The Squad - retain or release?


Been thinking about this a bit, what's to say we get Bellingham, kept Michut and brought in Simms . That's an outlay of what £10 million?

Selling Wright, Matete and Dajaku and if rumours are true that Pritchard may go an income of £4 Millon so an outlay of £6 million (not much more than we spent last year

Gives us a team of

...............Patto

Hume.......Ballard......batth...... Alese

..........................Ekwah

...............Neil.....,.............Bellingham.

.......Roberts........Stewart........ Clarke

With a second 11 of

..................... Bass

Gooch.........09......Alese......Huggins

.......................Evans

...............Embo..........Michut

........Lihadji.......Simms......Jewi

Doesn't look bad at all imo
You sold Cirkin?
 
Missed Ba out of our second 11, so you could add Embo to the sell list, puts income at £5 expenditure at £10. Net spend £4 million which is less than we spent last season and keeps all our best players
 
Been thinking about this a bit, what's to say we get Bellingham, kept Michut and brought in Simms . That's an outlay of what £10 million?

Selling Wright, Matete and Dajaku and if rumours are true that Pritchard may go an income of £4 Millon so an outlay of £6 million (not much more than we spent last year

Gives us a team of

...............Patto

Hume.......Ballard......Batth...... Cirkin

..........................Ekwah

...............Neil.....,.............Bellingham.

.......Roberts........Stewart........ Clarke

With a second 11 of

..................... Bass

Gooch.........09......Alese......Huggins

.......................Evans

...............Embo..........Michut

........Lihadji.......Simms......Jewi

Doesn't look bad at all imo
£4 million for Wright,Matete, Pritchard and Djaku are u on glue?
 
No.
Djaku has no value, Matete nobody will pay more than a couple of hundred K, Wright will go for nowt or be loaned out and Pritchard won't move for much to another championship side.
Fair enough, its all about opinions, think your undervaluing Matete.

I only posted as a discussion point that we don't necessarily have to sell any important players
 
Think at least one new keeper and promote within if fit/performances.
Do you reckon Green is on the radar? Looks like our sort of profile. We seem to have a relative abundance of highly rated young keepers, will be a balancing act of promotion/ loans to keep everyone developing. Nice problem to have though.
Genuinely think we only signed him cos he was under 25 and available
Our signings have looked far more researched than that. He’s probably been a bit unlucky that our other young midfield recruitment has been so good.
 
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Do you reckon Green is on the radar? Looks like our sort of profile. We seem to have a relative abundance of highly rated young keepers, will be a balancing act of promotion/ loans to keep everyone developing. Nice problem to have though.

Our signings have looked far more researched than that. He’s probably been a bit unlucky that our other young midfield recruitment has been so good.
We don't have that many keepers compared to others. From a youth point to senior (18s+) we have single figures. Some home double figures for 18sbl and 21s in total. Great for game time and development.
As for green quite possible, been mentioned on here quite a bit. Think they need healthy competition for Patta as Bass simply isn't and we've been fortunate that Patta has been fit the whole season
 
Pritchard scored 4 and made 7 assists in 2600 minutes - Roberts scored 5 and made 7 assists in 3200 minutes.
a goal involvement every 235 minutes - not so bad. He also often breaks the lines which indirectly leads to goals.
His numbers would have also been significantly higher if we had a proper CF
I agree. We benefit hugely from Prichard's skills and he is a terrific player.

As you say, we need at least one CF, or maybe 2 in a game to translate the Pritchard benefits to goals as we have done Ross and Simms.
 
1 Anthony Patterson - retain
2 Niall Huggins - retain/loan out
3 Dennis Cirkin - new contract / 12 months left
4 Corry Evans - retain, influential, experienced, skipper
5 Daniel Ballard - retain, hes a monster
6 Danny Batth - retain, important experienced head at the back
7 Leon Dajaku - sell
8 Elliot Embleton - sell? i like him but feel we've surpassed his level
10 Patrick Roberts - new contract / 12 months left
11 Lynden Gooch - retain / good squad player
12 Alex Bass - depends on keeper situation, but ultimately we need someone to push patterson for the number 1 shirt
13 Luke O’Nien - new conract / 12 months left
14 Ross Stewart - hopefully signs / if not cash in as 12 months left
15 Carl Winchester - released
16 Amad - returned to man united
17 Abdoullah Ba - retain, gonna be important next year
18 Ellis Taylor - failed loan at hartlepool but has had a tough year personally. potential loan again?
19 Jewison Bennette - retain, loan may be off cards due to language barrier
20 Jack Clarke - retain although I feel he will be hard to keep
21 Alex Pritchard - influential in the run in but i feel he need to add more goals and assists to his game therefore not arsed if he stays or goes
22 Isaac Lihadji - retain, likely amad's replacement?
23 Jack Diamond - no comment.
24 Dan Neil - retain, improving all the time
25 Edouard Michut - returned to Paris. Option to buy?
26 Bailey Wright - sell
27 Jay Matete - i have a soft spot for him and i think he has potential, i wouldnt sell him, maybe another loan?
28 Joe Gelhardt - returned to leeds. would have him back.
29 Harrison Sohna - isnt gonna make it here
30 Jacob Carney - isnt gonna make it here
32 Trai Hume - most improved player? his development has been ace. first choice right back.
39 Pierre Ekwah - gonna be some player next season.
42 Aji Alese - again, i think hes brilliant and will only improve
45 Joe Anderson - loan out immediately, he needs games

anyone do anything differently?
Disagree.
 
1.Bailey Wright.
2.gooch.
3.Dajaku
4.matete.
5. Pritchard.
6. Stewart.
7.rigg

It's only my opinion
1. Totally forgot he was ours - agree
2. IT’s a possibility, been here a while. Gives his all though.
3. Hope so!!! God bless his ma
4. Yeah, don’t rate him, second touch always a tackle
5. 100% agree
6. God knows, think January more likely
7. The hot potato :lol: if his fatha has his way.
 
1 Anthony Patterson - retain
2 Niall Huggins - retain/loan out
3 Dennis Cirkin - new contract / 12 months left
4 Corry Evans - retain, influential, experienced, skipper
5 Daniel Ballard - retain, hes a monster
6 Danny Batth - retain, important experienced head at the back
7 Leon Dajaku - sell
8 Elliot Embleton - sell? i like him but feel we've surpassed his level
10 Patrick Roberts - new contract / 12 months left
11 Lynden Gooch - retain / good squad player
12 Alex Bass - depends on keeper situation, but ultimately we need someone to push patterson for the number 1 shirt
13 Luke O’Nien - new conract / 12 months left
14 Ross Stewart - hopefully signs / if not cash in as 12 months left
15 Carl Winchester - released
16 Amad - returned to man united
17 Abdoullah Ba - retain, gonna be important next year
18 Ellis Taylor - failed loan at hartlepool but has had a tough year personally. potential loan again?
19 Jewison Bennette - retain, loan may be off cards due to language barrier
20 Jack Clarke - retain although I feel he will be hard to keep
21 Alex Pritchard - influential in the run in but i feel he need to add more goals and assists to his game therefore not arsed if he stays or goes
22 Isaac Lihadji - retain, likely amad's replacement?
23 Jack Diamond - no comment.
24 Dan Neil - retain, improving all the time
25 Edouard Michut - returned to Paris. Option to buy?
26 Bailey Wright - sell
27 Jay Matete - i have a soft spot for him and i think he has potential, i wouldnt sell him, maybe another loan?
28 Joe Gelhardt - returned to leeds. would have him back.
29 Harrison Sohna - isnt gonna make it here
30 Jacob Carney - isnt gonna make it here
32 Trai Hume - most improved player? his development has been ace. first choice right back.
39 Pierre Ekwah - gonna be some player next season.
42 Aji Alese - again, i think hes brilliant and will only improve
45 Joe Anderson - loan out immediately, he needs games

anyone do anything differently?
Agree with all bar number 28. Leeds can keep him for me
Like.
 
1 Anthony Patterson - retain
2 Niall Huggins - retain/loan out
3 Dennis Cirkin - new contract / 12 months left
4 Corry Evans - retain, influential, experienced, skipper
5 Daniel Ballard - retain, hes a monster
6 Danny Batth - retain, important experienced head at the back
7 Leon Dajaku - sell
8 Elliot Embleton - sell? i like him but feel we've surpassed his level
10 Patrick Roberts - new contract / 12 months left
11 Lynden Gooch - retain / good squad player
12 Alex Bass - depends on keeper situation, but ultimately we need someone to push patterson for the number 1 shirt
13 Luke O’Nien - new conract / 12 months left
14 Ross Stewart - hopefully signs / if not cash in as 12 months left
15 Carl Winchester - released
16 Amad - returned to man united
17 Abdoullah Ba - retain, gonna be important next year
18 Ellis Taylor - failed loan at hartlepool but has had a tough year personally. potential loan again?
19 Jewison Bennette - retain, loan may be off cards due to language barrier
20 Jack Clarke - retain although I feel he will be hard to keep
21 Alex Pritchard - influential in the run in but i feel he need to add more goals and assists to his game therefore not arsed if he stays or goes
22 Isaac Lihadji - retain, likely amad's replacement?
23 Jack Diamond - no comment.
24 Dan Neil - retain, improving all the time
25 Edouard Michut - returned to Paris. Option to buy?
26 Bailey Wright - sell
27 Jay Matete - i have a soft spot for him and i think he has potential, i wouldnt sell him, maybe another loan?
28 Joe Gelhardt - returned to leeds. would have him back.
29 Harrison Sohna - isnt gonna make it here
30 Jacob Carney - isnt gonna make it here
32 Trai Hume - most improved player? his development has been ace. first choice right back.
39 Pierre Ekwah - gonna be some player next season.
42 Aji Alese - again, i think hes brilliant and will only improve
45 Joe Anderson - loan out immediately, he needs games

anyone do anything differently?
Agree with nearly all of that.
 

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