bomb squad

noun2

1. •
   A division of a police force or the military responsible for safely defusing or detonating hazardous explosive devices.

   • They isolate; they evacuate the area; and they call the bomb squad. We then go in and do our examination. — 1978
2. •
   A group of players who are deemed surplus to requirements by the club and are excluded from the first-team squad training.

   • Discontent can brew among what is sometimes known within football as ‘the bomb squad’ – the cabal of players who have been ‘bombed out’ by the manager. — 2016