Last season we lost nearly every 1st team player. We replaced them with 2 GK's and an unfit striker that had been playing in Div4.
You are right, nothing to worry about when players are leaving our club :facepalm:
BTW I am not amongst the worried fans.........yet. But I would get the point of the fans that are worried about what is happening at the moment. Once bitten..............
So far we have not got rid of a player I see as important for us next season. That could soon change. Then I would be added to the worried fans that need to see signings.
I guarantee we will get players in....whether we get enough in for the start of the season who knows......think people are grasping for their revolvers and being a little too pessimistic currently though.
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They are only important if we don't replace them. Now with about all the big earners gone there should be a budget to cherry pick out of contract players from Div3 and 4.
I am not saying they will be replaced. Just saying there are no excuses at all this time.
I don't slag them off constantly....When they go I will be as pleased as everyone else.
Your wasting your time,torch and duffy are beyond help. I hope when their beloved sisu feck off,they go with them.
Why would you want to get rid of Keogh or is that because you are resigned to his departure?Worst case scenario with new contracts gives us this team:
Murphy
Clarke McPake Wood Hussey
Thomas
Bell Deegan
McSheffrey
ROD McDonald
S: Dunn, Christie, Cameron, Bigi, Baker, Jeffers
Apart from a striker that first team is OK. Just need to add some depth. 3 or 4 loans and a couple of frees and well be alright I think.
Of course if we lose any of the above we'd need to replace them.
I'd like to see this squad by August:
Murphy, Dunn, Burge
Clarke, Christie
NewCB Wood, McPake, Cameron, Willis, Henderson
Loanee, Hussey
NewDM, Thomas
Loanee, NewCM, Deegan, Bell, Bigi
McSheffrey, Baker, Roberts, Ruffles
Loanee McDonald, NewST, Jeffers, Daniels
That's 4 signings, 3 loans and ROD and Keogh out the door. I think that's doable.
Can't understand the animosity to sisu now. Hofman and elliott are about to be re-appointed. We seem to have multi-billionaire investers in china. We are in a league we can compete in and we hopefully will have a blank canvass to start from once dross that took us down leave the club. .. that is the players. .. once the Wanda group get the councils go ahead to build and own half of coventry I'm sure 40 million of players will blitz league 1.
Got to say though. Talk of playoffs with the crap we have currently got is a joke. We will not make the top 15. If you were sisu you would be doing exactly the same as sisu.
Time to stop playing the blame game and simply let them all get in with it. Don't worry the chinese are coming.
................................Murphy/Dunn
Clarke/Christie.......... Cameron / Henderson............ Hussey /Phillips
.........................................Willis
Bell/Roberts ......... Deegan/ Thomas...........................Sheff/Ruffles
..................................Bigi/ Baker
................................Cody/Jeffers................................
.................................Daniels/Wilson
Murphy
Husssey
Clarke
Cameron
Keogh
Baker
Bell
Deegan
Bigi
Mc Sheffrey
Mc Donald
Subs: Dunn, McPake, Wood, Thomas, O Donovan......plus Christie
Disagree with you on quite a lot of your comments,
IMO Murphy better than Simonsen and has international caps to prove it
Montgomery would be nowhere near.....he is nowhere near sheff utd's first team nowadyas when Macdonald is fit
Porter.......give me strenght he is useless......Cresswell hard worker but no goalscorer...... I think sheff and Mcdonald far more potent strrike force than those two
Doyle would get into our team imo as well but a lot of people really hated him when he was with us!
Matt Hill.....is capable defender.....so are you saying that Keogh. Clarke, Hussey, Cameron, Wood & McPake are not??......Hill is average at best?
Come on someone has got to come up with better argument that Sheff Utd are miles better....then to thro Chris Porter into the argument.....dear oh dear! :facepalm:
Well, you must be right on all counts
Well done.
I would suggest you lump on CCFC to win the league at over 20/1 and ignore the 5/1 for Sheff Utd, as the bookies clearly dont have a clue either
We are 4th favourites at 12-1 with William Hill
well lump on at Betfair then, who are offering 20's.
I completely disagree that we are miles behind Sheffield United with out current team, in fact I think we are arguably just as good if not better. Taking the teams as they are now let's have a look
Cov
Murphy
Husssey
Clarke
Cameron
Keogh
Baker
Bell
Deegan
Bigi
Mc Sheffrey
Mc Donald
Subs: Dunn, McPake, Wood, Thomas, O Donovan......plus Christie who I have not put in first 16!
Looking at Sheff Utd' start line up and bench for wembley I would be interested to hear Dongonzales and Non League's explanation as to how there 16 players are "miles ahead" of the 16 above.
I only really saw Stephen Quinn as being someonewho would get into the team above.....and dare I say it maybe Doyler the spoiler! Still be interested to hear other points of view on the "miles ahead" Sheffield 16 at Wembley
don't think I have ever compared our team to sheff utd's. My issue is our squad not our first 11.
It was widely accepted last season we were relegated as our squad was too thin after departures were not adequately replaced. Even SISU who admit nothing held their hands up to this.
I think they were about 4 to 5 players short last season.
Now Platt, Clingan, Cranie Keogh will be added to that list and possibly mcpake. Hence we will need to replace them and the previous lot. So we will need between 7 to 10 New signings to have a squad to stay up next season. If those replacements are good quality then maybe a push for playoffs.
70 days to go to get the 7 to 10 signings.
At the moment we need to get out of the embargo, then convince sisu to spend money on wages. Then convince them they need to do this 7 to 10 times.
It is the last paragraph that causes me concern.
I completely disagree that we are miles behind Sheffield United with out current team, in fact I think we are arguably just as good if not better. Taking the teams as they are now let's have a look
Cov
Murphy
Husssey
Clarke
Cameron
Keogh
Baker
Bell
Deegan
Bigi
Mc Sheffrey
Mc Donald
Subs: Dunn, McPake, Wood, Thomas, O Donovan......plus Christie who I have not put in first 16!
Looking at Sheff Utd' start line up and bench for wembley I would be interested to hear Dongonzales and Non League's explanation as to how there 16 players are "miles ahead" of the 16 above.
I only really saw Stephen Quinn as being someonewho would get into the team above.....and dare I say it maybe Doyler the spoiler! Still be interested to hear other points of view on the "miles ahead" Sheffield 16 at Wembley
According to Oddschecker.com we are 119/10 across all declared odds - 4th favourite so bookies believe the squad is play-off material.
The problem is, so many people on this board see things in just two shades. If you are not vehemently slagging off SISU at every opportunity then you apparently "love" them or "worship" them.
When they arrived I made the mistake of posting that I'm glad they'd saved us and they'll be good for the club because Joe Elliot has said so. Since then I've been labelled. No, I don't slag them off constantly, I let others do that, but I also recognise that there is no one out there at the moment who seems to be willing to take on CCFC. When they go I will be as pleased as everyone else.