13 Jul 2023 12:48:13
Ideal 25-man squad (for depth - not dream squad) :
GK: (Signing) - Horvath
RB: Aurier - Williams - Biancone
CB: Felipe - Worrall
CB: Niakhaté - (Signing) - McKenna
LB: (Signing) - Richards
CM: Mangala - Kouyate - Freuler
CM: Yates - (Signing)
CM: Danilo - O'Brien
AM: Gibbs-White - Scarpa
AM: Johnson - (Signing)
ST: Awoniyi - Wood - Dennis
Potential signings:
GK: Henderson/ Sa/ Navas
CB: Harwood-Bellis
LB:?
CM: Sangare
AM: Willian
With potentially Biancone as a RB and CB cover and Williams as a LB, we could just need the 4 signings. Harwood is U21, so doesn't take up a slot, so room for one more.
Just means moving on:
1 Hennessey (or swap with Horvath)
2 Cook
3 Toffolo (presumably)
4 Boly (or swap with McKenna)
5 Shelvey
6 Surridge (clearly not in the plans)
7 Mighten
8 Fornah
9 Panzo
10 Laryea
11 Ojeda
12 Bowler
13 Drager
14 Hwang Ui-Jo
15 Mbe Soh
16 ARTER!
17 Konaté
Loans for:
1 G Shelvey
2 Harbottle
3 Donnelly
4 Back
5 Hammond
6 Aguilera
7 Esapa Osong
8 Taylor
Whatever way we look at it, as fans, we realistically can't go crazy buying players when there's a clear argument to be made that we need to move around SEVENTEEN senior players off the wage bill. Most will probably go out on loan and then leave for free, but we don't want 10 Arters sitting at home doing nothing for £40k a week. Plus, Freuler and O'Brien could also be moved on, meaning we would need 2 more midfielders for depth in that case. We need to start the outgoings ASAP to really get an idea of the squad.
Potentially 5 in/ 17 out.
VERY big window ahead.
13 Jul 2023 13:15:53
Need to get rid of most of that lot off our wage bill good luck whoever gets the job.
13 Jul 2023 14:18:12
Imagine having to fork out for that pile of rubbish. Not one good player there apart from Surridge. ?.
13 Jul 2023 15:45:34
In an ideal world Irish I’d lose Dennis and Freuler then keep Surridge instead of Wood but it’s more complicated than that. The amount of deadwood is incredible but but you never know we might be able to salvage a gem in there somewhere mate. In Cooper we trust but sadly he probably doesn’t have the final say.
13 Jul 2023 19:27:12
Irish Red, well done listing all them players we have. I had forgotten certain players we had, it looks like a buying spree disaster, and it is. And Arter should hang his head in shame, and should just go!.
13 Jul 2023 19:33:44
I said the other day we have a dozen to move on. And now uve written it down, its more like 17 yeh. Massive wage savings to be had.
We need 5-6 in, and 17 out.