If the sky article is to believed and let's just assume for one moment that it is; that we get Turner and Snodgrass.
My view is that Barnett will be sold and Davies brought in, which would leave just the RB/LB position to be filled by Naughton perhaps on loan again?
Flexibility then with:
RB - Martin, Whittaker, Naughton
CB - Davies, Turner, Bennett, Ayala, Ward
LB - Tierney, (Naughton), Lappin
Now tell me that isn't an exciting prospect!
Plus our midfield would have Butterfield and Snodgrass in addition to our current contingent who are all absolutely fine as was evidenced last season.
Strikers - provided Vaughan can stay fit he looks a great prospect, so we have 4 including Holt, Morison and Jackson.
My view is that our midfield is good enough to warrant one striker up top and 5 man midfield, either 3 & 2 or 4 & 1 (off striker).
No doubt a few will say where do some of the funds come from, well selling Barnett and Chris Martin should yield 2m I would have thought? Crofts as well would be a logical candidate since he would be last in the midfield pecking line, another million at least.
Taking a 15m budget; Butterfield (2m), Whittaker (free), Snodgrass (IF
3.5m, Turner 2m, Davies 3.5m and Naughton (permanent or loan) 7m to spare for...assuming sales of 3m.
And of course should our budget be smaller then we would have spent 11m and signed 2 on loan. Plus I would like to get Guidetti on loan from City, in addition to Naughton.
What do you all think?
My view is that Barnett will be sold and Davies brought in, which would leave just the RB/LB position to be filled by Naughton perhaps on loan again?
Flexibility then with:
RB - Martin, Whittaker, Naughton
CB - Davies, Turner, Bennett, Ayala, Ward
LB - Tierney, (Naughton), Lappin
Now tell me that isn't an exciting prospect!
Plus our midfield would have Butterfield and Snodgrass in addition to our current contingent who are all absolutely fine as was evidenced last season.
Strikers - provided Vaughan can stay fit he looks a great prospect, so we have 4 including Holt, Morison and Jackson.
My view is that our midfield is good enough to warrant one striker up top and 5 man midfield, either 3 & 2 or 4 & 1 (off striker).
No doubt a few will say where do some of the funds come from, well selling Barnett and Chris Martin should yield 2m I would have thought? Crofts as well would be a logical candidate since he would be last in the midfield pecking line, another million at least.
Taking a 15m budget; Butterfield (2m), Whittaker (free), Snodgrass (IF
3.5m, Turner 2m, Davies 3.5m and Naughton (permanent or loan) 7m to spare for...assuming sales of 3m.And of course should our budget be smaller then we would have spent 11m and signed 2 on loan. Plus I would like to get Guidetti on loan from City, in addition to Naughton.
What do you all think?
