Bedfordspurs
Chris Waddle
To ah instead of who for us?
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Young players we should look at
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Danishfurniturelover
the prettiest spice girl
We won't try to sign him till he is to expensive.
To be fair we got enough youngsters coming through. So I don't mind going for more established players.
But the likes of Dibbling, Riggs, Hackney will all be brilliant players in the future.
I sort of think Delap at Ipswich is already a prem player.
Bedfordspurs
Chris Waddle
Delap is
He is now doing i
Dibbling has it too
And I rate Hackney
But you can only have so many players
It’s why the lesser sides have got better
Danishfurniturelover
the prettiest spice girl
Yeah to many youngsters only a few can come through at once.
I'm hoping Devine, Donelly, Lankshear get loans to the championship next season.
I think Hackney would be like Wharton at Palace and after half a season would be a very good player. Would sell Bissouma to let him come through.
Bedfordspurs
Chris Waddle
We will sell a cm to make room for gray imo
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
I don't think we need to sell one, unless we miss out on europe entirely. Having 5 for 2 spots is pretty optimum. Bergvall can also play in ACM, which helps with minutes too. Best case, Gray just relegates Bissouma to back-up and Bentacur to competing with Sarr.
Muttley
Gus Poyet
To answer this, I guess we really need to know Ange's opinions on Abbott (19), Devine (20) and Donley (20) with regards to next season. If any of these get integrated into the first team squad it all looks different again.
We clearly do need to get ourselves back up that table and get any UEFA place to keep the current plan on course.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
True.
Ive not seen Devine for a while. Where would he play in our system? CM or ACM?
Donley i see replacing Maddison either in 6 or 18 months time (probably the latter), depending on his devlopment.
At DM there's also Hall as well as Abbott isnt there?
Bedfordspurs
Chris Waddle
Their contracts are why we would shift one
braineclipse
Terry Dyson
Fully agreed. Depends on what Ange thinks of those out on loan and what happens with Europe next season...
With HG issues with regards to Europe continuing into next season and a lot of younger players here already we may be reluctant to buy in that "young, but almost ready for first team, not signed to be loaned back out" type category for this and next window.
Academy type players, more deals like Vuskovic (sign to loan out) may be a good idea, but would like the main focus to be on players that can replace an existing squad member, one in one out.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
I think 3 year deals (2 year extensions) for both would be the best course for us. Their wages are reasonable, it saves us having to pay out fees, and we know they can do the job at a high level. It also feels the right timeframe to manage the transition to Gray and Sarr as the long-term pairing.
Bedfordspurs
Chris Waddle
The player may not want that though
And we need sales for PSR and churn
It’s what’s killed us before
Muttley
Gus Poyet
Don't feel massively qualified to answer your question. I thought Donley would be an attacking player based on his U21's tenure, and then saw him play well at LB in pre-season. Every assumes number 10 for him, but I've also seen people say that Moore is expected to move inside as well.
With Devine, I'm even less sure. I almost feel he's like Bergval in that he can look good in any of the 3 positions. Whether his runway allows him to be 1st team material, I don't know.
Abbott is probably the easiest to pin to a position. Number 6.
Then you have Olusesi getting selected over Hall for the first team squad. Then I've even seen Hall playing as a forward for our U21s, but saw Olusesi out on the right for the U21s last season.
Be good to hear some of the other posters views on this quintet of talent we have in midfield.
ricky2tricky4city
Les Medley
I agree.
Biss and Bentancur have one year left in the summer, so we have to make a decision.
I'd sell Biss . On the finance side, he's older, so give him 3 more years he's bordering on minimal worth.
On the football side. He's very good but terribly inconsistent (tbf he may actually be better with less game time as he's focused when he gets called in). His concentration/awareness when defending, especially when retreating, is poor.
I think any inconsistent player (Maddison is another example)...is a negative in this team and the way it wants to play.
I'd be looking at replacing Biss as I think our youth stream may need another season or two.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
I think who do you replace him with is the question though. We know it's Gray's position long-term, so what profile do you go for for a back-up. Probably not more youth, so you are probably after a 28-30 YO stop gap. Someone on a low fee but probably decent wages. We'd probably want to try and sign someone... a bit like Bissouma.
ricky2tricky4city
Les Medley
I think 28-30 year olds are off our radar.
Perhaps in 4/5 years when we are fully formed and can be picky about our immediate needs.
Muttley
Gus Poyet
I don't want us to ever sign another 28-30 year old again unless it's a keeper. We shouldn't need one of them for a long time either.
If we're thinking big, we should be in the market for players like Adam Wharton when they need that next step up.
Danishfurniturelover
the prettiest spice girl
Love wharton
parklane1
Tony Galvin
I would look at finding replacements for both Biss and Maddison to be honest as neither one of them is consistant enough if we really want to push on. imo.
Could be difficult to replace both of them at once but i hope we do try in the summer.