15 Mar 2018 08:56:58
Am I alone in thinking that our interest in bringing Dawson back to the club is a big mistake.


1.) 15 Mar 2018
15 Mar 2018 09:58:12
Things change with time. We now seem to have three good central defenders in Figuerido, Worrall and Fox, but consider this: we could sell Worrall and Mancienne and have Dawson as back up or part of rotation, and Coveney will soon be ready from the U23s. We know that Cohen and Vaughan are going, and if Traore goes too that would free up space and wages, and we might be able to buy in more good players. AK should not be afraid to sell, and is looking for a squad of 21-22. In my mind anything is possible, and I'd trust him to get it right. Maybe we should buy Pants, Figuerido and Tomlin as a starting point, but let's face it we haven't had a manager who has spotted who and what we need until AK came along. The crucial player it seems is Colback - I reckon we could afford to buy, but getting round the wages issue seems to be THE issue.


2.) 15 Mar 2018
15 Mar 2018 10:35:10
Whilst I agree that Colback has done ok I don't think he's worth upsetting our wage structure for. We needed to steady the ship and a midfield of Colback and Watson have done that But if we want to progress next season we'll need a more creative midfield. Watson is a given to start most games so I think a more creative or box to box midfielder might be needed. Tomlin, Fig and probably Pants I would try and sign.


3.) 15 Mar 2018
15 Mar 2018 10:50:07
I like the idea of Dawson but also imagine his wages wouldn’t be small and he is getting on now. I think AK May have another look at a few players before end of season as we have nothing really to play for now and then sit down with all players in summer to decide several futures, if players like Worrall or Manchienne or Lichij want to move on I can see him cashing in and looking at new faces but if they don’t and he feels they have done ok now squad confidence is better then he might not invest much in the defence. Whatever happens I think AK knows what he is doing especially when it comes to defending!


4.) 15 Mar 2018
15 Mar 2018 11:52:37
Here's the list he'll try and move on in the summer.
Smith
Eric
Traore
Hobbs
Manciene
Cohen retired
Vaughan
Ward
Bridcutt
Boukalakis
Vellios
Walker
Cummings
Clough
Murphy
McKay
Aribyi
Grant
Lacovitti
Evtimov
Lamm
Fuentes
Dejagah.
All these will be given the chance to leave 23 players plus colback and Dowell going back to their clubs.
So there will be a lot of signings all over the park.
He's made it clear who he rates and it's non of those above,be interesting to see how many he can shift,that will decide who comes in and how many.


5.) 15 Mar 2018
15 Mar 2018 14:13:50
I am of an age where the maxim " never go back " is often used rightly or wrongly
Things are very rarely the same and usually have a tendency not to work out.


6.) 16 Mar 2018
16 Mar 2018 15:08:34
Geddy is not exactly setting the pitch on fire.