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RLB: 2-4 Players Needed

Hetty

Hetty

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To build on the foundation of this season and help the starting XI, with a core of 16 players to work with

What positions are we needing if we don't sell anyone in the summer?

LB/CB
CM
Winger
Striker
 

If we don’t sell anyone I’d be more than happy with Diallo and a centre forward. That said we will def lose a few players so it’s not really worth the discussion.
 
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Depends who, if anyone we sell. I'd say if I was to choose 4 players right now it's LB, RW, Striker and a CM/10.
 
Hetty said:
To build on the foundation of this season and help the starting XI, with a core of 16 players to work with

What positions are we needing if we don't sell anyone in the summer?

LB/CB
CM
Winger
Striker
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I would agree regarding what we currently need players wise, However, if we lose one or two over the summer that might change, plus another big IF we managed to get into a european slot 20 players just isn't enough IMO...
 
Hetty said:
To build on the foundation of this season and help the starting XI, with a core of 16 players to work with

What positions are we needing if we don't sell anyone in the summer?
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If it's in the same as the 'fantasy' thread 😎

LB/CB - John Stones
CM - Sandro Tonali
Winger - Mbappé
Striker - Lewandowski
 
I’m always rubbish at this game as I get too loyal to our existing squad.

I didn’t want to replace Patto, or Cirkin, or O’Nein or Paddy or Isidor.

I think if I try to be honest I think cm has been a bit of an issue. In that we don’t have much depth there and so we have been lucky that Xhaka and Sadiki have mostly remained available all season long.

We need a reliable second LB

And the wings are an obvious area of weakness too.
 
This is what we need to do now. Around 4 quality additions per window.

I remember Bruce saying something similar after we’d signed a fair few players in 2009 only for him to then completely rebuild the squad in both 2010 and 2011.
 
Lucky1985 said:
I’m always rubbish at this game as I get too loyal to our existing squad.

I didn’t want to replace Patto, or Cirkin, or O’Nein or Paddy or Isidor.

I think if I try to be honest I think cm has been a bit of an issue. In that we don’t have much depth there and so we have been lucky that Xhaka and Sadiki have mostly remained available all season long.

We need a reliable second LB

And the wings are an obvious area of weakness too.
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We have no idea how well Angulo or Jocelin will do yet. We might actually be pretty good out there but we definitely need another right winger as I'm very very doubtful Traore will still be here
 
We need an heir to Xhaka, at least one winger, another striker and competition at both LB and CB.
Smiler said:
We have no idea how well Angulo or Jocelin will do yet. We might actually be pretty good out there but we definitely need another right winger as I'm very very doubtful Traore will still be here
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I reckon Angulo and Talbi will kick on massively next year, one of them will go at the end of the 27/28 season and Jocelin will seamlessly slot in. The signing I mentioned before would be an experienced winger to bring them on (basically a Traore replacement)
 
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As said repeatedly we need another player of the stature/gravitas/quality etc of Xhaka, so that when he has his inevitable absence(s) we don’t look à disorganised rabble.
He’s back to fitness and I suppose likely to go somewhere like Everton, but Stones of City would fit that bill. He can play CB and DM and even Rodri role at à push.
I dont think we need more wingers. We have 7 last time I looked. Thing is wingers we have arent getting quality ball, neither are our strikers. It’s how we are set up
I’d like a LB so we don’t put RB there when reinildo is out.
Easy to say but we need an X factor player, someone who can change things very quickly. Aziz ( sp ) at Millwall looks like one of those
 
It all depends how Ta Bi and Angulo do. We won't know that until next season now though due to their injuries. We will need a lb, cb, dm and st as a minimum.
 
Smiler said:
We have no idea how well Angulo or Jocelin will do yet. We might actually be pretty good out there but we definitely need another right winger as I'm very very doubtful Traore will still be here
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I think we’ve seen enough of Angulo to be able to judge him tbf. But I agree with Jocelin, I thought he looked lively when he came on. Most of our wing options feel like development squad to me though. I don’t think any are poor, but compared to other areas on the pitch I think that’s our weakest area.
 
Centre half
Left back
Central midfielder

We don't need a right winger or striker if nobody leaves. However, I expect at least Isidor and Traore to leave, so I think realistically we'll need 1 of each.

Still early days for all of our young wingers, hopefully Jocelin and Angulo get off the bench today.
Lucky1985 said:
I think we’ve seen enough of Angulo to be able to judge him tbf. But I agree with Jocelin, I thought he looked lively when he came on. Most of our wing options feel like development squad to me though. I don’t think any are poor, but compared to other areas on the pitch I think that’s our weakest area.
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Angulo only played about 250 minutes like
 
LCB, LB, (Possibly a RB understudy), DM, an alternative to le Fee on the creative CM role, a left footed RW and a ST. So 6 to me but only a few may be first XI. Perhaps there is other areas that they see they could improve upon too
 
Inside Forward said:
This is what we need to do now. Around 4 quality additions per window.

I remember Bruce saying something similar after we’d signed a fair few players in 2009 only for him to then completely rebuild the squad in both 2010 and 2011.
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Bruce just can't help himself.

Throughout his career he often hit on a formation/line-up that works, but just can't help himself with wheeling and dealing as soon as he gets the chance. That was certainly the case here, at Hull and at Villa anyway.

He's one of the old school so maybe there's an ulterior motive behind that, agent fees etc, but it's one of the things that finished him in all 3 of the aforementioned jobs.
 
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