Team depth

[selby]

  Flint will be the back up right back possibly, he has been schooled in that position in training and in the u18s since Christmas last, and Faulkner made his debut at right back but moved central because of injury and later centre forward in desperation in the same game and caused havoc in the area resulting in us getting two late goals and winning the game.

[drfcsteve]

If Faulkner was better than our current centre backs / right backs I imagine McCann would pick him.

[DonnyOsmond]

Faulkner needs to get 30+ games under his belt this coming season ideally, get him a National League club on loan and get him some experience.

[drfchound]

I think that the same applies to Jones.
He needs a full season as number one for a National League or even NLN club.

[selby]

  He will be given every chance to be a starter here, it is up to him to prove better than the others for a starting place.

[EasyforDennis]

I would keep Jones as number 2 and send Lawlor out on loan if anyone would take him.

[ForsolongaRover]

A spare Goalkeeper or Goalkeepers who are not up to the standard is a heavy weight to carry as we are now experiencing.

It surely makes a lot of sense to use loans from the large pool of number 3s at Championship level and number 4s at PL clubs. If you’re a number 3 you don’t get many games and the very nature of a good goalkeeper will typically lead him to want regular games which means he’ll want his availability for a loan written into his contract. This is risk-free and probably less expensive for us than trying to get another one on a permanent deal.

[drfcsteve]

Very true, all our best keepers at this level have been loans.