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Worksheet analysis of the LIVERPOOL first team squad
This worksheet last updated:	 Mancini&#39;s Lasagne invite to Harry  Talk 09:10, 19 December 2010 (UTC) Recent updates log: - decrased "effective" and "total" squad sizes by 1 to reflect transfer of Charles Itandje to Atromitos - increased "total squad size" to 44 by adding U18 reserve defender Flanagan to first team squad - as per LFC OWS on 3 Dec. 10, John/Jonathon Flanagan now has a squad no. so added him to "fringe" pool - as per LFC OWS on 5 Nov. 10, "fringe player" Victor Pálsson also out on loan; no effect on squad size - decrased "effective squad size" to 29 to reflect new loan status of Stephen Darby and Thomas Ince - as per EPL OWS on 5 Nov. 10, Charles Itandje is in LFC squad; increased "effective squad size" to 31 - decreased "effective squad size" total to 30 as a result of Daniel Ayala's loan spell at Hull City - updated worksheet to reflect the new loan contracts of Daniel Ayala and Péter Gulácsi - increased "total squad size" to 43 by adding Andre Wisdom to first team squad as per LFC OWS - increased "effective squad size" total by 3 after the 3 League Cup debuts by prior "fringe players" - created the initial "Squad Status" classification of the Liverpool first team squad on 8 Sep. 10 CURRENT SQUAD STATI: 4 MF FOR-01  Raul Meireles 5 DF FOR-02  Daniel Agger 6 DF FOR-03  Fábio Aurélio 9 FW FOR-04  Fernando Torres 14 MF FOR-05  Milan Jovanović 16 DF FOR-06  Sotirios Kyrgiakos 17 MF FOR-07  Maxi Rodríguez 18 MF FOR-08  Dirk Kuyt 19 MF FOR-09  Ryan Babel 21 MF FOR-10  Lucas Leiva 25 GK FOR-11  Pepe Reina 27 DF FOR-XX  Philipp Degen		(XX - currently on a season-long loan at VfB Stuttgart) 28 MF FOR-12  Christian Poulsen 31 MF FOR-XX  Nabil El Zhar		(XX - currently on a season-long loan at PAOK) 37 DF FOR-13  Martin Škrtel -- DF FOR-XX  Alberto Aquilani 	(XX - currently on a season-long loan at Juventus) 1 GK HGP-01  Brad Jones		- spent late youth career with Middlesbrough  (made first team debut in LC on 22 Sep. 10) 2 DF HGP-02  Glen Johnson		- spent entire youth career with first West Ham United then Chelsea 3 DF HGP-03  Paul Konchesky		- spent entire youth career with first West Ham United then Charlton Athletic 10 MF HGP-04  Joe Cole  		- spent entire youth and early senior career with West Ham United 8 MF ACG-01  Steven Gerrard		- LFC Academy graduate 1998 23 DF ACG-02  Jamie Carragher		- LFC Academy graduate 1997 26 MF ACG-03  Jay Spearing		- LFC Academy graduate 2008 32 DF ACG-XX  Stephen Darby		- LFC Academy graduate 2008	(XX - currently on loan at Notts County until 3 Jan. 11) 12 FW YTH-01  Daniel Pacheco		- LFC Academy graduate 2009 24 FW YTH-02  David N'Gog		- LFC Academy graduate 2008 34 DF YTH-03  Martin Kelly		- LFC Academy graduate 2008 39 FW YTH-04  Nathan Eccleston 	- LFC Academy graduate 2009 40 DF YTH-XX  Daniel Ayala		- LFC Academy graduate 2009	(XX - currently on loan at Hull City until 1 Jan. 11) 45 MF YTH-XX  Thomas Ince		- LFC Academy graduate 2010	(XX - currently on loan at Notts County until 3 Jan. 11) 46 MF YTH-05  David Amoo		- LFC Academy graduate 2010	(made first team debut in Europa League on 29 July 10) 49 DF YTH-06  Jack Robinson		- LFC Academy graduate 2010 -- DF YTH-XX  Emiliano Insúa		- LFC Academy graduate 2007	(XX - currently on a season-long loan at Galatasaray) (following 2 youths made first team debuts in League Cup on 22 Sep. 10) 22 DF U21-01  Daniel Wilson		- LFC Academy graduate 2010	(registered in "FOR" slot of UEFA squad on 1 Sep. 10) 33 MF U21-02  Jonjo Shelvey		- LFC Academy graduate 2010	(registered in "FOR" slot of UEFA squad on 1 Sep. 10) 42 GK U21-XX  Péter Gulácsi		- LFC Academy (cf. Note 4)	(XX - currently on loan at Tranmere Rovers until mid-Nov.) 44 MF U21-XX  Victor Pálsson		- LFC Academy			(XX - currently on loan at Dag & Red until 4 Jan. 11) 36 DF YTH     Steven Irwin		- LFC Academy			(Reserve DF has never played for Liverpool first team) 38 DF YTH     John/Jonathon Flanagan	- LFC Academy			(Reserve DF has never played for Liverpool first team) 41 GK YTH     Martin Hansen		- LFC Academy			(Reserve GK has never played for Liverpool first team) 43 GK YTH     Dean Bouzanis		- LFC Academy			(Reserve GK has never played for Liverpool first team) 47 DF YTH     Andre Wisdom		- LFC Academy			(Reserve DF has never played for Liverpool first team) 48 MF YTH     Gerardo Alfredo Bruna	- LFC Academy			(Reserve MF has never played for Liverpool first team) TOTAL SQUAD SIZE:  43 EFFECTIVE SQUAD SIZE:  28   = TOTAL SQUAD SIZE less all players out on loan (indicated TLA-XX) less any "fringe players" N.B.: A "fringe player" is any player (1) not registered in either UEFA or EPL 25-man squad (indicated TLA-00), or 					 (2) yet to debut in a competitive match for first team (indicated by TLA only)


 * Note 1:	The Liverpool OWS web page first team squad listing identifies a pool of 50+ players that includes many more than those who would normally be considered to be first team players. For the purposes of this worksheet analysis, all of those listed players that have NOT been assigned squad numbers for the current season were disregarded, but with the following exception made for players currently out on loan to other clubs.  If the player was a regular participant in last season's first team squad and the only reason he was not assigned a squad number this season was because his loan period with the other club commenced before this season's numbers were assigned (e.g., Alberto Aquilani and Emiliano Insúa) then he was still included as being a bona fide member of the LFC first team squad.


 * Note 2:	The following players who were registered in Liverpool's UEFA squad for the Europa League 3rd Qualifying Round and subsequent Play-off Round, and who all made playing appearances in one or more of the games played in those rounds, were removed from the UEFA squad that was re-registered on 1 Sep. 10:
 * LIST A:  04 - DF - FOR - Alberto Aquilani 	(started a season-long loan at Juventus on 21 Aug. 2010)
 * LIST A:  01 - GK - FOR - Diego Cavalieri  	(transferred to Cesena on 23 Aug. 2010)
 * LIST A:  20 - MF - FOR - Javier Mascherano	(transferred to Barcelona on 30 Aug. 2010)
 * LIST B:  38 - FW - YTH - Lauri Dalla Valle	(transferred to Fulham on 31 Aug. 2010)


 * Note 3:	The following 3 players replaced the above 4 players in the Liverpool UEFA squad that was re-registered on 1 Sep. 10:
 * LIST A:   01 - GK - HGP - Brad Jones  	(transferred from Middlesbrough on 17 Aug. 2010)
 * LIST A:   04 - MF - FOR - Raul Meireles	(transferred from Porto on 29 Aug. 2010)
 * LIST A:   03 - DF - HGP - Paul Konchesky	(transferred from Fulham on 31 Aug. 2010)


 * Note 4:	"U21" status goalkeeper Péter Gulácsi joined LFC on transfer deadline day 2008. One doesn't have to be a maths wizard to realize that as of transfer deadline day 2010 he had been registered with LFC for exactly "two uninterrupted years" and thus he finally now qualifies as a "YTH" status player.  When he was first registered in the LFC UEFA squad back in July he failed that two year criterion and had to be LIST A registered in a "FOR" slot, and that was still his status in the LFC UEFA squad displayed in the Europa League area of UEFA.com on 8 Sep. 10 (which was still showing all the prior Play-off Round registrations for all the Europa League teams).  This area of the UEFA web site was finally updated on 9 Sep. 10 but Gulácsi was still displayed as being LIST A registered.  This is most likely because LFC has only registerd 21 senior players in its 24-man LIST A squad (i.e., there are a total of 3 such "U21" players in this squad), so with one senior player slot still vacant there was probably no urgency to remove Gulácsi from the submitted LIST A form and re-register him via LIST B instead.  OTOH, it may also reflect that on 1 Sep. 10 Gulácsi possibly still failed the two year "YTH" criterion by literarally a few hours!

Squad Status breakdown
The overall Squad Status breakdown of the official Liverpool first team squad is depicted in the following table:


 * Numbers in parentheses are first team youth players that do NOT count towards the 25-man senior squad totals
 * * An U21 player that has to be registered as a FOR player in the UEFA squad