Munn and Lange

comment by Striketeam7 - confident for Southgate’s nearly slaaaags (U18109)
posted 1 hour, 50 minutes ago
comment by look like modric (U7431)
posted 25 minutes ago
Im worried we are very short at the minute on bodies that is without upgrading the team.

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Really

Forgetting keeper, we have:


Porro
Royal
Spence
Dragusin
Romero
VDV
Rodon
Phillips
Dorrington
Vuskovic
Davies
Udogie
Bentancur
Bissouma
Sarr
Skip
PEH
Maddison
Bergvall
Lo Celso
Kulu
Johnson
Solomon
Son
Werner
Richarlison
Veliz
Scarlett

28 outfield players still currently. Obviously some will go - but others will come in.

What we need to do is upgrade the first 11 - another prolific forward and a top DM. After that it’s just ensuring that we have adequate back up for Porro and Udogie - unless we can again improve on those positions
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Exactly this...sign starters and relegated last season starters to rotation. That's how we improve.

Richarlison needs competition if he stays. We don't need to spend big. Gimenez will be good enough for 20 goals a season with right service. Need a better RW..Johnson is a rotational player against tired legs.(we paid too much, should have bought Marcus Edwards instead and used 30m difference for other positions).

comment by Ioavirgo (U10470)
posted 12 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - confident for Southgate’s nearly slaaaags (U18109)
posted 1 hour, 50 minutes ago
comment by look like modric (U7431)
posted 25 minutes ago
Im worried we are very short at the minute on bodies that is without upgrading the team.

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Really

Forgetting keeper, we have:


Porro
Royal
Spence
Dragusin
Romero
VDV
Rodon
Phillips
Dorrington
Vuskovic
Davies
Udogie
Bentancur
Bissouma
Sarr
Skip
PEH
Maddison
Bergvall
Lo Celso
Kulu
Johnson
Solomon
Son
Werner
Richarlison
Veliz
Scarlett

28 outfield players still currently. Obviously some will go - but others will come in.

What we need to do is upgrade the first 11 - another prolific forward and a top DM. After that it’s just ensuring that we have adequate back up for Porro and Udogie - unless we can again improve on those positions
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Exactly this...sign starters and relegated last season starters to rotation. That's how we improve.

Richarlison needs competition if he stays. We don't need to spend big. Gimenez will be good enough for 20 goals a season with right service. Need a better RW..Johnson is a rotational player against tired legs.(we paid too much, should have bought Marcus Edwards instead and used 30m difference for other positions).
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Johnson has had a decent first season for us.

He has 10 PL assists this season, which is joint 3rd behind Watkins (13) and Cole Palmer (11). We may have overpaid for him but there is more development to come from him

Edwards had less goals and assists in a weaker league within which he is well established.

Not sure all the obvious upgrades in the OP are that obvious. Lo Celso and Ndombele were obvious.. They need to be the right players for the right money. I'm pretty chill about our recruitment right now tbh.

I reckon we'll see lots of movement after the Euros and Copa.

comment by Hengy (U9129)
posted 5 hours, 48 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - confident for Southgate’s nearly slaaaags (U18109)
posted 45 minutes ago
comment by look like modric (U7431)
posted 25 minutes ago
Im worried we are very short at the minute on bodies that is without upgrading the team.

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Really

Forgetting keeper, we have:


Porro
Royal
Spence
Dragusin
Romero
VDV
Rodon
Phillips
Dorrington
Vuskovic
Davies
Udogie
Bentancur
Bissouma
Sarr
Skip
PEH
Maddison
Bergvall
Lo Celso
Kulu
Johnson
Solomon
Son
Werner
Richarlison
Veliz
Scarlett

28 outfield players still currently. Obviously some will go - but others will come in.

What we need to do is upgrade the first 11 - another prolific forward and a top DM. After that it’s just ensuring that we have adequate back up for Porro and Udogie - unless we can again improve on those positions
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Why have you put Vuskovic? Guy can’t even play for another 2 or 3 years for us
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I was just listing all the players I could think of off the top of my head. Remove Vuskovic and it’s still 27 - we’re certainly not short of players. Short of quality in some positions - absolutely.

We need to be moving 7 on I reckon and looking to bring in 5 - with 2 being clear upgrades on the starting 11.

Spence, royal and rodon are finalising transfers away.

Veliz has a work permit issue so will surely go on loan somewhere. Vuskovic is not eligible.

We think we know Lo celso, Hojberg and Solomon are going.

Then we get into the complexites of Europe, no problem we name a much smaller squad then watch everyone whine that we are not resting players.

We have tons of players not forgetting the 4 senior keepers and Troy Parrott. but the squad is a mess it needs to be streamlined and then improved.

My concern is we will streamline and spend hardly nothing and be very short.

The ready made excuse that our training sponsers have both knocked us so we cannot spend as much.

The rumour on Chiesa is def garthering pace would love him.

The ready made excuse that our training sponsers have both knocked us so we cannot spend as much.
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That's only 5m though init? I'm sure they'll be replaced

£8m from Getir and £10m from Cinch (Sleeve sponsor comes to and end).

Ali G said a while back Bet MGM will be taking over from Getir for £10m a season but a new sleeve sponsor will need to be found.

If the contract was coming to an end it's just incompetence to not have something else lined up

comment by Bãleș left boot (U22081)
posted 6 hours, 46 minutes ago
If the contract was coming to an end it's just incompetence to not have something else lined up
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Getir went bust so defaulted on what they owe us.

Not sure about the sleeve sponsor but hasn't the guy who was brought in to do our sponsors, including stadium, now left the club. Seems like he did a shiiiit job.