Assessment of where we currently are with the season around the corner

[reynard]

A real sitting on the fence reply but I really don't know. There are too many facts that make everything uncertain.  I think it is hard to read anything much into pre-season.

The potential sale of the club makes it unlikely that any serious money will be spent on incoming players, even if we had it.

The lack of  a striker is a real concern and probably ideally we would need 2 to come in.

We still need to shift out some more players to help reduce the wage bill and it remains to be seen who they can manage to shift.

There's a lot of optimism on here, which is fine, that this league is basically crap and that we will be fine. I'm not that sure that will be the case. It looks like we will be playing several young players in the team which may work out well or may not. Simply we don't know. It is one thing to look good in a meaningless pre-season friendly, quite another to do the same over the course of a long season playing against seasoned pros.

 

Another uncertainty is the manager and his team. We know what style we are likely to get but will they be unsettled by the talk of a buy out of the club? Especially if new owners come in who don't especially want him and his team and may wish to replace them.

 

Add to the mix any potential court case with Leeds and right now I'd say the club is quite unstable.  A squad that may not resemble the final one makes it hard to say with any confidence how we will do.

 

[GiantDave]

17 hours ago, Freddy said:

Key for me is the up and coming sale of LCFC and whilst team talk is fine there will be a huge upheaval if we reveal new owners. 

Not really, we still have an unsustainable wage budget. This needs reducing whoever holds the keys to the treasury as otherwise we won't be allowed to spend. We need high earners off the books.

[Haywood_6]

Expect our squad in August to be different from the start of September. I can see us bringing in a few more loans + possibly the only money we spend is on a striker. With a few more outgoings as well to get the wages off the books.