The phrase "average squad" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a group or team that is considered to be of typical or mediocre quality in terms of performance or ability.
Example: "Despite their efforts, the team was just an average squad, unable to compete with the top contenders in the league."
Alternatives: "mediocre team" or "ordinary group".
I'm not sure how many people would take given the opportunity of ManU job, with a below average squad, high expectations and no CL football next year and leave a club like Dortmund?
The proposal for acrobatics and tumbling, which was submitted to the N.C.A.A. late last year, imagines that an average squad size will number from 32 to 36 athletes, with a maximum of 12 scholarships.
[An email from Jay Palicha tells us this was inspired by Nicola Ventola, who took the No78 when he was at Internazionale.] "With David Beckham at 32, Kaká 22 and Andrea Pirlo 21, Milan could certainly have fielded a team with an average squad number in the 40s.
At least Sam Allardyce is the type of manager to take some of the players down a peg or two, but that's about all fulbright Allardyce has got a strong track record of getting the best out of an average squad so it looks like a good fit.
First, with just five players on the court at a time, basketball is unusually superstar-driven: a transcendent talent like Mr James is estimated to improve a team by anywhere from 20 to 35 winning-percentage points, which is enough to turn a team of minimum-salary journeymen into a league-average club, or an average squad into a juggernaut.
There has been a constant increase in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) varsity men's lacrosse programs over the past decade, from 211 schools and 7103 student-athletes (average squad size of 34) during the 2003/04 academic year to 350 schools and 13,165 student-athletes (average squad of 38) in the 2014/15 academic year (National Collegiate Athletic Association 2015).
The Bulls were derailed by an average Hornets squad that ended the season 41-41.
To deal with what he saw as a below average playing squad, twenty four players were placed on the transfer list and all of these had left the club within one year.
More pragmatic than the average J-League squad, more technical than the Chinese and more battle-hardened and aggressive than many from West Asia, South Koreans have the knack of winning.
Thus if, say, a squad averages 7.5 on the balance beam, its total score for the event would be 37.5.
The men in his squad averaged more than two hundred pounds, topping out at two hundred and thirty-six, for the sergeant, Randy Brenner.
