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Posted September 05, 2019 12:09 · last edited September 12, 2019 20:17

reg22 wrote:

I was thinking that it was unusually quiet around all franchises and was wondering if a lot of the money has diminished.

Which lead me to think about how large your average Premiership squad is these days. It's only an 18 game season plus playoffs, yet the squads seem pretty large. Willy Geerdson certainly used a lot of players.

It was a different era I know (no sports science etc) but Christchurch United used to do it all in a 22 to 26 game season with 11 to 13 players.Imagine the cost savings if you could pull that off today!?

Was also played in the winter with ChCh United second team playing in the old Southern League so easy to have players slot into to cover injuries, suspensions etc

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Unknown editor edited September 12, 2019 20:17
reg22 wrote:

I was thinking that it was unusually quiet around all franchises and was wondering if a lot of the money has diminished.

Which lead me to think about how large your average Premiership squad is these days. It's only an 18 game season plus playoffs, yet the squads seem pretty large. Willy Geerdson certainly used a lot of players.

It was a different era I know (no sports science etc) but Christchurch United used to do it all in a 22 to 26 game season with 11 to 13 players.Imagine the cost savings if you could pull that off today!?

Was also a played in the winter with ChCh United second team playing in the old Southern League so easy to have players slot into to cover injuries, suspensions etc