Summer 2023 squad discussion

SaiboT said:

Are we not more in a need of a Lcb than Rcb? I feel that we need a backup to Vdv. Keep sanchez as he’s not been bad under Ange, get maybe Lenglet in because he is pretty cheap.
Would rather want a better lcb but maybe not possible.
1st. Romero and Vdv
2nd. Sanchez and Lenglet
3rd. Young phillips and Davies

sell dier and Tanganga

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Yiddo100 said:

If we buy lenglet then we may aswell give up, we won’t buy him anyway but buying him would just mean we’d be replacing him in 12 months. A waste of everyone’s time.

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dontcallme said:

For squad players I think you have to look at what the big clubs do.

City buy high quality young players. They integrate into the squad while being squad players.

Utd have bought world class ageing players like Cavani and Zlatan. Quality players who are enjoying a big pay day and have no issue with being squad players.

Expecting us to buy top quality in their prime and expecting them to be happy to sit on the bench is unrealistic.

There’s more to assembling a squad than “buy top quality.” It’s more complex than that.

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beats1 said:

I think the Homegrown problem is overstated imo

You don't need 25 players especially with no Europe, buying a player for buying sake hasn't worked out well for us in the past

Johnson while having pace(something we kind of lack) doesn't provide the dribbler we need imo

This is our current squad bar few exceptions like Kane and Rodon(moved on)

With Kane and Rodon leaving we currently down to 9 HG players. It's also worth noting that its certain Tanganga, Spence and White will leave on loan or permanent. Reducing us down to 6.

Long term wise we have these players locked in as our HG option:
GK 1 - Can't afford to waste a spot on someone not playing regularly
GK 2 - See above
Madison
Skipp - Great backup CM/DM option
Sarr
Likely Davies - 2 years left on contract

Problem isn't HG but we have too many excessive players especially when we have no European football
4 GKs(inc 2 nHG) so get rid off Lloris reduces non-HomeGrown to 19
4 LBs(inc 2 nHG) so get rid off Reguilion reduces non-HomeGrown to 18
8 midfielders for 3 spots (inc 5nHG) get rid off Ndombele and perhaps Hojberg reduce to nHG to 16/17

Then if you want to add a position its simple get rid off one before you add one
4 CBs (inc 4 nHG) get rid of Sanchez or Dier to add a new CB
6 Forwards (inc 6nHG) - Including Perisic, Solomon and Gil(who is injured)

I don't see how spending £50m on a homegrown option is forwarding planning when we have 6 HG options locked in for the next 2 years and not to mention you potentially have next year Eze, Bowen, Watkins and Toney with a year left on their contract

Major issue is club trained players, which is currently 3 for next season(Sarr, Skip and Austin). Which is why someone like Edwards would be ideal, not to mention he can dribble with the ball close to his feet

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beats1 said:

Major issue is club trained players, which is currently 3 for next season(Sarr, Skip and Austin).

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• Skipp, who may be restless if he has not been getting regular first team footie.
• Austin and Whiteman, and you don’t really need to register both.
• Parrot, who depending on how his loan to Excelsior goes may or may not come back into the picture.
• Lyons-Foster, who would be entering his third year as an overage player in PL2

carpediem991 said:

I think I heard Sarr won't be HG as he was not long enough playing in the UK?

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bbunc said:

Sounds like he’s one that may be HG for EPL but not for Europe as he technically joined after his 1st season started. EPL is fine as long as registered that season by registration deadline (he was) but I think UEFA has some weird clause about “full seasons” which he wouldn’t meet due to the purchase date.

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