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Transfers this summer, how many? State of Squad. 12:34 - Jun 3 with 11497 viewsitfcjoe

My view on squad currently with retained list well overdue - i.e. which over 21 players will be here next season and offered a deal

GK (3)
Hladky, Walton, Slicker

FBs (3)
Davis, Tuanzebe, Clarke

CBs (5)
Burgess, Woolfenden, Edmundson, Ndaba, Baggott

CMs (4+1)
Morsy, Taylor, Luongo, El Mizouni, (Humphreys U21)

FWs (4/5)
Burns, Chaplin, Broadhead, Harness, (Jackson - contract status not announced)

STs (4)
Hirst, Al-Hamadi, Ladapo, Ahadme

Total of 23 senior players plus Kayden Jackson (unsure) and Cameron Humphreys (U21)

Think it's fairly safe to say the following players will be heading out on loan again, or sold for a fee/mutually terminated (i.e. weren't close to being good enough for us last season)

Elkan Baggott, Corrie Ndaba, Idris El Mizouni, Freddie Ladapo and Gassan Ahadme

If we then exclude Jackson from this, it leaves us with 18 senior players, so for me transfer business this summer looks like this:

Additions
- 7 new signings to fill the gaps to take us to 25 men

Senior players departing (3)
- Walton, Edmundson and Harness at most risk of going as not regular starters
- If any of these leave it will see them replaced on a 'one in-one out' nightclub door policy

Further loans (2)
- Slicker and Al-Hamadi may be ones to go out on loan
- As above if this happens it will be the nightclub door policy

Other points of interest
- Cam Humphreys may be retained as 26th man as still an U21
- Kayden Jackson may get a new deal and then one less addition
- Does Jack Taylor fall into one of the above 2 categories when looking at game time last year?

Overall view
- 7 new signings, with potential for up to 5 more
- The '5 more' may be split across the summer and January transfer windows

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Transfers this summer, how many? State of Squad. on 17:45 - Jun 3 with 1177 viewsJakeITFC

Transfers this summer, how many? State of Squad. on 17:42 - Jun 3 by Herbivore

Surely he'd just stay at Bournemouth though if that's the ask of him? And is he worth £30-40k a week on loan to play the odd 10 minutes here and there? I'd rather keep and develop Al-Hamadi personally.


Think he's unlikely to get any look in at Bournemouth tbh, so may be a choice between us and the Champ. Definitely won't be a loan for us but may be of interest as a forward we know that doesn't break the bank. FWIW it's not one I'd personally do.
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Transfers this summer, how many? State of Squad. on 17:48 - Jun 3 with 1156 viewsHerbivore

Transfers this summer, how many? State of Squad. on 17:45 - Jun 3 by JakeITFC

Think he's unlikely to get any look in at Bournemouth tbh, so may be a choice between us and the Champ. Definitely won't be a loan for us but may be of interest as a forward we know that doesn't break the bank. FWIW it's not one I'd personally do.


I'm just generally struggling to see the logic of loaning out Al-Hamadi to then have to bring someone else in to be third choice striker, whether that's someone like Moore or someone else. It doesn't make much sense to me.
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Transfers this summer, how many? State of Squad. on 17:54 - Jun 3 with 1126 viewsThe_Romford_Blue

Transfers this summer, how many? State of Squad. on 14:26 - Jun 3 by itfcjoe

Any names so we can see the profile?

My guess is a new number 1 to compete with Vas, and then try and get Slicker a loan spell and have an old head number 3


Genuinely don’t know of any names. Just was told we are looking at goalkeepers. Whether that’s bench option or squad, I don’t know. Or even first choice perhaps if Hladky left seeing as he’s not yet signed.

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Transfers this summer, how many? State of Squad. on 17:57 - Jun 3 with 1107 viewsJakeITFC

Transfers this summer, how many? State of Squad. on 17:48 - Jun 3 by Herbivore

I'm just generally struggling to see the logic of loaning out Al-Hamadi to then have to bring someone else in to be third choice striker, whether that's someone like Moore or someone else. It doesn't make much sense to me.
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If you don’t think AAH is good enough right now it’s pretty much the only option.
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Transfers this summer, how many? State of Squad. on 17:58 - Jun 3 with 1094 viewsHerbivore

Transfers this summer, how many? State of Squad. on 17:57 - Jun 3 by JakeITFC

If you don’t think AAH is good enough right now it’s pretty much the only option.


I think he's good enough to be third choice.

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Transfers this summer, how many? State of Squad. on 17:59 - Jun 3 with 1092 viewsportmanking

Transfers this summer, how many? State of Squad. on 17:48 - Jun 3 by Herbivore

I'm just generally struggling to see the logic of loaning out Al-Hamadi to then have to bring someone else in to be third choice striker, whether that's someone like Moore or someone else. It doesn't make much sense to me.
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It depends whether we see more value in Al-Hamadi getting a handful of PL bench appearances or 40+ Champ games week in week out?

He's made a huge step up in the last 12-18 months. A season in the Champ, scoring 15-20 goals would see him in much better shape to stake a legit claim for a PL berth IMO. That's no slight on him, as I think he's got a big future here.
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Transfers this summer, how many? State of Squad. on 18:10 - Jun 3 with 1044 viewsHerbivore

Transfers this summer, how many? State of Squad. on 17:59 - Jun 3 by portmanking

It depends whether we see more value in Al-Hamadi getting a handful of PL bench appearances or 40+ Champ games week in week out?

He's made a huge step up in the last 12-18 months. A season in the Champ, scoring 15-20 goals would see him in much better shape to stake a legit claim for a PL berth IMO. That's no slight on him, as I think he's got a big future here.


But the kind of club in the Champ that's going to start him every week so he can bag 20 goals won't have the quality that we have and won't have McKenna and his team coaching him, so game time aside he's not going to be developing as much. And then you come back to having to find short term cover as a third striker when we've already got plenty of other business to prioritise.

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Transfers this summer, how many? State of Squad. on 18:29 - Jun 3 with 1006 viewstextbackup

Transfers this summer, how many? State of Squad. on 16:30 - Jun 3 by tractorboy1978

Couldn't disagree more about Chaplin. Think he's one that will really step up and contribute even if that is as a squad player and less as a starter. And he's a huge character in the dressing room too. He'd pretty much be bottom of the list of players I'd be looking to move on.


That’s cool. We are allowed to have different views.

Didnt rate his final 1/3 of the season at all last year, so I hope you are correct, and he does push on.

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Transfers this summer, how many? State of Squad. on 18:33 - Jun 3 with 992 viewstextbackup

Transfers this summer, how many? State of Squad. on 17:48 - Jun 3 by Herbivore

I'm just generally struggling to see the logic of loaning out Al-Hamadi to then have to bring someone else in to be third choice striker, whether that's someone like Moore or someone else. It doesn't make much sense to me.
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Because you need real quality in the PL, and having AAH as a third choice, sitting on the bench weekly, and not improving or learning, isn’t going to help him or us.

He’s not PL ready, at all. I’d honestly say something has gone wrong if he plays a minute for us next season personally.

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Transfers this summer, how many? State of Squad. on 18:49 - Jun 3 with 929 viewsHerbivore

Transfers this summer, how many? State of Squad. on 18:33 - Jun 3 by textbackup

Because you need real quality in the PL, and having AAH as a third choice, sitting on the bench weekly, and not improving or learning, isn’t going to help him or us.

He’s not PL ready, at all. I’d honestly say something has gone wrong if he plays a minute for us next season personally.

(Please bookmark this for when he gets his 20th of the season on NYD away to Man City!)


You do need serious quality, which is why I'd rather we spend our funds on players who will improve us rather than on bringing in a third choice striker whilst sending Al-Hamadi out on loan. We're going to have a fair bit of business to do, why create another squad space to fill? Is Al-Hamadi ready to play every week in the Prem? Very likely he's not, but nor will anyone else who joins us to be third choice be. There's an argument whether he is better served training with us and getting a few minutes here and there in the leagues and playing more in the cups or going out on loan to a top League 1 or bottom half Champ side. I'm not convinced there's much in it on that score, but taking everything into account I don't see the value in shipping him off and then having to replace him.

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Transfers this summer, how many? State of Squad. on 18:55 - Jun 3 with 903 viewsCBMTOBWMMBG

Transfers this summer, how many? State of Squad. on 17:14 - Jun 3 by portmanking

Come on. Kieran hasn't signed a new lucrative 4 year deal to cling on to deadwood. Collectively, we need to think bigger now.


Oh I agree, but stand by him over Harness.

Lots of movement, both in and out, very necessary.
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Transfers this summer, how many? State of Squad. on 19:29 - Jun 3 with 823 viewsnodge_blue

What do you think the plan was / is with Taylor?

Hes not really a tackling, holding midfielder.

Do you think Kieran was looking to tweak him into that side a bit more?

Hes a good attacking midfielder, more like Tommy Miller from years back.

Id keep him still. Maybe he could play the 10 role?

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