Maybe we can " persuade " a club to buy one of these players and they get Collins thrown in lol.I suspect Binks, Lati, Bidwell, Simms and maybe Wright would also be in the 'avaliable for transfer category'
The only benefit from this 'project' I can identify is cost avoidance from his wages by binning him off.Hard to imagine because he hasn’t played, but Frank sees Raphael as some sort of project
I'd keep Allen 100%. He's not going to start but he's proved this season that he's a decent squad player.
He's had a couple of good games and a one or two excellent games. But on the whole he's rather average and just not good enough on the ball.
Sell Sheaf and Allen, sign one first choice starter and a young backup/rotation
Grimes - New Signing - Rudoni - as starters.
Eccles - Torp - New Signing - as squad players.
I'd keep Allen 100%. He's not going to start but he's proved this season that he's a decent squad player.
But we don't want to have to replace half the squad. Allen is a good option to keep...we know he's a decent person, keeps himself in shape, is a decent player and seemingly liked around the squad.
No brainer to keep him.
I just can’t see why Eccles would stay as a squad player when he was playing every week under Robins.
If someone is willing to pay a few million for him, you’d have to take the money for FFP. It means that, in theory, it’s pure profit to put in the transfer kitty (to my limited understanding).
Looking at the way teams can break through our high line, we have 2 options to address this imo:
1) change tactics
2) add athletic personnel
Lampard will more likely opt for option number 2. The squad is v much built in Robins’ image and it’ll start to change significantly.
I just can’t see why Eccles would stay as a squad player when he was playing every week under Robins.
Kai Andrews is highly rated, interesting to see if Lampard integrates him into the first team squad.Be interesting to see how Andrews and Obikwu develop with a year behind them and competing in pre-season too.
Why just for FFP when we're absolutely nowhere near in breach of the threshold?
He was really very good when he came onI just can’t see why Eccles would stay as a squad player when he was playing every week under Robins.
He was really very good when he came on
First pass sent wright through
Second pass the same and Rudoni completely free on the other side of the pitch for an easy ball
He also won the ball on numerous occasions and won a few free kicks
Shame he went off as the time lost was added and Sunderland used it to score from the resulting corner
Absolutely. Had we gone up it might have been a different story but Allen is definitely worth keeping in the Champ.I'd keep Allen 100%. He's not going to start but he's proved this season that he's a decent squad player.
I'd happily keep Allen as he's very handy from the bench, but I feel like we'd have renewed his contract by now if he was staying. Hopefully that's all actually going on at the moment now we know which division we're in next year.
In all fairness to Allen at 30 years old does he really want to be resigned to the bench for another year or would he rather try to potentially look to move to a club where he's guaranteed to start.
He was really very good when he came on
First pass sent wright through
Second pass the same and Rudoni completely free on the other side of the pitch for an easy ball
He also won the ball on numerous occasions and won a few free kicks
Shame he went off as the time lost was added and Sunderland used it to score from the resulting corner
Absolutely. Had we gone up it might have been a different story but Allen is definitely worth keeping in the Champ.
Amazes me why people are so desperate to get rid of young players before they've really had chance. Both would've been signed for development. Definitely a player in Bassette - maybe needs to bulk up a bit like Gyökeres did. Loans maybe wouldn't hurt either but can't see we'd be ditching them after a year.not sure why anyone would release allen? great squad player.
Rafa defo a project, could easily come good at some point
the hound, surely with age will progress, hes still only 20?
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