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Imagine this team:

                        Johnstone

Elmo      Chester          Terry         Taylor

                               Jedi

Snodgrass Lansbury Hourihane Kodjia

                             Hogan

Steer, Bree, Whelan, Onomah, Green, Adomah, Davis

Great game, but he's a youngster, he won't do that week in week out so we do need to buy somebody like Gallagher too in my opinion! 

Johnstone 

De Laet Chester Terry Taylor

Jedi

Adomah Onomah Hourihane Kodjia 

Davis (or hopefully Gallagher) 

I've not heard Bruce confirm a rumour and then us not get the player so I am hopeful that Gallagher will get across the line.

Snodgrass or Ryan Kent for the wing and we're set.

Just watched the Sam Gallagher clips on YouTube. Looks a very good player and exactly what we need! 

9 minutes ago, Jareth said:

Ahem, you have clearly forgotten to disclaim this with 'but what is the ferkin point with Bruce as manager'. It is compulsory don't cha know. 

I'm past that. We need these two positions sorting whoever is in charge and I would hope the signings and ratified with the board. 

Whether Bruce stays or goes we need to get behind the team and hope for a win in every game! 

Snodgrass and Gallagher on loan would be tremendous!! 

Bruce has apparently said a striker is on the agenda but there's not much money about - what options could we be looking at?

Rikkie Lambert?

Glenn Murray?

Daryll Murphy?

Danny Ings?

Sam Gallagher?

                 Johnstone

De Laet Chester Terry Taylor

                      Jedi

Adomah Lansbury Hourihane ?

                    Kodjia

Steer, Bree, Whelan, Elmo, Onomah, Green, RHM

In my opinion we're a left winger (as well as a new manager and some players back to fitness) away from a seriously good team, with plenty of pace on the bench (Onomah, Green, RHM).

We may well need a striker too, if McCormack is done and Hogan is always injured.

With this formation though, we would need a manager to encourage the midfield bank of four to always push forward and not sit deep which is happening at the moment.  You've gotta back the back 6 to stop most things that try to come through it.

I think he'll be given Norwich on Saturday (I don't want him to be).  If he doesn't win that, he'll be toast!

Time to go and needs to go now. 

Should have gone for Monk in the summer, now I want something similar. A young progressive manager who has a definitive style (preferably an attractive attacking style) 

Favourites for Snodgrass according to the bookies - by a country mile too. 

            Johnstone

Bree Chester Terry Taylor

Onomah Whelan Hourihane

Adomah                      Green

                  Hogan

Goalkeeper, defence and striker pick themselves at the moment (Hopefully Hutton is done here!)

We need to find something that clicks in midfield, and for me Hourihane and Adomah need to start every game as they have the best potential to create (judging by the stats from last season), we also need Hourihanes set pieces.  I'd then be playing Whelan as that bit of bite until Jedi is back and then Onomah and Green as the young, quick, exciting, unknown talent to keep the opposition on their toes.  

Plus we need to be starting Adomah and Hourihane every game as they're our best chance of creating chances - I don't rate Lansbury. 

I've said this before, but our biggest problem last season was creating and scoring goals - our recruitment this season therefore has been a hit of a joke. Whilst they're all decent signings in my opinion, very few of them address this problem. 

We need a midfielder (winger or no. 10) who can create and another striker (bigger type who can hold the ball up and score). 

How many loans are we allowed in total? 

Dean Smirh for me - Villa fan and good football. Knows how to get the best out of Hogan. 

Reading, Norwich and Bristol - how many points does he need to keep his job? 

I don't think we can lose another game so quickly if we want promotion, so I honestly think he needs 7 points. 

11 hours ago, Junxs said:

De Laet apparently is a left back as well as a right back.

I thought this, but on Wednesday when De Laet came on he went to right back and Bree moved over to the left. 

1 hour ago, PieFacE said:

Surely any striker coming in now will not be a £10m striker? Maybe a loan.

 

I remember saying the same thing in January and then all of a sudden they banged big money on Hogan.

As we stand, I'd imagine loans are more likely, however, we haven't finished selling everyone yet! 

1 hour ago, KSV said:

we could do alot worse.

I think we need a striker for sure. Kent on loan and a striker and we are set. 

Now Amavi has gone and Bacuna looks to be on his way, I'd imagine we will be able to get Kent in on loan if that is who we are looking for on the left.

I think we'll certainly need to shift McCormack and potentially Elphick and Gardener before getting a striker in, but I do think we'll get a striker! 

2 minutes ago, cyrusr said:

Good luck and hope he does well. One would have wanted to keep, but Taylor is nailing down the LB spot anyway, who will cover if he's injured/suspended? Bjarnasson?! The Board might need to have a look at the transfer market for this...

After watching last night, we really could do with someone to cover Centre back and left back - I hear Nathan Baker is decent. . . .

Based on the first two games, the team should be this:

                 Steer

Hutton Terry Chester Taylor

         Whelan Onomah

Elmo        Adomah   Gabby

                   Hogan

O'Hare first man off the bench! 

13.5 million confirmed?  Why would somebody pay that when we'd previously agreed to sell for 7million to Sevilla?

Either way, hopefully this will loosen the purse strings a little - cover for the left side and potentially a striker needed.  

O'Hare has got to start at the weekend! 

Now Sunderland have sold Lens, maybe they'll be able to do the deal for McCormack.