Erik Pieters

Toivonen ripped us apart in pre-season last year. Fast as fuuuck

 

i'd be happy with these 2 like, must say

 

Pieters and Toivonen would be the solution to our LB and striker issues and the final 2 players we need this summer, great business if one or both goes through.

 

only problem is... aren't we at 24/25 for our squad?

 

23 when Obertan comes in I think. Remember Routledge is gone.

 

Harper, Krul, Forster, Simpson, Taylor, Williamson, Colo, Enrique, Kadar, Raylor, Perch*, Smith, Cabaye, Tiote, Barton, Guthrie, Obertan, Jonas, Marveaux, Shola, Lover, Best, Ba, Xisco*

Didnt need to incluse Gosling, Vuckic, Fergie etc as they are under 21.

*Will probably be excluded.

24 right now but Perch and Xisco needn't be included and Enrique will likely be sold, but if he wasnt sold we wouldnt need Pieters anyway.

EDIT: one of the keepers will be sold as well (money's on Forster)

 

can't see anybody being excluded. very much doubt sausage fingers would pay someone to sit around on the sidelines

 

i think it's 24 when obertan comes in, not 100% though

 

i did think we were at 24

sold routledge, and replaced with obertan today (it seems) keeping it at 24. doesn't seem to be any glaring omissions on smudgers list either

 

It is, just checked above^

Enrique would free up a place for Pieters though and then there'd still be room for Toivonen.

Plus Forster will leave and Xisco/Perch will leave/be excluded if necessary.

 

i did this before routledge was sold (on another forum)

over 21s (or who will be over 21 at season kick off) currently in our squad:

harper - 35
forster - 23
krul - 23
colo - 29
jose - 25
williamson - 27
simpson - 24
perch - 25
Raylor - 26
Saylor - 25
barton - 28
guthrie - 24
routledge - 26
jonas - 26
tiote - 25
ben arfa - 24
cabaye - 25
marveaux - 25
lovenkrands - 31
smith - 30
ba - 26
xisco - 25
best - 24
ameobi - 29


Thats just 24. Everyone else is 21 or under.


21 year olds:

Zamblera
Tozer
Soderberg
Kadar
Gosling


Under 21s who may be involved with first team:

lualua
vuckic
ranger
ferguson
donaldson
tavernier
airey
richardson
edmundsson
moyo

 

don;t think we can get rid of perch... we still need 8 homegrowns over 21 right?

we have 12 at the moment, if barton goes, and one of the keepers goes on loan we'll be going close and relying on smith/perch

 

Did you count Krul in that? He qualifies as home grown

 

Pieters > Bridge so I'd be happy.

We would only sign him if Jose goes tho, he wouldn't be happy being on the bench if he's a regular Dutch international with the EURO's round the corner.

 

yup he's in the 12 over 21

Krul
Forster
Harper
Simpson
Perch
williamson
raylor
saylor
barton
smith
guthrie
best
ameobi

damn that's 13 haha

 

I wonder if Kadar counts as well, isnt he 22 now?

EDIT: just checked and he doesnt count but will next season.

 

doing a good job of it with xisco

 

yeah he's in the same boat as gosling/soderberg. next season we'll be fine

 

Tim Krul, Steve Harper, Fraser Forster, Danny Simpson, Ryan Taylor, Mike Williamson, Steven Taylor, Fabricio Coloccini, Jose Enrique, James Perch,Joey Barton, Cheik Tiote, Yohan Cabaye, Danny Guthrie, Alan Smith, Jonas Gutierrez, Sylvain Marveaux, Hatem Ben Arfa, Shola Ameobi, Leon Best, Demba Ba, Peter Lovenkrands, Xisco.

23 24 if ober signs might lose jose/barton/best/forster from that list

 

**** I forgot Ben Arfa from my list. Wouldnt that be 25 when Obertan signs?

EDIT: that is the case, Obertan makes it 25 players. We literally now have to sell to buy.