Right people, lend me your ears
And your shrill voices as well,
How many of each group this year
Will Hughton want under his spell
Not particularly thinking of names
More just what the balance should be,
Between those in the striking game
And those who´re used defensively
Straight away we lose the three
For keepers, as less wouldn´t do,
Or would it, as it seems to me
Sometimes we could manage with two
Could four strikers too, be enough
Instead of the five we´re used to,
And can we find room where it´s tough
In midfield, for all those on view
It would seem a good starting place
To have eight defenders I´d say,
Each full-back covered with a brace
While four battle the CB fray
With maximum fifteen spots then
Still open, just how should we punt,
Should midfield have eight, nine or ten
Or should we fill up at the front
A fifth striker does seem to me
If we can score from midfield too,
To sometimes be a luxury
But useful to add to the brew
And with many players these days
Playing more than just the one role,
It will, I´m sure have a big say
In who ends in Chris Hughton´s fold
But number-wise I´d be happy
With two keepers, nine at the back,
Then nine to make the midfield spree
With finally, five in attack
But one thing´s for sure, there´ll be some
Of that band of Canary men,
Out there in the Austrian sun
Who´ll not be involved once again. OTBC
And your shrill voices as well,
How many of each group this year
Will Hughton want under his spell
Not particularly thinking of names
More just what the balance should be,
Between those in the striking game
And those who´re used defensively
Straight away we lose the three
For keepers, as less wouldn´t do,
Or would it, as it seems to me
Sometimes we could manage with two
Could four strikers too, be enough
Instead of the five we´re used to,
And can we find room where it´s tough
In midfield, for all those on view
It would seem a good starting place
To have eight defenders I´d say,
Each full-back covered with a brace
While four battle the CB fray
With maximum fifteen spots then
Still open, just how should we punt,
Should midfield have eight, nine or ten
Or should we fill up at the front
A fifth striker does seem to me
If we can score from midfield too,
To sometimes be a luxury
But useful to add to the brew
And with many players these days
Playing more than just the one role,
It will, I´m sure have a big say
In who ends in Chris Hughton´s fold
But number-wise I´d be happy
With two keepers, nine at the back,
Then nine to make the midfield spree
With finally, five in attack
But one thing´s for sure, there´ll be some
Of that band of Canary men,
Out there in the Austrian sun
Who´ll not be involved once again. OTBC
