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 Stuart Shave  Hampshire 07 May 17 10.13am |
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Presuming we stay up. Who at what needs upgrading? Tieing Wilf down to a new contract and signing Sakho is the most important bit of business for me in the summer, but in addition I'd say we now need to upgrade Ward at Right Back Effectively 5 new signings that can go straight into the first 11.
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| Eewires Guildford 07 May 17 11.14am |
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Originally posted by Stuart Shave
Presuming we stay up. Who at what needs upgrading? Tieing Wilf down to a new contract and signing Sakho is the most important bit of business for me in the summer, but in addition I'd say we now need to upgrade Ward at Right Back Effectively 5 new signings that can go straight into the first 11. But we need to improve the support cast too. Our 1st 11 is really not bad. Our problem is we are always a couple of injuries from disaster.
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| comeonyoueagles20 caterham 07 May 17 12.03pm |
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Originally posted by Eewires
But we need to improve the support cast too. Our 1st 11 is really not bad. Our problem is we are always a couple of injuries from disaster. If you improve the first 11 that automatically improves the support cast, because the player they replace moves to the bench , an example of this was when we had the likes of McCarthur and dann on the bench before injuries.
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| elgrande bedford 07 May 17 12.08pm |
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Originally posted by Stuart Shave
Presuming we stay up. Who at what needs upgrading? Tieing Wilf down to a new contract and signing Sakho is the most important bit of business for me in the summer, but in addition I'd say we now need to upgrade Ward at Right Back Effectively 5 new signings that can go straight into the first 11. And macarthur to that list as well.
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| rikz Croydon 07 May 17 1.45pm |
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Originally posted by Stuart Shave
Presuming we stay up. Who at what needs upgrading? Tieing Wilf down to a new contract and signing Sakho is the most important bit of business for me in the summer, but in addition I'd say we now need to upgrade Ward at Right Back Effectively 5 new signings that can go straight into the first 11. I agree, could probably do with another winger aswell
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| ItsCPFCforme 07 May 17 3.16pm |
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The issue is squad depth. Sure, we have been horrendously unlucky with injuries (3 cbs is silly) and the extent of that can be hard to mitigate. But some of those even on the fringes of the first xi just aren't strong enough for us to be a mid-table PL side consistently. I said to a friend of mine that our first XI is top-half standard, 2nd XI relegation fodder. The difficulty is signing players to an unfashionable club like ours who are good enough to step into the first XI but also willing to not start every week. In a way it's easier to sign (in my mind) big players like Cabaye and Benteke if you can tell them you're building a team round them and play them every week.
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 Cucking Funt Clapham on the Back 07 May 17 4.01pm |
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So let's look at this from a slightly different angle. Out of our current squad, who are nailed-on for the starting XI? I'd suggest: Tomkins There or thereabouts: Hennessey In bold are those positions could do with an upgrade. The others need some competition. Can't see any future for: Mutch Souare - impossible to say what will happen
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Kermit8  Hevon 07 May 17 4.10pm |
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^^^^^^ Yep. And seeing that has just clarified that half of our squad are not the required standard for The Prem and how fortunate we are to be in the position we find ourselves in considering our weakness. One point against Hull for safety? Very lucky indeed.
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 07 May 17 4.26pm |
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Originally posted by elgrande
And macarthur to that list as well. Are you Pardew? We need depth. If he isn't a starter he's good depth after a bit of game time. The bloke hasn't played for a while and you want him out.
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| Part Time James 07 May 17 4.41pm |
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You've said who and what, so I am going to say: Sounds like a Football Manager kinda comment. But I am quite sincere. I tend to agree with most of the comments about players.
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| Spiderman Horsham 07 May 17 4.51pm |
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Originally posted by Cucking Funt
So let's look at this from a slightly different angle. Out of our current squad, who are nailed-on for the starting XI? I'd suggest: Tomkins There or thereabouts: Hennessey In bold are those positions could do with an upgrade. The others need some competition. Can't see any future for: Mutch Souare - impossible to say what will happen
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| Cucking Funt Clapham on the Back 08 May 17 1.05pm |
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Originally posted by Spiderman
Gotta say, I'm totally mystified why Puncheon has vanished this season.
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