| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? 08:28 - May 29 with 7491 views | Asa |
On the basis of a 25 man squad I can see 17 of those here last season continuing and 8 players coming in (not including anyone returning from last season).
None of us want to see the club be reckless and no chance that Ashton, McKenna or Gamechanger are going out to spend £200m and put us at risk, but can see the ambition levels being the absolute maximum of what is achievable within that strategy. That was my feeling before McKenna agreed to stay, but if there was any wriggle room there I'd imagine that's now been enhanced due to the talks that have gone on.
Realistically of that 25 last time around I'd see it being something like:
Walton (transferred out)
Slicker
Hladky
Clarke
Davis
Edmundson
Woolfenden
Burgess
Williams (loan ended)
Tuanzebe
Donacien (released)
Morsy
Ball (released)
Taylor
Hutchison (hopefully signed)
Sarmiento (loan ends)
Luongo
Travis (loan ends)
Humphreys (loaned out)
Burns
Chaplin
Harness (transferred out)
Al Hamadi
Jackson
Aluko (retired)
Moore (loan ends)
Hirst
Broadhead
Would imagine they'll be a new GK either to start or be deemed a direct rival to Hladky for the starting line up.
At least one PL ready CB (Rodon would be the one I'd love to see as a ball playing defender for a reasonable fee).
A proper RB to compete with Clarke and potentially allow Axel to compete centrally.
A younger Luongo (Sheaf would be the one player that jumps out here). Probably two players here in reality, with Luongo and Taylor coming on as and when needed.
Can see Sarmiento coming back on loan. Likewise wouldn't be a shock to see Moore signed for a nominal PL fee of a few million. Think there are better options in the PL and it would be someone seen as a step up from Hirst to allow Hirst to be that 60-65 minute replacement.
With Hirst, Moore and Al Hamadi I think we'd get a few goals because of the system but would be concerned with how many they'd get.
Would be gutted to see Janoi go but it's inevitable now really. Harness is one McKenna likes but given his limited involvement in the back end of the season I'd say it's fairly obvious he will move on.
Jackson deserves a chance. He's a great squad option, has an attribute that will terrify even PL players, in games where we may have less of the ball he becomes even more of an asset. Not everyone's favourite, but what a story that would be for someone who went through all the dark days this club had and has just refused to be left out of the picture by putting in a real shift every time he's called upon.
Can imagine 2-4 purchases in the £7m - £12m bracket and maybe a couple of big £15m - £25m purchases, likely Omari is one of those - although a loan with an obligation to buy if we stay up would be very smart business too balancing the books wise.
As much as Chaplin and Broadhead did last season, topping the scoring charts, both of them were very quiet for large parts of matches and the hot take here would be neither of them being seen as starting options come the opening day as upgrades had been brought in, this is where I could see us going for a proper proven Premier League player or two.
If we got a PL quality CB, RB, CM, AM, LF and ST I'd be very very happy with the squads chances of doing a hell of a lot more than just staying up. [Post edited 29 May 2024 8:31]
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| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 08:33 - May 29 with 5230 views | textbackup |
If our striker force is Hirst, Moore and Al Hamadi my guess would be between them we’d get 10 goals in the season, if we’re lucky.
Worries me what a step up in quality the PL is going to be and some see these players as the ones to fire the goals to keep us up.
Think you’re to be in for a shock |  |
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| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 08:33 - May 29 with 5203 views | BLUEBEAT |
About half.
Regular starters? 4
A hard truth. |  |
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| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 08:42 - May 29 with 5126 views | Herbivore |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 08:33 - May 29 by BLUEBEAT |
About half.
Regular starters? 4
A hard truth. |
We're not going to replace half of the squad, that's way too much churn. Our success has been built on team unity and mentality as much as anything and that level of turnover would kill that overnight and really damage any chance of staying up. Think the OP isn't too far off with his suggestions, though I think we'll sign someone other than Moore to compete with Hirst. |  |
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| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 08:48 - May 29 with 5072 views | homer_123 |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 08:33 - May 29 by textbackup |
If our striker force is Hirst, Moore and Al Hamadi my guess would be between them we’d get 10 goals in the season, if we’re lucky.
Worries me what a step up in quality the PL is going to be and some see these players as the ones to fire the goals to keep us up.
Think you’re to be in for a shock |
Worth noting that our goals come from all over the pitch.
If those forward players can do their wider job, we'll still be scoring goals. |  |
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| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 08:53 - May 29 with 5039 views | portmanking |
There's a reason that McKenna's signed this new deal - and it's because we're going to be bold and give it a real shot.
All of the following will go/need replacing IMO:
Walton
Hladky (quite possibly)
Edmundson (regular football)
Ball
Donacien
Sarmiento
Travis
Humphreys
Harness
Jackson
Aluko
Moore
Al-Hamadi (season loan if 2 seasoned strikers fit the brief/budget) [Post edited 29 May 2024 8:58]
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| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 08:56 - May 29 with 4994 views | Asa |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 08:33 - May 29 by textbackup |
If our striker force is Hirst, Moore and Al Hamadi my guess would be between them we’d get 10 goals in the season, if we’re lucky.
Worries me what a step up in quality the PL is going to be and some see these players as the ones to fire the goals to keep us up.
Think you’re to be in for a shock |
Totally agree and have said so.
I'd personally not go for Moore. I'd look at someone proven at the top level with Hirst as the back up and Al Hamadi as an option but would feel far more comfortable with a new main man, Hirst as the one to come on at 60, Moore as the option when we need to play a different way and Al Hamadi being seen as potentially not ready yet or even loaned out to the Championship for a year. | | | |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 09:00 - May 29 with 4950 views | Asa |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 08:53 - May 29 by portmanking |
There's a reason that McKenna's signed this new deal - and it's because we're going to be bold and give it a real shot.
All of the following will go/need replacing IMO:
Walton
Hladky (quite possibly)
Edmundson (regular football)
Ball
Donacien
Sarmiento
Travis
Humphreys
Harness
Jackson
Aluko
Moore
Al-Hamadi (season loan if 2 seasoned strikers fit the brief/budget) [Post edited 29 May 2024 8:58]
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I feel sorry for Edmundson.
I was critical of playing him on the left but when he's played on the right of late he's been superb. But wouldn't be a shock now to see him moved on and Wolfy seen as the backup to a new right sided CB. Would not be a shock to see Burgess replaced as well with a left sided CB.
Everything else I agree with. I'd happily have Moore back as a bench player with him and Hirst replacing the new main man depending on Plan A or B but nothing more than that.
Everyone else on your list I can see being moved on. Even Jackson. But I'd say as a 25th man Jackson would be a very good asset because he has something that plays massively into us countering teams that might be all over us. His finishing and general all round play is not even top half Championship in reality, but he finds a way to bother teams of any level with his pace and work rate. | | | |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 09:01 - May 29 with 4936 views | Kieran_Knows |
I think there will be 8-10 signings personally. 8 with Hutchinson and Sarmiento coming back, or 10 without them 2.
Remember, Luton kept the bulk of their squad together last summer and still signed 13 players.
I don't think we'll spend recklessly, or completely tear the squad apart, but it needs quite a few decent reinforcements if we've got any chance of staying up. |  |
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| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 09:05 - May 29 with 4852 views | portmanking |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 09:00 - May 29 by Asa |
I feel sorry for Edmundson.
I was critical of playing him on the left but when he's played on the right of late he's been superb. But wouldn't be a shock now to see him moved on and Wolfy seen as the backup to a new right sided CB. Would not be a shock to see Burgess replaced as well with a left sided CB.
Everything else I agree with. I'd happily have Moore back as a bench player with him and Hirst replacing the new main man depending on Plan A or B but nothing more than that.
Everyone else on your list I can see being moved on. Even Jackson. But I'd say as a 25th man Jackson would be a very good asset because he has something that plays massively into us countering teams that might be all over us. His finishing and general all round play is not even top half Championship in reality, but he finds a way to bother teams of any level with his pace and work rate. |
There's not a chance Jacko troubles Premier League defences just with pace and work rate - and McKenna will know that.
Now's the time to be semi-ruthless but also respectful to those who got us here - the fringe will know their careers are better served finding regular first team footy elsewhere.
I don't personally see Moore as a Premier League striker, so would rather look elsewhere. Latte Lath and one other would be great, with Al-Hamadi getting a full season on loan at someone who plays similar footy in the Champ.
11-12 signings IMO - 7-8 of which are just replacements for squad players, while the remainder will be 'star' quality. | | | |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 09:08 - May 29 with 4814 views | HighgateBlue |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 09:00 - May 29 by Asa |
I feel sorry for Edmundson.
I was critical of playing him on the left but when he's played on the right of late he's been superb. But wouldn't be a shock now to see him moved on and Wolfy seen as the backup to a new right sided CB. Would not be a shock to see Burgess replaced as well with a left sided CB.
Everything else I agree with. I'd happily have Moore back as a bench player with him and Hirst replacing the new main man depending on Plan A or B but nothing more than that.
Everyone else on your list I can see being moved on. Even Jackson. But I'd say as a 25th man Jackson would be a very good asset because he has something that plays massively into us countering teams that might be all over us. His finishing and general all round play is not even top half Championship in reality, but he finds a way to bother teams of any level with his pace and work rate. |
Jackson has continually surprised, and Kieran has also surprised with his loyalty to him and ability to get something out of him.
But I think we've reached the level now where Jackson is not good enough and we should be ambitious enough to have 25 players better than him. And at this point in our journey we have no homegrown player issues. |  | | |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 09:09 - May 29 with 4795 views | PioneerBlue |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 08:56 - May 29 by Asa |
Totally agree and have said so.
I'd personally not go for Moore. I'd look at someone proven at the top level with Hirst as the back up and Al Hamadi as an option but would feel far more comfortable with a new main man, Hirst as the one to come on at 60, Moore as the option when we need to play a different way and Al Hamadi being seen as potentially not ready yet or even loaned out to the Championship for a year. |
I’m expecting something like this:
To go
Walton, Don, Ball, KJ, Ladapo
Need
GK, CD, LB, CM x 2, Winger/Wbk 1, 10 x 2, Striker 9
Target
Moore, Hutch, Sarmiento ++
There is some balancing in squad numbers to do given a few of last years U21s are not going to qualify at U21 this year. | |
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| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 09:11 - May 29 with 4764 views | LancsBlue |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 09:00 - May 29 by Asa |
I feel sorry for Edmundson.
I was critical of playing him on the left but when he's played on the right of late he's been superb. But wouldn't be a shock now to see him moved on and Wolfy seen as the backup to a new right sided CB. Would not be a shock to see Burgess replaced as well with a left sided CB.
Everything else I agree with. I'd happily have Moore back as a bench player with him and Hirst replacing the new main man depending on Plan A or B but nothing more than that.
Everyone else on your list I can see being moved on. Even Jackson. But I'd say as a 25th man Jackson would be a very good asset because he has something that plays massively into us countering teams that might be all over us. His finishing and general all round play is not even top half Championship in reality, but he finds a way to bother teams of any level with his pace and work rate. |
With a squad of 25 you are going to have a number that barely get a look in but might be needed for the odd (cup) match. Players are not going to come in to make up the numbers so it wouldn't surprise me if Jackson and Edmundson are kept on as they would not rock the boat if they are not regulars. |  |
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| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 09:11 - May 29 with 4758 views | Asa |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 09:05 - May 29 by portmanking |
There's not a chance Jacko troubles Premier League defences just with pace and work rate - and McKenna will know that.
Now's the time to be semi-ruthless but also respectful to those who got us here - the fringe will know their careers are better served finding regular first team footy elsewhere.
I don't personally see Moore as a Premier League striker, so would rather look elsewhere. Latte Lath and one other would be great, with Al-Hamadi getting a full season on loan at someone who plays similar footy in the Champ.
11-12 signings IMO - 7-8 of which are just replacements for squad players, while the remainder will be 'star' quality. |
I think most managers we could have had at Championship level would have got rid of Jackson a while back.
The reality is though that Jackson and Burns do something significant for us tactically. As teams control the ball and push higher, we are only ever one turnover away from being able to play the ball in behind.
That forces the opposition to sit a little deeper, even in possession, than they'd ideally like and helps us in terms of how much more time we have to see play unfold in front of us.
Of course the Premier League has plenty of pacy players, so it may well now be completely negated, I'll leave that to Kieran. Just saying I would not be at all surprised to see Jackson in the squad, but really hope he's replaced with someone that offers everything he does, but also the bits he doesn't as that's what is now needed a level above.
He is, with Donacien, Harness, Ball etc in that category of player that's not remotely going to be close to starting or even being on the bench next season so will, like Keogh, Leigh, Edwards etc be one of those we wish well, thank for where they got us and move on from.
Like I say though, I would imagine he'd be the last of the not good enough now group to go. | | | |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 09:13 - May 29 with 4726 views | Dubtractor |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 09:01 - May 29 by Kieran_Knows |
I think there will be 8-10 signings personally. 8 with Hutchinson and Sarmiento coming back, or 10 without them 2.
Remember, Luton kept the bulk of their squad together last summer and still signed 13 players.
I don't think we'll spend recklessly, or completely tear the squad apart, but it needs quite a few decent reinforcements if we've got any chance of staying up. |
Agree with this.
The jump in standard is going to be brutal, as evidence by the last 3 promoted teams, so we need some significant upgrades across the pitch to give us a chance.
No need to go demolition man on the team, and a large chunk of last seasons squad will remain involved, but we've got to be realistic. Every single player who moves on this summer, will go with huge appreciation from us though, having played a big part in getting us to where we are. |  |
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| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 09:26 - May 29 with 4606 views | davblue |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 09:01 - May 29 by Kieran_Knows |
I think there will be 8-10 signings personally. 8 with Hutchinson and Sarmiento coming back, or 10 without them 2.
Remember, Luton kept the bulk of their squad together last summer and still signed 13 players.
I don't think we'll spend recklessly, or completely tear the squad apart, but it needs quite a few decent reinforcements if we've got any chance of staying up. |
yeah agreed, need to bring the standard up as we did face challenges and even struggled with some teams who had recently had their premier league payments with the physicality of their teams.
Looking at the teams we had challenges with West Brom 1L, 1D, Leeds L X2 , Leicester X2L Southampton 2XW
I've put Leicester in there because for 45 minutes of the games they were the better team and Southampton even though we beat them twice as in the home game they dominated us for 50 minutes and were the best team i saw at PR this year.
We really are going to have to step it up as they were still Championships squads, so the level is going to be a step higher than that. |  | | |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 09:47 - May 29 with 4446 views | dirtyboy |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 09:05 - May 29 by portmanking |
There's not a chance Jacko troubles Premier League defences just with pace and work rate - and McKenna will know that.
Now's the time to be semi-ruthless but also respectful to those who got us here - the fringe will know their careers are better served finding regular first team footy elsewhere.
I don't personally see Moore as a Premier League striker, so would rather look elsewhere. Latte Lath and one other would be great, with Al-Hamadi getting a full season on loan at someone who plays similar footy in the Champ.
11-12 signings IMO - 7-8 of which are just replacements for squad players, while the remainder will be 'star' quality. |
I think Moore still has attributes to trouble most defenders in the PL, the difficulty will be getting him the chances.
We won't have as much of the ball, so I see the merits in someone like Lath for pace on the break.
Ali is an odd one, definitely a player in there, busy, strong....no idea what a preseason will do for him, but would say not quite there yet...who knows though?
We'll stick with this squad for the large part, the unity/continuity is a huge strength. |  | | |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 09:49 - May 29 with 4411 views | HighgateBlue |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 09:13 - May 29 by Dubtractor |
Agree with this.
The jump in standard is going to be brutal, as evidence by the last 3 promoted teams, so we need some significant upgrades across the pitch to give us a chance.
No need to go demolition man on the team, and a large chunk of last seasons squad will remain involved, but we've got to be realistic. Every single player who moves on this summer, will go with huge appreciation from us though, having played a big part in getting us to where we are. |
I agree up to a point. I do think that the increase in standard will be significant, even if Kieran is going to get more from his team than the sum of its parts. We need a significant upgrade without throwing babies out with bathwater.
However, I'm very much hoping that this last season has been an aberration in terms of the poor performance in the Prem of the 3 promoted teams. Clearly one can see things getting harder and harder, but this last season's points total of those worst three teams was very unusual. I hope it's not an acceleration of the downward trend.
I appreciate there's a difference between how the three promoted teams do, and how the three teams who end up being relegated do. But both are an indicator of how hard or easy it generally is to stay up. Just looking at the latter (ie. how well or badly the worst three teams do) is interesting enough (and easier than analysing the fate of the promoted teams each year, which I shall leave for others).
This last season the three bottom teams together got 66 points. That's ten points worse than any other year in the last 20 years. The figure was 90 in 2022/23. It's true that two of those teams that together got 90 will be coming back up with us, so there's clearly a case that it's going to be a strong league next year.
Last five years' points total for relegated sides: 402 (average per relegated team 26.8)
Previous five years: 445 (average per relegated team 29.7)
So the points figures have come down about ten percent over those two time periods.
Hopefully some FFP penalties will assist us!
Incidentally, when we were last relegated from the Prem in 2002, the relegated teams managed 94, for an average of 31.3.
Very quick spreadsheet below (year, bottom three teams' totals, then total of those three teams' points):
2023/24 26 24 16 66
2022/23 34 31 25 90
2021/22 35 23 22 80
2020/21 28 26 23 77
2019/20 34 34 21 89
2018/19 34 26 16 76
2017/18 33 33 31 97
2016/17 34 28 24 86
2015/16 37 34 17 88
2014/15 35 33 30 98
2013/14 33 32 30 95
2012/13 36 28 25 89
2011/12 36 31 25 92
2010/11 39 39 33 111
2009/10 30 30 19 79
2008/09 34 32 32 98
2007/08 36 35 11 82
2006/07 38 34 28 100
2005/06 34 30 15 79
2004/05 33 33 32 98 | | | |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 10:02 - May 29 with 4324 views | tractorboy1978 |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 09:05 - May 29 by portmanking |
There's not a chance Jacko troubles Premier League defences just with pace and work rate - and McKenna will know that.
Now's the time to be semi-ruthless but also respectful to those who got us here - the fringe will know their careers are better served finding regular first team footy elsewhere.
I don't personally see Moore as a Premier League striker, so would rather look elsewhere. Latte Lath and one other would be great, with Al-Hamadi getting a full season on loan at someone who plays similar footy in the Champ.
11-12 signings IMO - 7-8 of which are just replacements for squad players, while the remainder will be 'star' quality. |
Al-Hamadi is an interesting one for me. Looked incredibly raw and unorthodox but has all the physical attributes to trouble defenders at any level. I don't think he's a bad wildcard option to have off the bench in the last 15-20 minutes of games and strikes me as someone probably better under McKenna's superb tutelage than going elsewhere. He was also injured more or less straight from the date he signed and still really contributed. | | | |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 10:05 - May 29 with 4286 views | Herbivore |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 10:02 - May 29 by tractorboy1978 |
Al-Hamadi is an interesting one for me. Looked incredibly raw and unorthodox but has all the physical attributes to trouble defenders at any level. I don't think he's a bad wildcard option to have off the bench in the last 15-20 minutes of games and strikes me as someone probably better under McKenna's superb tutelage than going elsewhere. He was also injured more or less straight from the date he signed and still really contributed. |
I'd 100% keep him around next year as third choice striker. He won't get loads of minutes but he'll play here and there and he'll learn a lot training with the first team squad every week. He has a lot of good attributes and is one I'd rather we develop here than send elsewhere. | |
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| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 10:06 - May 29 with 4289 views | portmanking |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 10:02 - May 29 by tractorboy1978 |
Al-Hamadi is an interesting one for me. Looked incredibly raw and unorthodox but has all the physical attributes to trouble defenders at any level. I don't think he's a bad wildcard option to have off the bench in the last 15-20 minutes of games and strikes me as someone probably better under McKenna's superb tutelage than going elsewhere. He was also injured more or less straight from the date he signed and still really contributed. |
It's a fair point that you and others have made re. Al-Hamadi. He's like a fusion of Darren Bent and Shefki Kuqi. Ultimately McKenna will know what's best for Ali, I guess. We could even afford to sign 2 other strikers and still keep Al-Hamadi with a 25-man squad. We definitely need depth and variety. | | | |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 10:08 - May 29 with 4264 views | ElderGrizzly |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 09:00 - May 29 by Asa |
I feel sorry for Edmundson.
I was critical of playing him on the left but when he's played on the right of late he's been superb. But wouldn't be a shock now to see him moved on and Wolfy seen as the backup to a new right sided CB. Would not be a shock to see Burgess replaced as well with a left sided CB.
Everything else I agree with. I'd happily have Moore back as a bench player with him and Hirst replacing the new main man depending on Plan A or B but nothing more than that.
Everyone else on your list I can see being moved on. Even Jackson. But I'd say as a 25th man Jackson would be a very good asset because he has something that plays massively into us countering teams that might be all over us. His finishing and general all round play is not even top half Championship in reality, but he finds a way to bother teams of any level with his pace and work rate. |
I think of our two main choices at CB last season, Burgess will be the one to stay in the XI.
He's very similar to Delaney, although much better with the ball, and he carved a very decent career for Palace. |  | | |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 10:12 - May 29 with 4229 views | Herbivore |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 10:08 - May 29 by ElderGrizzly |
I think of our two main choices at CB last season, Burgess will be the one to stay in the XI.
He's very similar to Delaney, although much better with the ball, and he carved a very decent career for Palace. |
I think it'll be Woolf over Burgess, personally. Burgess has been excellent but he's quite slow and his reading of the game isn't as good and whilst he's improved on the ball, he's not as good at picking it up in tight areas as Woolf and we'll need that ability in the Prem. The way Woolf singlehandedly defended half the pitch against Leicester at 1-0 down at PR to enable us to get control of the game and push for an equaliser was the best individual defensive performance I've seen at PR in some time. I think he has the ability to step up and be effective in the Prem, Burgess could too (he's surprised many of us so far) but I'm less convinced. | |
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| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 10:16 - May 29 with 4206 views | unstableblue |
I posted this a few weeks ago, this is how I see the team next season by position:
GK
1. Hladky
2. Walton
3. Slicker
RB
1. Axel
2. Clarke
RCB
1. New player
2. Wolf
3. Edmundson
LCB
1. Burgess
2. New player
3. Baggot
RCB
1. Davis
2. New player
RCM
1. Morsy
2. New player
LCM
1. New player
2. Taylor
3. Luongo
RAM
1. Burns
2. New player
No.10
1. New player
2. Sarmiento
3. Chaplin
LAM
1. New player
2. Broadhead
Striker
1. New player
2. Hirst
3. Ali
Humphreys is going on loan. Potentially Baggot. Sarmiento is returning. I’m not sure about Omari.
We say goodbye to Donacien, Ball, Travis, Harness, Jackson, Aluko, Moore
9 new players a hell of a lot. Maybe be higher. |  |
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| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 10:20 - May 29 with 4171 views | GenericIpswichMan |
OK for what its worth here's my take on what we need...
GK - Walton
GK - Hladky
GK - Slicker
LB - Davis
LB - New backup
RB - New first choice RB
RB - Clarke
CB - Fridge
CB - Woolf
CB - Burgess
CB - Axel
CB - New First Choice CB
CM - Morsy
CM - Luongo
CM - Taylor
CM - New First choice CM
CM - New Long term backup to Morsy
CAM - Broadhead
CAM - Chaplin
CAM - Burns
CAM - New (Hopefully Omari)
CAM - Harness (if we cant get Sarmiento back)
CF - Hirst
CF - New CF
CF - New CF
Which to me means.
Donacien (Released)
Ndaba (Sold)
Baggott (Loaned to Championship Club)
Humphreys (Loaned to Championship Club)
Ball (Released)
El Miz (Sold)
Camara (Released)
Aluko (Retired)
Jackson (Released)
Ahadme (Sold)
Ladapo (Released)
Al-Hamadi (Loaned to Championship Club)
In total I think thats at least 6 new players, plus 2 loans.
So to answer the original question. I see 17/18 of last years squad making this years squad, with some quality additions. I think this is relatively consistent with our policy of keeping the nucleus of the squad together whilst adding the additional quality where it is needed. |  | | |
| If you had to guess now how many of last seasons squad will make this seasons? on 10:25 - May 29 with 4125 views | JakeITFC |
Gut feel:
At least one goalkeeper (who will start), but maybe two.
A starting right back
Possibly a starting centre back
A back-up left back
A starting central midfielder + possibly a back-up one.
A right-winger
A number 10
A starting striker + maybe a backup.
That to me is seven definites, with four maybes in and around the core of the squad. Feels like an overhaul but the squad would still be majority existing players and the starting lineups most weeks would still have a good flavour of the lads who got us there. |  | | |
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