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Post by davidm on May 6, 2015 15:04:23 GMT
For me, best eleven is:- Amos, Vela, ANOther (as I can’t think of a central defender who did well), Ream, Clough, CYL, Bannan, Pratley, Le Fondre, Clayton, Walker In addition to the best eleven, I looked at which players I would keep for next season. This being in the perfect world where we would have the option to keep any of our loaned players and also get rid of others regardless of what length of contract they were on. Amos - Acquire  Bannan - Acquire  Baptiste - Keep - Didn't think I would ever say that after the previous season but maybe he is a centre half. Bogdan - Keep - Keep but I think he is off to pastures new  Clayton - Keep Clough - Keep Coke - Dump Danns - Dump Davies Craig - Dump - Too injury-prone Davies Mark - Keep Dervite - Dump Feeney - Dump Gudjohnsen - Keep Heskey - Dump  - Not a goal threat Janko - Acquire Kellett - Keep Le Fondre - Acquire Lonergan - Keep - Only to be kept if Bogdan goes. McCarthy - Dump McNaughton - Dump Medo - Dump Mills - Dump - Just not a leader or organiser of the defence which a skipper must be. Moxey - Dump Pratley - Keep - Never thought I would say that as I have slagged him off endlessly but credit for an improvement. Ream - Keep Rochina - Dump - Not seen enough of him. Spearing - Keep - There is still something to build on with him but I fear his wages are too much. Taylor - Keep Threlkeld - Keep Trotter - Dump  Twardzik - Keep Vela - Keep Walker - Keep Wheater - Keep Wilkinson - Keep - Needs to beef up. I forgot a few players from my list - just goes to show " out of sight - out of mind":- Beckford - Keep - I know this won't happen but, despite many thinking he was lazy, along with Le Fondre he is the only natural goalscorer in the clubHall - Keep - Only just Keep but somewhere there is potential.Odelusi - Dump
Have we missed any others?
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Post by megsontilidie on May 7, 2015 9:31:41 GMT
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Post by davidm on May 7, 2015 9:40:33 GMT
18k a week!!!!! That's not far short of a million a year. Are we crazy? How do we generate the cash to pay this? No wonder football is going away from the working man. |
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Post by OohMac on May 8, 2015 16:27:24 GMT
"That's not far short of a million a year. Are we crazy? How do we generate the cash to pay this?"
Not sure how we generate this but I assumed that he was getting paid around this figure anyway. He is an international and was a Premiership player with us at the time when Coyle was giving away £20k and upwards to the likes of Mears, Blake and Eagles. I also assume that Lonergan would be on 10,000 too. So if he thinks Fitz can do the understudy role and we can consolidate the two wages into one then why not.
I also made the point when we lost Alonso that it would be worth spending more on wages knowing that the value of the player will rise. Alsonso was a £5M player who went for nothing, I think if Bogdan proves to be the best keeper in this league next season then we could easily sell him on for £4M. So on £18,000 we gain £3M and have a season of a good stopper in the net.
So basically if he pens the deal we only need to sell him for £1M (Or less if Jan) and we get the money back.
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Post by joanna on May 8, 2015 17:51:43 GMT
Yes, but it's not two minutes since Lennon said that Lonergan was the best keeper in the championship! I'm beginning to get a sinking feeling that reminds me of how I felt about Dougie's illogicality mixed with the profligacy of his predecessors.
Otherwise, there seems to be quite a lot of similarity between the choices of our posters.....which must mean something. Not hard, this selection lark, is it? Though DF would have deliberated over it as though it was a chess match......and then would have chosen all the wrong moves!
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Post by andyl on May 9, 2015 9:28:15 GMT
So have the knives at least made it out of the drawer towards the sharpener now, Joanna? There have been lots of instances of NL doing things you criticised in Dougie? But yes Dougie was slow and chess like, it's true. Neil is more impulsive and quick to act or judge. Yet when it comes right down to it, is either what we want? The saving grace for Neil ( as indeed I thought it was for Dougie at the same point) is that he has time if he takes it to build a new team, create stability and build a reputation. Dougie's race is run. He failed! Neil can either consign the knives to the cupboard or put them in our hands!
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Post by riochforthereebok on May 10, 2015 19:25:10 GMT
Didn't really fancy coming back on here til the new season got under way but I thought I'd throw my two penneth in on future additions. Probably wrong thread I know, but with Burnley coming down, it's obvious that Luke the Juke will stay on after Ings and Vokes decide to leave. I'm guessing we can't afford ALF which only leaves us Clough, Clayton and the veterans. I'm on my own on this one but having kept a close eye on Beckford at North End, he must be at least worth bringing back for a second chance!! Was it DF or NL that sent him on loan, I'm not sure? But if it was DF, then maybe it might be that with a little NL comfort blanket, he could get the best our of an ever improving Beckford. Grayson has certainly seen the benefit of him and his 45yarder today tells me that he's got his appetite back. He's our player so why not have him back as well as Baptiste!! With Bogdan and the return of Beckford to play alongside Clough, Mavies, Wheater, Bsptiste, Ream, Mills and the veterans, with the possibility of ALF returning and a few more decent signings, we could be a force again
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Post by realtrottersforever on May 10, 2015 20:45:38 GMT
It was NL who sent Beckford to PNE so I seriously doubt he would want him back. Don't forget he's currently playing at a lower level, and it's much easier to enjoy your football in a successful team, rather than having to work your butt off in one that's not having there best of times.
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