6 minutes ago, abramovich said:

Here are my suggestions for the summer.

KEEP: Sanchez, James, Colwill, Cucurella, Acheampong, Caicedo, Enzo, Estevao, Joao Pedro, Palmer, Hato.

UNDECIDED: Santos, Neto, Gittens, Lavia, Jackson, Fofana, Gusto, Chalobah, Emegha, Essugo, Sarr.

SELL: Garnacho, Badiashile, Delap, Tosin, Disasi, George, Jorgensen, Guiu.

The keep and sell groups are the ones I'm certain about, so I'll just elaborate on the undecideds. Santos is decent but I'm not sure he's as good as we thought he was. Neto is terribly inconsistent. Essugo and Gittens are question marks, they haven't had the time to show much due to injuries. Fofana hasn't developed into a top class defender despite an early promise at Leicester and he's only been playing because other options apart from Colwill are even worse. If we get quality CB in the summer, I'd be quite content to see him gone. Emegha is unproven but surely he can contribute more than Guiu as a third choice striker. Sarr should probably go on loan. Jackson has some good attributes but he's terrible in front of goal and has mentality issues. Lavia's talent was never the question but at this point he should probably consider a career change because if in any other profession if you had his attendance record you'd be out of a job long time ago. And last, but not least, Malo Gusto. Never rated the man, does nothing well enough and it feels like most people fail to notice how average and limited he is as a footballer.

Any thoughts?

I can see Neto doing a Victor Moses and becoming a useful WB, Jackson as a Left Sided forward could be worth a punt. Santos, Essugo & Sarr probably deserve another season as I dont think the environment was quiet right to form any judgements. Chalobah is a decent squad player so I would be inclined to keep but Fofana seems like a bit of a flat track Bully and doesnt seem to have the mental capacity to play in a team that will look to challenge for the title.

8 minutes ago, abramovich said:

Here are my suggestions for the summer.

KEEP: Sanchez, James, Colwill, Cucurella, Acheampong, Caicedo, Enzo, Estevao, Joao Pedro, Palmer, Hato.

UNDECIDED: Santos, Neto, Gittens, Lavia, Jackson, Fofana, Gusto, Chalobah, Emegha, Essugo, Sarr.

SELL: Garnacho, Badiashile, Delap, Tosin, Disasi, George, Jorgensen, Guiu.

The keep and sell groups are the ones I'm certain about, so I'll just elaborate on the undecideds. Santos is decent but I'm not sure he's as good as we thought he was. Neto is terribly inconsistent. Essugo and Gittens are question marks, they haven't had the time to show much due to injuries. Fofana hasn't developed into a top class defender despite an early promise at Leicester and he's only been playing because other options apart from Colwill are even worse. If we get quality CB in the summer, I'd be quite content to see him gone. Emegha is unproven but surely he can contribute more than Guiu as a third choice striker. Sarr should probably go on loan. Jackson has some good attributes but he's terrible in front of goal and has mentality issues. Lavia's talent was never the question but at this point he should probably consider a career change because if in any other profession if you had his attendance record you'd be out of a job long time ago. And last, but not least, Malo Gusto. Never rated the man, does nothing well enough and it feels like most people fail to notice how average and limited he is as a footballer.

Any thoughts?

I would definitely put Sanchez, Gusto & Neto in the SELL group and would probably add Jackson to that, unless Alonso thinks he can turn him into something resembling a striker.

If we can't do better than Sanchez in goal then what's the point?

46 minutes ago, Imran_CFC said:

I can see Neto doing a Victor Moses and becoming a useful WB, Jackson as a Left Sided forward could be worth a punt. Santos, Essugo & Sarr probably deserve another season as I dont think the environment was quiet right to form any judgements. Chalobah is a decent squad player so I would be inclined to keep but Fofana seems like a bit of a flat track Bully and doesnt seem to have the mental capacity to play in a team that will look to challenge for the title.

I forgot about Trev. I like him and wouldn't mind keeping him as a squad player but he'll probably be a top candidate to be sold given that as a homegrown he represents pure profit on the books. He's not good enough to be a starter in a top six side but as a back up I'd rather have him than Badiashile or Tosin.

After seeing the toss effort they put in this season, I dont care who stays or goes, anyone who isnt committed can f**k right off. That simple. tey should all be available for the right price the lazy SOB's.

1 hour ago, abramovich said:

Here are my suggestions for the summer.

KEEP: Sanchez, James, Colwill, Cucurella, Acheampong, Caicedo, Enzo, Estevao, Joao Pedro, Palmer, Hato.

UNDECIDED: Santos, Neto, Gittens, Lavia, Jackson, Fofana, Gusto, Chalobah, Emegha, Essugo, Sarr.

SELL: Garnacho, Badiashile, Delap, Tosin, Disasi, George, Jorgensen, Guiu.

The keep and sell groups are the ones I'm certain about, so I'll just elaborate on the undecideds..... And last, but not least, Malo Gusto. Never rated the man, does nothing well enough and it feels like most people fail to notice how average and limited he is as a footballer.

Any thoughts?

Only thought is why is Gusto in your undecided 🤣

25 minutes ago, bisright1 said:

Only thought is why is Gusto in your undecided 🤣

You're probably right, he should be in the sell group. The problem is, we need someone who can genuinely challenge James for the RB position and play there regularly with team not suffering a visible drop in quality when Reece isn't available. I just feel Gusto offers very little on both ends and I'd be happy with an upgrade. But seeing as we have much more pressing issues in other areas (CB, GK, LW etc) asking to invest in another right sided full back doesn't seem realistic.

Edited May 18May 18 by abramovich

How many threads on the same topic

Sorry, didn't see others, mod can probably combine them into one.

28 minutes ago, abramovich said:

You're probably right, he should be in the sell give away for free group. The problem is, we need someone who can genuinely challenge James for the RB position and play there regularly with team not suffering a visible drop in quality when Reece isn't available. I just feel Gusto offers very little on both ends and I'd be happy with an upgrade. But seeing as we have much more pressing issues in other areas (CB, GK, LW etc) asking to invest in another right sided full back doesn't seem realistic.

Fixed that

If our aim is to back Alonso and develop a squad capable of challenging for the title:

Goalkeepers: New World Class number 1, Sanchez number 2.

Loan Penders, sell the rest.

Fullbacks: James, Hato.

Sell Gusto and Cucurella, sign genuine competition for James and New number 1 left back.

Centerbacks: Colwill, Chalobah as back up.

Loan Acheampong (he needs regular games) and Sarr (same as Josh), sell the rest. Sign 1 world class centerback and another very, very good one unless we can get 2 world class centerbacks.

Center midfield: Caicedo and Santos.

Loan Essugo, sell Lavia and Enzo. Buy a world class physical powerhouse partner for Caicedo (like a Matic) and buy a PL proven rotation midfielder.

Wide attackers: Estevao and Quenda.

Sell the rest and sign 2 mid 20s attackers suited to Alonsos pressing game.

Striker: happy either way on Joao Pedro. If he stays we need a world class Striker in as number 1. If he goes need a solid, hard working second choice who chips in with at least 15 no penalty goals during the season.

Sell the rest.

4 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

But where else is he going to play? Midfield? I don't want James in midfield, it's the same problem, he plays too slow because he can't play high tempo football anymore.

You don’t need to be fast to play CM. I don’t really get this logic.

32 minutes ago, GarnachoCheese said:

You don’t need to be fast to play CM. I don’t really get this logic.

I'm not saying you need to run fast, you don't need to run fast to play quick football. If James is going to be regular in midfield, he needs to move the ball quicker, turn quicker, move into positions to receive the ball quicker. Until I see him play high tempo football again, something I haven't seen from him in years, then I going to continue to doubt that he can even do it anymore.

8 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

But where else is he going to play? Midfield? I don't want James in midfield, it's the same problem, he plays too slow because he can't play high tempo football anymore.

Rb or RCB

And it got nothing to do with high tempo. If you play flying fb/flying wb. You need to sprint from your backline to forward line and defensively you have to do the same thing.

As we have seen in the last three season, he can't do this anymore if he want to keep his hammy intact.

Edited May 19May 19 by Bob stark

6 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

I'm not saying you need to run fast, you don't need to run fast to play quick football. If James is going to be regular in midfield, he needs to move the ball quicker, turn quicker, move into positions to receive the ball quicker. Until I see him play high tempo football again, something I haven't seen from him in years, then I going to continue to doubt that he can even do it anymore.

He's had four 'positional' managers in those years who have actively dissuaded all our players from playing at moderate, let alone high tempo!

James is one of the only players who can complete a first-time long pass, relative to our squad he is the best equipped to handled higher-tempo football.

If we stay in back 4 our need is simple.

. St to rotate with jp

. Elite wing attacker

. Tall midfield holder

. Elite Tall, fast, big cb

. Better gk than Sanchez

Btw this is the same list I have two summer ago and last summer.

Edited May 19May 19 by Bob stark

10 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

I'm not saying you need to run fast, you don't need to run fast to play quick football. If James is going to be regular in midfield, he needs to move the ball quicker, turn quicker, move into positions to receive the ball quicker. Until I see him play high tempo football again, something I haven't seen from him in years, then I going to continue to doubt that he can even do it anymore.

I disagree with this. he's probably one of the few footballers we have who can move the ball quick from deep. He follows instructions from the manager to a tee, and sadly that results in slow build up all over the team.

Interesting lists.. Where do you fit in the new signings no one asked for like Quenda, Emegha, Barco, Satpaev, Denner Envagelista. Then you have your Jackson, George coming back from loan, before the manager starts signing what he needs.

All without European football. Sorry but the squad is a right mess!

Had a look at our squad, and it’s a right mess. We have 26 first team players, excluding Wiley & Mudryk. We also have 11 first team players out on loan, and Barco has announced he is coming here.

Using the present Utd team without European football as a template, that needs to be trimmed to 20 first team players. A normal team would also give 2 players from the league winning U21s an opportunity to step up, but we aren’t normal.

Updated sell list:

Sanchez

Jorgensen

Slonina

Tosin

Fofana

Badiashile

Chalobah

Disasi

Gusto

Lavia

Garnacho

George

Neto

Delap

Datro Fofana

Guiu

Jackson

Edited May 24May 24 by timetowaste

Have the directors sell their mistakes before we sack them for full compensation.

Unbelievable.

It’s a long list but good luck finding buyers

Sell- Jorgensen, tosin, badiashile, disasi, fofana, garnacho, Mudryk, Jackson, Delap

Loan - Josh A, Essugo, Gittens, Guiu, sarr, Anselmino, Barco, Emegha

Sack - the directors and the board

Keep - Colwill, Palmer, Caicedo, Estevao, Pedro

Not fussed either way - James, Enzo, Hato, Cucurella.

Sell - The rest.

Sack - The entire board and everybody with a Kinetic connection.

2 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

Keep - Colwill, Palmer, Caicedo, Estevao, Pedro

Not fussed either way - James, Enzo, Hato, Cucurella.

Sell - The rest.

Sack - The entire board and everybody with a Kinetic connection.

Just about right mate. I would bin off James as well

tosin £0
chalobah £0
cucurella£16.5m
fofana £30m
Guiu £1m
Santos £18m
Badiashille £17m
Lavia £30m
Sanchez £14m
Gusto £14m
Neto £38m
Delap £25m
Disasi £18m
Jackson £18m
Jorgenson £14m
Garnacho  £34m
Fernandez £64m

This is the book value of the expendables.

Still potential to make profits on these. I would sell all of them except Enzo but he's leaving anyway! Maybe there is a place as a back up for Sanchez, Santos, or Jackson, but the rest are not good enough.

£400m worth there easy to reinvest.

Barco, Moreira, Bastoni, Ousmane Diomande, Wharton, Yildiz, Osimhen.

3421

Easy peasy.