Goalkeepers
Ederson - Past it, never saves anything, sell him
Ortega - Not a good back-up anymore, sell him
Trafford - Bag of nerves, drop him or sell him
Bettinelli - New guy
Defenders
Lewis - Never gonna be good enough, sell him
Akanji - Teacher's pet, slow, sell him
Nunes - Never gonna be good enough, drop him or sell him
Stones - Always injured, sell him
Dias - Past it, not been good for 18 months, sell him
Gvardiol - You're fine
Khusanov - Should be playing every single game
O'Reilly - Promising kid, you're fine
Ake - Always injured, sell him
Ait-Nouri - You're new, you're fine
Midfielders
Rodri - Coming back from injury, you're fine
Nico Gonzalez - Just another Javi Garcia, sell him
Kovacic - Old and slow, sell him
Bernardo - Old and slow and shouldn't be captain, sell him
Foden - Not been the same for 12 months, on thin ice
Cherki - Not strong enough, drop him
Reijnders - Not strong enough, but a new guy
Bobb - A kid
Savinho - Not good enough, sell him
Doku - Not good enough, sell him
Strikers
Haaland - Doesn't do anything if he's not scoring, take £100m and cut our losses
Marmoush - Not good enough, replace him with Rodrygo
So that's 26 players. According to this place, 16 of them need flogging and another handful need dropping. We then need to make a dozen new signings before the window shuts next week in order to have a chance at top four. And if we don't make those signings then the only acceptable team to field will be:
Bettinelli
Khusanov, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, Ait-Nouri
Foden, Reijnders, Cherki
Bobb.
Good luck with that approach guys. And see you next season!
Ederson - Past it, never saves anything, sell him
Ortega - Not a good back-up anymore, sell him
Trafford - Bag of nerves, drop him or sell him
Bettinelli - New guy
Defenders
Lewis - Never gonna be good enough, sell him
Akanji - Teacher's pet, slow, sell him
Nunes - Never gonna be good enough, drop him or sell him
Stones - Always injured, sell him
Dias - Past it, not been good for 18 months, sell him
Gvardiol - You're fine
Khusanov - Should be playing every single game
O'Reilly - Promising kid, you're fine
Ake - Always injured, sell him
Ait-Nouri - You're new, you're fine
Midfielders
Rodri - Coming back from injury, you're fine
Nico Gonzalez - Just another Javi Garcia, sell him
Kovacic - Old and slow, sell him
Bernardo - Old and slow and shouldn't be captain, sell him
Foden - Not been the same for 12 months, on thin ice
Cherki - Not strong enough, drop him
Reijnders - Not strong enough, but a new guy
Bobb - A kid
Savinho - Not good enough, sell him
Doku - Not good enough, sell him
Strikers
Haaland - Doesn't do anything if he's not scoring, take £100m and cut our losses
Marmoush - Not good enough, replace him with Rodrygo
So that's 26 players. According to this place, 16 of them need flogging and another handful need dropping. We then need to make a dozen new signings before the window shuts next week in order to have a chance at top four. And if we don't make those signings then the only acceptable team to field will be:
Bettinelli
Khusanov, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, Ait-Nouri
Foden, Reijnders, Cherki
Bobb.
Good luck with that approach guys. And see you next season!