05 Jun 2016 09:10:18
just for fun how would you all like to see this "£100 million" spent would you like to see one or two real marquee signings or it spead across the entire squad personally I think we should be looking at shoring up positions that are weak at the moment or the player currently holding those place are aging (Jags, Baines) would also like to see some real competition for Coleman's place as I think he's a little too comfortable at the moment oh and I'm spectulating on the £100 mill total we may or may not have that kind of cash but it is a number that has been thrown around a lot in the press so I went with it.
{Ed025's Note - my preference would be for 1 marquee signing and 2 or 3 quality additions in defence mate..
05 Jun 2016 09:43:24
Agree with you Ed025, One of them quality signings imo would be Wijnaldum from Newcastle, big, powerful, bit of pace and scores goals.
05 Jun 2016 10:09:41
I would absolutely love mata although i don't think it would ever happen i do feel we need a quality midfielder as barkley mcarthy and barry are bang average i think.
05 Jun 2016 10:29:01
Disagree Ryan Barry is more or less finished. Can't see him playing beyond this season but he will be valuable this season all the same. Most consistent player last season imo.
McCarthy and especially Barkley are young and will only get better with every season. Still have to see the best these 2 have to offer.
Some sort of goal keeper, right back and striker needed most imo. Maybe a left sided midfielder thrown in for good measure or a midfielder to challenge Barkley for his position.
That's obviously if we keep our current squad. If players leave which will probably happen they will obviously have to be replaced.
05 Jun 2016 11:04:15
Fair enough NBTB its a game of opinions but i think our midfield is trash mate id like a decent winger aswell.
{Ed025's Note - trash is very harsh ryan..
05 Jun 2016 11:20:38
I agree maybe a left sided midfielder and a player to challenge Barkley as I said. Where I'd be coming from is the way the team and midfield especially was set under Martinez. I think a new manager will have a different approach. We have plenty of defensive midfield players and right wingers who are decent players imo.
As I said I think a new manager with different ideas and approach can get more out of them. Take Mirallas for example. He hardly got playing last season. Seemed to me there was something personal with him and Martinez. I agree he can be a bit of a loose canon and is hard to manage but at the same time I thought he was underutilized last season.
Imho a fresh approach from a new manager who has various game plans and tactics up his sleeve will get more out of these players than our previous manager. That's my opinion Ryan. I'm not for one second saying its 100% correct. Just my opinion 😊.
05 Jun 2016 12:52:48
I don't see much need to improve the defense that much if we keep stones and mori. Maybe a defender that can play rb/ lb. Individually i think we have enough quality but that as a unit it wasnt working. For me forster in goal. A proper quality winger, maybe yarmalenko but wijnaldum is a good player as well. A quality cm, maybe someone like polish sevilla player who i will not attempt to name. A striker or 2 depending on lukaku. Would take pelle as 2nd choice. Particularly in 2nd rm year, lack of width was damaging defensively as well as attacking but that has improved but still an area for considerate improvement, the left side more so. I agree with comments about midfield, like barry and mcCArthy but need someone else in there alongside one of them.
05 Jun 2016 13:03:53
I'd love Forster, Mane, Kante, a playmaker and then a striker to replace Rom. is that just being greedy.
05 Jun 2016 15:29:24
Cillisen, Fabien Schar, Wijnaldum, Saido Mane and maybe Alcacer from Valencia. Also I see Galloway as a centre half and I don't think Oviedo is quality enough for the left back spot, but Bertrand from Southampton is a Baines type player, can defend but also bomb forward.
05 Jun 2016 16:30:11
Imo a keeper is the priority. Joel, superb no 2 for me. Possibly a cb and lb. A left mid (cleverley osman Gibson doesn't do it for me) . Another striker (if lukaku stays, and maybe even is niasse becomes a footballer) and just to be ultra greedy, a younger Gareth Barry. Thank you Mr Moshiri.
05 Jun 2016 14:15:56
how much you reckon we would get Wijnaldum for Ed, think Geordies paid 14 million.
{Ed025's Note - i would say around £20-25m degs, but thats just a guess mate..
05 Jun 2016 16:36:10
Yeah i think your right trash was harsh ed but i fell victim to beleiving the hype around them and these last two seasons have taken its toll, i hope they improve and live up to potential but i can't see it anymore.
{Ed025's Note - im hoping it was the roberto factor ryan and that they will improve under a new manager mate..