25 at Genk and wears 9 for Belgium, but has always worn 20 with us. Maybe it just isn't a big deal to him.

[SO Villa]

I hope this doesn't mean that Baker is playing at right-back, or indeed in the first team.

Baker was number 2 last year. Appropriately.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

I look at that squad and think, who would other teams in the league be looking at and thinking "I wish we had them". Other than Ron Vlaar, I don't think there's anyone. And even the top 4 teams may not particularly want Vlaar for a first team spot.

[Dave]

I look at that squad and think, who would other teams in the league be looking at and thinking "I wish we had them". Other than Ron Vlaar, I don't think there's anyone.

There's that big Belgian chap.

[Richard E]

I look at that squad and think, who would other teams in the league be looking at and thinking "I wish we had them". Other than Ron Vlaar, I don't think there's anyone.

There's that big Belgian chap.

Yeah, but Hercule Poirot is a fictional character...

[ADVILLAFAN]

I hope this doesn't mean that Baker is playing at right-back, or indeed in the first team.

Baker was number 2 last year. Appropriately.

Hehehe

[Clampy]

Squad numbers don't mean anything, i don't understand why people get worked up about them.

[paul_e]

I look at that squad and think, who would other teams in the league be looking at and thinking "I wish we had them". Other than Ron Vlaar, I don't think there's anyone. And even the top 4 teams may not particularly want Vlaar for a first team spot.

A better example of where the squad is would be to go through the squads of the other 12-13 teams in the league who are playing for mid-table and decide how many you'd really want to sign.

From our squad I'd think most teams would pick out Guzan, Vlaar, Delph and Benteke as players to sign, and I think the evidence is that Okore and Kozak could join that group if they can stay fit.  I doubt there's many sides that you'd come up with a similar 5-6 players that you would desperately want to sign.

Our good players are exactly that, it's the not so good players which are the problem, I think we've got guys with the potential to be good but things aren't working for them right now.

[Damo70]

Squad numbers don't mean anything, i don't understand why people get worked up about them.

Generally I would agree, but they definitely seemed to mean something at Villa last summer.