Personally I think we need a couple of strikers to start with
FTT, Rushworth and MVE?Of the starting 11 yesterday, 3 are probably good enough to start regularly.
We don’t always need to go for superstars, and would imagine Austin has a list of potentialsWe do in an ideal world.
But how much would it cost to upgrade both?
FTT, Rushworth and MVE?
Don’t care how much of that budget it is but tweedle Dee and tweedle dum are the most bang average in their positions in our squad. Not to mention Thomas Asante who looks back to his ineffective best. Sounds incredibly harsh but they just wouldn’t cut it against the Prem defences.We do in an ideal world.
But how much would it cost to upgrade both?
...from now on we’ll be shopping at Harrods." (The "legendary" John Sillet)Now that promotion has been secured my thoughts are now turning to our squad for next season
Realistically how many of the current team are good enough
Personally I think we need a couple of strikers to start with
People slag our strikers off but wright generally is one of the championships best strikers over the 3 seasons hes had with us with 44 goals in 109 games
People need to stop obsessing with his body language because thats obviously who he is
Its really not an easy thing to find 20 goals in the league .
Im not sure what the club will do with simms and asante but youd imagine they will take wright to the premier league
Wright has a place as a squad player but he isn’t your starting striker in the PL.
People slag our strikers off but wright generally is one of the championships best strikers over the 3 seasons hes had with us with 44 goals in 109 games
People need to stop obsessing with his body language because thats obviously who he is
Its really not an easy thing to find 20 goals in the league .
Im not sure what the club will do with simms and asante but youd imagine they will take wright to the premier league
When you play with the demeanor of Wright they'll always be question marks about attitude, I can think of several similar players who got the same questions asked about them including one who was probably world class, Berbatov.
But putting that to one side what is beyond dispute is the fact he has spells where it just doesn't happen for him and he's virtually a passenger. That's going to be problematic in the PL.
I still think he'll be here because I can't see us replacing both strikers and he's clearly better than Simms, and how much does a 10-15 PL goals a season striker cost these days? I'd imagine it's not cheap
Well only 3 players have 15 goals at this point in the premWhen you play with the demeanor of Wright they'll always be question marks about attitude, I can think of several similar players who got the same questions asked about them including one who was probably world class, Berbatov.
But putting that to one side what is beyond dispute is the fact he has spells where it just doesn't happen for him and he's virtually a passenger. That's going to be problematic in the PL.
I still think he'll be here because I can't see us replacing both strikers and he's clearly better than Simms, and how much does a 10-15 PL goals a season striker cost these days? I'd imagine it's not cheap
Yes I agree. To be fair thats the most exciting place to buy players.I doubt BTA will stay either so we need a couple of strikers
Rudoni had bids from Premier League clubs in the summer didn't he?He’s probably the player who is ours who is closest to PL quality tbh. There’s a reason he’s the only one there’s been bids for from the PL recently
The reality is 50% of the current squad will be moved on and a lot of our current 1st 11 will become squad players as better new players come in.
Our current team has struggled against the 2 parachute teams in Ipswich and Saints as an example this season and they were guff in the PL. So it shows how much work is needed. Annoyingly if they both go up again they’ve got a better squad foundation to work off with PL experience.
The gap to the PL is huge and we’ve got to accept that. This summer will come down to how much Doug will gamble with the £200m like Sunderland did. We will need to be smart and I like what Sunderland did with bringing in Xhaka as an example as that experienced European CM. Hopefully there’s a smart marquee signing like that for us.
Rudoni had bids from Premier League clubs in the summer didn't he?
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I dont think in either game we struggled against saints for what its worth
Ipswich sure
I imagine we will have 5 -7 new starters
I think anyone who expects us to replace 50% of the starting lineup is going to be disappointed this summer. Of the current squad, I’d expect the following to start next season playing regularly:
JDS
MVE
Thomas
Grimes
Onyeka
Rudoni
Sakamoto
Mason-Clarke
I’d also expect these to be playing regularly/on the bench:
Dovin
Kitching
Latibeaudiere
Torp
Eccles
Simms
KKH
I think we will ship out:
Wright
BTA
Woolfenden
Allen
Wilson
Bidwell
Brau
And obviously we won’t be going in for Esse or Yang
Let’s see. Doug said on the radio that we aren’t following the Sunderland model of wholesale change.So we’re going to move 7 on but only 3 of their replacements (and that’s including a keeper!!) are going to be good enough to start regularly? Nah, nonsense.
If we’re signing 8 players then at least 6 of them will be straight in as regular starters.
Let’s see. Doug said on the radio that we aren’t following the Sunderland model of wholesale change.Also, it’s a squad game. Especially in the premier league. Playing regularly doesn’t mean that there aren’t other players starting regularly too.
Rushworth has to be first signing besides FTT who I believe is an obligation to buy anyway. Hope we can sell our strikers to the highest bidder from those going down to the Championship or top tier Championship teams. I’m sure there’d be interest in them. Should help raise funds for the summer.Rushworth not ours though.
Its ok Bassette will be back by thenWe do in an ideal world.
But how much would it cost to upgrade both?
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