South Shire Fox Posted 28 June 2023 Share Posted 28 June 2023 1 minute ago, LestaLad said: Really not liking being linked too so many players in their peak or over the hill years. Feel like theres going to be a lot of deadwood in the next few years. Young and hungry with a high ceiling.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HankMarvin Posted 28 June 2023 Share Posted 28 June 2023 2 minutes ago, LestaLad said: Not exactly breaking news is it Peter 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basildon Fox Posted 28 June 2023 Share Posted 28 June 2023 I can see a reason for getting either Winks or Cairney but not both. Imagine that will send our wage budget into overdrive if we sign these and Coady. At least £50k a week each. A very risky strategy if we do not go straight back up and if we do neither Winks or Cairney would be first choices imo. Would rather get a younger hungrier player. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxinNotts Posted 28 June 2023 Share Posted 28 June 2023 3 minutes ago, Zaphod Beeblebrox said: I can see a reason for getting either Winks or Cairney but not both. Imagine that will send our wage budget into overdrive if we sign these and Coady. At least £50k a week each. A very risky strategy if we do not go straight back up and if we do neither Winks or Cairney would be first choices imo. Would rather get a younger hungrier player. Nah, there’s going to be huge wages freed up via those we’re selling and those that have been released, and end of contracts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basildon Fox Posted 28 June 2023 Share Posted 28 June 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, FoxinNotts said: Nah, there’s going to be huge wages freed up via those we’re selling and those that have been released, and end of contracts There is at least £150k per week on those 3 alone which is almost £8m per season! Eye watering amounts for a championship club and more than the weekly budget for half the clubs in this division. Then Steffen is on £80k a week at Man City. All unsustainable for more than a season. Last season Cov had a weekly wage bill of less than £128k! Edited 28 June 2023 by Zaphod Beeblebrox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxinNotts Posted 28 June 2023 Share Posted 28 June 2023 If we have midfield options of KDH, Winks, Cairney, Hamza, Soumare and another creative sitting midfielder say… Bernabe from Parma we good to go in the middle of the park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jv1 Posted 28 June 2023 Share Posted 28 June 2023 Yes please- options needed- Ndidi & Soumare will leave and we need reinforcements- very decent in championship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozartfox Posted 28 June 2023 Share Posted 28 June 2023 Here we go - Leicester Life Assurance dishing out yet another Pension Top-up. Cody fine - I get that and even Winks at a reasonable price and wages. But how about some young hungry players coming in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxinNotts Posted 28 June 2023 Share Posted 28 June 2023 He was brilliant against us last season tbf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenTheFox Posted 28 June 2023 Share Posted 28 June 2023 If this happens then I really hope that is the last of the premier league players on their way down. Coady, Winks and Cairney would be more than sufficient I'd be concerned if there were to be more signings of that ilk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 28 June 2023 Share Posted 28 June 2023 24 minutes ago, FoxinNotts said: If we have midfield options of KDH, Winks, Cairney, Hamza, Soumare and another creative sitting midfielder say… Bernabe from Parma we good to go in the middle of the park Cairney is the most creative though which is a worry, we need a creative midfielder. KDH and Hamza are not creative enough. And I take it Soumare will be off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowlattsFox Posted 28 June 2023 Share Posted 28 June 2023 Not totally against it, never been an established Premier League player so probably doesn't bring huge wage demands. Short term thinking definitely but proven to be class at this level. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxinNotts Posted 28 June 2023 Share Posted 28 June 2023 2 minutes ago, Fox92 said: Cairney is the most creative though which is a worry, we need a creative midfielder. KDH and Hamza are not creative enough. And I take it Soumare will be off? Hence why I suggest Bernabe. Winks is also creative tbf. I just don’t know who takes Soumare? Maybe some team in France! Let’s face it, he’s a failed project, that lad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionator Posted 28 June 2023 Share Posted 28 June 2023 17 minutes ago, mozartfox said: Here we go - Leicester Life Assurance dishing out yet another Pension Top-up. Cody fine - I get that and even Winks at a reasonable price and wages. But how about some young hungry players coming in? I’m sure we will but we need to develop a spine at the club and part of that is through experience. In our last championship campaign we had a number of young hungry players but also bags of experience (Morgan, Wasyl, Nugent, Dyer, Phillips, GTF etc). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriderHiryu Posted 28 June 2023 Share Posted 28 June 2023 38 minutes ago, Zaphod Beeblebrox said: I can see a reason for getting either Winks or Cairney but not both. Imagine that will send our wage budget into overdrive if we sign these and Coady. At least £50k a week each. A very risky strategy if we do not go straight back up and if we do neither Winks or Cairney would be first choices imo. Would rather get a younger hungrier player. I'm in this camp too. Cairney is older and no resale value, but is the more creative player and proven at this level. Winks might have some use if we get back to the Premier League. I suppose it depends on how many players leave though. Praet is off, Tielemans gone, Maddison going. Will Soumare still be here? With 46 games we need options. But it scares me if we sign too many players over the age of 25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxinNotts Posted 28 June 2023 Share Posted 28 June 2023 21 minutes ago, mozartfox said: Here we go - Leicester Life Assurance dishing out yet another Pension Top-up. Cody fine - I get that and even Winks at a reasonable price and wages. But how about some young hungry players coming in? If you use the phrase ‘here we go’ you have to add a flashing beacon emoji, these days. It’s the law! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalis Posted 28 June 2023 Share Posted 28 June 2023 If it was 16/17 Tom Cairney then maybe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 28 June 2023 Share Posted 28 June 2023 We need experience/nous both generally and within the league as we find ourselves with Tielemans (Who counts due to his longevity in the game) Maddison seems done Evans, Mendy, Bertrand, Evans, Amartey, Soyuncu leaving for nowt Plus Jannick? Praet? Barnes? Nacho? Hamza? Bouba? Daka? Faes? All seem likely or at least possible to leave And its not always totally about their on field value, it can also be about their value to the group at large, a calm head at times of pressure I get 100% why we need experience heads, and need them first Get the kids who fit the profile ("young, dumb and full of ***") later, maybe by tapping the Man City youth tap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splinterdream Posted 28 June 2023 Share Posted 28 June 2023 1 hour ago, Zaphod Beeblebrox said: I can see a reason for getting either Winks or Cairney but not both. Imagine that will send our wage budget into overdrive if we sign these and Coady. At least £50k a week each. A very risky strategy if we do not go straight back up and if we do neither Winks or Cairney would be first choices imo. Would rather get a younger hungrier player. Do we not already have that in braybrooke and alves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 28 June 2023 Share Posted 28 June 2023 If our only midfield additions are Qinks and Cairney then I'm very worried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bordersfox Posted 28 June 2023 Share Posted 28 June 2023 7 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said: We need experience/nous both generally and within the league as we find ourselves with Tielemans (Who counts due to his longevity in the game) Maddison seems done Evans, Mendy, Bertrand, Evans, Amartey, Soyuncu leaving for nowt Plus Jannick? Praet? Barnes? Nacho? Hamza? Bouba? Daka? Faes? All seem likely or at least possible to leave And its not always totally about their on field value, it can also be about their value to the group at large, a calm head at times of pressure I get 100% why we need experience heads, and need them first Get the kids who fit the profile ("young, dumb and full of ***") later, maybe by tapping the Man City youth tap Are we signing footballers or porn stars...asking for a friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowlattsFox Posted 28 June 2023 Share Posted 28 June 2023 1 minute ago, Ric Flair said: If our only midfield additions are Qinks and Cairney then I'm very worried. If its them two plus Dewsbury-Hall and Ndidi. We probably need one more box to box midfielder and it wouldn't be bad for the championship. Then we need to get the wide players because we will need at least 3 of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moore_94 Posted 28 June 2023 Author Share Posted 28 June 2023 (edited) When we won both the Championship and Premier League titles we had a good amount of experienced players into their late 20s and into their 30s throughout the squad along with players still under 25 Even if we do add the likes of Coady, Winks, and Cairney there is still plenty of other players in our squad that I think may well stay for next season that are 25 or under, along with us apparently looking to add Piroe and being linked with other younger players Edited 28 June 2023 by moore_94 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les-tah Posted 28 June 2023 Share Posted 28 June 2023 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Lionator said: I’m sure we will but we need to develop a spine at the club and part of that is through experience. In our last championship campaign we had a number of young hungry players but also bags of experience (Morgan, Wasyl, Nugent, Dyer, Phillips, GTF etc). the people that think think we could do well with a team full of 18/19/20 year olds are mistaken. The best U21 teams in the country cant even beat the best league 1 teams to win the papa johns trophy. It’s critical that we have the experience and older heads in the team aswell. Edited 28 June 2023 by les-tah 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 28 June 2023 Share Posted 28 June 2023 15 minutes ago, Bordersfox said: Are we signing footballers or porn stars...asking for a friend. Untapped resource pool maybe? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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