If we stay in this league...

[HseagullsH]

Which players would you want to keep in our squad, and which players would you want out (from our actual squad, not loans). Where would you then want us to strengthen?
I'd go for:


GK - Sullivan, Kuipers

Defenders - Elphick, Virgo, Hinshelwood, El-Abd, Whing, McNulty

Midfielders - Cox, Birchall, Fraser, Livermore

Strikers - Davies, Forster, Murray, Robinson


From that we need 4 new midfielders. A creative central midfielder, a couple of wingers and a good holding player (Dicker/Bangura?)

I'd be happy with the striking and defensive options. Maybe a left back as cover for McNulty.

Hopefully get Lynch back.

 

[Don Quixote]

Robinson and Fraser

 

[7:18]

would keep all of the players that you have mentioned except for Robinson and Birchall

 

[murraymints4brighton]

Replace Fraser, Birchall and Robinson with Dicker, Livermore and Owusu and maybe take el-abd off.

 

[HseagullsH]

Replace Fraser, Birchall and Robinson with Dicker, Livermore and Owusu and maybe take el-abd off.

Oh yer I forgot Livermore.

As for Dicker and Owusu, I said just from the players that were actual ours...

 

[withdeanwombat]

IF?.............there's optimism for you.

 

[RM-Taylor]

League One:

Kuipers
Whing
Cox
Forster
Sullivan
Murray
Loft
McNulty
Fraser
Virgo
Elphick
Cook

League Two:

Kuipers
Whing
Hinshelwood
El-Abd
Cox
Forster
McLeod
Sullivan
Hart
Murray
Loft
Robinson
McNulty
Fraser
Virgo
Elphick
Davies
Louis
Gargan
Cook

 

[Rookie]

Get Joel Lynch back and keep Whing and our defence would be top quality no matter what league we are in. Keep Dicker and Bangura and then get a right or left winger. Get Murray and Forster fit and try and keep Owusu as back up and with Davies the forward line don't look to bad either

 

[clippedgull]

Well for starters Cox and Robinson can do one. Whatever division we find ourselves in.

Robinson is useless and Cox plays well in about 4 games a season.

Loft is conference standard.

 

[Rookie]

Loft is conference standard.

but yet was starting for a mid table team in the league below us...

does that make you wrong or the managers he has played for?

 

[Djmiles]

Get Joel Lynch back and keep Whing and our defence would be top quality no matter what league we are in. Keep Dicker and Bangura and then get a right or left winger. Get Murray and Forster fit and try and keep Owusu as back up and with Davies the forward line don't look to bad either

Agreed.

Whing, Elphick, Lynch, McNulty...now that's a quality defence.

 

[GT49er]

GK - Sullivan, Kuipers

Defenders - Elphick, Virgo, Hinshelwood, El-Abd, Whing, McNulty and Cook

Midfielders - Cox, Fraser

Strikers - Davies, Forster, Murray, Owusu, Gargan

Pretty happy with the GK and defenders, unless we can get somebody really good. Definitely need some midfielders, although we could just about manage with a diamond:

El Abd
Cox / Davies Fraser
Cox / Davies -

but only at a stretch, and we'd need cover too. Bit worried about the forwards; Fozzie's career must be nearing the end of the road, and he and Murray both seem to be a bit fragile, and I'm still not sure about Davies. Will Gargan break through next season, and can he hack it?

 

[doug7126]

Agreed.

Whing, Elphick, Lynch, McNulty...now that's a quality defence.

that is a solid defence

 

[clippedgull]

but yet was starting for a mid table team in the league below us...

does that make you wrong or the managers he has played for?

Probably me.

But by your logic, Virgo is Scottish Premier League standard

Managers can be wrong too!

 

[SeagullRic]

Probably me.

But by your logic, Virgo is Scottish Premier League standard

Managers can be wrong too!

Well if Steven Thomson is then Virgs certaintly is as well.

 

[Deano's Invisible Pants]

I would think the list of players we want to keep will be much the same irrespective of whether we're in League 1 or 2, although admittedly we may find it difficult to hold on to Murray if we go down. Unfortunately, a number of players that I'd most like to get rid of are still under contract, but ideally I would say goodbye to (in order or urgency):

Mayo
Livermore
Hawkins
Hart
McLard
Robinson
Loft
Bangura

One or two people have suggested we get rid of Owusu. Although he hasn't set the world on fire I'd keep him and Davies as cover for Fozzie and Glenn - pretty good cover at our level. Of the other loanees, Borrowdale would also be a decent permanent signing.

 

[HP Seagull]

Whing, Elphick, Lynch, McNulty...now that's a quality defence.

Replace Elphick with Virgo and I think you'd have one of the best defences at this level. I honestly can't see Lynch coming back though (hope to be proved wrong), so a central pairing of Virgo and Elphick would still be quality.

 

[beorhthelm]

interesting reading given our current position. seems to boil down to, the players we have are pretty good for the most part.

so who will we have in the back room to coach and manage this group to where they should be?

 

[O Lads]

interesting reading given our current position. seems to boil down to, the players we have are pretty good for the most part.

so who will we have in the back room to coach and manage this group to where they should be?

We quite clearly need a proper first team coach. That HAS to be the top priority this summer, regardless of which division we're in.

 

[murraymints4brighton]

Well if Steven Thomson is then Virgs certaintly is as well.

Well said Ric. Thomson playing premier league football in any country let alone Scotland is one of the worlds great mystery's.