riffraff
Striker
Davenporting as it’s known.Its quite standard from him. But I am biased / blinkered because I notice that he often moves into positions that makes it more difficult for our defenders to pass to him.
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Davenporting as it’s known.Its quite standard from him. But I am biased / blinkered because I notice that he often moves into positions that makes it more difficult for our defenders to pass to him.
Its quite standard from him. But I am biased / blinkered because I notice that he often moves into positions that makes it more difficult for our defenders to pass to him.
You we’re doing well until this bit “Gooch - Keep” he’s gash and offers nothing, so it’s a no from me, get rid if possible.GK
McLaughlin - Keep
Ruiter - Out of contract
Stryjek - Give new contract then loan out
Verdict - McLaughlin as keeper, sign a back up and loan out Strjek to a L2 club after he impressed in the national league.
RB
Love - Sell/loan out
Matthews - Out of contract
Verdict - Sign a first choice right back with O'nien/Hume capable of covering.
CB
Flanagan - Listen to offers
Baldwin - Listen to offers
Ozturk - Keep
Loovens - Sell/release
Verdict - Sign at least 1 first choice CB to replace Dunne.
LB
Oviedo - Sell
Hume - Keep
James - Renew contract
Verdict - Hume should be first choice with James there as back up.
CM
Cattermole - Move on if possible,
Leadbitter - Keep
Robson - Didn't pull up any trees in Scotland. Loan to another L1 club and bring him back in January if he's doing well.
Power - Listen to offers
McGeough - Keep (Should be a starter)
O'Nien - Keep
Mumba - Loan out for experience
Honeyman - Listen to offers
Verdict - Need to move at least 2 out. I'd like us to sign 1 athletic CM (Could O'Nien be this player)
Wingers
Gooch - Keep
McGeady - Keep
Watmore - Keep
Maguire - Keep
Embleton - Keep
Molyneux - Out of contract
Verdict - Lots of good options but we need an out and out number 10 or right winger.
Grigg - Keep
Wyke - Keep
Kimpioka - New contract and loan out to national league / L2
Verdict - Sign at least 1 new striker someone like Shankland or Norwood on a free would be good.
Same as the start of last season. Ross certainly knows how to pick a defenderChrist we don’t have a defence left!
Depends if he can get him back to the level of form he was in at the start of the season. Up to November he and maja were our best players by far. Since then he’s been worse than shite like the rest of the team.You we’re doing well until this bit “Gooch - Keep” he’s gash and offers nothing, so it’s a no from me, get rid if possible.
That was the one I was unsure of. I thought he was really good at the start of the season, if he went back to that form I'd be happy for him to start. If he plays like he did for the rest of the season he can play in cup competitions!You we’re doing well until this bit “Gooch - Keep” he’s gash and offers nothing, so it’s a no from me, get rid if possible.
GK
McLaughlin - Keep...............................................Agreed.
Ruiter - Out of contract...........................................OOC.
Stryjek - Give new contract then loan out...........Agreed.
Verdict - McLaughlin as keeper, sign a back up and loan out Strjek to a L2 club after he impressed in the national league..............Agreed.
RB
Love - Sell/loan out................................................Agreed
Matthews - Out of contract....................................Agreed
Verdict - Sign a first choice right back with O'nien/Hume capable of covering.........Sign two if Love isn’t around.
CB
Flanagan - Listen to offers......................................Keep as back up if Loovens goes. Otherwise Agreed.
Baldwin - Listen to offers........................................Keep as back up if Loovens goes. Otherwise Agreed.
Ozturk - Keep..........................................................Keep to be played alongside speed merchant.
Loovens - Sell/release.............................................Agreed. Replace with speed merchant.
Verdict - Sign at least 1 first choice CB to replace Dunn..........can’t see Loovens leaving without a payoff.
LB
Oviedo - Sell.............................................................Agreed. Can’t see him leaving without a payoff.
Hume - Keep............................................................Agreed.
James - Renew contract...........................................Agree only if Oviedo goes. Otherwise release.
Verdict - Hume should be first choice with James there as back up...................Agreed.
CM
Cattermole - Move on if possible............................Agreed. Think it’ll require a payoff.
Leadbitter - Keep.....................................................Agreed.
Robson - Didn't pull up any trees in Scotland. Loan to another L1 club and bring him back in January if he's doing well...........................................................................Agreed.
Power - Listen to offers............................................Agreed
McGeough - Keep (Should be a starter)...................Agreed
O'Nien - Keep............................................................Agreed
Mumba - Loan out for experience.............................Agreed
Honeyman - Listen to offers......................................Agreed
Verdict - Need to move at least 2 out. I'd like us to sign 1 athletic CM (Could O'Nien be this player)....Agreed
Wingers
Gooch - Keep..............................................Agreed. Keep as back up.
McGeady - Keep.........................................Agreed
Watmore - Keep.........................................Agreed
Maguire - Keep...........................................Agreed
Embleton - Keep.........................................Never seen him.
Molyneux - Out of contract.........................OOC. Never seen him.
Verdict - Lots of good options but we need an out and out number 10 or right winger.
Grigg - Keep...............................................Agreed.
Wyke - Keep...............................................Agreed.
Kimpioka - New contract and loan out to national league / L2................Never seen him.
Verdict - Sign at least 1 new striker someone like Shankland or Norwood on a free would be good.........Agreed.
I’ve a tendency to want to keep the academy products even if back up is realistically their role. I think it sends a good example to kids who are in the academy and any possible kids/parents we are approaching. Shows there is a route to the first team here.That was the one I was unsure of. I thought he was really good at the start of the season, if he went back to that form I'd be happy for him to start. If he plays like he did for the rest of the season he can play in cup competitions!
..........and you aren’t?
You admitted you were biased.
You Are biased
Well no as I know his shortcomings and, if you wish to do so, you can easily search and see I'm critical of him as well. I can praise and criticisePretty much this lads opinion for me anarl. The squads almost taken care of BUT we need an undisputed first choice right back, centre half, centre midfield and forward. Four players who no one would dare push the case for them being dropped for anyone else on the books in the way that McLaughlins the obvious first choice in his position.
But it all hinges on the Oviedo/Cattermole situation. I don’t think paying them off would sit well with any new investors. Imagine hoying your money in and seeing it immediately swanning off down the road in their back pockets?
I’ve a tendency to want to keep the academy products even if back up is realistically their role. I think it sends a good example to kids who are in the academy and any possible kids/parents we are approaching. Shows there is a route to the first team here.
..........and you aren’t?![]()
Despite the calls for a mass clear out I can’t see many leaving this summer.
The club will push hard to offload Oviedo, Kone, and they’d certainly move on Cattermole if an offer came in to get him off the books.
Given he’s got a while left on his contract I can’t see Catts leaving.
Donald Love and Adam Matthews will leave and Dunne, Sterling and probably Morgan we won’t see again, although it wouldn’t surprise me if Ross didn’t try and bring Morgan back next season.
The rest were bought on two year deals with the intention of getting out of League 1 within that time frame and they’ll be here next season for another go.
Hopefully the wages saved on the few we move and, together with some sensible recruitment provides Ross with a good enough group to go up automatically next season.
Christ we don’t have a defence left!
Season over so onto the next. Need to build a side that can win games & that can step up into the higher league. If we had went up this year, looking at the current personnel, we would struggle.
For me I'd get rid of the players that I wouldn't have even as squad players in the championship so
Flanagan
Baldwin
Ozturk
Loovens (out of contract anyways)
Matthews (out of contract anyways)
Honeyman
Also wouldn't resign Sterling, Morgan or Dunne on loan
Yeah, get rid.Watmore. He's done man
I’d keep Oviedo like
He is a player who could play at a much higher level.I'd like to see him get some fitness and some games next season. If we had someone on yesterday who was willing to go direct and actually run with the ball, it may have been a different outcome.
I'm sure if we could get rid we would.Decent player granted, but think we may struggle Rat, paying his 34,000 grand a week wages.. He may need to go...
Ruiter, Stryjek, James, Matthews all out of contract. Wouldn't try to keep any of the loans. Try to get shot of Love and Loovens in defence as well as Oviedo due to wage and Kone.
Midfield needs shaking up- I'd be inclined to keep Leadbitter and Power but slightly reluctantly get rid of McGeouch if we can due to injuries and Catts just because of wages.
Probably won't manage to clear them all out though. Need a goalkeeper, right back, left back, two centre halves, two midfielders, a striker and possibly a winger if we do get shot of the above though. Busy summer.
Was reliably informed, Loovens has another year left on his contract