| Ambitous summer plans 12:55 - Jun 25 with 3882 views | itfcjoe |
GK [2]
Keep Palmer and Walton, Henry Gray has the season as number 3 so doesn't count against squad limit
Sell/Loan Muric
Loan Slicker
RB [2]
Re-sign Tuanzebe, keep Clarke as back up, knowing O'Shea can cover too
Sell Johnson
LB [2]
Davis and Townsend
RCB [2]
Keep O'Shea and Woolf
LCB [2/3]
Keep Greaves, sign experienced back up [Ben Mee], maybe keep Baggott
RCM [2]
Keep Morsy, sign a big ticket CM to compete with him [Flynn Downes]
LCM [2]
Sign a big ticket guy [Hackney or Brownhill], keep Humphreys as back up
Sell Taylor - last year of deal, never starts, make a profit
RW [3]
Keep Ogbene, Burns and Philogene
R10 [2]
Forced to sell Hutchinson, keep Chaplin and get a high quality PL loanee for this role plus Szmodics, Philogene can play there
L10 [2]
Keep Clarke and Szmodics, plus Philogene can play here.
Sell Broadhead - last year of contract, make a profit
ST [3]
Hirst, plus another big ticket signing [Ivanovic from Millwall, Kone from Wycombe?], and another youngster with massive potential [Guiu, Mubama] or a foreigner with time to settle for £5m range
Sell Al-Hamadi
Final squad - 24 seniors
GK - Palmer, Walton, [Gray - U21]
RB - Tuanzebe/Replacement, Clarke
LB - Davis, Townsend
RCB - Woolfie, O'Shea
LCB - Greaves, [Experienced back up], [Baggott potentially to make 25]
RCM - Morsy, [8 figure signing]
LCM - Humphreys, [8 figure signing]
RW - Philogene, Ogbene, Burns
R10 - Chaplin, [PL Loanee]
L10 - Clarke, Szmodics
ST - Hirst, [8 figure signing], [PL Loan/£5m signing]
25th man can either be Baggott, or if a good loan then another attacking option
Transfers In
Experienced back up LCB
[Tuanzebe replacement if required]
2x CM Monsters
1 player for the 10 role
[Potentially 1 more for the 10 role]
1x Monster striker
1x Development striker
Sell
Muric [Or loan if can't]
Johnson
Taylor
Broadhead
Omari 
Al-Hamadi
Loan
Slicker
Baggott potentially [Post edited 25 Jun 13:00]
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| Ambitous summer plans on 13:04 - Jun 25 with 2746 views | BasingstokeBlue |
Pretty much the way I've been seeing this transfer window.
Although I still wince at the notion of selling Broady (just sentimentality, really). |  |
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| Ambitous summer plans on 13:11 - Jun 25 with 2639 views | Stadiumofdark |
Broady :-( |  | | |
| Ambitous summer plans on 13:15 - Jun 25 with 2599 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Sounds sensible. Not sure we will see profit on the £1.5m each that we shelled out on Taylor and Broadhead.
Johnson might be tricky to offload. I think he would do a good job in the Champ. |  |
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| Ambitous summer plans on 13:17 - Jun 25 with 2556 views | J2BLUE |
Agree with most of that.
This won't be popular but I can see Humphreys being sold with a CM brought in to replace him. Unless we have him as the 25th man if we have a space leftover.
Same with Baggott. I just can't see us taking any chances this season.
I think Muric might be hard to shift so he might take that last squad space.
I think al-Hamadi will go but wouldn't be massively surprised if he started the season as third choice striker until January.
I wish Broadhead would stay. |  |
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| Ambitous summer plans on 13:20 - Jun 25 with 2499 views | tractorboy1978 |
I think that's broadly how I expect this window to go. If Morsy goes we need 3 strong midfield signings and I think we need an experienced head/leader in that position. I could see us really pushing the boat out for Brownhill. [Post edited 25 Jun 13:21]
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| Ambitous summer plans on 13:25 - Jun 25 with 2425 views | RobTheMonk |
Broadhead is an excellent Championship player and looked decent in the Premier League, if a little slow with pace at times. Good player to make magic happen.
I wouldn't want to rely on Ogbenne and Burns purely because of the injuries they're rehabbing from.
Is Muric too far gone for a redemption arc? |  | | |
| Ambitous summer plans on 13:26 - Jun 25 with 2415 views | Kieran_Knows |
For me its imperative we get a new number 1 this summer, and not find ourselves in a similar position next summer - should we get promoted - than we did last summer and using some cr4ppy database agency.
I like Palmer, and yes I think he will do a good job for us in the Championship, but I didn't think he ended up being that much better than Muric to be honest. |  |
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| Ambitous summer plans on 13:26 - Jun 25 with 2412 views | IPSWICHFANITFC |
Assume by 'make a profit' on Taylor and Broadhead, you mean take an offer this summer instead of losing them for nothing next? I'm not sure we get the £1.5m fee's we paid for them with a year left on their contracts. |  |
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| Ambitous summer plans on 13:28 - Jun 25 with 2391 views | AljoBlue |
agree with all of that.
Taylor has had 2 years to learn/adapt under McKenna and failed to do so. Anonymous on pitch, doesn't work with any other midfielder. I would rather have kept Massimo than Taylor. Trouble is he has cost a fair bit of money (pre-premier league amounts) as i recall Darragh MacAnthony saying on the hard truth that the big money from the sale of Taylor to us is if we get into the premier league.
Similarly with Ben Johnson - doesn't appear to be a wingback or defender full stop. how does he get ahead of our wide attacking players? maybe the odd game where we are worried about opposition. | | | |
| Ambitous summer plans on 13:28 - Jun 25 with 2390 views | burnbudgiesburn |
| Ambitous summer plans on 13:15 - Jun 25 by Marshalls_Mullet |
Sounds sensible. Not sure we will see profit on the £1.5m each that we shelled out on Taylor and Broadhead.
Johnson might be tricky to offload. I think he would do a good job in the Champ. |
Taylor we might not make a profit but surely the going rate for an international who scored 13 champ goals is more than £1.5m these days?
I'd like to keep Broady but he's gonna go for free next year. Not fussed about Taylor as whilst I think he's a good player he has never looked like fitting the system we play.
I'd also like to keep Johnson, very versatile and has played all his football in the top flight. | | | |
| Ambitous summer plans on 13:29 - Jun 25 with 2374 views | Smoresy |
Know Ben Mee excites people. I am a little reticent about his age though (36 in September) given he played so little last season (181 minutes). Makes it harder to judge what's left in the tank and gives me Richard Keogh vibes, hopefully unfairly. We made that work but perhaps more because of how little Keogh was needed (as well as L1 being less physically demanding).
Morsy and Humphreys +2 isn't enough in CM for me. Long campaign ahead, need five capable players even if the fifth is a utility player. I'd be happy to keep Taylor in the squad if his sale value is low (would be surprised if Humphreys is better right now and promotion is key).
Otherwise that sounds good, albeit I'd be sad to see Broadhead go. Jury is massively out on whether Downes may become a PL regular in a team that stays up but he's proven himself at this level.* Brownhill would be awesome. I wasn't that impressed with Kone in the short amount I saw on TV but that was only a few games.
*Removed the part about him being short because it isn't something I've noticed with my eyes - think this is an inverse Slicker situation with online sources. [Post edited 25 Jun 13:38]
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| Ambitous summer plans on 13:30 - Jun 25 with 2363 views | IPSWICHFANITFC |
| Ambitous summer plans on 13:26 - Jun 25 by Kieran_Knows |
For me its imperative we get a new number 1 this summer, and not find ourselves in a similar position next summer - should we get promoted - than we did last summer and using some cr4ppy database agency.
I like Palmer, and yes I think he will do a good job for us in the Championship, but I didn't think he ended up being that much better than Muric to be honest. |
I'd go one further and say I feel Palmer is no better or worse than Walton. Muric is the best option if you were to compare strengths and weaknesses.
Whilst Palmer would be fine for the Championship, if we get promoted, we find ourselves in the market next summer for a new #1. | |
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| Ambitous summer plans on 13:41 - Jun 25 with 2250 views | JakeITFC |
I don't disagree with much of that but (playing devil's advocate) would replacing Morsy, Omari and Delap with Downes, a loan and Kone constitute an ambitious summer? |  | | |
| Ambitous summer plans on 13:42 - Jun 25 with 2223 views | WeWereZombies |
I think the main issue left with that, and I see merit in arguments for keeping Johnson as mentioned in one or two posts, is the assumption that we can keep Davis. He certainly had his critics amongst our support and also the pundits but the analysis of his performance at season end has to alert Premier League clubs about his suitability to a stronger side. He will be a target in my opinion. Getting an improved contract for him could be an even bigger announcement than O'Shea's. |  |
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| Ambitous summer plans on 13:43 - Jun 25 with 2219 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Ambitous summer plans on 13:28 - Jun 25 by burnbudgiesburn |
Taylor we might not make a profit but surely the going rate for an international who scored 13 champ goals is more than £1.5m these days?
I'd like to keep Broady but he's gonna go for free next year. Not fussed about Taylor as whilst I think he's a good player he has never looked like fitting the system we play.
I'd also like to keep Johnson, very versatile and has played all his football in the top flight. |
I would keep Broady.
You could be right on value.
Outside of the Top 6, not sure if many clubs are spending. | |
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| Ambitous summer plans on 13:45 - Jun 25 with 2193 views | positivity |
| Ambitous summer plans on 13:41 - Jun 25 by JakeITFC |
I don't disagree with much of that but (playing devil's advocate) would replacing Morsy, Omari and Delap with Downes, a loan and Kone constitute an ambitious summer? |
given we're playing in the league below, i'd say it was ambitious (did you mean luongo rather than morsy?) | |
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| Ambitous summer plans on 13:45 - Jun 25 with 2181 views | Linners |
Agree with all of that pretty much, although I think Johnson could still be a player so I'm only selling him for big £££ |  | | |
| Ambitous summer plans on 13:47 - Jun 25 with 2146 views | Linners |
| Ambitous summer plans on 13:28 - Jun 25 by burnbudgiesburn |
Taylor we might not make a profit but surely the going rate for an international who scored 13 champ goals is more than £1.5m these days?
I'd like to keep Broady but he's gonna go for free next year. Not fussed about Taylor as whilst I think he's a good player he has never looked like fitting the system we play.
I'd also like to keep Johnson, very versatile and has played all his football in the top flight. |
I reckon there's good money in both of those, although admittedly limited by the amount of deal left. Broadhead is the sort of player Leeds would spend £8m on. | | | |
| Ambitous summer plans on 13:49 - Jun 25 with 2108 views | tractorboy1978 |
| Ambitous summer plans on 13:45 - Jun 25 by Linners |
Agree with all of that pretty much, although I think Johnson could still be a player so I'm only selling him for big £££ |
Where does Johnson play though? That would be my question. McKenna doesn't seem to like him as the hybrid RB/RCB and you will be able to count on one hand the number of times we want to play with a more conservative RW next season. | | | |
| Ambitous summer plans on 13:51 - Jun 25 with 2081 views | Vaughan8 |
Agree with a lot of it.
I think we need 5 CMs especially as Morsy will be suspended a fair bit.... haha
Also we will get 2 strikers who will want to play and have Hirst.
We probably do need 3 as Hirst is unreliable wirh Injuries but probably one will have to be a constant backup.
Also I think we'll have Johnson and Clarke as RB and Zxel won't sign. [Post edited 25 Jun 13:52]
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| Ambitous summer plans on 13:56 - Jun 25 with 1988 views | Linners |
| Ambitous summer plans on 13:49 - Jun 25 by tractorboy1978 |
Where does Johnson play though? That would be my question. McKenna doesn't seem to like him as the hybrid RB/RCB and you will be able to count on one hand the number of times we want to play with a more conservative RW next season. |
Very true... | | | |
| Ambitous summer plans on 14:02 - Jun 25 with 1924 views | JakeITFC |
| Ambitous summer plans on 13:45 - Jun 25 by positivity |
given we're playing in the league below, i'd say it was ambitious (did you mean luongo rather than morsy?) |
No, was following the track of position for position from Joe's post - I think you could make a case for Morsy, Delap and Omari being three of our best/most important players and I don't think we'd have replaced them brilliantly in that example. I am of course just stirring the pot because we obviously can't get players better than Omari or Delap this summer but I would hope that our business this time out would be promotion proofed a bit more. | | | |
| Ambitous summer plans on 14:13 - Jun 25 with 1823 views | Bellevue_Blue |
There just isn't any point selling Jack Taylor IMO. You'd be selling a proven player in the system (who hasn't disgraced himself in 32 games at PL level) for a few million in favour of a different more expensive 'punt' who will take time to get up to speed with the team and system.
He's hugely beneficial as a squad player IMO and if he has a half decent season, he doubles in value. | | | |
| Ambitous summer plans on 14:25 - Jun 25 with 1711 views | dirtyboy |
| Ambitous summer plans on 13:56 - Jun 25 by Linners |
Very true... |
Johnson has been known to play in the middle. Not saying that's where he'll be, but that little bit of versatility may be why he's more likely to stay than go when we're already short in the middle of the park.
Not sure how I feel about Downes, assuming Morsy starts the season (and I think he will...) there's a need for that athletic partnership, but also someone with that Luongo type ability. I still think that player is Cajuste, but that's looking more and more unlikely each passing day. |  | | |
| Ambitous summer plans on 14:47 - Jun 25 with 1531 views | catch74 |
| Ambitous summer plans on 14:13 - Jun 25 by Bellevue_Blue |
There just isn't any point selling Jack Taylor IMO. You'd be selling a proven player in the system (who hasn't disgraced himself in 32 games at PL level) for a few million in favour of a different more expensive 'punt' who will take time to get up to speed with the team and system.
He's hugely beneficial as a squad player IMO and if he has a half decent season, he doubles in value. |
Think the point Joe makes is that he’s in the last year of his deal - although imagine there’d be an option to extend? |  |
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