I think they can do a better job in another environment, I wouldn't really hold them resposible for their teams' downfall.

WBA: Foster, Evans, Gibbs, Livermore, Matt Phillips, Chadli (if injury free cause he hasn't played at all this season), Burke (for the future).

Stoke: Butland, Martins Indi, Badou Ndiaye, Joe Allen, Mame Diouf, Choupo Moting, Shaqiri

Southampton: Forster, Bertrand, Lemina, Ward Prowse, Tadic, Charlie Austin, Carrillo

Swansea: Mawson, Ki Sung Yong, Clucas, Narsingh, Andre Ayew, Tammy Abraham

Huddersfield: Stev Mounie, Alex Pritchard, Mooy, maybe even Tom Ince.

Troyes: Samuel Grandsir

Lille: Amadou, Thiago Mendes, El Ghazi, Nicolas Pepe

Wolfsburg: Bazoer, Renato Steffen, Didavi, Osimhen, Breckalo (these last 2 are for the future)

Mainz: Rene Adler, Brosinski, Gbamin, Oztunali, de Blasis, Muto, Ujah

Freiburg: Yoric Ravet, Nils Petersen

Hamburg: Papadopoulos, Holtby, Hahn, Fiete Arp (for the future)

Koln: Koziello, Jojic, Bittencourt, Osako, even Jhon Cordoba and Guirassy look ok for their age (24 and 22)

Benevento: Cheick Diabate

Udinese: Widmer, Ali Adnan, Jankto, Barak, de Paul, Lasagna, maybe even Perica (for the future)

Deportivo la Coruna: Celso Borges, Fede Cartabia, Emre Colak, Florin Andone, I'd have included Lucas Perez too, but he belongs to Arsenal

Las Palmas: Halilovic (belongs to Hamburg but they're going down too, tough for former Croatian best hope for the future!), Jairo Samperio, Emenike (if he's fit and no more injuries cause he hasn't played at all for them), even Ezekiel as a Frazier Campbell type of sub

Malaga: Lestienne, maybe Brown Ideye, Rolan does not belong to them, En Nesiry (one for the future)

Levante: Ivi, Bardhi, Emmanuel Boateng (well, mot going down after the lastest result, but still a small team which might sell cheaply)

Edited by mattteo (09 May 2018 10.09pm)

Of this entire list, the only one's I'd be interested in seeing us go for (taking into account budget, player ability compared to what we have now, and what we actually need to sign) would be:

Butland
N'diaye or Amadou
Allen
Andre Ayew

Only these ones?

I think all of them are good, I'd like them all. Sute, the young one are not really PL quality right away but they'd be a sure investment for the future

That's coz the manager is more important. Look at Burnley and Bournemouth.

Well, there a some logical explanations:

WBA: Chadli (arguably their most important man in their 10 place finish last year) hasn't played at all all season. Livermore is just a defensive midfielder. Burke has hardly played, they deemed him too young. Matt Phillips had to carry everything by himself and had a moderate to modest season. Couple that with the fact that the other offensive players were average or pretty poor (McClean, Rondon, Jay Rodriguez) and they couldn't guarantee enough goals up front.

Stoke: N'diaye has just come in the winter. They were playing chubby Charlie Adam there until then. Many player are too old, too big and too slow for top tier football anymore (Pieters, Adam, even Shawcross). Mame Diouf has been used as a right midfielder or right wingback most of the season, a position from which he can't really do much. Shaqiri has been good but on his own can't do everything. Choupo Moting has been pretty good too (better than Benteke anyway)

Southampton: Tadic (who was their best player the last 3 seasons) has had a mediocre season. Charlie Austin has been outstanding up until his injury. Carrillo has come in the winter, hasn't really settled in, he needs time. Shane Long used to be very good but he's now past 30 and has become quite average.

Swansea: the haven't even used Narsingh much (idiots), Andre Ayew and Clucas are winter signings (and they uped the game, though Clucas is not a game changer, just a hard working midfielder), Tammy Abraham is good for his age, but not entirely developed as a striker.