Relegation

[DanEFC92]

Think Iwobi, Mykelenko, Keane and Doucoure will be nowhere near this club if we go down.

They’ll probably want out and we can’t afford to be carrying their wages

Mykolenko would be a bit of a shame but can't say i'd be arsed about the rest.

 

[BrendanGOT]

With all due respect (and I think you’re a brilliant poster) why would internationals like Mykolenko and Iwobi and good prospects like Gordon and Godfrey want to play in the lower leagues?

They’d be the first ones out of the door to balance the books. We’d be left with the dead wood that we couldn’t shift.

Largely being hopeful mate more than anything. I did say its hypothetical post in nature as I agree they'll have suitors. Even if we managed to keep a few of them we'd be sound. I look at teams that have went down in the past and they manage to hang on to some decent players and make it back up so hopefully we can do the same.

 

[nsno-chris]

Mykolenko would be a bit of a shame but can't say i'd be arsed about the rest.

Wouldn’t be arsed if everyone of them left. Spineless, gutless toads - the lot of them

 

[kenada_blue]

Not enough sadly

Behave.

When players like Solanke have 27 goals. Billy Sharpe 14. Weimann 20...we have enough

 

[blue to the bone]

There are a lot of players available on frees if we do end up in the championship who would do a job there .

 

[kenada_blue]

Think Iwobi, Mykelenko, Keane and Doucoure will be nowhere near this club if we go down.

They’ll probably want out and we can’t afford to be carrying their wages

Their wages are affordable.

 

[DanEFC92]

Wouldn’t be arsed if everyone of them left. Spineless, gutless toads - the lot of them

bah gawd do i hate this team.

 

[nsno-chris]

Their wages are affordable.

I dunno about that; we don’t know the full financial impact yet. But carrying the best part of £400k a week on largely average players is a dangerous road when you need a very swift return

 

[Blue 1]

Would do a job in the championship

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Not with Keane and Godfrey as CBs.

Pair of carbon thieves.

 

[BrendanGOT]

It's not what we want and it's risky but it could be the shake up the club needs at boardroom level. If relegated they should all be cleared out and a whole new team brought in. Bill and his nepotism need to go too and if relegated its the perfect opportunity for Moshiri to get shut. They're all the reason we're here.

 

[jazzy]

Would do a job in the championship

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I'd like to see us play with a goalkeeper and I'd swop Keane for Branthwaite but yeah apart from that that team would do OK in the Championship.
The problem is however
1. The number of games
2. Our injury record
3. The lack of squad depth ( assuming that everyone else Allen , Alli , DCL , Richarlison Mina etc , etc has gone.)

 

[ToffeeTim]

Behave.

When players like Solanke have 27 goals. Billy Sharpe 14. Weimann 20...we have enough

None of them are natural finishers. I don't think you can seriously think promotion is realistic with Rondon up top. In fact that's just a bit silly really.

 

[kenada_blue]

I dunno about that; we don’t know the full financial impact yet. But carrying the best part of £400k a week on largely average players is a dangerous road when you need a very swift return

When the Minas and Gomes etc all go we'll be saving over a million a week in wages.

 

[Tony’s Carp]

Would do a job in the championship

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In terms of the players we’d have left after likely sales this isn’t a bad start (plus I think Branthwaite, Davies, Gray and Simms would all be in our squad unless there’s good money on offer for any of them). And that’s before transfers in: for sure we won’t spend anything like what we get from the sales to balance the books, but there would be a transfer budget from the sales with a striker and defensive midfielder the obvious priority. And then of course flesh the squad out with loans from the bigger clubs.

Nothing is guaranteed but keep Frank and his team in place and we should be able to build a squad capable of bouncing back, while getting in enough in sales to balance things for a year, and putting a huge dent in the wage bill with all the player exits.

 

[kenada_blue]

None of them are natural finishers. I don't think you can seriously think promotion is realistic with Rondon up top. In fact that's just a bit silly really.

Weiman a natural finisher? Gordon, Gray, Iwobi would get 10 goals by turning up

Doesn't even taking into account loans or buys