Current Squad - cut or keep?

[uncle fester]

Just my own take on things feel free to add your own...

Goalkeepers:
Ederson Keep Muric Keep but revert to no. 3 Bravo Cut quality backup to Eddy required

Defence:
Danilo Keep Walker Cut (or possibly retain as backup RB) Mendy Keep Kompany backup only LaPorte Keep Mangala Cut Otamendi Keep Stones Keep additional specialist full back required

Midfield:
De Bruyne Keep Delph Cut Fernandinho Keep Foden Keep Gundogan Cut D. Silva Keep B. Silva Keep Zinchenko Cut

Forwards:
Auguero Keep Brahim Diaz Cut (on the assumption hes going) Jesus Keep Mahrez backup only Sane Keep Sterling Keep

So for me that's Bravo Mangala, Delph Gundogan and Zinchenko def out with possibly Walker Kompany and Mahrez to go or with a much reduced role

plus at least 1 or 2 high quality replacements (don't ask me who they are though!)

 

[Bill]

We need additions not reducing.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

I stopped reading after you said get rid of Walker

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

We need a left back,defensive midfielder and striker in the next couple of week or kiss the title goodbye Fact

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

I stopped reading after you said get rid of Walker

That's exactly where I lost interest.......

 

[uncle fester]

We need additions not reducing.

Cut is on the assumption that they're replaced with someone better
we cant keep adding without thinning out

 

[kippaxking79]

The only ones I would let go at the end of the season is

Gundogan - offers nothing

Ottamendi - been a fantastic servant but time to move on

Jesus - just don't think he is as ruthless as Aguero.

Desperately need a Class fernandinho replacement. A CB and possibly 2 Class strikers.

 

[Zenmanc]

That's exactly where I lost interest.......

Yep I immediately scrolled down after that.

 

[Delphinho]

Only Mangala and one of Delph/Zinch to leave

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

We need additions not reducing.

Easier said than done.

Under UEFA rules we currently have 18 Foreign players if Bravo is fit and we’re only allowed 17. And that’s not counting Mangala. Muric will become a homegrown player at the end of next season whereas Zinchenko won’t ever be classed as homegrown, as he misses the cut-off date by about 2 weeks. So I’d keep Muric and make him number 2 but get rid of Bravo & Zinchenko. Kompany has to go to make way for someone so that frees up 2 Foreign slots, which means we can bring in someone like Ghoulam as left-back and Ndombele as a replacement for Fernandinho. Or 2 other foreign players.

We’ve got the maximum 4 association trained players (Walker, Sterling, Stones & Delph) so if we want someone like Chilwell then one of those has to go. Personally I’d be looking at Delph as back-up for the DM position longer term but of the Association-trained four he’s probably the most likely to go if we bring in another English player.

I’m going to get pelters for this but I really think we’ve had the best out of Aguero and probably Otamendi as well. If push came to shove I’d sell those two this summer unless Sergio really steps up in the second half of the season, as long as we could get a good replacement for him and a young centre-back. We’ve got to start being ruthless and getting rid of anyone not delivering 100%.

But you’ve got to ask why the Academy hasn’t delivered as yet. There’s only Foden (I don’t think Diaz is good enough) and Sancho has gone. We’ve got to get a couple more players through in the next two seasons otherwise we may as well shut it down.