Unlike Norwich or Watford, I don't think this squad can get us back up.
Many will leave, and the rebuild could be painful.
Well we may have a chance if we lose Lookman, Cavalero and Maja!
RLC gone so that's an improvement
That's the problem though, this isn't our squad. Most of the first team are loans.
Time to rebuild, AGAIN. The outcome will probably be the same though as we won't do anything before deadline day because the transfer market is sooooooo hard to deal in.
Most of this squad is Championship level.
Areola, maybe Anderson could get offers.
I can't see too many offers coming in for the rest.
If we want Lemina, Anguissa, Lookman and Tete, we can probably keep them.
Mitro will probably go, but Maja will be a good Championship striker.
Our reserve goalie is more than good enough.
Toisin, Aina, Reed. It's a high quality squad.
Quote from: andyk on May 10, 2021, 10:27:59 PM
Most of this squad is Championship level.
Areola, maybe Anderson could get offers.
I can't see too many offers coming in for the rest.
If we want Lemina, Anguissa, Lookman and Tete, we can probably keep them.
Mitro will probably go, but Maja will be a good Championship striker.
Our reserve goalie is more than good enough.
Toisin, Aina, Reed. It's a high quality squad.
Tete is ours
Some would be good Championship players, but I think we need players that can improve to become decent Premiership players if promoted next season. Not sure many of our current first team could improve or if we have any youngsters coming through that are good enough to do well next year and kick on if promoted. Clear out needed.
For me it is automatic promotion or nothing. We have proved that coming up via the play offs is so difficult. You only have a few weeks to assemble a squad as until the play offs you don´t know which division you will be in. You can identify which players you want to go for but can´t negotiate until our status is established.
These players are very good at high end near top of the Championship level, but no more than that. Well above mid-table in the Championship we would be if we kept most of them, but I see no way of achieving a quick bounce back. Not with this squad.
Frankly, I think that we kind of overachieved a bit there, certainly in February we were batting well above our average.