NasPb Posted 15 July 2018 Posted 15 July 2018 Positions needed for me Right wing obviously. Centre back Maybe a left back A striker. Players to leave for me Musa Slimani Ulloa Benalouane Amartey (loan) Gray (if chillwell becomes a left mid and we sign a lb.) Amartey (loan) King James Kaputska (loan)
Ric Flair Posted 15 July 2018 Posted 15 July 2018 If going 3 at the back another CB, if not then stick with the current options. I'd like a new winger and a box to box midfielder. Flog King, James, Mendy and loan out Choudhury. Get rid of Ulloa, Benalouane, Slimani or Musa (keep one of them) Loan out Barnes or Kapustka and George Thomas. I just don't see all of the above getting done in 3 weeks though. I can see why signings have come to a halt, we've so much Deadwood it's frightening. 2
Guest Posted 15 July 2018 Posted 15 July 2018 11 minutes ago, NasPb said: Positions needed for me Right wing obviously. Centre back Maybe a left back A striker. Players to leave for me Musa Slimani Ulloa Benalouane Amartey (loan) Gray (if chillwell becomes a left mid and we sign a lb.) Amartey (loan) King James Kaputska (loan) I'd keep gray and swap needing a striker for needing a cm/cdm to go next to ndidi. Though I was actually really impressed with hamza last season and hope he gets a chance.
Jaspa Posted 15 July 2018 Posted 15 July 2018 (edited) CB & RW CM, ST is dependant on people leaving. Can't see the need to get rid of Gray or Chilwell ,both young England u23s with Madison, latter improved towards the end of last season and still has alot more in him, good attitude ect. see no reason to bin at all and I dont think Puel will after he described him as 'complete'. Gray deserves one more season for me. Think we're gonna find it hard to offload players again; Slimani in particular who was unlucky to be injured with Newcastle but ultimately showed himself up getting banned for the remainder of the season, his best mate Riyad's gone, no-ones gonna offer alot for Slim and he's on a wedge . So yeah if we can get rid of a couple of the festering corpses we can have a go in the market again, problem is the window closes in three and a half weeks so we need the undertakers the hurry the eff up otherwise we're pushing the wages too high getting players in. Edited 15 July 2018 by SpazticChicken
Izzy Posted 15 July 2018 Posted 15 July 2018 4 minutes ago, Wymeswold fox said: Thought King has signed for Swansea permanently? Just on loan there until the end of last season i think. He was back with us on the pres season training camp in France recently.
moore_94 Posted 15 July 2018 Posted 15 July 2018 18 minutes ago, Wymeswold fox said: Thought King has signed for Swansea permanently? Was considering signing Permanently for them but changed his mind when they were relegated. 1
Tuna Posted 15 July 2018 Posted 15 July 2018 Hard to make an argument for a striker with all the options we have and Vardy being first choice. 1
Woodsey1727 Posted 15 July 2018 Posted 15 July 2018 Just a winger and a cb for me, sell slimani, ulloa, King, James, benulouane then loan elder, maybe kapustka and musa depending on pre-season 1
Gazza M Posted 15 July 2018 Posted 15 July 2018 RW and CB is a must. I am not convinced we have enough quality in CM even though we have massive numbers there. I think we will be fine at LB and Striker until Jan. So I would get in RW, CB and CM before Aug 11th. Out: Slimani Musa Kaputska Mendy James King Amartey Benalouane I would openly sell any, but if a season long loan offer came in to just get off our books I would go with it. I would actually keep Ulloa on the books until Jan as a tall striker option if needed for now. Harry Maguire new contract and club captain please. If the club can't meet his expectations, then he goes in summer 19.
La-li-lu-le-lo Posted 15 July 2018 Posted 15 July 2018 We absolutely need two more attacking players, first team players, otherwise we’re royally ****ed. I’m starting to worry about this season now, I’ve got a nasty feeling it’s going to be a horror show.
Guest Col city fan Posted 15 July 2018 Posted 15 July 2018 I think it just shows yet again that we’ll have a strong first team but then what? We’ve so much mediocrity in the squad overall we need to slim down and recruit better quality.
mozartfox Posted 15 July 2018 Posted 15 July 2018 On those leaving, I am afraid we are going to have to give away several of the those listed in this thread, such are the implications of some of our recent recruitment.
Koke Posted 16 July 2018 Posted 16 July 2018 (edited) The amount of deadwood we have is frightening. Edited 16 July 2018 by Koke
Shane Posted 16 July 2018 Posted 16 July 2018 Deadwood: Amartey, Benalouane, King, Mendy, Kapustka, Musa, Slimani, Ulloa Realistically we are unlikely to get rid of all of these players, so here’s a better question: Which players that are deadwood can you see us keeping? I’d say possibly Amartey, as he could be 4th choice CB or back up RB if Simpson decides to leave. Think we’ll also keep Benaloune as 4th or 5th choice CB. He’ll probably play more u23 games than senior games . Also Mendy as 5th choice with James pushed to 6th choice whilst he’s injured. One of them to go in January. That means we’re going to have a big squad again, probably around 27/28 players.
weller54 Posted 16 July 2018 Posted 16 July 2018 Even more frightening... Add up all the deadwood's wages!! Dread to think!
StriderHiryu Posted 16 July 2018 Posted 16 July 2018 Players in: - we only need one player: a Mahrez replacement. Players out: - Slimani - Musa - Ulloa - King - James - Mendy - Kapustka - Benny - Amartey That’s a lot of outgoings so I’m sure 2 or 3 from that list will stay. I think we will struggle to sell many of them so think it’s going to mainly be loan moves which at least reduce the wage bill even if they don’t allow us to reinvest. Puel was quite ruthless in January so expect the same this time round.
Ric Flair Posted 16 July 2018 Posted 16 July 2018 18 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said: Players in: - we only need one player: a Mahrez replacement. Players out: - Slimani - Musa - Ulloa - King - James - Mendy - Kapustka - Benny - Amartey That’s a lot of outgoings so I’m sure 2 or 3 from that list will stay. I think we will struggle to sell many of them so think it’s going to mainly be loan moves which at least reduce the wage bill even if they don’t allow us to reinvest. Puel was quite ruthless in January so expect the same this time round. Do we only need a Mahrez replacement though? That suggests that last season our attack and midfield were pretty much spot on and it's just our defence that let us down. There were so many games we were devoid of ideas going forward. Maddison is a great addition but I'm still unsure our central midfield is right and our wingers right now is one of the weakest areas. There aren't many teams in the league with a poorer selection of wingers. Diabate is massively raw, Gray is on his last chance and Albrighton is your Nan's home made wine. You say it's quite nice and it does a job but it's hard fcukin work to put up with. 1
baldeagle Posted 16 July 2018 Posted 16 July 2018 11 hours ago, NasPb said: Positions needed for me Right wing obviously. Centre back Maybe a left back A striker. Players to leave for me Musa Slimani Ulloa Benalouane Amartey (loan) Gray (if chillwell becomes a left mid and we sign a lb.) Amartey (loan) King James Kaputska (loan) Is Amartey going on two loans 1
General Smuts Posted 16 July 2018 Posted 16 July 2018 11 hours ago, Ric Flair said: If going 3 at the back another CB, if not then stick with the current options. I'd like a new winger and a box to box midfielder. Flog King, James, Mendy and loan out Choudhury. Get rid of Ulloa, Benalouane, Slimani or Musa (keep one of them) Loan out Barnes or Kapustka and George Thomas. I just don't see all of the above getting done in 3 weeks though. I can see why signings have come to a halt, we've so much Deadwood it's frightening. Pretty much this. There's a lot of deadwood to trim. And it needs ploughing through before we bring any more in. Kasper, Jakupovic, (3rd choice required unless Puel's happy with Iversen or Bramley stepping up) Pereira, Simpson (I'd cash in at his age and lack of system fit - then replacement required) Chilwell, Fuchs, Elder (looks like we're looking for re-enforcements here due to Fuchs age and contract running down would mean the back of Elder as well) Maguire, Evans, Morgan, Benny, Amartey - if we're going 3 at the back we need depth here. (Hughes and Johnson up from the U23s if Puel is happy with them) N'didi, Choudhury, Mendy - looks fine depth wise. With Puel working with Mendy before I'd be surprised to see him sold now. Silva, Iborra, King, James, Maddison, Gray, Diabate, Albrighton, Kaputska, Thomas, Barnes, - Fire sale required to balance here. Even with the last 3 out on loan. Vardy, Okazaki, Iheanacho, Slimani, Musa, Ulloa - Another cull required. Ulloa already told he's surplus and at least 1 of Musa/Slimani needs shifting as well. So I'd say: Sell: Ulloa, Musa/Slimani, Benny, James, King (those last 2 are a shame) Loan: Kaputska, Thomas, Barnes, Elder, Amartey if they aren't getting games and don't see the development squad as competitive enough. Add in Mina and either Jahanbakah or Roberts with a RB and a 3rd choice GK if needed. Seems workable. 1
StriderHiryu Posted 16 July 2018 Posted 16 July 2018 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: Do we only need a Mahrez replacement though? That suggests that last season our attack and midfield were pretty much spot on and it's just our defence that let us down. There were so many games we were devoid of ideas going forward. Maddison is a great addition but I'm still unsure our central midfield is right and our wingers right now is one of the weakest areas. There aren't many teams in the league with a poorer selection of wingers. Diabate is massively raw, Gray is on his last chance and Albrighton is your Nan's home made wine. You say it's quite nice and it does a job but it's hard fcukin work to put up with. In my opinion yes that is all we need but we’ll have to see how the team plays before any real judgement can be made. Preseason will hopefully iron out a lot of these issues and so far every signing we’ve made is comfortable on the ball so it should make a difference. We aren’t in Europe so don’t have so many games so really we are talking about a core group of 15-17 players. Too many times we’ve signed players but not really integrated them (all of the summer 2016 signings) so I think it’s better to have a trim squad and integrate youngsters when injuries arise. It worked quite well with Hamza at least. Regarding Gray / Diabate / Albrighton you have a good point but at some point we have to bite the bullet and play these guys for a decent run in the team. Albrighton is still pretty good IMO even if he’s no Mahrez. Creativity is for sure the big issue and the thing that frightens me the most. It’s definitely possible that we start badly making even fewer chances because we’ve sold our most creative player. But I think that if we get a good Mahrez replacement we should be ok. Edited 16 July 2018 by StriderHiryu
Ric Flair Posted 16 July 2018 Posted 16 July 2018 31 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said: In my opinion yes that is all we need but we’ll have to see how the team plays before any real judgement can be made. Preseason will hopefully iron out a lot of these issues and so far every signing we’ve made is comfortable on the ball so it should make a difference. We aren’t in Europe so don’t have so many games so really we are talking about a core group of 15-17 players. Too many times we’ve signed players but not really integrated them (all of the summer 2016 signings) so I think it’s better to have a trim squad and integrate youngsters when injuries arise. It worked quite well with Hamza at least. Regarding Gray / Diabate / Albrighton you have a good point but at some point we have to bite the bullet and play these guys for a decent run in the team. Albrighton is still pretty good IMO even if he’s no Mahrez. Creativity is for sure the big issue and the thing that frightens me the most. It’s definitely possible that we start badly making even fewer chances because we’ve sold our most creative player. But I think that if we get a good Mahrez replacement we should be ok. Can't argue with much of that and our biggest difficulty right now is trying to right the wrongs we made a few summers ago by moving on expensive flops. We have had a culture of failing to integrate new players and that may be down to the strong bond built by the title winning side but also some of them have been shocking buys. It may take a season of minimal improvement or even a slight decline if we don't bring in a nother couple of players but our focus has to be on moving some of them on too. It's a balancing act as we could get caught in a relegation battle, there's not much in it for a lot of us and if we went down then it would be pinpointed at not replacing Mahrez with enough quality throughout the team. We need a minimum of 3 creative players behind Vardy. Our central midfield creates the square root of fcuk all so that leaves the 3 behind Vardy and the full backs. That's why I'd like to see a dynamic midfielder to play alongside Ndidi but we've about 5 to shift from there at the same time. Silva deserves another season but there's absolutely no creativity from any other central midfielder. I wonder if we could con Palace in to swapping Townsend for Gray? That would be an upgrade and then get the Mahrez replacement in and we've improved our wide options nicely. 1
AyewJoking Posted 16 July 2018 Posted 16 July 2018 1 hour ago, baldeagle said: Is Amartey going on two loans Yep, CB for leeds and RB for derby. 1
splinterdream Posted 16 July 2018 Posted 16 July 2018 I was saying it last season that I didn’t think Gray was good enough, but i said that about Ronaldo when he first signed for Man United so I hope I’m wrong but the creativity is key, Albrighton was a mixed bag last season, either brilliant or rubbish but we always had Mahrez to get us that goal if needed. If we don’t sign another strong attacking midfielder then our hopes rest on Maddison or Diabate, i’ve not really seen much of Maddison so am hoping we’ll sign a Mahrez replacement because I think Diabate may need another season.
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