OK, lets look at our squad should we have the Exodus

[Essien's Strike]

lets say for whatever reason, be it players following JM, roman selling up and the top guys have to leave cus of wages, whatever..

if we should return to a "normal" squad - id say we dont fare too badly you know:

GK:

first team wise were not too bad here - we might be able to keep ahold of Cech, but if we dont then good old Carlo would surely grab his long awaited opportunity-

Carlo / Hilario

a little risky should carlo get injured, but some shrewd market business might sort us out there

Defenders:

now if we say that JT stays and takes a pay cut, wed be just fine in this department, worst case scenario looks quite good:

Beletti / Ben Haim / Alex / JT / Mancienne / Bridgey

fullbacks would be a priority buy for the manager but centrebacks, no problems really. even if we have to lose JT.

Midfielders

lets say lamps and ballack go off/cant afford them and lets also say SWP gets sold. wed hope to keep Mikel and Essien and if we can do that were looking good.

Joey / Mikel / Sidwell / Essien / Maka / Malouda

so we would have a left and right winger and also two good midfielders - not bad at all

Forwards

now heres where we would need to look at bringing some kind of support in.. assuming Drogba and Sheva go, we might keep Pizarro..

Kalou / Pizarro / Sinclair / Sahar

were looking at youth to fill in the subs and we could even likely lose Kalou AND pizarro depending on how things go.. So JFH, get ready for your homecoming!

lets see the Post Apolcalyptic CFC line-up:

------------Carlo-------------

Beletti ---TBH---JT/Alex-----Bridgey

Joey---mikel/Sidwell----Esssien---Malouda

-----------Kalou---------------------

------------------Pizarro--------------

well, id reckon thats a UEFA Cup side with some luck/graft?

[Bridgeboy]

You have lost me here mate, Why would cech leave ?

[dkw]

hedman and pidgely left last season. whos smith? if you mean jimmy smith, then hes a midfielder, similar player to lampard.

[Essien's Strike]

i knew we sold makalamby, but didnt pidgely just go on loan? also i didnt hear anything about hedman - if he left fair enough :)

also, the point is not why players would leave, thats for another thread, but what we could expect to have after big players get sold/let go/leave

for arguments sake, we cant afford the wages of the top earners if we dont have Abramovich..

yeah jimmy has to go in the midfielder section too thanks

as for the point, its to show how we have a good squad even without the big guns!

[BLUENUT]

Lenny Pidgely is currently in goal for manager-less Millwall 5 points behind Leeds at the bottom of League One

[Y_dizzie]

i knew we sold makalamby, but didnt pidgely just go on loan? also i didnt hear anything about hedman - if he left fair enough

also, the point is not why players would leave, thats for another thread, but what we could expect to have after big players get sold/let go/leave

for arguments sake, we cant afford the wages of the top earners if we dont have Abramovich..

yeah jimmy has to go in the midfielder section too thanks

as for the point, its to show how we have a good squad even without the big guns!

Hedman is a commentator for tv4 in Sweden.