Looking at all the people out of contract by summer.

Is this a planned event ? Will we even recognise the squad for the first game next season ?

and if so, will this be a risky strategy ?

revitalise with some young blood ? or throw out the baby with the bathwater ?

An inevitability or 'dont fix it if it isnt broken' ?

for sure, our whole defensive lineup has been leaky. But do not let 'goals conceded' statistics fool you. We did many heroic defenses all season...the brighton game for one.

the kickings we took from Liverpool et al have skewed our statistics. On a good day our defence was ok....just about for the Prem.

We still have a lot of old players....but they are some of our best players.

Didn't QPR spend stupid money on getting a bunch of new glory players together...who didnt gel as a team. And it was a disaster. Certainly its a familiar story...fill the squad with new expensive talent and lose team cohesion & lose that je ne sais quoi.

A major clearout of personnel ?

your thoughts ?

Edited by PalazioVecchio (21 Mar 2021 10.55pm)

Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

McCarthy still good.

Unfortunately Townsend not. He needs to be replaced for someone who offers something going forward, most importantly goals.

McCarthy still has a year left on contract, MacArthur's contract is out, the most worrying for me is Schlupp, keep him and Cahill, and Clyne if he drops his wages a lot, the rest out, Buy 2 new central midfielders and a young center back

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The season used to be 38 games long. Presumably after our first two games this season you were saying we’d be nailed on to win the league.

This is basically the problem hence rumours we're after players like Lundstrom and the young Juve CB Dragusin both rumoured to be available on a (so-called) free this summer. Also, if Mateta gets enough chances to prove his worth we will have a significant (for us) financial commitment to turn the loan into a purchase by the end of next season at the latest.

I reckon we will try to get someone like RLC or Gallagher in either permanently or on loan to bolster midfield. Beyond that it's a question of whether or not Zaha goes and if he does, who we decide to try and buy (and at what inflated price)?

I don't see a mega clear-out.

if i recall correctly, Leeds spunked a lorryload of money on glory players before going bankrupt and relegated. I took them an eternity to get back up to this league.

Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford