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A defensive minded midfielder entering their prime. Someone who is the long-term replacement to Evans but more mobile and physical so they can also play alongside him when needed this season.

Possibly a right back. Huggins has been out for over a year and we never saw enough to know what he was capable of. They don't think Hume is ready, he needs a loan. O'Nien and Gooch are solid fillers, but a specialist over there would make us look much stronger.
Good post. Agree with it all.
 
Just curious as it’s not that far away, what areas do we need to strengthen in peoples opinion? (3rd striker aside) and who would you like to see us go for?
Dominant centre mid, another centre half (and sell Wright)
Left back would be nice, although Alese and Huggins can cover that area. A 3rd striker maybe
 
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Dominant centre mid, another centre half (and sell Wright)
Left back would be nice, although Alese and Huggins can cover that area. A 3rd striker maybe
I don’t think there’s any maybe about it, it’s a must. Some question marks about Simms and will Stewart be here after January?
 
Matete needs to go out on loan. Think he’s gonna be a super player but needs league one minutes for rest of this season.

A holding midfield player like Evans. Yesterday showed we really don’t want a midfield two that have an average age of 20. Adam Forshaw is available and at 31 would have that experience. In an ideal world it would be somebody 24-28 but I don’t know any in that bracket who would work for us.

Ba, Michut and Neil can compete for the other position, as well as potentially with the person in the “10” role as subs for example.
I think matete is ready for our first 11
If not he hi well capable to be on the bench
 
Stewart, Cirkin, Clarke, Roberts all at risk of departure I’d say.

I'd be shocked to see that latter 2 go in January.

We've only just bought Clarke in the summer and I'm not sure anyone in the Premier League would be ready to pay big money on him yet, given that he probably doesn't walk into a first team and his previous time at Spurs.

I don't see Roberts finding a bigger club than us. He's an exceptional talent who is also inconsistent and a complete luxury. He's a maverick who thrives as a big fish in a small pond.
 
Here would be my suggestions:
In
Max Bird - Permanent - future replacement for Evans but would be good enough to start immediately.
Morgan Rogers - Permanent - Good attacking option with huge upside
or
Alfie Devine - Loan - the reason i have put 2 more attacking players in is I think we miss creativity at times
Striker - unsure who at the minute as noone jumps out at me
Potentially a RB but depends how Huggins progresses

Out
Dajaku - loan or permanent
Matete - loan
Embleton - permanent - not 100% on this one but think we need better as he just doesnt do enough
Hume - loan - depends on the RB situation tho
 
Hope so, can’t think of anyone better for the likes of Neil and ba to learn from
The way he has stepped into Gerrards boots at Liverpool is unbelievable tbf. To go in there as a young lad with a big fee on his head to be asked to replace the homegrown captain of Liverpool must have been daunting as ****, especially after the likes of Istanbul etc.

He has done absolutely amazing. Plus all of the charity, fundraising, being captain of all of the premier league captains etc.

Top bloke imo.
 
The way he has stepped into Gerrards boots at Liverpool is unbelievable tbf. To go in there as a young lad with a big fee on his head to be asked to replace the homegrown captain of Liverpool must have been daunting as ****, especially after the likes of Istanbul etc.

He has done absolutely amazing. Plus all of the charity, fundraising, being captain of all of the premier league captains etc.

Top bloke imo.
Was the heartbeat of a lot of their recent success too, criminally underrated player
 
Here would be my suggestions:
In
Max Bird - Permanent - future replacement for Evans but would be good enough to start immediately.
Morgan Rogers - Permanent - Good attacking option with huge upside
or
Alfie Devine - Loan - the reason i have put 2 more attacking players in is I think we miss creativity at times
Striker - unsure who at the minute as noone jumps out at me
Potentially a RB but depends how Huggins progresses

Out
Dajaku - loan or permanent
Matete - loan
Embleton - permanent - not 100% on this one but think we need better as he just doesnt do enough
Hume - loan - depends on the RB situation tho
Agree re Dajaku, Hume and Matete. The squad feels a bit bloated in certain areas. I'd keep Embo - he frustrates, but he has a talent and he has a knack of getting goals when needed.

I'd be looking for a new backup keeper, Bass fills me with dread.

Huggins, O'Nien and Cirkin can cover the FB positions, with Alese and Gooch as back up
I'm concerned about Wright, he looked a million years old on Sat and I'd like to sign someone to be backup (or possibly challenge) for Ballard and Batth
We need a viable alternative to Evans as neither Ba nor Neil are ready for that job yet. Suppose we need to wait and see what Michut can offer

Happy enough with our options on the wings, would it be greedy to want a 3rd striker?
 
Looks like we are interested in Bradley Dack from Blackburn. Might be lazy journos with the Mowbray link.
 
Yeah me too. I'm not sure how we can justify paying the wages for 6 CM though when only 2 get picked on a matchday.

I'd love to see Matete get more game time. I'm a big fan of his.
Personally think it's really poor from mowbray that he hasn't been given a start or two. Been decent every time he's come on imo.