Trying to make myself feel positive and thinking in detail about next season, presuming we can stay financially stable etc we might still be able to mount another outside chance for a promotion bid. Firstly, the league will be much weaker next season - Southampton will run away with it, but where we will lose Leeds, Norwich and probably Millwall, we will gain Pboro, Plymouth and Sheff Wed. Wednesday will probably be up there but I see Pboro struggling and possibly Plymouth with their financial difficulties. Certainly weaker sides. f Swindon stay down, they wont do as well again - they are poor as we have seen at the valley twice this season, paynter has had a freak season and Austin may well leave. Brighton could do well next season but generally there are going to plenty of sides scrapping for the play-offs.
In terms of our side, although we will lose a lot of players, we could very realistically retain the following side next season
GK - Randolph and Elliot should still both be around
RB - Richardson may very well leave so this could be a weak spot if we have Solly there
LB - Hopefully we will still have Youga, who is a decent player at this level in my opinion, we lost very few games with him in the side at the start of the season. If not, Basey is capable on his day in this poor quality division
CB - If Dailly remains I think he will still be capable next year
CB - Llera will probably still be here - he showed yesterday he can play on his (rare) day, and he was in the side during our excellent start
RM - Wagstaff - poor
CM - Semedo - if we can hang onto him that would be vital
CM - Racon - as with Semedo - unlikely we will keep both but if we can keep one and then have Spring step up to the plate.
LM - this will be a problem
CF - would have thought Burton would stay but maybe not judging on today
CF - regardless we cannot do much worse than this season in terms of strikers.
Midfield will be key as I think we could still have a reasonable defence. And then it is down to Parkinson to find us a scorer somewhere, somehow, on loan or free or from non-league.
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Elliot (Randy will go imho) new back up keeper- linked to Richard Wright apparantly
Richardson with Solly covering and maybe even Jenkinson closer to first team
Dailly, obviously will need a pay cut but won't get a better offer imho.
Llera, new CB to cover maybe Fry again on loan
Youga (I hope) with Basey
New RM with Waggy covering
Semedo (ok I am dreaming) with Stav covering
New CM
New LM with Basey/Waggy also there
Burton (possible, if fit for whole season could be a big big player), also maybe Akpo although not sure about him as main striker
new ST- maybe Forster- won't get a champ move and can't be on huge wages). Also have Tuna as a bench option.
Youga
Dailly
Llera
Richardson
Wagstaff
Semedo/Racon
Spring
Jackson
Burton
Forster/Sodje/Rooney/my Nan
currently out of contract who might be possibles
Will Hoskins
Leon Clarke
Big Chris Iwelumo
Jon Macken - as a last resort
non-league options -
Richard Brodie
James Constable
do your best parky!
The goal machine Izale McLeod!
Fry (Don't see Youga staying, and not sure Basey will be fit for pre-season)
Dailly
Mambo
Solly
Wagstaff
Semedo
Spring
????
Akpo
Mooney - yes, I would like us to sign him.
Going to be a mix of old heads and kids. Really hope we can keep Semedo, but probably dreaming. Would like to keep Burton, too, but not sounding likely. More chance Dailly will stay.
Frazer
Dailly
Llera
Basey
Wagstaff
Semedo
?
?
Burton
Akpo
Manager: Parky
Racon, Bailey, Sam, S Sodje and Youga are the ones I imagine will go. I thought Burton would but with that SSN rumour who knows. Hopefully one of the question marks is J Jackson but who knows how much say Parky will have to say on transfers and how limited his options are. I guess we could handle losing Frazer as Solly can probably step up to the plate if required but I think we can just about hang onto him and Semedo.
Randolph
Solly Dailey Mambo Basey
Waggy Spring (LOAN) (NEW)*
Tuna Forster
*Preferably Jackson
Bailey
Racon
Sam
Youga
Dickson
Fleetwood
McLeod
Spring
Moutouakil
Sinclair
McKenzie
Borrowdale
Hope to stay/acquire:
Burton
Semedo
Mooney
Forster
Reid
Jackson
Omozusi
Dailly
Richardson
Sam Sodje
Should keep:
Wagstaff
Solly
Basey
Randolph / Elliot - unsure what to do here really
Akpo Sodje (believe he's a done deal)
Jordan Cousins might get a look in next season if his progress continues
Tuna and Mambo as well
Dunno where Fry is really either, largely depends on how many defenders we can keep.
Exactly...
we really need to take advantage of the Liverpool linkup
This!
lauri dalla valle
don't think they would risk any of their 'wonderkids' to come here. jay spearing, stephen darby, nathan eccleston are more likely to be offered to us.
Spearing probably will but Darby is at Swindon and Eccleston was at Huddersfield so no reason why they won't be loaned back to league one. I think people are reading too much into the Liverpool 'agreement', i would bet money that nothing comes of it.
same as it never said there was an agreement just that the idea was being mouted