And who would fill the gaps.
I think Leroy Lita would be a fabulous signing (improbable though!) and would cwertainly be a signing with an eye on Premiership football next year.
I would say we certainly need some defenders - at least 3 top quality ones at that. (Wes Brown is available...whilst I admit Chocolate Orange is not the best defender in the league he is an improvement on what we have now)
Can't think who else though...
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so only 9 new players i reckon!
J Thomas, Sodjie, Weaver and maybe Semedo i suppose can all hack it in the Prem.
Moo2 would probably be better in the Prem with a bit more time and space - it's less frantic
Reidy can cut it
Lloyd Sam is getting better with every game and isstarting to show us a few tricks too
Jerome Thomas can cut it (when he can be arsed)
Weaver should be ok
Zheng Zhi is looking like a great player
Semedo is a great signing
These players are mostly young and exciting. I just think a bit of experience and steel is required and we could hold our own.
We can't be any worse than Derby, Sunderland, Middlesboro....can we??
What areas don't we need to strengthen??
Personally, going to enjoy the next couple of months without worrying about what we would need to do in the summer if we make it up.
but Swisdom's list above looks about on the money.
Reid, ZZ, Semedo, Moo2, Thomas (if he attitude is right) and also for me Mills could still definitely do it
None of our current strikers would score goals in the Prem. in my humble opinion though
not reid though!
another Centre Back preferably lefted footed
at least two more midfielders - one tough tackling/holding, the other more flair
two more strikers
Looking at the teams doing relatively well in the prem, like Portsmouth and Man City, you need some strong, athletic type players in the spine of the team.
We may have scored 30 goals already this season - but we rarely look clinical in front of goal.
Although having said that, both Ambrose's goals against Ipswich & Reidy's against Burnley were top draw in creating & dispatching.
Big Chris puts in massive work but his finishing is, no disrespect, only Championship average.
Varney, all effort, pace & good running but doesn't have that clinical finish that Toddy has - we've badly missed Toddy's composure, single-mindedness & touch in front of goal.
Poor old McLeod - well, lets be kind. Without a decent run in the side (or any side), he'll struggle to regain his self-confidence. And if only gets 5 minutes at the end of a match, then he really needs a lucky break to kick start him.
And that's so far eluded him.
Dickson, the proverbial wild card. Getting better all the time. Potential? - it's all there with the right application and a bit of experience. Bit not even tried at Championship level.
So, really they are at best CCC level. It was never to be, I know, but if we had managed to keep Darren Bent one more season, we'd have probably been 10 points clear by now, despite our home defending.
And if we do go up, we would need to search for our next 'Darren Bent'. And we haven't found him yet.
2 new centre backs
Left back (assuming Thatcher is fit, if not 2 lbs).
Centre mid (to play alongside Semedo - though I still want to see a bit more of Racon this season).
And upfront (Lita would be a good signing).
After that, see how much we've got left and go on from there, as the whole side could do with a bit more quality.
Same here. I imagine there are clubs with much more money than us looking at him