| Comparing Championship Squads 2011/2018 11:52 - Jun 27 with 3554 views | AndyNak |
When we won promotion in the 2011 play off final against Reading our team was as follows...
Swansea: De Vries, Rangel, Monk, Williams, Tate, Dyer, Britton, Dobbie, Allen, Sinclair, Borini.
Subs: Ma-Kalambay, Pratley, Beattie, Serran, Moore, Gower, Richards.
I know the Championship will have changed since then but I thought it was interesting to look at the make up of our team and squad and compare to where we are now.
Squad back then had 36 in it, 9 of which you would probably consider youth players at the time (not including the likes of Shaun Mac). Of the remaining 27 seniors, 11 were acquired on a free and our most expensive signing was Craig Beattie at £800k.
As I've said, you cant make a straight up comparison to the Championship today but it just shows what can be achieved with the right manager, system and scouting set-up. Of course we also had momentum and positivity around the club.
Full squad (taken from Wiki so not sure the fee's can be taken as gospel). How do people feel this compares to where we are at currently?
1 GK Dorus de Vries [Free]
2 DF Ashley William [£400k]
3 DF Neil Taylor [Free]
5 DF Alan Tate (vc) [Free]
6 MF Ferrie Bodde [£85k]
7 MF David Cotterill [£600k]
8 MF Darren Pratley [£100k]
9 FW Craig Beattie [£800k]
10 MF Andrea Orlandi [Free]
11 MF Cedric van der Gun [Free]
12 MF Nathan Dyer [£400k]
13 GK David Cornell [Youth system]
14 FW Stephen Dobbie [Free]
15 FW Fabio Borini [Loan]
16 DF England Garry Monk (captain) [Free]
17 DF Albert Serrán [£80k]
18 FW Gorka Pintado [£100k]
19 FW Luke Moore [Undisclosed fee]
20 MF Shaun MacDonald [Youth system]
21 MF Scott Sinclair [£500k]
22 DF Àngel Rangel [Undisclosed fee]
23 MF Scott Donnelly [Free]
24 MF Joe Allen [Youth system]
25 GK Yves Ma-Kalambay [Free]
26 MF Kemy Agustien [Free]
27 MF Mark Gower [Free]
28 MF Thomas Butler [Undisclosed fee]
29 MF Ashley Richards [Youth system]
31 MF Lee Lucas [Youth system]
33 FW Kerry Morgan [Youth system]
34 DF Joe Walsh [Youth system]
35 DF Daniel Alfei [Youth system]
36 FW Casey Thomas [Youth system]
37 MF Leon Britton [Free]
38 DF Jamie Grimes [Youth system]
44 MF Ryan Harley [Free] |  |
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| Comparing Championship Squads 2011/2018 on 13:00 - Jun 27 with 3440 views | Al_Bundy |
Sure Hartley cost us a packet from Exeter !? | | | |
| Comparing Championship Squads 2011/2018 on 14:01 - Jun 27 with 3355 views | JackBaston |
think it was Donnelly that cost money and we never played him as we got promoted and he went straight back |  | | |
| Comparing Championship Squads 2011/2018 on 14:53 - Jun 27 with 3311 views | StoptheBus |
Hartley was due to be out of contract with Exeter in the Summer when we signed him I believe. We agreed to sign him early and loan him back instead of waiting until he was a free agent in the Summer. | | | |
| Comparing Championship Squads 2011/2018 on 19:40 - Jun 27 with 3180 views | LeonWasGod |
I’m convinced we had a better team back then. De Vries was getting plaudits for his sweeper keeper role. Rangel, Ash, Leon all in their prime. Gower controlled the mid better than Carroll can. Tayls no worse than Olsson before his injury. Monk a proper leader on the pitch. Dyer took players on. Sinclair was on fire, nobody could handle him.
Centre forward we’re stronger now (even if only Ollie stays - he’s streets ahead of what we had that season). VDG was a bit shit too. But then is Routs any better these days?! (Probably just about is, maybe). |  | | |
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