Have to prioritise a right sided defender, either RB or CB is fine, and a striker. I’d imagine those two will max out the salary cap. Another defender and striker can be Prem loans.
Get those positions signed then along with Gilbey, Washington, Famewo, Levitt, Watson and Maddison that'll be 10 signings and a pretty solid transfer window.
Get those positions signed then along with Gilbey, Washington, Famewo, Levitt, Watson and Maddison that'll be 10 signings and a pretty solid transfer window.
Anything else is a bonus.
Yeah agree with that. I'd like the Burnley LB, bonus with him not being included in the cap. I think Doughty is proving he's not the best defender, much better going forward.
Bowyer has never played with wingers, out of choice.
As I have said before Doughty gives him a bit of a head ache.
He doesn't with Maddison coming in from RW in a 433.
To make that work he needs a different striker, and different midfields, and probably full backs to what he has got.
To me it's looking like he will go with a 4-1-2-1-2 in the middle term.
Really wouldn't surprise me if he sold Oztumer and Lapslie, maybe even JFC, to balance that as he is going to end up with players who have no chance of playing.
Bowyer has never played with wingers, out of choice.
As I have said before Doughty gives him a bit of a head ache.
He doesn't with Maddison coming in from RW in a 433.
To make that work he needs a different striker, and different midfields, and probably full backs to what he has got.
To me it's looking like he will go with a 4-1-2-1-2 in the middle term.
Really wouldn't surprise me if he sold Oztumer and Lapslie, maybe even JFC, to balance that as he is going to end up with players who have no chance of playing.
Well we will have a new striker at the very least. Disagree it wouldn't work with the midfield, not with Gilbey playing. Full backs maybe, although Koiki could work from LB.
Not sure about all those being sold. I think he'll want Phillips to go, and I can see one midfielder going, but we need to be careful about getting rid of too many.
Getting a little bit concerned now that others have said Alfie looked a bit disinterested this afternoon. And now others have said he's a bit of a square peg in a round hole!
Surely we have to keep hold of him?
Selling this boy doesn't fit with the vision Sandgaard has presented. I think he's got the tools to go to the very top.
I think we are kidding ourselves - the midfield is shockingly poor - if you compare Levitt, Vennings, Oztumer etc with Bielik, Cullen, Aribo etc we will have no chance of promotion with this midfield - Gilbey looks OK but its early days - tbh I’m not very optimistic about this season. It normally takes us 3 years to get out of this division and despite Thomas’s expectations, I think its pretty unrealistic
If a big PL side came in with a very good offer for Alfie I’d let him go but we’d be mad to take what Celtic are offering and he’d be mad to go there. Saying that if he won’t sign a new deal we could lose him for nothing next summer. That is why tying down the likes of Barker to a long term deal is so important.
I think we are kidding ourselves - the midfield is shockingly poor - if you compare Levitt, Vennings, Oztumer etc with Bielik, Cullen, Aribo etc we will have no chance of promotion with this midfield - Gilbey looks OK but its early days - tbh I’m not very optimistic about this season. It normally takes us 3 years to get out of this division and despite Thomas’s expectations, I think its pretty unrealistic
When we first signed Bielik and Cullen how many people thought they would have had the season they had
No reason Gilbey, Levitt or Vennings couldn't do the same
I think we are kidding ourselves - the midfield is shockingly poor - if you compare Levitt, Vennings, Oztumer etc with Bielik, Cullen, Aribo etc we will have no chance of promotion with this midfield - Gilbey looks OK but its early days - tbh I’m not very optimistic about this season. It normally takes us 3 years to get out of this division and despite Thomas’s expectations, I think its pretty unrealistic
When we first signed Bielik and Cullen how many people thought they would have had the season they had
No reason Gilbey, Levitt or Vennings couldn't do the same
Gilbey might be a Cullen type figure (both passer and someone who can break up play) but at the moment we're definitely missing a Bielik as dont think Levitt or Vennings have that physical aspect to their game - Be nice if the next Defender we get in is someone like Bielik who has that nous to play in the Midfield too, hell that could even be Famewo if Pearce gets back
Strengthening up front will make a big difference if we get the right players. We had no one to hold up the ball or win headers today until Aneke came on and gave it a go.
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strain in training, so we are stuffed regarding Pearce at the mo
Get those positions signed then along with Gilbey, Washington, Famewo, Levitt, Watson and Maddison that'll be 10 signings and a pretty solid transfer window.
Anything else is a bonus.
Bowyer has never played with wingers, out of choice.
As I have said before Doughty gives him a bit of a head ache.
Problem is we don't have the players to play that at the minute.
Without knowing who we're signing it could look something like this if all our players are fit:
Barker? - Oshilaja - Pearce - Famewo - Doughty
Vennings? - Watson - Levitt?
Washington - Maddison
To me it's looking like he will go with a 4-1-2-1-2 in the middle term.
Really wouldn't surprise me if he sold Oztumer and Lapslie, maybe even JFC, to balance that as he is going to end up with players who have no chance of playing.
To be honest, I've got no idea what formation we'll play or indeed what formation Bowyer prefers at the moment! Allowing for signings
Amos
New RWB - New CB - Pearce - Famewo - Doughty
Gilbey - Watson/Levitt/Pratley
Maddison
Washington - New striker
I knew I was missing someone. 🤣
Not sure about all those being sold. I think he'll want Phillips to go, and I can see one midfielder going, but we need to be careful about getting rid of too many.
NEW RB/Wiredu
NEW RCB/Deji
Pearce/Famewo
Purrington/Koiki
Watson/Pratley
Gilbey/Morgan/Levitt/JFC
Williams/Oztumer
Maddison/Doughty
Washington/Aneke/NEW STR X2
Strong 24 man squad. If we can affload Phillips and maybe Lapslie, I don't see a problem with signing those 5.
Surely we have to keep hold of him?
Selling this boy doesn't fit with the vision Sandgaard has presented. I think he's got the tools to go to the very top.
It normally takes us 3 years to get out of this division and despite Thomas’s expectations, I think its pretty unrealistic
No reason Gilbey, Levitt or Vennings couldn't do the same