I’d suggest more than half - potentially all the way up to 21. As starters. Probably all as backups. I’m excluding the other relegated teams. The other challengers from last year have largely been gutted it seems. At least of their main attackers
So we’re in agreement then Seriously tho, there is an obvious tact here which SR have to drive / follow. Everyone’s for sale at a reasonable & realistic SR price. I’ve maintained all along their “MO” is just that & to replace with / invest in youngish £10-12m talent eg Charles. Hopefully it’ll be enough to keep us in a top 6 place & an exciting season. Not sure it’ll be enough tho if Che goes & that’s my biggest worry.
Yes there was, the consensus was that Fraser has an attitude problem which is why he’s been training away from the Newcastle first team squad. Could be a big gamble.
Tella and Adams not in training today according to an ITK on SW who knew about the Holgate and Fraser medicals.
Give it an hour for the presser to see if there is news on Adams and Tella not training. If they aren’t then I expect “nuclear” from the majority ?
Exactly. A “fifth choice winger and an Everton reject” wouldn’t be exciting if we were in the Premier League, I agree. But as loans to help us get back there (who we can then send back), they feel like eminently sensible additions.
There are lots of justified complaints about our squad being bloated with dross. Loans help that as they will be gone. I think most agree that we won’t actually want these two if we get promoted. And if we don’t they haven’t done their job anyway
The only conclusion we can draw from these transfers is that we are in a much worse financial position than many of the more positive posters would like to admit
No it isn’t. Not least because even 50% of Holgate’s wages would make him one of the top earners in the division
