Players with contracts expring...who should we target?

... so who would/should we bid for? Firstly, I nicked this off another forum, at

http://thishabboforum.com/showthread.php?t=24544 to be precise, but I´ll print the list to make conversation easier.

Players from the top two divisions who will be free to negotiate with other clubs this summer are;

Arsenal
Manuel Almunia

Aston Villa
Brad Friedel
Isaiah Osbourne
Robert Pires
Nigel Reo-Coker
Moustapha Salifou
John Carew

Birmingham
Colin Doyle
Maik Taylor
Stephen Carr
Martin Jiranek
David Murphy
Stuart Parnaby
Lee Bowyer
Sebastian Larsson
James McFadden
Kevin Phillips

Blackburn
Benjani Mwaruwari

Blackpool
Matthew Gilks
Mark Halstead
Richard Kingson
Paul Rachubka
Stephen Crainey
Neal Eardley
Rob Edwards
Ian Evatt
David Carney
Jason Euell
Malaury Martin
Keith Southern
David Vaughan
Billy Clarke
Brett Ormerod
Gary Taylor-Fletcher

Bolton
Adam Bogdan
Jlloyd Samuel
Gretar Steinsson
Tamir Cohen
Ricardo Gardner
Joey O’Brien
Mustapha Riga
Robbie Blake
Johan Elmander

Chelsea
Henrique Hilario
Jose Bosingwa

Everton
Iain Turner
Seamus Coleman
Victor Anichebe

Fulham
Neil Etheridge
Matthew Briggs
John Pantsil
Zoltan Gera
Danny Murphy
Eddie Johnson
Diomansy Kamara

Liverpool
Sotirios Kyrgiakos

Manchester City
Shaleum Logan
Patrick Vieira

Manchester United
Edwin van der Sar - RETIRING
Gary Neville - RETIRING
Owen Hargreaves
Paul Scholes
Michael Owen

Newcastle
Sol Campbell
Kazenga LuaLua

Stoke
Carlo Nash
Thomas Sorensen
Abdoulaye Faye
Rory Delap
Ricardo Fuller
Eidur Gudjohnsen

Sunderland
John Mensah
David Meyler
Boudewijn Zenden

Tottenham
Carlo Cudicini
William Gallas
Jonathan Woodgate

West Brom
Dean Kiely - RETIRING
Marek Cech
Abdoulaye Meite
Giles Barnes
Simon Cox

West Ham
Robert Green
Daniel Gabbidon
Lars Jacobsen
Jonathan Spector
Matthew Upson
Kieron Dyer
Zavon Hines
Victor Obinna

Wigan
Mike Pollitt
Stephen Caldwell
Piscu
Daniel De Ridder

Wolves
Marcus Hahnemann
Jody Craddock
David Jones

Championship

Barnsley
Martin Devaney
Andy Gray
Matt Hill
Garry O'Connor
David Preece

Bristol City
Louis Carey
Lee Johnson
Ivan Sproule
Stephen Henderson
John Akinde
Pat Hoban
Jimmy Keohane
Joe Edwards
Danny Ball

Burnley
Wade Elliott
Chris McCann
Steven Thompson
Kevin McDonald
Remco van der Schaaf

Cardiff
Jay Bothroyd
Chris Burke
Adam Matthews
Gavin Rae

Coventry
Nathan Cameron
Lee Carsley
Jordan Clarke
Aron Gunnarsson
Danny Ireland
Marlon King
Michael McIndoe
Stephen O'Halloran
Isaac Osbourne
Kieren Westwood
Connor Grogan
Shaun Jeffers
Michael Quirke

Crystal Palace
Neil Danns
Claude Davis
Stuart O'Keefe
Kieran Djilali

Derby
Michael Boulding
Saul Deeney
Chris Porter

Doncaster
Steve Brooker
James Chambers
Paul Keegan
Dennis Souza
Neill Sullivan
Wayne Thomas
Ryan Burge
Byron Webster
Sam Hird

Hull
Matt Duke
Craig Fagan
Richard Garcia
Mark Oxley
Nolberto Solano
Kevin Kilbane
Anthony Gardner
Will Atkinson

Ipswich
Troy Brown
Tom Eastman
Colin Healy
Conor Hourihane
Arran Lee-Barrett
Gareth McAuley
Brian Murphy
David Norris
Alan Quinn
Kevin Lisbie
Pablo Counago

Leeds
Shane Higgs
Bradley Johnson
Neil Kilkenny
Patrick Kisnorbo
Richard Naylor
Zac Thompson
Will Hatfield

Leicester
Ricardo
Aleksandar Tunchev

Middlesbrough
Julio Arca
Danny Coyne
Willo Flood
Andrew Taylor

Millwall
Danny Schofield
Marc Laird
Andy Frampton
John Sullivan

Norwich
Jens Berthel Askou
Matthew Gill
Josh Dawkin
Sam Habergham
Matthew Ball

Notts Forest
Dele Adebola
Julian Bennett
Robert Earnshaw
Guy Moussi
Zannetos Mytides
Nialle Rodney
Nathan Tyson

Portsmouth
Michael Brown
Nadir Ciftci
Darryl Flahavan
Hermann Hreidarsson
Richard Hughes
David Nugent
Danny Webber
Peter Gregory
Tom Kilbey

Preston
Andreas Arestidou
Chris Brown
Wayne Brown
Darren Carter
Jamie Douglas
Billy Jones
Barry Nicholson
Neal Trotman

QPR
Radek Cerny
Pascal Chimbonda
Heidar Helguson
Peter Ramage
Martin Rowlands
Danny ****tu
Georgios Tofas
Gavin Mahon

Reading
Brynjar Gunnarsson
Ivar Ingimarsson
Hal Robson-Kanu

S****horpe United
David Mirfin
Joe Murphy
Eddie Nolan
Sam Slocombe
Josh Wright
Paris Cowan-Hall
Ian Morris

Sheffield United
Ryan France
Rob Kozluk

Swansea
Ferrie Bodde
Thomas Butler
Dorus De Vries
Yves Ma-Kalambay
Darren Pratley
Angel Rangel
Albert Serran
Cederic Van der Gun
Gorka Pintado

Watford
Dale Bennett
Don Cowie
Matt Whichelow
Nathan Ellington
Rob Kiernan
Matt Sadler

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From the Prem, I quite fancy Diomansy Kamara. He´s played at clubs that play similar football to us, in a similar role. Giles Barnes? Remember him? Maybe worth a punt...

Maybe Neil Danns from Palace too?

 

Tbh, there arn't a huge amount of players from that list that interest me. Maybe Bothroyd, earnshaw, danns? Anr't many others?
Maybe hal robson Kanu?

 

There are defo some quality players in that list, but about half of them would be no go's due to wages. Also not too interested in Robson kanu, watched him a few times in a wales shirt and he looked poor, although admittedly wales havent been a stellar side of late.

 

It's a very interesting list and goes to show their could be some serious movement this summer... I think Earnshaw would be cheeky but no one is jumping off the page!

 

A mate pointed out Billy Jones from Preston and Kyrgiakos from Liverpool. The latter is probably a no-go because of wages but he´s exactly the type of CB we need in my opinion. Jones has shown huge potential for a while, could he make the step up with us? I´d like to see him given the chance...

 

Hi, new on here so bear with me. Looking at that list the one who stands out to me is Wade Elliot at Burnley. vVery skillful and tricky player. He is the one who does most of the creating for them. Maybe if we are looking for backup for dyer and sinclair. He is worth a punt.

 

not much there really. cant we clone stephen dobbie.

 

Wade Elliot, decent shout to be fair. Kemy Augustien to have a storming pre-season, settle his differences and fight his way into contention? Ferrie Bodde to come back? Exciiiited!

 

desperate for a striker, now that borini has gone and left back most urgently. concentrate on these two as priority then strengthen throughout squad where possible. maybe david nugent striker (didnt set world on fire in premiership but achiveable target and scored golas in a struggling team this year), marlon king socres goals but dont know how much i would want him in team upsetting good team spirit, ian evatt did well at blackpool last year but i can see interest from established PL teams and cant pick out a left back from the list that i would be interested in.

 

How many of us had heard of Fabio Borini, before Rodgers brought him here?? I will wait and see what our Irish Wizard comes up with, I'm sure he will not dissapoint!....................

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Daniel Sturridge was a Rodgers target previously, who evaded us, so you never know! Fingers crossed..............

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Jack Hobbs has been transfer listed apparently, we should jump on that!

 

Could be some loans available as well guys, ala Sturridge/Wilshere.

As a Liverpool fan who has lived in Swansea for 4 years, Daniel Ayala is a young CB that could possibly do a good job for you. Has apparantly done well in his last two loan spells in the Championship, and the next step for his development would be Premier League experience.

Any of you seen him to comment, or would you even be interested?

Other possible youngsters from Liverpool would be Martin Kelly, Danny Wilson, John Flannigan and Jack Robinson.

Anyway, good luck for next season to the Swans. Will be moving away in a month, but it has been an absolute blast living here in Swansea, and City play beautiful football. So pleased for the club, the fans and the city. I'm backing you to get mid table and possibly sneak in Europe via fair play league

 

Simon Cox is a good shot in my opinion. Theres a few on there i'd go for but again wages would be an issue with quite a few of them.

 

It might sound daft but now that Borini's gone, how about Kevin Phillips on a short term contract as our "Fox in the Box"?

Always has and still scores goals out of nothing; has Premiership experience to help our lads along; at his age would not cost a bomb and might be worth a season just to help us settle in. We have pace aplenty out wide but we need a goal savvy striker with a poacher's instincts to pick up those pieces in the box.

Borini was that type of player and KP would always occupy defences, creating space for others, because they would know he is far too dangerous to ignore. He was never that quick so no pace to lose - his ability is in his positioning, technique and goal awareness. For me, worth a punt at the right price.

Burke from Cardiff is another consideration. Tricky, comfortable on the ball, he might dovetail really well with Buck's philosophy and he scores the odd goal. I suggest him as cover for Sincs and Dyer.

I'm looking outside the box here because the obvious players that we'd all like to see at the Liberty would cost too much in transfer fees and/or wages. Blooding too many untried youngsters is a far bigger gamble in the Premiership than the NPC so our options will be restricted in that area. On the other hand, too many old warhorses looking for a final pay day won't do it for us either.

It's an intriguing situation and I'm looking forward to seeing how Buck & the Board go about it. No doubt, exciting times ahead and important ones too. Getting the balance right is vital. It will make the difference between us bombing straight back down, as many are already predicting, or managing to scramble a foothold and becoming a fixture in the Premiership, albeit amongst the lower echelons of that League.

However, before all other considerations, PLEASE, Buck, sign a brick outhouse of a centre back who can help put a stop to our appalling habit of conceding at set pieces. I shudder to think of what Premiership attacks will do to our current set-up. YKIMS.

 

I will trust in buck, because if it was left to me we would be down by christmas

 

I know that Reading would be a logical and happy hunting ground - the CB (Mills) is exactly what we need to complement Ash; a couple of options with power in midfield together with canny streetwise forwards;

Further afield - Danny Murphy (classy and seasoned with great distribution and maturity); Vaughan (blackpool, welsh and played the spanish way under coleman).....

 

My first post on this forum and its great to be speculating on how to spend our hard earned! Im with Dragonphiljack, Im sure Brendan will make the right choices and Sturridge would be a steal. I am a little confused however cos do I remember a Dragonphiljack calling Brendon, Brenda the Tealady on BBC606? Same guy slated Hugh Jenkins and even hoped the team would lose a friendly. Still I suppose it takes all sorts. Now that promotions won all sorts are saying I told you so.

 

You're last para Ivor - spot on.

 

any body know who peterboro have accepted the offer from for mackail smith, could it be us??

 

I was wondering that! Maybe, although I think to be honest we might as well go in for Bothroyd! He´d suit our style perfectly...