Anybody thinking we have 6 championship level starters are crazy. Ramsey and jones maybe. Coventry, TC, Edward’s as reserves, maybe. Leaburn is being dominated by shrewsbury center halves. Maybe one day but not currently
Bold prediction: I think Josh Edwards is a Premier League footballer in the next 2-3 years.
Anybody thinking we have 6 championship level starters are crazy. Ramsey and jones maybe. Coventry, TC, Edward’s as reserves, maybe. Leaburn is being dominated by shrewsbury center halves. Maybe one day but not currently
Bold prediction: I think Josh Edwards is a Premier League footballer in the next 2-3 years.
Didn’t see that coming! (Nor saying you’re wrong necessarily, but haven’t seen evidence of that sort of talent as yet.)
4 players OOC in the summer, only 1 of them feasible to keep (Small) I fully expect us to finish there or thereabouts this season, and if we fall short there squad needs 3 or 4 very good additions to push on
If by some miracle we got promoted, we'd need 12-14 signings
NEW GK, AMB/Mannion Ramsay, NEW RWB NEW RCB, Mitchell Jones, Mitchell NEW LCB, NEW LCB NEW LWB, Edwards Coventry, NEW DM NEW CM, Docherty NEW CM, Anderson NEW AM, Berry NEW ST, Leaburn NEW ST, Godden NEW WR, Campbell NEW WR, Small
One of the keepers, Watson, Gillesphey and Ahadme would all need to go completely, and even then I think there's a serious question mark over everyone left in the squad if they are truly good enough for the step up.
As you can see only Ramsay, Coventry and Jones I've listed as the "first choice" in their positions. That also gives a squad of 28 which is huge, so I'd expect a couple of signings to cover multiple positions, and maybe instead of upgrading certain places we rely on, for instance, Small, to be a starter, or even someone like Berry or Docherty
Get promoted, and the new signings will raise the game of some of those borderline players - same as Gallagher did when on loan with us.
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(Nor saying you’re wrong necessarily, but haven’t seen evidence of that sort of talent as yet.)