Scorer
Striker
I think we’re less likely to now, will need reliable players injury wise and need some spots to recruit over 21 non homegrown players. Only got 17 of those places.
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Could we finally get Charlie Cresswell this summer
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poolie
Winger
Do we need a backup?
Do we want to keep our best players?
We have had an amazing season, we have got into Europe, but at the same time Chelsea and Spurs surely cannot be as bad next season, even Newcastle. Getting Europe again will be very difficult, esp. us juggling both europe and the prem at the same time.
If this is just the beginning and not our everest we need a starting centre half to come in to partner Mukiele.
RC - Mukiele & Ballard
LC - New CB & Alderete
+ O’Nien
Cresswell isn’t the answer
contrarian
Central Defender
Until we decide on how to utilise our wingers it seems pointless stockpiling more
This season has been predominantly about staying up and not conceding and has worked very well
But it relies on wingers pressing and chasing scraps and not as much creativity as many would like
Wingers are fed on crumbs as have been our strikers
Adingra had a good record with Brighton and is doing well with Monaco. Talbi has shown he can deliver. Diarra seems to be coming to life..again.
We have Hume and his famous hybrid role as a defensive right wing
Just 5punking money on wingers and crossing our fingers won’t cut it imho.
Hopefully we can get an X factor player, the sort who can change à game in a thrice but they don’t come cheap
Sure Ghisolfi and RLB have ideas
What mukiele is clearly the starting rb and Omar starts every day of the week
Yes someone like harry Wilson
poolie
Winger
can honestly see us upgrading on Omar. Not because he’s a bad player, he isn’t at all. The club just don’t seem as though they’d accept to stand still. They’re being as ambitious as possible and thats only a good thing. We need another cb in our group, bringing in one to sit on the bench (unless they have amazing potential) seems pointless to me.
Mukiele is the best CB at the club currently. If Geertruida stays, Mukiele stays in the middle for me.
PallionLad
Full Back
I hear what your saying but sometimes we need to try a few before we find the right one? Personally ive always fancied a Son, Mitoma, Tanaka type signing on wing. Hard working, fast and knows where back of net is.
SuperKevsLeftBoot
Striker
Who lol
Mate Omar will be starting I think you're forgetting how good our back 4 was the first half of the season with Ballard and Omar as the CBs
Ita not pointless they will get game time and we slowly develop them to replace Omar mukiele when they leave etc
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Kent Boy 2
Striker
Alderete is a much better player than Ballard in my opinion. If we are being ruthless, then we will replace Ballard. However, I actually don’t think that there will be much movement at the back, if we can keep the players that we currently have. Roefs (with Elberg / Young as backup). Geertruida / Hume. Mukiele / Alderete / Ballard / O’9 / one new young English CB. Reinildo / one new young English LB. I genuinely think that will be enough for a top 10 finish plus a Europa League campaign.
It’s further forward that we need to strengthen. We don’t have enough goals in the squad.
The left back doesn't need to be English thinking Aresene kouassi we definitely need a rw Harvey Elliot would be a great signing can play that 10/rw role nicely
rapscallion
Striker
Ballard's just got a new deal. He's tremendous. Get to fuck
Kent Boy 2
Striker
If you read the full post I wasn’t suggesting that we replace Ballard. The comment was made in response to someone saying that if we are ruthless then we will replace Alderete. In my opinion Alderete and Mukiele are both a higher class of player than Ballard, so if we were going to be ruthless and replace one out of the 3 then it has to be Ballard. Personally I wouldn’t understand the need to replace any of the 3, being ruthless or not.
Required in order of priority:
RW/LCB/LB/CF/DCM
The LB/LCB could be one player. RW and CF would need to be established players who offer competition/a new name on the team sheet for the first team if we want to take a step further.
The DCM in the guise of a deep lying playmaker we would be after a young talented prospect to learn from Xhaka, play the odd cup games and cover for Xhaka if injured.
4/5 new solid players in for me please.
I can see a fair few going out the other way to make way:
Seelt/Ba/Pembele/Patto/Cirkin/Neil/Aleksic/H Jones/Mundle/Traore/Rusyn/Adingra/Hjelde/Browne
And that’s without the young development loans!
4/5 in and 14 out
RW/LCB/LB/CF/DCM
The LB/LCB could be one player. RW and CF would need to be established players who offer competition/a new name on the team sheet for the first team if we want to take a step further.
The DCM in the guise of a deep lying playmaker we would be after a young talented prospect to learn from Xhaka, play the odd cup games and cover for Xhaka if injured.
4/5 new solid players in for me please.
I can see a fair few going out the other way to make way:
Seelt/Ba/Pembele/Patto/Cirkin/Neil/Aleksic/H Jones/Mundle/Traore/Rusyn/Adingra/Hjelde/Browne
And that’s without the young development loans!
4/5 in and 14 out
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Ilios
Striker
Johnson? He's 21 and playing in the National League
The Situation
Striker
Lucumi.
MigsGoalKicks
Midfield
Think we will go for lucumi again.
Seem to remember we were interested in a Club Brugge young cb so could go for him as well
Seem to remember we were interested in a Club Brugge young cb so could go for him as well
And that’s before we start looking for replacements for Roefs, Sidiki and maybe others.
