I'd keep the keepers, one bad season does not make Guzan a bad player, and I think Bunn has a decent future, and at Championship level at least should be fairly consistent. Trouble is the few class attacking players we have are likely to get offers from elsewhere, and if the right one comes out won't want to stick around. Not to mention that the club might want them off the wage bill.I actually quite like Sinclair and think that he might fit the Championship quite well.
Me too. Sinclair used right in an attacking team will score a lot of goals in the championship. Gil Grealish and Traore week all have their uses. As well Vertout and Gestede. For me a couple of battling midfielders, a couple of pacy strikers a hard centre half and a keeper. Sign that lot and we will be up. The rest will improve around a stronger spine. Traore could be the real ace in the hole if he stays.
All the forgoing is logical but I fear the reality may be very different.The wasters and malingerers will turn up to meet the new manager, booted and suited, looking as though butter would not melt in their mouths and the new, easy going manager will lean towards forgiveness based on not having seen close up and first hand the dressing room horror show that was last season. The lower demands of the Championship would probably make players like Lescott look adequate and early wins could make the new manager's softly softly approach seem to be working. Only when player power flares up again as it inevitably will would the price have to be paid for not being ruthless when we should have been, this summer.In short RDM looks like he does not do broom work.
I'd keep Sinclair as well.
It's a hard one really because with the exception of a few they could all probably cope with the Championship.Sell because they probably can't: Vertout, Gil, Traore, bacunaKeepers1 new keeperOne of Bunn/Guzan as back-upDefenders2 new defendersclark, Baker, Hutton cissoko. amavi . Keep 1 off Okare/Richards/Lescott. as back-up2 new midfieldersgrealish/sinclair/westwood/sanchez/gardner/gana to fight it out with kids for the remainling places with 3 off them sold2 new strikers back-up /ayew/gestade/gabby to battle it out. 2 off them soldI make that 7 new players and 11 out
Quote from: Gregorys Boy on May 28, 2016, 12:55:39 PMI'd keep the keepers, one bad season does not make Guzan a bad player, and I think Bunn has a decent future, and at Championship level at least should be fairly consistent. Trouble is the few class attacking players we have are likely to get offers from elsewhere, and if the right one comes out won't want to stick around. Not to mention that the club might want them off the wage bill.I actually quite like Sinclair and think that he might fit the Championship quite well. In all his time here (in two spells), I think he has only had 2 good seasons and was starting to lose it a bit at the end of the 2nd of those 2 seasons.
Quote from: old man villa fan on May 28, 2016, 01:00:36 PMQuote from: Gregorys Boy on May 28, 2016, 12:55:39 PMI'd keep the keepers, one bad season does not make Guzan a bad player, and I think Bunn has a decent future, and at Championship level at least should be fairly consistent. Trouble is the few class attacking players we have are likely to get offers from elsewhere, and if the right one comes out won't want to stick around. Not to mention that the club might want them off the wage bill.I actually quite like Sinclair and think that he might fit the Championship quite well. In all his time here (in two spells), I think he has only had 2 good seasons and was starting to lose it a bit at the end of the 2nd of those 2 seasons.To be fair along with Benteke's goals Guzan's heroics in goal has been a big reason why we didn't go down sooner. I wouldn't start him at the moment, but I'd still have him in the squad.