Falmer Forever
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- Jan 5, 2011
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How much money do you think Poyet will get over summer from Tony Bloom and who do you think he will buy with it? Plus who do you think we should buy with it?
Last year we spent about £2.5-3m net so allowing for the extra revenue we have seen this year and our above-expectations performance I wouldn't be surprised if we spent something in the order of £4-5m net this year. That isn't necessarily the issue though. Many of the players we might like to sign - even free transfers - are going to want considerably higher salaries than we pay. How Gus and Tony work together to transition us from paying League 1 salaries to paying enough to be able to sustain a Premier League challenge over two or three seasons will decide the medium term future of the club.
Who will we spend on? A keeper for sure. Better full backs (hopefully keeping Mattock) at least one big powerful midfielder. We will clear a few out at first team and development squad level and bring a few new faces in to both. A mix of youth with hopefully one or two top-tier-experienced older players to help bring the talent through.
Most at risk of leaving? The obvious are our keepers (two or three from four) Painter, Sparrow, Navarro. I can see Bridcutt going if we get a good offer - for those who harp on about JFC not getting game time - Bridcutt is part of the reason (their combined lack of height leaves us too vulnerable to being over-run). I suspect Hoskins will go if we can recoup our outlay and there is also the unfinished police action to resolve and that could have an impact. For those gleefully looking for wholesale blood-letting, however, I really don't think it will happen. I'm thinking 7 or 8 first team squad players leaving and four or five from the development squad.
As usual SG you make a lot of sense. Keeper is the number one priority, would like to see Kusczak from Man Utd, 3rd choice and not playing. Maybe Simon Cox will finally join.....