Who do we need next season

[ts_1010]

We need to decide on a direction and style of play as a club. The ethos dictates the type and attributes of player we buy.

 

If we try to stick to the ethos of the past few years, high possession, high press etc.

 

We will need to establish which fullback is moving up and where they go. Looking at our likely squad next year I'd assume that the RB will push up. 

 

If he does I'd want an RCB that is mobile enough to cover the space at RB that will be there on a counter attack. (What we failed to do under Cooper.)

 

So.

 

GK:Stoly

LB/CB Nelson

CB Soutar

CB/RB New Defender

RB/RW JJ/Woyo

 

CDM Ndidi

CDM Skipp

CAM BEK

LW Mavi

RW Fatawu (hopefully too injured to sell.)

ST Daka

 

Reserves:

 

New GK

Vestegaard

Thomas

Either JJ/Woyo

Choudhury

Ayew

Bobby

 

I'm going to assume that Skipp is good enough in the Championship, and Ndidi doesn't get a better offer.

 

Bilal might well push for a move though, but he's on a long contract so we will see.

 

Based on that we need

1 x GK either cover or as the number one.

2 X CB 1 as cover. 1 for 1st team.

1 x CDM cover

2 x CAM/Winger

2 x Striker

 

That's a minimum.

 

No idea what the academy can produce for us.

 

And if we get an Embargo we are shafted.

 

 

[LVFox]

New GK

Stolaryczyk

Coulibaly
Cover

New LB
New LB

Souttar
Nelson
Vestegaard
New CB

Winks
Skipp
Braybrooke

New CM

Fatawu
BDCR

Mavididi
McAteer

New AM
Alves

New CF
Ayew
Daka

 

Hermansen the big sale.

 

BEK and Okoli go on loan to the continent.

 

7 in the door.

 

Edited 19 January by LVFox

[Lambert09]

It sounds like Morgan Whittaker is leaving for around 5m. surely he’s worth a punt, bench cover for us, championship ready. Good age and great price.

 

Makes too much sense I suppose 

[The boy Linacre]

17 hours ago, chris2208 said:

I think we could keep hold of El Khannouss. A season in the championship if we go down would be good for him. I'd aim to buy 3-4 of the better players in that league (depending on finances). Who those players are is another question, but I believe that is the market we should be looking at in the summer or even now.

Tell you what if there isn't more than 1 purchase, Top and Rudkin have decided AND sent us down, telling RVN to play with THAT squad/team for the last 16-18 games,

I think BEK will be pushed by him mum/agent to stay in the PL with another club and we might even get offered more, he has definitely shone on occasion.  He didn't join us to play in Championship.

He'll leave along with Mads, probably Winks, and everybody we will try and get shot off, who are expensive.

[Ric Flair]

1 hour ago, Lambert09 said:

It sounds like Morgan Whittaker is leaving for around 5m. surely he’s worth a punt, bench cover for us, championship ready. Good age and great price.

 

Makes too much sense I suppose 

For that price I'd be taking a punt that he didn't have the season for the ages last year and he's reverted for being a very mediocre Championship player. How dominant he was last season would surprise me it's thr latter rather than the former.

[Iran]

1 hour ago, Lambert09 said:

It sounds like Morgan Whittaker is leaving for around 5m. surely he’s worth a punt, bench cover for us, championship ready. Good age and great price.

 

Makes too much sense I suppose 

Should hijack the deal.

[Sankey93]

Kwame Poku ready for next season! 

[Iwebema]

42 minutes ago, Sankey93 said:

Kwame Poku ready for next season! 

I would love this. So much room for growth, exactly the kind of signing we should be making, I doubt he's even on our radar though 😅 

[Sankey93]

Yeah it’s a shame because I’d really like him, I know he’s injured atm but it’s a risk worth taking before his injury he was looking really good this season.

[FoxinNotts]

I’m can’t believe there hasn’t been more action in THIS window, in preparation for next season in the championship.

 

Albert Gronbaek for example. With our Danish connections we should be all over this guy!

 

We need to take a punt on a cheapish striker too. Not a big time Charlie, but someone who will score lots in the Championship, but willing to give it a go for the rest of this season too

[JimJams]

We can't go for Gronbaek given what we need elsewhere.

[lcfc sheff]

1 hour ago, FoxinNotts said:

I’m can’t believe there hasn’t been more action in THIS window, in preparation for next season in the championship.

 

Albert Gronbaek for example. With our Danish connections we should be all over this guy!

 

We need to take a punt on a cheapish striker too. Not a big time Charlie, but someone who will score lots in the Championship, but willing to give it a go for the rest of this season too

This is my thought, unless they think we aren’t getting a transfer embargo in the championship? 

[FoxinNotts]

Just now, lcfc sheff said:

This is my thought, unless they think we aren’t getting a transfer embargo in the championship? 

We clearly will. It’s so so short sighted 

[lcfc sheff]

2 minutes ago, FoxinNotts said:

We clearly will. It’s so so short sighted 

I pray not otherwise I could see another relegation if we aren’t careful 

[Fox85]

Whittaker could be leaving Plymouth for £5 Million.

 

Why the **** are we not all over this? He would be perfect on the RW and would solve 25% of the current problems 

[JimJams]

Defo. Would be surprised if it's that low a fee. He's literally their only chance of staying up. He's not hitting near last seasons figures but if you look at the results with him vs when he's been out it's bleak. With him something like 4 wins 8 draws 8 defeats. Without it's 0 wins 1 drawn and 6 losses.

Edited 21 January by JimJams

[Foxes96]

I don’t think as many will leave as we maybe think/ would like, because we pay our players too much, or clubs won’t pay what we want. 
 

Planning for worst case; ie. we go down and get hit with an embargo, we’ve still not got an awful squad at Championship level. What we need this January therefore is the same as what we need for the here and now. A Left sided defender, a striker and a Goalkeeper (otherwise we could be left with just 1 next year). Ideally we would also sign a winger and Mcateer could either be sold or loaned out.   
 

I also think we may keep hold of Bilal. Whilst he’s shown promise I don’t think he’s done enough to convince a club to spend c. £30m on him which we would likely demand to show a reasonable PSR profit. Hopefully, Alves, Braybrooke and Nelson get significant minutes as we drastically need to improve the amount of sellable assets in the squad. 
 

 

GK - Stolarczyk / ?? 

RB - Coulibaly / Justin 

LB - ??

CB - Nelson / Vestergaard / Souttar / Coady

CM - Winks / Skipp / Braybrooke / Hamza

CAM - El Khannous / Alves 

WG - Fatawu / BDCR / Mavididi / McAteer 

ST - Daka / Ayew / ?? 
 

Out: 

Vardy (free), Thomas (free), Iversen (free), Ward (free), Soumaré (€5m), Hermansen (€40m), Faes (€10m), Ndidi (€10m), Kristiansen (loan), Okoli (loan). 

[ClaphamFox]

12 hours ago, FoxinNotts said:

We clearly will. It’s so so short sighted 

On what grounds are the EFL going to impose a transfer embargo on us?

[FoxinNotts]

Just now, ClaphamFox said:

On what grounds are the EFL going to impose a transfer embargo on us?

I don't know the technicalities, or ins-and-outs, in fact it bores me to death tbh. I'd rather talk about football! I do know the EFL are out to shaft us. They'll impose an embargo, and argue the toss whether or not it's justified later.

[Muzzy_no7]

Sean Dyche

Ian Woan

Steve Stone

Tony Loughlan

Billy Mercer

Mark Howard. 
 

Oh and a new DOF and sporting director. 

[Clarkey123]

59 minutes ago, Foxes96 said:

I don’t think as many will leave as we maybe think/ would like, because we pay our players too much, or clubs won’t pay what we want. 
 

Planning for worst case; ie. we go down and get hit with an embargo, we’ve still not got an awful squad at Championship level. What we need this January therefore is the same as what we need for the here and now. A Left sided defender, a striker and a Goalkeeper (otherwise we could be left with just 1 next year). Ideally we would also sign a winger and Mcateer could either be sold or loaned out.   
 

I also think we may keep hold of Bilal. Whilst he’s shown promise I don’t think he’s done enough to convince a club to spend c. £30m on him which we would likely demand to show a reasonable PSR profit. Hopefully, Alves, Braybrooke and Nelson get significant minutes as we drastically need to improve the amount of sellable assets in the squad. 
 

 

GK - Stolarczyk / ?? 

RB - Coulibaly / Justin 

LB - ??

CB - Nelson / Vestergaard / Souttar / Coady

CM - Winks / Skipp / Braybrooke / Hamza

CAM - El Khannous / Alves 

WG - Fatawu / BDCR / Mavididi / McAteer 

ST - Daka / Ayew / ?? 
 

Out: 

Vardy (free), Thomas (free), Iversen (free), Ward (free), Soumaré (€5m), Hermansen (€40m), Faes (€10m), Ndidi (€10m), Kristiansen (loan), Okoli (loan). 

Got to be blooding Monga in the championship as well 

[chris2208]

16 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

Sean Dyche

Ian Woan

Steve Stone

Tony Loughlan

Billy Mercer

Mark Howard. 
 

Oh and a new DOF and sporting director. 

I agree with this. We have been too 'nice' as a team in recent years. Dyche would make us a lot tougher and could be the kick we need. 

[ClaphamFox]

18 minutes ago, FoxinNotts said:

I don't know the technicalities, or ins-and-outs, in fact it bores me to death tbh. I'd rather talk about football! I do know the EFL are out to shaft us. They'll impose an embargo, and argue the toss whether or not it's justified later.

No they won't. They can't just impose an embargo because they want to shaft us. Even the EFL has to operate within the rules. 

 

It's understandable that people think the EFL will want to hit us hard when we go down, but there are some wild claims flying about have little basis in reality. I'm not even convinced they'll be able to impose a points deduction, let alone a transfer embargo.

[ClaphamFox]

2 minutes ago, chris2208 said:

I agree with this. We have been too 'nice' as a team in recent years. Dyche would make us a lot tougher and could be the kick we need. 

There is not a cat in hell's chance of Top choosing Sean Dyche as our next manager.

[Muzzy_no7]

43 minutes ago, chris2208 said:

I agree with this. We have been too 'nice' as a team in recent years. Dyche would make us a lot tougher and could be the kick we need. 

I feel we need a similar reset now to the second coming of Nigel.

 

Dyche and his men are the right fit come the summer.

 

Dyche would love to manage us, as well. Still lives near Kettering and still goes Fosse Park 😂

Edited 21 January by Muzzy_no7