Squad for 2017-18

According to the club website we have three new signings, Harries, Bailey and Wood and players signing new deals are Winder, Akrigg, Tam, Kilifin, Mercer, Westwood and Hudson.

So of last season's regular players, we've yet to read anything about Steel, Sumner, Mayers, Carney, Gregory, Crolla, Wills and Gavin Clark. Maybe Craig Carney is still a Stockport player.

I'm assuming Rob Henry will continue to do some coaching and is still available for selection at right back.

No goalkeeper of course! Is Luke Raybould ready to make the step up?

Add left back Paul Dugdale to this list.

Good summer so far!

Both Ollie Wood & Paul Dudley are good signings, Wood will score goals & hold the ball up & Dugdalet will get up & down the left side & put quality balls in the box & is a good defender as well .

Sorry that's meant to say Dugdale

Still waiting for news on Jacob Gregory, Craig Carney, Glenn Steel and Adam Sumner before you can say the squad is taking shape. Interesting to note that Steel, Sumner and Gav Clark can play on the left side of defence...like Dugdale.

The increased travel times of pretty much every other game being in Birmingham may be too much for a few, particularly when working in jobs and family.

Strangely enough, if we got promoted to the Conference North we'd actually have more local games and far less travelling

So PB says the squad is more or less in place. The only ones unaccounted for appear to be Gav Clark, Wills and Carney. Anyone shed any light on these three?

There aren't any more new signings planned unless something significant happens, but I believe talks with Wills and Carney are on-going.

Gav is back with us...so I've been told unofficially anyway but not 100% sure.


2017/18 Squad as it stands:

GK: Cheetham, Raybould
DEF: Clark, Dugdale, Henry, Hudson, Mercer, Sumner, Steel, Westwood,
MF: Akrigg, C. Bailey, S.Bailey, Harries, Winder
ATT: Kilifin, Mayers, Tam, Wood

Add Carney and Wills in to that and I think we're doing pretty good! I have a sneaky feeling Hannu may play a huge part for us this season...

I notice that Wills and Mayers haven't featured in any of the first three friendlies.Any reason for that?

Was told on Saturday that Wills has a leg injury and Mayers has had back spasms.