acrossthepond 699 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Shit - flush immediately Colback Anita Dummett Gouffran Sels Did a job in the "Champ", best wishes at their next club Hanley Murphy Atsu Permanently crocked/non-features Lazaar Gamez Haidara Aarons Sammy Surplus to requirements/Were never any good anyway De Jong Krul Thauvin Armstrong Riviere Saivet Mbabu Worth keeping for their PL experience Diame Perez Yedlin Mbemba Mitrovic Clark First XI Shelvey Gayle Ritchie Hayden Lascelles (?) Elliott/Darlow This isn't groundbreaking as it's what fans have been saying all along, but fatso better be ready to open up the chequebook, because that squad doesn't have a hope in hell of PL survival without major surgery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 You rate Lascelles above Clark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12447 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Lascelles looked nervous as fuck against some of the workmanlike strikers in this division I can't see that improving against better ones. I'd keep the lad but I hope he's not a starter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Rafa said, when he took the job after being relegated: ‘i’m going to have to buy a team for the Championship to get out. "Then a team for the Premier League to stay in" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 We know, troops, we know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 We know, troops, we know Does Ashley know this ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1115 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 And more to the point does he care about what Rafa thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Is this going to turn into a saga? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 I expect we won't be buying an entire new team. We'll add quality to what we have an evolve. And that's the correct thing to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4183 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Is this going to turn into a saga? People seem pretty determined to make it one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12447 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 As I said in the Rafa thread I don't see Ashley fucking Rafa about yet. There's no benefit for him whatsoever, he'd end up with the squad we have now and then needing to find a manager just before the season starts which would mean the team going straight back down. We'll spend a decent amount and let Rafa spend it the same as last summer, the fuckery might start in January or the following summer if we're comfortable though as he might see that as an opportunity to cheapen our and scrape survival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 It's our fans doing their usual thing of setting themselves up for outrage and disappointment. It was the "walk the league" bollocks last season and now it's the "entire new team" bollocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19743 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 I expect we won't be buying an entire new team. We'll add quality to what we have an evolve. And that's the correct thing to do Not an entire new team but I reckon half of one. It's going to be more revolution than evolution. It has to be. I agree completely with across the pond. We've got maybe 5 or 6 good enough to be regular first teamers next season. That's something to build on but we need big or canny investment, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1115 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Not an entire new team but I reckon half of one. It's going to be more revolution than evolution. It has to be. I agree completely with across the pond. We've got maybe 5 or 6 good enough to be regular first teamers next season. That's something to build on but we need big or canny investment, I don't think a whole new team would do us any good (unless all of a sudden we start buying £30m players) but I agree we need four or five new starters. We can't continue with any of Anita, Colback, Gouffran, Dummett, or Perez or Diame in the number 10 role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 We're all pretty much agreed that we dont need a complete new starting XI but we do need 4/5 experienced premiership players. Obviously the big question is will Ashley allow them to be bought. He's 2 choices, spend & get the players Rafa wants that way i'd imagine we'd at least have a good manager & premiership security with a view to kicking on. Or refuse Rafa, get some kind of yes man in, someone past their sell by date, greatful for the club to be run on a shoestring. Spend the minimum on players & gamble staying up. If its the former we have a hell of a lot to look forward to. If it's the later i dont see the point of bothering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerbarton 24 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Depending on which of them go down, I'd say Maguire at Hull and Mawson at Swansea could be good centre back options. Shouldn't be ridiculously expensive, either. Question is whether we might want someone a bit more experienced in at CB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Why hasn't my prediction been counted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19743 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Or refuse Rafa, get some kind of yes man in, someone past their sell by date, greatful for the club to be run on a shoestring. i've just the man for the job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8950 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Depending on which of them go down, I'd say Maguire at Hull and Mawson at Swansea could be good centre back options. Shouldn't be ridiculously expensive, either. Question is whether we might want someone a bit more experienced in at CB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Why hasn't my prediction been counted? I did them the morning after, so either you deleted after the game or didn't enter correctly to start with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 More scandal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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