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The Future Squad

So at end of season it will likely look like this

First 11 -> Vicario, Porro, Romero, VDV, Udogie, Bentancur, Sarr, Maddison, Son, Richi, Deki
Bench -> Forster, Royal, Dragusin, Davies, Sess, Bissouma, Skipp, Lo Celso, Solomon, Johnson, Werner

Highlighted being ones with questions on future

Only deadweight left -> Ndombele
Assuming Gil, Spence, PEH move on, loans continue for some of the Academy, Philips & Veliz

Summer focus? quality CM and perhaps striker (depends on Werner and Richi's work for rest of season

p.s. fully fit, is this the deepest squad we have ever had?
 
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Raziel said:
So at end of season it will likely look like this

First 11 -> Vicario, Porro, Romero, VDV, Udogie, Bentancur, Sarr, Maddison, Son, Richi, Deki
Bench -> Forster, Royal, Dragusin, Davies, Sess, Bissouma, Skipp, Lo Celso, Johnson, Werner

Highlighted being ones with questions on future

Only deadweight left -> Ndombele
Assuming Gil, Spence, PEH move on, loans continue for some of the Academy, Philips & Veliz

Summer focus? quality CM and perhaps striker (depends on Werner and Richi's work for rest of season

p.s. fully fit, is this the deepest squad we have ever had?
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Possibly. But due to european football being in recession, most teams in the prem probably have their deepest squads ever.
 
Raziel said:
So at end of season it will likely look like this

First 11 -> Vicario, Porro, Romero, VDV, Udogie, Bentancur, Sarr, Maddison, Son, Richi, Deki
Bench -> Forster, Royal, Dragusin, Davies, Sess, Bissouma, Skipp, Lo Celso, Johnson, Werner

Highlighted being ones with questions on future

Only deadweight left -> Ndombele
Assuming Gil, Spence, PEH move on, loans continue for some of the Academy, Philips & Veliz

Summer focus? quality CM and perhaps striker (depends on Werner and Richi's work for rest of season

p.s. fully fit, is this the deepest squad we have ever had?
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what about Solomon?
 
24/25 assured :

GK : Vicario - ???
RB : Porro - ???
LB : Udogie - ???
CB : Romero - Dragusin
CB : VdV - Davies
CM : Sarr - Bissouma
CM : Bentancur - ???
AM : Maddison - ???
RWF : Kulusevski - Johnson
LWF & CF : Son - ??? - ??? - ???

Question marks

GK : Forster most likely a certainty what with the new contract tbf but only a short term option.
RB : i think we'll be on the look out for a more natural cover for Porro than Royal.
LB : not sure we'll roll the dice on Sessegnon again so probably on the look out for an upgrade there.
CM : think it's clear we looking to upgrade on PEH, Skipp will possibly get a place what with being club trained (and hopefully back in Europe)
AM : Kulu could be seen as direct cover for Maddison after his recent run of games but wouldn't be surprised to see a specialist cover player brought in, onjuries and contract probably means GLC will have done too little too late for us to stick with.
LWF/CF : Richarlson still has it all to prove, Werner could earn himself a squad place next season if not a starting place and Veliz may or may not be deemed ready to play understudy so we could be in the market for 1 up to 3 players here
 
billyiddo said:
24/25 assured :

GK : Vicario - ???
RB : Porro - ???
LB : Udogie - ???
CB : Romero - Dragusin
CB : VdV - Davies
CM : Sarr - Bissouma
CM : Bentancur - ???
AM : Maddison - ???
RWF : Kulusevski - Johnson
LWF & CF : Son - ??? - ??? - ???

Question marks

GK : Forster most likely a certainty what with the new contract tbf but only a short term option.
RB : i think we'll be on the look out for a more natural cover for Porro than Royal.
LB : not sure we'll roll the dice on Sessegnon again so probably on the look out for an upgrade there.
CM : think it's clear we looking to upgrade on PEH, Skipp will possibly get a place what with being club trained (and hopefully back in Europe)
AM : Kulu could be seen as direct cover for Maddison after his recent run of games but wouldn't be surprised to see a specialist cover player brought in, onjuries and contract probably means GLC will have done too little too late for us to stick with.
LWF/CF : Richarlson still has it all to prove, Werner could earn himself a squad place next season if not a starting place and Veliz may or may not be deemed ready to play understudy so we could be in the market for 1 up to 3 players here
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Re your question marks

GK - agreed, long term #2 needed, probably summer of 25
RB - I could see Royal having a Davies career with us, very versatile, works his nuts off, model Pro. I think the risk is someone who needs a RB comes in and makes an offer
LB- Summer priority, Sess moved on (not a believer)
CBs - as mentioned
CMs - replacement for Skipp/PEH needed
AM - GLC questions, fitness, we can get money, but is there a better backup for how much?
WFs - Johnson, Deki, Solomon, Werner, Richi all have the same issue, regardless of attributes, at least 2 of them need to start scoring regularly, who doesn't is at risk
ST - Son to get extention, Veliz on loan

I think this summer is LB, CM upgrade on Skipp/PEH, goalscorer (either WF/#9), so 3 needed, at least one needs to be more than depth (likely #9)
 
Glenda's Legs said:
Sigh.... You are missing the point.
It's not about him backing the manager (anymore). It's about backing the manager more quickly than he is doing.

Watch out for those moving goalposts.
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Any signing that doesn't work out is obviously Levy buying players the manager didn't actually want.
 
Glenda's Legs said:
Sigh.... You are missing the point.
It's not about him backing the manager (anymore). It's about backing the manager more quickly than he is doing.

Watch out for those moving goalposts.
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This is very quick. How many teams in the prem have brought in players? Brighton got one. Has anyone else?
 
Lilbaz said:
This is very quick. How many teams in the prem have brought in players? Brighton got one. Has anyone else?
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2 players in and likely available for the 2nd game since window opened ..

People complaining about that .. sigh .. humanity ...
 
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Glenda's Legs said:
Sigh.... You are missing the point.
It's not about him backing the manager (anymore). It's about backing the manager more quickly than he is doing.

Watch out for those moving goalposts.
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People really are letting their bias/agenda make them look stupid, if you don't accept that we are in a fabulous stadium that puts us on a sustainable spending power par with the rest of the league, have a great management team in place, had the gonads to appoint a top tier unproven manager despite being under a lot of pressure to win something, made some great signings to back the manager, and got the transfer business done early.
 
Raziel said:
Re your question marks

GK - agreed, long term #2 needed, probably summer of 25
RB - I could see Royal having a Davies career with us, very versatile, works his nuts off, model Pro. I think the risk is someone who needs a RB comes in and makes an offer
LB- Summer priority, Sess moved on (not a believer)
CBs - as mentioned
CMs - replacement for Skipp/PEH needed
AM - GLC questions, fitness, we can get money, but is there a better backup for how much?
WFs - Johnson, Deki, Solomon, Werner, Richi all have the same issue, regardless of attributes, at least 2 of them need to start scoring regularly, who doesn't is at risk
ST - Son to get extention, Veliz on loan

I think this summer is LB, CM upgrade on Skipp/PEH, goalscorer (either WF/#9), so 3 needed, at least one needs to be more than depth (likely #9)
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We can get away with those 3 signings and still be in a good place but i don't think we'll rest on our laurels there - i think we'll upgrade where possible to the best that our budget allows, so of the 7 or 8 squad positions i highlighted i think we're likely to see around 5 or 6 in/out.


Edit : to say i think we may go big on one signing if we're looking for a starter (most likely CF/LWF depending on how we see Son)
 
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