Superjohnnyfrancis wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 7:47 pm
Yes we need a clean sweep from top to bottom why aren’t any youth teamers coming in , that has to be a worry also waste of money if there’s no progression from such an expensive academy.
Only players I’d keep are
Pope, Cornet, Weghorst, Collins, Vydra, Taylor, Pieters, McNeil, Jay if we are really struggling to find a new attacker.
I’d keep Tarks also but he’s obv going
Good luck keeping any of Pope, Cornet or Weghorst in the Championship. McNeil might stay if only due to his inconsistent form but if anything that will just lower the price not stop the sale. Taylor will certainly have his suitors.
Can't understand why Mee isn't on your list but if we drop we probably won't keep him anyway.
It's going to be either a massive rebuild the likes of when Cotterill took over, or a host of one year extensions to buy more time to refresh the squad. The former is unlikely to result in promotion, the latter is just buying time.
Either way I wouldn't be expecting us to have the money to invest much in the squad even if we have the expected 3-5 player sales. Wage drops don't matter when we have a massively reduced cashflow and a mountain of debt.
Anyone expecting us to let all the OOCs deemed not up to it go, retain all our best players, and strengthen the squad meaningfully, in a lower league with our current finances, is in for a crushing disappointment.