Green_Cherry
Reserves
I know the board needs a clear out (Neil Blake.....) but the shear lack of leadership and quality on the pitch is worrying to say the least. If we want to re-build we need to clear some players out! So who?
My picks are:
Steve Cook - Has been a great servant to the club for many years and arguably on of the best, but as the captain it's his responsibility to kick the players up the a*se so to speak but he simply is not doing this and his passes are shoddy. Yes some of them are great balls to the strikers but his simple short balls are intercepted far to often! We could sell him for a couple of million max and that's enough to get a replacement in the championship. Sorry but his time has come
Adam Smith - I know what your thinking, this is just a list of the old guard but i promise its not! Smithy was a stand out performer in the premier league but after coming down he has lost his signature pace which could glide past defenders and get a good cross in. He is not doing this anymore! His defending has never been his strong point but somehow it has got worse. So whats the point of him anymore? It may be harsh but now is the time to be...
Lewis Cook - This is a more difficult one because he has been a stand out performer this season so why would we really want to get rid of him? Ill tell you - MONEY! He could achieve a pretty figure to the right club maybe £10 - 12 million if we play our cards right. We obviously won't but one lives in hope....
Billing - See above but perhaps less money involved. I would be hesitant to sell both however unless we we sure a solid replacement was coming in or we signed Wilshere.
Brooks - This is simple, he has done nothing all season, constantly injured and thinks he's better than he is. Honestly sell him for free just to save on his wages
Kelly or Rico - Neither have been brilliant, i am personally a Rico fan but I can't deny he has been rubbish. If one goes Zemura goes up a step which is a win win!
Kilkenny - Sorry and all but i don't think he has it. I would sell him to a lower league club with a sell on clause just in case he becomes amazing. Again it moves someone else up the pecking order.
DOMINIC SOLANKE - Well now we come to Solanke... We signed him for £19mil thinking he would be the next Jermaine Defoe i'm guessing, but how wrong we were! Don't get me wrong he had a better game today but they are too few and far between. He has scored 11 this season which is the joint top but for a young experienced striker like himself, he should have nearly double that if you take into consideration the amount of shots and chances he has had! It is time to admit they were wrong to sign him and let him go before the loss of money gets any bigger with his wages.
Some others may go such as Mepham and Stanislas or Danjuma even but i would keep RORO because in the few minutes he has played he has impressed me. For such a young and inexperienced player, he looks confident and there is a lot of room for improvement which I find exiting. I would also obviously keep Carter-Vickers because he has been a brick wall in the defense.
I know many of you may disagree with me completely and i'm fine with that. I am interested to see what players other fans would sell and keep.
My picks are:
Steve Cook - Has been a great servant to the club for many years and arguably on of the best, but as the captain it's his responsibility to kick the players up the a*se so to speak but he simply is not doing this and his passes are shoddy. Yes some of them are great balls to the strikers but his simple short balls are intercepted far to often! We could sell him for a couple of million max and that's enough to get a replacement in the championship. Sorry but his time has come
Adam Smith - I know what your thinking, this is just a list of the old guard but i promise its not! Smithy was a stand out performer in the premier league but after coming down he has lost his signature pace which could glide past defenders and get a good cross in. He is not doing this anymore! His defending has never been his strong point but somehow it has got worse. So whats the point of him anymore? It may be harsh but now is the time to be...
Lewis Cook - This is a more difficult one because he has been a stand out performer this season so why would we really want to get rid of him? Ill tell you - MONEY! He could achieve a pretty figure to the right club maybe £10 - 12 million if we play our cards right. We obviously won't but one lives in hope....
Billing - See above but perhaps less money involved. I would be hesitant to sell both however unless we we sure a solid replacement was coming in or we signed Wilshere.
Brooks - This is simple, he has done nothing all season, constantly injured and thinks he's better than he is. Honestly sell him for free just to save on his wages
Kelly or Rico - Neither have been brilliant, i am personally a Rico fan but I can't deny he has been rubbish. If one goes Zemura goes up a step which is a win win!
Kilkenny - Sorry and all but i don't think he has it. I would sell him to a lower league club with a sell on clause just in case he becomes amazing. Again it moves someone else up the pecking order.
DOMINIC SOLANKE - Well now we come to Solanke... We signed him for £19mil thinking he would be the next Jermaine Defoe i'm guessing, but how wrong we were! Don't get me wrong he had a better game today but they are too few and far between. He has scored 11 this season which is the joint top but for a young experienced striker like himself, he should have nearly double that if you take into consideration the amount of shots and chances he has had! It is time to admit they were wrong to sign him and let him go before the loss of money gets any bigger with his wages.
Some others may go such as Mepham and Stanislas or Danjuma even but i would keep RORO because in the few minutes he has played he has impressed me. For such a young and inexperienced player, he looks confident and there is a lot of room for improvement which I find exiting. I would also obviously keep Carter-Vickers because he has been a brick wall in the defense.
I know many of you may disagree with me completely and i'm fine with that. I am interested to see what players other fans would sell and keep.