Can't see anyone out of contract being retained / wanting to stay, and those in contract but on decent wedge, or could attract a fee a la Hudson and Bailey will be forced out.
Expect a much smaller squad for next season, with a lot of pressure on the youngsters to step up and perform.
[cite]Posted By: Stone[/cite]I think Shelvey's sale price can only go up considerably in the the next 12 - 24 months so I think that would be rash unless a silly bid came in.
I wonder what Fortune's contract is like and how long he has left on it?
As you say ZZ must be on his way and hopefully Hudson.
Depends if the club hold their nerve, if someone came in with 2-3million, or silly money like Saints got for Walcott, could we turn it down? my hope is that Shelvey honours his new contract, for at least next season, and if we dont push for promotion then I think he may want to go.
ZZ is a cert to go for me, cant see Fortune bringing much cash in, Hudson, Jonjo & ZZ are the only ones for me that we can make real money on.
Don't really care who stays or who goes. Apart from Racon. The one player I really hope we can keep.
He'd be our Andy Reid, remember how good we looked when we had Reidy at the start of last season, he was the difference between 1 point and 3 points. I think Racon will have a similar effect next season.
Elliott will be our number 1. Semedo/Racon our central midfield partnership.
[cite]Posted By: AFKABartram[/cite]Can't see anyone out of contract being retained / wanting to stay, and those in contract but on decent wedge, or could attract a fee a la Hudson and Bailey will be forced out.
Expect a much smaller squad for next season, with a lot of pressure on the youngsters to step up and perform.
Would love Bailey to stay, can see it as well, he took a step up from Southend to come to us, and I can see him staying, for at least the season, he would be great at that level as thats where he was grounded.
Out of the current squad minus who I think will go:
Elliot
(no RB) Basey Fortune (no CB)
Sam Spring Semedo Jonjo (all the other sales should mean we can keep him)
Dickson Burton
Squad
Randolph Youga Holland Wright Wagstaff Sinclair Fleetwood Yussuff Mcleod
So we will need 2 RB's & 3 CB's just to have enough numbers to cover a squad. Maybe some youngsters will fill these gaps but whoever is in charge will need to wheel and deal as we will have no cash even with these sales.
Goners due to wages, transfer fee, contract ending, age, or Parky not liking them - Weaver, Moutaouakil, Youga, Hudson, Fortune (if fit enough to pass a medical elsewhere), Holland, Zheng Zhi, Ambrose, Todorov, Gray, McLeod.
Goners due to wages, transfer fee, contract ending, age, or Parky not liking them- Weaver, Moutaouakil, Youga, Hudson, Fortune (if fit enough to pass a medical elsewhere), Holland, Zheng Zhi, Ambrose, Todorov, Gray, McLeod.
[cite]Posted By: Scoham[/cite]I'm sure someone on here said they asked Steve Gritt if he'd like to manage us and he's not interested. I think he's happy managing the academy.
Will we still have an academy? Serious question, not stirring things up.
Someone on here said we're reverting it back to a centre of excellence, no idea though. Guess we'll find out in the summer when they announce things like that.]What I said here
Excuse my ignorance but what is the difference between an "Academy" and a "Centre of Excellence" other than terminology?
I don't know exactly myself. On the OS here, it became an academy in 1998. All Premier League clubs must have an academy, if they do they can't have a centre of excellence.
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I wonder what Fortune's contract is like and how long he has left on it?
As you say ZZ must be on his way and hopefully Hudson.
Weaver
Yassin
Ambrose
ZZ
Gray
Toddy
Mcleod
Think Shelvey will be at us for at least the first season in League 1.
Expect a much smaller squad for next season, with a lot of pressure on the youngsters to step up and perform.
Depends if the club hold their nerve, if someone came in with 2-3million, or silly money like Saints got for Walcott, could we turn it down? my hope is that Shelvey honours his new contract, for at least next season, and if we dont push for promotion then I think he may want to go.
ZZ is a cert to go for me, cant see Fortune bringing much cash in, Hudson, Jonjo & ZZ are the only ones for me that we can make real money on.
He'd be our Andy Reid, remember how good we looked when we had Reidy at the start of last season, he was the difference between 1 point and 3 points. I think Racon will have a similar effect next season.
Elliott will be our number 1. Semedo/Racon our central midfield partnership.
Would love Bailey to stay, can see it as well, he took a step up from Southend to come to us, and I can see him staying, for at least the season, he would be great at that level as thats where he was grounded.
This is what I would like to see, not sure if semedo and racon will stay though.
elliot
Semedo
Fortune or new signing
?
Youga/Chris Powell?
Sam
Racon
Wright/Spring
Bailey
Shelvey
Dicko
Sub
Burton
Randolph
Spring
Holland
I think he could be worth keeping as he is still young and clearly has some talent
he also said 'i've no doubt that in 5 years we will be back in the premier league'
lol
Elliot
(no RB)
Basey
Fortune
(no CB)
Sam
Spring
Semedo
Jonjo (all the other sales should mean we can keep him)
Dickson
Burton
Squad
Randolph
Youga
Holland
Wright
Wagstaff
Sinclair
Fleetwood
Yussuff
Mcleod
So we will need 2 RB's & 3 CB's just to have enough numbers to cover a squad. Maybe some youngsters will fill these gaps but whoever is in charge will need to wheel and deal as we will have no cash even with these sales.
My thoughts exactly, we are badly lacking in loanees, and that would have made the difference IMO, Pardew must go now.
wibble
Goners due to wages, transfer fee, contract ending, age, or Parky not liking them - Weaver, Moutaouakil, Youga, Hudson, Fortune (if fit enough to pass a medical elsewhere), Holland, Zheng Zhi, Ambrose, Todorov, Gray, McLeod.
Maybe gone - Bailey (probable), Shelvey (unlikely).
That leaves..
GK - Elliott, Randolph
DEF - Basey, Semedo*
MID - Semedo*, Spring, Racon, Sam, Wagstaff, Wright, SInclair, Yusuff and possibly Shelvey
STR - Burton, Dickson, Fleetwood
Ouch.
Pretty sure we'll see Solly and Mambo feature in defence at some point next season. Can see Kandol signing as well.
I didn't include any loanees staying with us, but I hope that you're right.
Kandol and Dickson is the way to go next season.
Excuse my ignorance but what is the difference between an "Academy" and a "Centre of Excellence" other than terminology?
Someone else here must know?