dongonzalos
Well-Known Member
I have put a similar post to this in a reply in another post, but I think it merits its own post.
Personally my gut feeling is we will lose Murphy, Keogh, Cranie, Clingan, Norwood Nimley.
IMO and I know some people will debate the Clingan bit, but I think they are 6 of our first picks from last season and 4 of them are our senior pros and all of them were our best players from last season.
The season before we lost 6 players 4 of whom were deemed our best players.
They were not adequately replaced and we dropped from just above relegation to a team that were relegated.
SISU say they accept this was the main problem now and say they will not make this mistake again.
So when we lose the above six or five if Murphy stays. IMO those 5/6 will need to be replaced.
Taking into account the drop in division I would be happy if they are replaced with players nearly as good. Such as happened with Murphy replacing Westwood. I think it is not realistic to expect the same calibre of player.
Hence we will need 5-6 signings straight away NOT kids promoted from the academy.
SISU also accepted that our squad currently was too thin in terms of quality. Due to the lack of replacing those players last summer. So on top of replacing man for man that goes we need a couple of signings on top.
By my calculation SISU will need to allow Thorn to sign 7/8 players be it season long loans or free transfers.
My questions are:
Will SISU allow this even if the players are on lower wages?
iF they do are there 8 players out there on free transfers and season long loans who can make us good enough to bounce back?
How many season long loans can you get in one season?
In all honesty the thought of depending on SISU allowing us to make 8 signings fills me with dread.
BUT if they are telling the truth and learnt from their mistakes that is the minimum we should expect if we want to challenge.
Personally my gut feeling is we will lose Murphy, Keogh, Cranie, Clingan, Norwood Nimley.
IMO and I know some people will debate the Clingan bit, but I think they are 6 of our first picks from last season and 4 of them are our senior pros and all of them were our best players from last season.
The season before we lost 6 players 4 of whom were deemed our best players.
They were not adequately replaced and we dropped from just above relegation to a team that were relegated.
SISU say they accept this was the main problem now and say they will not make this mistake again.
So when we lose the above six or five if Murphy stays. IMO those 5/6 will need to be replaced.
Taking into account the drop in division I would be happy if they are replaced with players nearly as good. Such as happened with Murphy replacing Westwood. I think it is not realistic to expect the same calibre of player.
Hence we will need 5-6 signings straight away NOT kids promoted from the academy.
SISU also accepted that our squad currently was too thin in terms of quality. Due to the lack of replacing those players last summer. So on top of replacing man for man that goes we need a couple of signings on top.
By my calculation SISU will need to allow Thorn to sign 7/8 players be it season long loans or free transfers.
My questions are:
Will SISU allow this even if the players are on lower wages?
iF they do are there 8 players out there on free transfers and season long loans who can make us good enough to bounce back?
How many season long loans can you get in one season?
In all honesty the thought of depending on SISU allowing us to make 8 signings fills me with dread.
BUT if they are telling the truth and learnt from their mistakes that is the minimum we should expect if we want to challenge.