Summer 2021 Transfers

We'll have to agree to disagree on Sutton then. He's the only one who can be on the edge of our box making a tackle and then in the opposition box seconds later. Compare him to Watt, who I rate, who has umpteen yellow cards because someone's run past him, he's been slow to turn, and he's had to hack them down.

Assuming Cooke is best as a number 10, then we need two more centre mids in my opinion. I see Scales as Cooke's back-up and I'd be happy for Clarke and Evans to leave, even though the latter is under contract, as they might have been good once upon a time but don't contribute enough now.

That leaves Vernam and Crankshaw as wide players so we need another 1 or 2 to supplement them. Then at least one more striker, a right back and the rest depends on who stays, if any, of the out of contract players.

 

I agree with nearly everything you say but I'm convinced our single biggest issue is fitness. We seem to either start brightly and fade or meander for 75 minutes and then play at a higher tempo for the last 15-20 mins. I think this is something Sparks has identified too. It always looks like the opposition is fitter than us. Get that right and then sign the right players as we both agree on.

 

Sutton is a bench/squad player at best if we hope to go up automatically next season.

If Sutton is still an important part of the first team then we will be looking at a midtable finish as our squad won't be good enough.

We need better than Sutton who isn't that good at all.

 

Oddly Stuart was like that when I first saw him playing for the Northern Intermediates.

Headless chicken, but he was good!

 

Agree!

 

If the likes of Clarke and Donaldson are offered new contracts, it will say a lot about what our intentions are for next season.

 

Agreed but will we attract 2 - 3 decent strikers if we only play 1 up front? The best we can hope for will be 2 decent and a couple of squad fillers, leaving us open to problems if we get injuries to the key players.

 

100% this

 

I think you're being overly generous.

 

If we're looking at loans, I'd like to see us target people like Elliot Simoes, 'a fast, direct winger' who Championship experience before being loaned out to League One Doncaster.

He was really unhappy apparently not getting first team football at Barnsley, so if we waded in with a season long loan offer it might suit him down to the ground - Barnsley have him til 2023, so actually a full season in League Two might make sense if he's going to get a lot of game time (which he probably would).

We might not get him specifically, but someone LIKE that.

Absolutely certain we need to load up on the forward/winger types next season.

 

Bets we won’t recognise 3/4 of the squad next season?

 

Not convinced by Watt at all. His USP seems to be giving away silly freekicks 10 yards out of the box in front of the main stand.

 

I reckon it could be more like 75%

 

That’s good, 3/4 was 75% at Belle Vue

 

Not sure it was at Rhodesway !!

 

We used to murder them at footy , home and away whilst I was at BV