Am I right in thinking the full squad have a %50 wage reduction clause in case of relegation in their contracts? Who can we afford to keep? Who's a luxury we need to sell? Interesting times
Simple - keep all the players who got us up (Quinniesta, McShane, Rosey, Meyler, Chester, Elmo, etc.). Do that and we'll be fine. Oh, and keep Robertson. That's a big one. Snodgrass will be here due to his injury. Diame might be as well but is less likely to stuck around.
All the ones who brought us up stay. I'd love to see N'Doye and Jelly kept as well. Hernandez, Aluko, Sagbo are the three I'd most like to see gone.
2nd season syndrome , far too casual doesn't dictate games, be definatly on my out list wonder if we can con a fee out of somebody for him heard hudds n Livermore are on 120k a week between them. Think snodgrass , diame, jelavic and dawson would stay?
I'd be amazed if anyone wanted Thudd after this season. If they did they'd be buying him on name alone.
Hernandez livermore 100% gone N'doye will go for £1-2m Huddlestone is most likely gone, can see watford going in for him chester elmo robertson brady Will probably get bids Huddlestone livermore hernandez sagbo Can all leave for me
Knobber. Completely unnecessary and if you want to pass time and mourn or whatever point you're trying to make... don't click on the thread.
Hernandez can go. The one good thing he did was punching Jones ( and getting away with it, should have been a red ) how the **** did he manage not to kick the ball when set up in front of goal. 10 million, we will be lucky to get 20% of that back.
I'd like to see Huddlestone and Hernandez stay, Huddlestone especially who has undoubted quality he's just had a bad season. He'll get better again and his ability in the middle could fire us back up. I'm certain he'll be gone though, someone will definitely take him. Hernandez, we're obviously yet to see him at his best. A lot of foreign players struggle in their first season specially coming from Italy. We've seen flashes of quality from him but he's struggled with the physicality and pace of the game, that's obvious, a season in the championship could see him get to grips and we could be laughing. That said, if someone offers there or there abouts what we paid for him I'd let him go, but definitely not on the cheap, you can't buy a half decent proven striker for 2 or 3 million quid from anywhere these days so we may as well carry on with Hernandez who's already got a year of transition under his belt than sell him cheap and spend that cash on another gamble who might struggle just as much.
There are a few players we'd gladly see the back of - but what makes you think there will be interest from other clubs in those players? The Premier clubs will be making offers for the likes of Elmo and Chester, and possibly Brady. Plus Robertson as a developing project. No one is going to be phoning up with big offers for Hernandez, Huddlestone or any of the kneecaped players.
Subject to bids: Robertson Brady Elmo Chester Dawson Who else may leave Ince Snodgrass Jelavic Hudd Hernandez n'Doye
Huddlestone, Livermore, N'Doye, Hernandez, possibly Davies can all go. Robertson and Chester will probably go. Few murmurs around that McShane looked like he was "off" as he was walking around the pitch. Team next year could be something like McGregor/New Keeper Rosie Dawson McShane Brady/Townsend Elmo Meyler Quinniesta Snodgrass Aluko Ter Horst? (Probably new striker) Bench: New Keeper, Bruce, Maguire, Sagbo, Max Clark - and then let's see who else.
I hope we do what Norwich do and stick to our guns, tell players to stay til January and see where we are and push on for promotion.
That's kinda what I was saying with Thudd earlier. If he goes, it will be on his name alone, and not his performances.
With 'Arry gone, I don't think there are any managers left who are backward enough to operate like that.