Brophypants
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Post by Brophypants on Jun 28, 2024 13:48:53 GMT
Plenty of Okedina looking sad in this one Zeno is tall enough that in a couple of shots there it looks like they're in one of those optical illusion room things.
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Post by jamesm6688 on Jun 28, 2024 13:55:39 GMT
Nice to see we’ve invested in a drone! Long gone are the non-league days of asking 4 yts lads to go on each others shoulders and run around with a Nokia phone camera. We’re big time now 😎
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Post by El Goodo on Jun 28, 2024 13:58:47 GMT
Nice to see we’ve invested in a drone! Long gone are the non-league days of asking 4 yts lads to go on each others shoulders and run around with a Nokia phone camera. We’re big time now 😎 Character-forming
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Bendigeidfran
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Post by Bendigeidfran on Jun 28, 2024 14:04:51 GMT
I noticed Okedina looking sad. It made me sad.
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Post by El Goodo on Jun 28, 2024 15:51:34 GMT
The timing of Lankester & Simper's departures yesterday makes me suspect we'll be announcing a signing (or maybe even 2) today. Or perhaps not.
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Post by Brophypants on Jun 28, 2024 15:53:33 GMT
The timing of Lankester & Simper's departures yesterday makes me suspect we'll be announcing a signing (or maybe even 2) today. Or perhaps not. It's not too late...
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Post by El Goodo on Jun 28, 2024 15:54:17 GMT
It's not but usually the tease has gone up by now, so to speak.
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Post by malotru on Jun 28, 2024 16:07:33 GMT
I had too had hopes for an unveiling today but maybe the announcement will be made on Monday morning to cheer us up after our heros crash out in a blaze of glory on pens.
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Post by Mike Osbourn on Jul 2, 2024 10:10:30 GMT
So, by my count, our squad currently looks as follows:
Gks: Stevens and Reyes, plus Chadwick (youth) CB: Morrison, Jobe, Rossi, Watts, Okedina (T/L) Fullbacks: Bennett, Gibbons, Andrew C Midfield: Digby, Cousins, Hoddle, Thomas (l/t injury), Barton (youth) Wide players/Forwards: KaiKai, Kachunga, Brophy, McConnell, Strikers: Lavery, Njoku (effectively youth)
Keepers, we're probably sorted for now.
I'd say we're over stocked with centre backs, although Rossi has had regular spells out with injury, so maybe not? Watts replaced Rennett.
Fullbacks, we're light on cover since Dunk's departure, and may need more if Bennett moves on.
Centre mid lacks a creative player for me.
Wide players, although we've got four, I'm not convinced that's enough options/cover with how Monk may want to play, given that neither Kachunga or McConnell are out and out wingers.
Striker is definitely light.
So that's what, 3/4, maybe even 5 more players needed still?
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Post by Mike Osbourn on Jul 2, 2024 10:20:31 GMT
Actually looking at the retained list again, of last season's squad, we let go, sent back or lost 14 first teamers so far (15 if you include Yearn), and have replaced them with four. Granted we won't replace all of those that departed, but on a like-for like basis:
Mannion - Reyes Holden - (does Chadwick count?) Bennett - Watts (Okedina) - Gibbons - Gibbons Dunk - Haunstrup - Lankester - May - Simper - Yearn - Janneh - Okenabirhie - Lavery Taylor - Gassan - Bonne -
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Post by svh on Jul 2, 2024 10:27:09 GMT
Yes still a lot of work to do.
Barton I believe is a winger/forward so we're currently very very light in CM.
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Post by Tom Shaw's Fist of Rage on Jul 2, 2024 10:27:27 GMT
Actually looking at the retained list again, of last season's squad, we let go, sent back or lost 14 first teamers so far (15 if you include Yearn), and have replaced them with four. Granted we won't replace all of those that departed, but on a like-for like basis: Mannion - Reyes Holden - (does Chadwick count?) Bennett - Watts (Okedina) - Gibbons - Gibbons Dunk - Haunstrup - Lankester - May - Simper - Yearn - Janneh - Okenabirhie - Lavery Taylor - Gassan - Bonne - I'd disregard Haunstrup, Simper and Yearn because they were filler anyway and didn't play - maybe even Janneh but he's borderline. Taylor and Bonne were injury replacements for Gas and Fejiri so think they can be excluded. Dunk - Full Back Lankester - Attacking mid (formation dependent) May - Central Midfielder Janneh - Winger/Forward Gassan - Striker Then as others have pointed out we are a bit over stocked in CB so would rather if Okedina goes we go for a third striker option or another winger/forward.
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Post by markt on Jul 2, 2024 10:35:27 GMT
Actually looking at the retained list again, of last season's squad, we let go, sent back or lost 14 first teamers so far (15 if you include Yearn), and have replaced them with four. Granted we won't replace all of those that departed, but on a like-for like basis: Mannion - Reyes Holden - (does Chadwick count?) Bennett - Watts (Okedina) - Gibbons - Gibbons Dunk - Haunstrup - Lankester - May - Simper - Yearn - Janneh - Okenabirhie - Lavery Taylor - Gassan - Bonne - I'd disregard Haunstrup, Simper and Yearn because they were filler anyway and didn't play - maybe even Janneh but he's borderline. Taylor and Bonne were injury replacements for Gas and Fejiri so think they can be excluded. Dunk - Full Back Lankester - Attacking mid (formation dependent) May - Central Midfielder Janneh - Winger/Forward Gassan - Striker Then as others have pointed out we are a bit over stocked in CB so would rather if Okedina goes we go for a third striker option or another winger/forward. Were only overstocked in CB if we play a back 4, if we play 3 centre half's then 4/5 is the minimum you'd want
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Post by Andrewlang on Jul 2, 2024 10:42:13 GMT
I think you can add Thomas to that actually. I'm not sure when he's expected back but I doubt its soon and I suspect we might try and loan someone in to cover, though maybe that player is McConnell?
I'd say five minimum depending on formation. Maybe more depending on how big the squad is.
It also depends on whether or not there's any further movement out, there are still rumours about Bennett for example and rumours about Ball signing too which would could put question marks on Digby/Cousins perhaps?
Andrew
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Post by Jerry1971 on Jul 2, 2024 11:39:37 GMT
I do think we are going to see a lot of movement over the next ten days or so, ideally to get as much of the squad in place before Portugal. One of the real benefits of a pre-season trip is to build togetherness in the group - not much point to that if you have to start all over again when recruiting later in the window.
We need 25 or so in the squad for the season, at present we look to have 18 excluding Barton/Njoku/Chadwick and I'm leaving them on the edge here as the likelihood is that they will go out on loans when we get going in August, so that suggests 7 maximum and 4 minimum more to recruit. (This is like a General Election seat prediction!)
If we go with 4 more, then my shopping list would be one more striker, one attacking midfielder and two central midfielders. If we go for more than that I'd want another utility player to cover CDM/CB/FB (why there is a lot of sense in the Dominic Ball rumour as he fits a lot of positions) and potentially another stiker to go with the one above. Clearly this always balances out differently as we inevitably end up with the odd curve ball being added, such as Kacha last season which was a signing really none of us expected.
One thing is for certain, we really cannot afford to be struggling in key positions owing to injuries as has happened repetitively over the past two years.
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