The Squad planning thread

First off you completely ignored my point I am more thinking next year. When Guéhi becomes a free. Not that I see him costing that much give his contract and seeming determination to leave on a free and how much liverpool have spent should they be the ones in for him. if was to go for him this year not that we will.

We are probably even more stacked in midfield than defence especially when you look at stones Ake leaving. You maybe argue that the new lads are 8 rather than 6 cover for Rodri. Would that mean Wharton is an option? Not sure he goes forward to.

You saying we don’t need homegrown or players I don’t know which assuming Livramento Wharton or Eze join yet two of them look like not joining and not even interested in and one looks hard to get done

Your just imagining stuff to fit your narrative
Guehi does make a lot of sense next season on a free if he stays at Palace until then if we move on stones, ake and akanji.
 
Probably right I did wonder if he was an option. Don’t watch enough of none city players to comment. No one suggested him when I did on here. Also didn’t he fail at Arsenal due to his ability with his feet ?

What would he cost ?
I've no idea, and, as I said, I wasn't really advocating their specific purchase, simply using their names as examples of the type of players that might be options until the academy produces more. Once we have players in their 30s, with injury concerns and an inability to feature week in, week out, then I don't really see a great deal of difference in having a couple of such players instead.
 
I assume that's why we signed Khusonov, Reis, Bah.
Only two are currently at the club, plus Dias will be in his 30s in two years. Again, Guéhi also ticks the HG box & could come possibly for free.

We just cannot allow our succession planning to lapse again. Real target the players they want on a free, 2-3 seasons before they're available. This is what we need to be doing, in preparation for our older stars needing to be replaced.
 
Only two are currently at the club, plus Dias will be in his 30s in two years. Again, Guéhi also ticks the HG box & could come possibly for free.

We just cannot allow our succession planning to lapse again. Real target the players they want on a free, 2-3 seasons before they're available. This is what we need to be doing, in preparation for our older stars needing to be replaced.
So Dias probaby has another 4 or 5 years, Gvardiol more than that. Not sure we need to worry about that. I don't know what the club thinks about Reis, Khusonov or Bah but if they think they will be good enough to back up Dias and GVardiol from next season then that's all we really need.If they have doubts then yes next summer bring another player in.
 
The Dias contract talks will be interesting, as he may want to move if he doesn't get a sizeable increase, but more than anything else, I just want him to return to his previous high standards. Last season he just wasn't setting the tone well enough and seemed a yard short in the mind, as much as in his legs
 
There needs to be a brutal assessment of the squad this summer.

Players who need to be gone:

Ederson
Akanji
Nunes
Grealish
Kovacic
Gundogan

At the right Price, let them go:

Bernardo
Rico Lewis
Ake

If you tell Fabrizio, I'll deny it till the end... but I'm listening:

Marmoush
Nico G
Savinho
Dias
 
There needs to be a brutal assessment of the squad this summer.

Players who need to be gone:

Ederson
Akanji
Nunes
Grealish
Kovacic
Gundogan

At the right Price, let them go:

Bernardo
Rico Lewis
Ake

If you tell Fabrizio, I'll deny it till the end... but I'm listening:

Marmoush
Nico G
Savinho
Dias

Nunes and Kovacic will stay, it will be hard to ship them, although i would like to sell Kovacic

Bernardo is the new captain, he will not be sold if anything extraordinary happen
Ake is HG, which we need

Why NicoG is not playing is baffling

Marmoush, Dias will not be sold

Savinho maybe should be loaned
 
Nunes and Kovacic will stay, it will be hard to ship them, although i would like to sell Kovacic

Bernardo is the new captain, he will not be sold if anything extraordinary happen
Ake is HG, which we need

Why NicoG is not playing is baffling

Marmoush, Dias will not be sold

Savinho maybe should be loaned
So not much is going to change from last season...
 
Think O'Reilly will be allowed to leave; probably on loan.
The signing of Ait Nouri means he's unlikely to play LB and he's gonna struggle for game time in midfield.
 
So not much is going to change from last season...
Hopefully Viana makes his decisions on who to keep first and foremost based on if he thinks they are good enough, not based on how hard it would be to "ship them" or financial reasons.

First decide who to keep around based on performance/ability and make the decision on who to cut based on the same parameters. How much of a financial hit/loss it will be to the club to get rid of the players not making the cut should be irrelevant when making the cut. Sporting decisions should be prioritized over financial ones. Getting back to winning is more important than making a big profit, especially after a season like the one we just had.
 
Nunes and Kovacic will stay, it will be hard to ship them, although i would like to sell Kovacic

Bernardo is the new captain, he will not be sold if anything extraordinary happen
Ake is HG, which we need

Why NicoG is not playing is baffling

Marmoush, Dias will not be sold

Savinho maybe should be loaned
Marmoush- are you for real.
 
There needs to be a brutal assessment of the squad this summer.

Players who need to be gone:

Ederson
Akanji
Nunes
Grealish
Kovacic
Gundogan

At the right Price, let them go:

Bernardo
Rico Lewis
Ake

If you tell Fabrizio, I'll deny it till the end... but I'm listening:

Marmoush
Nico G
Savinho
Dias
So just sell half the squad. Never going to happen and we’d need a least a few seasons for all the new players to get used to the league and our style of play
 
Think O'Reilly will be allowed to leave; probably on loan.
The signing of Ait Nouri means he's unlikely to play LB and he's gonna struggle for game time in midfield.
That would be pretty disappointing if we did that. Great last season and a top prospect. We should be doing everything to keep him

But let’s keep players who consistently don’t perform. I hope this doesn’t happen.
 
Ederson is the main issue coming up, 12 months left on his deal , no new contract has been brought up will his head be in it for a title charge next season.
 
There needs to be a brutal assessment of the squad this summer.

Players who need to be gone:

Ederson
Akanji
Nunes
Grealish
Kovacic
Gundogan

At the right Price, let them go:

Bernardo
Rico Lewis
Ake

If you tell Fabrizio, I'll deny it till the end... but I'm listening:

Marmoush
Nico G
Savinho
Dias
Add Stones and Ake on that list need to go.Both together doesn't have 30 games played.
They are injury prone players that doesn't help the team at all.
 

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