1st_Jan_1994 4,868 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 If we secure down McGregor, Davis, Whittaker and maybe Bougherra then yeah, 5 will be enough provided they are of decent standard and not Edu, Foster, Fleck, Beattie mould. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrshirebear73 27 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Think ally will right now be thinking of a base formation. My preference would be 4231. Which is easy to change to 451 and just as easy to change to 442. So in a 4231 from right to left I'd want two players for most positions. So McgregorAlexanderWhittakerColeBougherraBroadfoot??Papac?DavisHuttonMcCullochNess??Naismith Fleck?WyldeJelavicLaffertySo I think we need more than five. Some could be bosmans. But I don't think Goodwillie is no1 priority. If u ask me. We need two centre halfs and a left back. A left winger and two right wingers. I would sell edu. And ask if gattuso is out of contract. Keep Healy as cover. Only get Goodwillie if lafferty is sold. Generally I think ally has a hard hard task. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6superbarry6 14,248 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Think the 5 is based on nobody leaving but if as expected Papac,Weir and Bougherra leave then this number will rise to 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight-Edge-Loyal 6,698 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 As long as we keep or replace any who leave then five will take the numbers to around twenty three or four if as expected the likes of Darren Cole step up to the first-team this year which should be enough.I would settle for everyone in there natural positions and being able to keep youngsters coming up every year at least two a year would be ideal in my opinion but realistically we will be lucky to get three youngsters the quality of ness wylde and Hutton coming through at one time again so next year Cole and maybe kye naismith or Archie Campbell or Perry Macmillan whoever it will be as long as there's a youthful scottish spine we can keep going forward and improving on the cheap.Let the filth go and find there foreign players kayal etc he's a fairly good player is he better than ness who we produced our self from our youths no in my opinion he's not neither is he better than Kyle Hutton either so while they spend money on players who are not even likely I would say to be able to adapt to the stile of play in the spl were bringing through players who are just as good are almost garenteed to be able to handle the league here if used in there positions and for no fees what so ever for me this is how to run us going forward and financially its the best model to keep to.Having said that I do think we need around ten players if the loans and people who could leave do and that's worrying that we have to gel all those players into the squad but to be honest it doesn't matter where the new players come from we are better than them at the moment without being able to spend money when we have even a little to spend as long as what we do spend is spent wisely we could be looking at ten in a row. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spangles 7 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 centre hauf first priority.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 0 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 1. For starters I would renew all expiring contracts - Papac, Weir, Healy2. Then resign all loanees - Foster, Bartley, Weiss, Diouf3. Also make some signings to improve/bolster the squad - McAuley, Vaughan, Goodwillie4. Finally offer bumper new contracts to star players - McGregor, Bougherra, Davis, JelavicWhich leaves us with:Goalkeepers: McGregor, AlexanderDefenders: Whittaker, Foster, Cole, Papac, Broadfoot, Bougherra, Weir, McAuley, BartleyMidfielders: Naismith, Weiss, Fleck, Kerkar, Wylde, Davis, McCulloch, Edu, Vaughan, Ness, Hutton, Forwards: Jelavic, Goodwillie, Healy, Lafferty, Diouf, Little, Hemmings Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryHurlock 21 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Having money to spend on 5 players and 5 mill for the next few seasons is a lot better than the situation we were in this time last week, so lets enjoy it ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirWalterSmithLegend 206 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 No, not with Weir, Papac, possibly Bougherra, Diouf, possibly Healy(who i would keep) all away and Weiss and Bartley already away. 5 is not even close to being enough. I am sure someone said we would be left with about 12 senior squad members this summer. 5 quality additions and 5 squad players would be more appropriate.If we bring 5 good players into our first team we will be some team next year.Cuellar, Weiss, Wallace and Goodwillie for first team. And one other, a quality footballer for the middle of the park. A dead ball specialist.Bartley, Conway and a few others to add to depth of squad.We have some right good players who deserve quality players playing next to them. I guess we just have to trust that Allys 'takeover shopping list' is of the right calibre. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdocherty72 215 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Well we all know we're going to try and sign Goodwillie, so that's a striker box ticked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdocherty72 215 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 1. For starters I would renew all expiring contracts - Papac, Weir, Healy2. Then resign all loanees - Foster, Bartley, Weiss, Diouf3. Also make some signings to improve/bolster the squad - McAuley, Vaughan, Goodwillie4. Finally offer bumper new contracts to star players - McGregor, Bougherra, Davis, JelavicWhich leaves us with:Goalkeepers: McGregor, AlexanderDefenders: Whittaker, Foster, Cole, Papac, Broadfoot, Bougherra, Weir, McAuley, BartleyMidfielders: Naismith, Weiss, Fleck, Kerkar, Wylde, Davis, McCulloch, Edu, Vaughan, Ness, Hutton, Forwards: Jelavic, Goodwillie, Healy, Lafferty, Diouf, Little, HemmingsMcAuley is signing for WBA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6superbarry6 14,248 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Re-sign Foster and Diouf ?? Surely not,I pray this doesn't happen.G MacAuley wouldn't improve our first team in my opinion he's a squad player at best(thought he was joining WBA anyway).Why would we blow money on offering Jelavic a bumper new contract when he has years left on his deal and seems perfectly with it ?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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