Im reading a lot about wants and needs. In any transfer window there are a lot of moving parts. Im trying to get a handle on where we are at whilst reading views that we need anywhere between 3-6 new players on top of the business done. Here is the squad as it stands, plus where people are suggesting a new player is still required or preferred: 5 Walton, Parmer, NEW, Oevelen, Button 4 DOS, Greaves, Kipre, Diop 6 Furlong, Leif, Ben Johnson, NEW, NEW, H Clarke 5 Matusiwa, Jack Taylor, Nunez, NEW, NEW 1 Humphries, Barbrook (U21) 4 McAteer, Burns, Ogbene, Fatawu 3 J Clarke, Jaden, Maeda 3 Akpom, Mehmeti, Szmodics, Sindre Walle Egeli (U21) 4 Hirst, Emersonn, Ali Al Hamadi, NEW Putting that into context Squad size now 5+4+6+5+1+4+3+3+4 = 35 Making that 10 players we need to shift to accommodate 6 additions 35 = 3 gK + 6 NEW + 16 outfield (+2 U21) + 10 TO GO Realistically what does that mean for the squad? Obvious ones GK 1 of Oevelen and or Palmer retaining Button as 3rd GK (-2) FB H Clarke and 1 of Furlong or Ben Johnson (-4) CM 1 of Humphries and or J Taylor (-5) RW Ogbene (-6) 10 Szmodics (-7) L10 Jaden (-8) Striker AAH and or Hirst (-10) That surgery gets you to the 25 man squad. That is a lot to do and presents us with a hardly recognisable squad! From that i cant see us targeting 6 additions, we might but that seems quite high risk to settle the squad and be competitive. Im saying 4 additions GK FB CM Striker [Post edited 26 Jul 14:54]
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