Post by northwesthoop on Jun 29, 2020 13:54:20 GMT
Meanwhile Charlie Owens is now out injured for 6 months. He has been particularly unlucky with injuries during his development and you have to think he will leave eventually whenever his contract is up.
Meanwhile Charlie Owens is now out injured for 6 months. He has been particularly unlucky with injuries during his development and you have to think he will leave eventually whenever his contract is up.
I remember Warburton being impressed with him last season and subsequently rewarded the lad with a 2 year contract last August. As a result of getting the new contract he was also sent out to prove himself at Wycombe but only played a couple of games before getting an injury that has troubled him ever since.
Plenty of prospects in that list but whilst some will be part of our first team squad the others will need a loan to get them game time and experience.
Over the next couple of seasons it's going to be these guys that have to step up because I just cant see TF wanting to spend any of the money he gets from transfers.
The ligament injury to Rangel depletes the squad further. Hopefully, he recovers soon but I suspect that will be his last game for us.
Like last season we will need a large number of players to replace those who have already left, those expected to be transferred and those ending their loans.
The likely hood that there will be any quality amongst the new recruits is going to be low considering we only sign freebies!
If Rangel is due to be out for 3-6 months sadly we need to let him go. We can't afford to be kind.
Plus Kakay has been getting some decent reviews.
The issue for next season is that Kakay still has a lot to prove and Kane has not impressed as we hoped. I really thought he'd come in, show why he was at Chelsea until he was 25 and we'd make millions selling him on a year or two down the line. Sadly it doesn't look like that will be the case!
If Rangel is due to be out for 3-6 months sadly we need to let him go. We can't afford to be kind.
Plus Kakay has been getting some decent reviews.
The issue for next season is that Kakay still has a lot to prove and Kane has not impressed as we hoped. I really thought he'd come in, show why he was at Chelsea until he was 25 and we'd make millions selling him on a year or two down the line. Sadly it doesn't look like that will be the case!
Yup Kane is like Manning as a full back - he flatters to deceive. The difference is that Manning can operate far better on the left side as an attacking midfielder of WB. Really sad to say goodbye to Rangel. Like Leistner, Hugill and Cameron he has shown what experienced players do well - anticipate and position well. If only they all had younger legs too!
Post by northwesthoop on Jul 19, 2020 17:24:49 GMT
So to update the current squad for next season:
GOALKEEPERS
Kelly Lumley Barnes Dieng Brzozowski
DEFENDERS
Barbet Kane Manning Leistner Wallace Hamalainen Kakay Masterson Gubbins
MIDFIELDERS
Ball Cameron Chair Owens (out long term injury) Shodipo Bansal-McNulty Bettache Dalling (out on loan until December)
FORWARDS
Eze Osayi-Samuel (about to leave) Oteh Smyth
We have such a small squad. And we can probably expect a goalkeeper to leave and Leistner to not return.
Our future path looks increasingly likely to be shaped by how we reinvest the biggest wave of sales we've had in many a year. The imminent and inevitable sales of Eze, BOS and Manning should be bringing in north of £20 million.
We need to be looking at how Norwich lost James Maddison but still got promoted the next season because of how well they bought in players with that money.
We certainly need to be spending our money more wisely than we have in recent times (on the likes of Jordan Cousins, Joel Lynch and Conor Washington)
Last Edit: Jul 19, 2020 17:25:26 GMT by northwesthoop
That list of current squad members is indeed light - especially in terms of strikers! Perhaps we can play a spare goalie in the #9 shirt...? Last season involved a wholesale clear-out and influx of new players; and I cannot see this being any different. We really do have to hope that the scouts have been busy, Warburton chooses wisely, Hoos offers the right contract at the right price, and we have an awful lot of luck!
Apparently the club is to offer Dom Ball and improved contract according to WLS, and they went on to say:
Ball went on to make 35 appearances last season and Warburton now wants to reward him with a contract extension. Rangers plan to offer new deals to Conor Masterson, Osman Kakay and keeper Seny Dieng. They also have a year remaining on their contract. So too does keeper Joe Lumley, who might be offered a new deal this summer.
All makes sense to me, although where that leaves Dieng I have no idea!
With these younger players the club need to learn to extend their contracts a lot earlier. Once they are in and around the first team we should look to extend their deals as long as they stay on similar money. That way if they suddenly attract attention we are covered.
If Conor Masterson was only on a 2 year deal when he signed so now has 1 year left we should have been looking to extend his deal back in January/February once he broke into the first team and it was clear he had what it takes to progress.
For some reason up until now we only offer a new deal once players are performing to such a standard they get their heads turned elsewhere or so late they don't feel appreciated (BOS and Manning prime examples). It's been happening since Charlie Austin.
With these younger players the club need to learn to extend their contracts a lot earlier. Once they are in and around the first team we should look to extend their deals as long as they stay on similar money. That way if they suddenly attract attention we are covered.
If Conor Masterson was only on a 2 year deal when he signed so now has 1 year left we should have been looking to extend his deal back in January/February once he broke into the first team and it was clear he had what it takes to progress.
For some reason up until now we only offer a new deal once players are performing to such a standard they get their heads turned elsewhere or so late they don't feel appreciated (BOS and Manning prime examples). It's been happening since Charlie Austin.
I do not know a lot about contracts but I would have thought it would be reasonable to offer a contract that states there will be an automatic extension of two years once they start 5 or more senior games? Then, as you say, you look to extend that as early as possible to tie in emerging talent. To allow the contracts of BOS & Manning to be run down to only a optional 1 year extension seems crazy!
There is only a month now until the season will be kicking off and I get a growing sense we are going to be in limbo with our squad when we do kick off.
We have nobody in yet and are still no closer to knowing what will happen to Eze and BOS.
I can see a scenario where Eze and BOS start the season then move on in the first month of the season with the transfer window open until October.
Then if we've lost a few games we will be in a panic to replace them. Hopefully that is a scenario we can avoid, but as the weeks are flying by it feels increasingly likely that the squad we start the season with will be very different to the squad we have after 7/8 games. It will then be tricky to bed them in when the games are all important League matches!
I know other clubs will be in the same boat, but we are talking about wholesale changes to the squad and losing our best players.
Last Edit: Aug 10, 2020 7:33:16 GMT by northwesthoop
