foxfanazer Posted 2 May 2016 Share Posted 2 May 2016 Now that we are almost there in terms of winning the Premiership, and the Champions League awaits, we need to have a look at the current squad and have a view on who is likely to go. The key criterion is having the quality to compete at the higher echelons. We also need to recognise that selling players will also increase our budget for incoming players. Here's my take: Schwarezer - it goes without saying that we need a proper back up for Kasper. De Laet - not good enough for the premiership, let alone the Champions League. £1.5m Konchesky - contract expires at the end of June. Not to be renewed! Wasilewski - a great contribution from the big man, but time to call it a day. Do not renew contract. Moore - showed terrific potential at the start of last season. It hasn't quite worked out for him. £1.0m James - difficult one, as we have yet to see whether he is fully recovered from his long term injury, but need something better. £1.5m Dyer - he did two good things (goal against Villa, and the cross for Vardy's goal against the Saints), but he also gave away two penalties. Do not renew loan. Inler - so little game time, but his style isn't really suited to the way we want to play. £2.5m Benalouane - difficult to analyse his abilities in view of his sparse appearances. Need someone better. £2.5m King - sorry chaps, but whilst I admire what Andy has done and his loyalty to the club, he's not at the level that we are looking for. £2m. Kramaric - a bit like Inler, not really suited to the pacy, counter attack game that has served us so well. £6m Ulloa - has been useful in recent games with Vardy missing, but he's not Champions League material. £6m That's a total of £23m to go into the transfer kitty. Disagree about King and Ulloa. With us competing on multiple fronts players like these will be invaluable in domestic cup matches and some prem games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmahrez Posted 2 May 2016 Share Posted 2 May 2016 I don't care what level the club is at, whether championship or champions league, I'd love it if we played Kingy every week. Club legend that has been through the hard times with us and showed incredible loyalty. Can't believe any City fan would want to sell him, let alone for 2 million... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Prussian Posted 2 May 2016 Share Posted 2 May 2016 have you seen him play? He is average at best, if he is back up i would have him, but 15 mil euros for backup, not so sure. Alright, so a 23-year old German international with similar workrates to Okazaki plus eight goals and ten assists for a rather mediocre team like Hoffenheim is "average at best"? What was your opinion of Okazaki then, I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Prussian Posted 2 May 2016 Share Posted 2 May 2016 Now that we are almost there in terms of winning the Premiership, and the Champions League awaits, we need to have a look at the current squad and have a view on who is likely to go. The key criterion is having the quality to compete at the higher echelons. We also need to recognise that selling players will also increase our budget for incoming players. Here's my take: Schwarezer - it goes without saying that we need a proper back up for Kasper. De Laet - not good enough for the premiership, let alone the Champions League. £1.5m Konchesky - contract expires at the end of June. Not to be renewed! Wasilewski - a great contribution from the big man, but time to call it a day. Do not renew contract. Moore - showed terrific potential at the start of last season. It hasn't quite worked out for him. £1.0m James - difficult one, as we have yet to see whether he is fully recovered from his long term injury, but need something better. £1.5m Dyer - he did two good things (goal against Villa, and the cross for Vardy's goal against the Saints), but he also gave away two penalties. Do not renew loan. Inler - so little game time, but his style isn't really suited to the way we want to play. £2.5m Benalouane - difficult to analyse his abilities in view of his sparse appearances. Need someone better. £2.5m King - sorry chaps, but whilst I admire what Andy has done and his loyalty to the club, he's not at the level that we are looking for. £2m. Kramaric - a bit like Inler, not really suited to the pacy, counter attack game that has served us so well. £6m Ulloa - has been useful in recent games with Vardy missing, but he's not Champions League material. £6m That's a total of £23m to go into the transfer kitty. It's all fair and square playing Football Manager or FIFA, but you do realize that we can't just overhaul 2/3 of the squad like that? I agree that there are some more obvious choices - three to be precise: Schwarzer, Wasilewski and Konchesky. We still have a couple of really good bench players that could come in handy looking ahead to the next season, in particular with regards to playing in the Europa League/rotating the squad to a certain degree. Benalouane played fairly well whenever I saw him in a City shirt. He's pretty agile and fast for a centre-back and comes with good aerial qualities plus great anticipation. Inler... Well, his bad luck Kanté and Drinkwater stole the limelight. I wouldn't want to call it quits for him already, his Europa League and Champions League experience are second to none. With Kramaric, you never know. King won't be leaving soon, he's quintessential for the cohesion of the club (just like many other regular bench players). James and Moore could go out on loan again. One would hope De Laet to get promoted with Middlesbrough and Leicester accepting a bid for the continuation of his services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CityFan 06 Posted 2 May 2016 Share Posted 2 May 2016 I like foxfanazer's suggestion with Oxlade Chamberlin. Would suit us very well I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylanlegend Posted 2 May 2016 Share Posted 2 May 2016 If we had the chance to sign one of these 4 strikers in the summer who would you pick? Welbeck, Sturridge, Benteke or Bony? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxfanazer Posted 2 May 2016 Share Posted 2 May 2016 If we had the chance to sign one of these 4 strikers in the summer who would you pick? Welbeck, Sturridge, Benteke or Bony? Welbeck all day long! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxes161 Posted 2 May 2016 Share Posted 2 May 2016 Welbeck for me. Most dependable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
49er Posted 2 May 2016 Share Posted 2 May 2016 Alright, so a 23-year old German international with similar workrates to Okazaki plus eight goals and ten assists for a rather mediocre team like Hoffenheim is "average at best"? What was your opinion of Okazaki then, I wonder? I forgot to include Okazaki in the list of players to leave. Great commitment and energy, but goal return not great and not at Champions League level. Should be able to £6m for him, to take the kitty up to almost £30m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
49er Posted 2 May 2016 Share Posted 2 May 2016 If we had the chance to sign one of these 4 strikers in the summer who would you pick? Welbeck, Sturridge, Benteke or Bony? If guaranteed to be fit, then Sturridge because he's the most accomplished goalscorer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylanlegend Posted 2 May 2016 Share Posted 2 May 2016 Yeh I think I'd go for Welbeck, reckon he would suit us best and is hard working. Sturridge is without doubt the best finisher but I think he's pretty lazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROB-THE-BLUE Posted 2 May 2016 Share Posted 2 May 2016 I'd like us to go back for Deeney. Think he's done well for Watford this year and could be an excellent partner for Vardy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylanlegend Posted 2 May 2016 Share Posted 2 May 2016 I forgot to include Okazaki in the list of players to leave. Great commitment and energy, but goal return not great and not at Champions League level. Should be able to £6m for him, to take the kitty up to almost £30m. Why make such wholesale changes? Remember we are on the brink of winning the league and everyone has played a big part this season. Oka / Ulloa will stay as will King. I think James could go on loan. Unsure about Inler, Bena, Kram they are good players but don't seem to suit us. The other departures of 'lesser' players are guaranteed. The main priority should be keeping hold of Kante, Mahrez and Vardy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry96 Posted 2 May 2016 Share Posted 2 May 2016 Sturridge is class when he's fit which is not very often. I reckon with our sports science team we could really help him with his injury problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilLCFC Posted 2 May 2016 Share Posted 2 May 2016 If we had the chance to sign one of these 4 strikers in the summer who would you pick? Welbeck, Sturridge, Benteke or Bony? Welbeck without a doubt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peach0000 Posted 2 May 2016 Share Posted 2 May 2016 If we had the chance to sign one of these 4 strikers in the summer who would you pick? Welbeck, Sturridge, Benteke or Bony? Surprised everyone wants welbeck, he'd be the last of the 4 for me. Probably would go with Sturridge first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen Posted 2 May 2016 Share Posted 2 May 2016 Surprised everyone wants welbeck, he'd be the last of the 4 for me. Probably would go with Sturridge first He's a mobile and hard-working striker who has decent pace, aerial and finishing ability. Sturridge is a sublime finisher, but he's injury-prone, has an inflated ego and wouldn't fit so well with our style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen Posted 2 May 2016 Share Posted 2 May 2016 I'd like us to go back for Deeney. Think he's done well for Watford this year and could be an excellent partner for Vardy He'd be an upgrade on Ulloa, but really we need someone as backup (and competition) to Vardy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peach0000 Posted 2 May 2016 Share Posted 2 May 2016 He's a mobile and hard-working striker who has decent pace, aerial and finishing ability. Sturridge is a sublime finisher, but he's injury-prone, has an inflated ego and wouldn't fit so well with our style. I feel with welbeck that his goal scoring record has never been good enough despite playing for top teams most of the time. With sturridge i would have confidence in our sports science team to keep him fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
49er Posted 2 May 2016 Share Posted 2 May 2016 Why make such wholesale changes? Remember we are on the brink of winning the league and everyone has played a big part this season. Oka / Ulloa will stay as will King. I think James could go on loan. Unsure about Inler, Bena, Kram they are good players but don't seem to suit us. The other departures of 'lesser' players are guaranteed. The main priority should be keeping hold of Kante, Mahrez and Vardy The initial remit when we were promoted was to stay in the premier league. Our budget and the type of player that we were able to attract in order to accomplish this, meant that we had to go for the likes of Okazaki and Ulloa. No-one expected us to get into the Champions League, so the budget will be different as will be the type of player we will be looking for. Absolutely agree that we should do everything we can to hold onto Kante, Mahrez, Vardy, Drinkwater but we need to add quality players to take us to the next level. I'm afraid that does not include the likes of Andy King. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuna Posted 2 May 2016 Share Posted 2 May 2016 I feel with welbeck that his goal scoring record has never been good enough despite playing for top teams most of the time. With sturridge i would have confidence in our sports science team to keep him fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4DD0gg Posted 2 May 2016 Share Posted 2 May 2016 If we had the chance to sign one of these 4 strikers in the summer who would you pick? Welbeck, Sturridge, Benteke or Bony? Seriously none of them. Welbeck - Injury prone Sturridge - See Welbeck and has a shocking attitude Benteke - Shocking Bony - Who?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROB-THE-BLUE Posted 2 May 2016 Share Posted 2 May 2016 He'd be an upgrade on Ulloa, but really we need someone as backup (and competition) to Vardy. Agreed, I'd be happy for us to go back in for Musa too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen Posted 2 May 2016 Share Posted 2 May 2016 Now that we are almost there in terms of winning the Premiership, and the Champions League awaits, we need to have a look at the current squad and have a view on who is likely to go. The key criterion is having the quality to compete at the higher echelons. We also need to recognise that selling players will also increase our budget for incoming players. Here's my take: Schwarezer - it goes without saying that we need a proper back up for Kasper. De Laet - not good enough for the premiership, let alone the Champions League. £1.5m Konchesky - contract expires at the end of June. Not to be renewed! Wasilewski - a great contribution from the big man, but time to call it a day. Do not renew contract. Moore - showed terrific potential at the start of last season. It hasn't quite worked out for him. £1.0m James - difficult one, as we have yet to see whether he is fully recovered from his long term injury, but need something better. £1.5m Dyer - he did two good things (goal against Villa, and the cross for Vardy's goal against the Saints), but he also gave away two penalties. Do not renew loan. Inler - so little game time, but his style isn't really suited to the way we want to play. £2.5m Benalouane - difficult to analyse his abilities in view of his sparse appearances. Need someone better. £2.5m King - sorry chaps, but whilst I admire what Andy has done and his loyalty to the club, he's not at the level that we are looking for. £2m. Kramaric - a bit like Inler, not really suited to the pacy, counter attack game that has served us so well. £6m Ulloa - has been useful in recent games with Vardy missing, but he's not Champions League material. £6m That's a total of £23m to go into the transfer kitty. If my FM experience isn't in vain, there are certain quotas the 25-man CL squad has to fill. 8 homegrown players minimum, with 4 of them trained at the club. King is one of very few that fits the latter category. As far as I know, Schlupp and Moore (also a reason not to sell) are the only other senior players who fit into that category. That alone should be a strong argument against selling any of those three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxfanazer Posted 2 May 2016 Share Posted 2 May 2016 I think the people who don't think Welbeck is good enough for us might be in for a disappointing transfer window this summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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