There is a lot of truth in this. I feel that the team needed refreshing completely this summer. Of those in the current squad, I suppose the ones to build the next team around would be PEH, JWP, Redmond, Gunn, McCarthy, Valery, Obafemi, Bednarek, Romeu and Bertrand. We hopefully have some great new acquisitions in the signings made this summer. I would also think that the likes of Long and Yoshida are good squad back up players. As for the rest, let's see how the youngsters do but the others should be bombed out. I am not even convinced if Ings is a first choice forward. As for the others, maybe it is time they were shifted on. The calls for Harrison Reed to be recalled is precisely the wrong choice. For too long we have had players like him, Sims and Gallacher out on loan or floating around the subs bench. They are unlikely to enhance the current squad by being present now. We don't need more fringe players but the kind of player who the manager should be disappointed to have to drop. We need a squad who have a realistic chance of holding a first team place down and not a collection of players who are generally not good enough but who could fill a place in the team if we are stuck. A lot of these players have largely under-performed for three seasons. They will not get better than the performances Ralph coaxed out of the team last season. We should have cut our losses in the summer and got rid of about 60% of the current squad.
The calls for Hassenhutl to be dismissed are ridiculous and I feel many people will be feeling differently by the end of September. I am not expecting much of a point haul until the Bournemouth game and anything we secure prior to that match will be a bonus. He is an improvement on the previous two managers and I think he has the potential to finish higher than under Puel if he has the resources to play the way he wants. it does make you currious as to why his assistant left - maybe frustration at the board's lack of vision.
