I think it's going to be a lot quieter than many expect.
Something like;
OUT -
Duffy
A CM (Stephens or Gross)
Jahanbakhsh
Connolly (loan out)
IN -
New GK (number 2 but pushing Ryan a bit closer than Steele or Button)
New CM
New Striker
and that's about it.
March and Propper.I would like a bit of a clear out of the old guard if I'm honest. Sentiment can't play a part if we are to progress. Murray, Stephens, March, Propper, Gross, Montoya and Duffy to go.
Reading what’s been put out, I think we’ll be going after young-ish players from established teams who haven’t been able to break into their respective squads (ala Lamptey and Maitland-Niles) or we’ll be looking to the Championship (ala Maupay and Webster).
So much depends on how we set up. I’d say we need another winger to replace the out of favour Ali J, the constantly injured Izquierdo and the often out of sorts March, but we don’t seem to play with wingers much anyway. So...
Positions we definitely need to improve on, IMO, are;
- A striker (Ollie Watkins, Eberechi Eze, Conor Chaplin)
- A central midfielder (Lallana, Maitland-Niles, Matt Grimes, Harrison Reed)
- A left back (Jamal Lewis, Omar Richards)
None of the above are based on anything other than players who could ‘do a job’ as the saying goes.
Other than that, I can see players getting promoted from the U23s. I expect Haydon Roberts, Alex Cochrane, Taylor Richards and maybe even Danny Cashman featuring in the cup and push for a place on the bench.
March and Propper.
We need AT LEAST 2 strikers in my opinion to support Maupay. Connolly really needs to go and get a loan and some goals in the championship for his own confidence and we need a replacement for Murray and a third support striker. The latter could be Gykores who's scored a few in German div 2.
We really need a combative CDM who can move the ball far more quickly than our current options, and another player who can actually play wide. If Trossard got injured we'd be toast in this department.
Other than that we need a LB. Dan Burn has done great but offers nothing going forward and Bernardo is clearly not trusted to do what Potter asks.
Jamal Lewis is an interesting one, it is a position where we are short, and he may well be available at a sensible price, we've seen a lot of him on TV lately and he looks good, apart from the game at Watford where he was absolutely terrible, maybe worth a punt.
Eh?
March hasn't kicked on at all, he's no longer a boy and Propper what does he do?
Kicked on? March is a solid player, rarely spectacular but usually does as he's asked to do. Very consistent and a handy squad player. Propper has been gash since restart but has games where he is absolutely outstanding. We are not going to bin off a Dutch international just because he's out of form in unusual circumstances.
Agree with your other players though, except maybe Duffy.