Mikky

Tosin - Kelly FREE Dabast - Caqueret - Minteh as Young signings GK - Olise - CF as big signings Wilson/Miggy/Target/Dubravka/Ritchie/Dummett et al sold/released

This 1000% (re the CM bit in particular) - we may be stacked but there’s a clear gap between the top 3 and the others - a fully fit Willock is good but the profile of midfielder we need is a ball playing type - we get one in and this team is looking far better

If that’s the back, my money will be kept in my pocket

The most hilarious thing is the ref got to see 2/3 takes of it on a screen and still couldn't see it

From my rough calculations we have had 33 instances this season when only 1 of them has been available Probably also been occasions when they have played not fully fit

I’ve been a massive advocate of drug testing the VAR officials before and after - convinced the smoke crack during the game

increased towards season end when he was scoring for fun

Rather get a CM who can play RW also …. MGW?

His salary is way too high - rather get a younger CM

It’s literally beyond a joke what they are doing - having free reign I thought UEFA banned clubs for financial irregularities?

Why would you even consider signing Ramsdale when you can get Marmashvilli for a much better price, he’s better, younger and with a higher ceiling

Which is why I suggested him - 2 year deal I personally want Caqueret - he’ll cost circa 25m But if money is tight then if you are to keep the status quo in midfield why not just add Barkley as your Ritchie replacement

I’d take Tosin - Kelly - Barkley (add Minteh) all on free transfers, gives us some flexibility in my view. Then you can drill down to GK - RW - CF as the priority positions - if we could squeeze in a young CB then great

That’s poor keeping imo - like watching Dubravka this guy

We do all the above and we are in a pretty good position going into 2425

I’m not sure what a massive revamp is tbh Have a load of deadwood (Dummett, Hayden, Ritchie etc that’s needs removing) Minteh will have pre season with us Likely Tosin and Kelly are free transfers Highly likely Wilson - Miggy - Dubravka are off and need to be replaced We may or may not cash in on Longstaff

Given that we are 2.5 years into a 5 year plan - I think we are probably par in terms of where we need to be - hopefully have a complete clear out of the deadwood in the summer (Dummett, Ritchie etc) I think we have to bear in mind, within this process we started with a much lower base than the current group within the top 8 - to achieve safety from being rock bottom, top 4 finish, joint best defence, a final, 2 QFs, massive goal returns and maybe the Conference is pretty decent if you ask me

Yep totally agree with this - the whole right side needs fixing in my view and that should in theory be our summer priority - whether it’s attainable or not I don’t know but a RCM, RW and CF (with Minteh) should be our business with the likes of Miggy and Wilson departing with one of Longstaff and Murphy (if not both at risk) - there’s no other way forward

Look I am not saying get rid of Howe and there’s reasons for why we haven’t been as strong this season, of course there is. My stance has always been let’s learn from this season regardless - EH has effectively been on a seasons secondment where everything has been thrown at him - search deep into what hasn’t worked, what we need to improve on - box clever in the market with clever signings (Tosin/Kelly) If it is to be the Europa Conference then I am more than happy with it - it’s a chance to win something

What’s wrong with saying 11 defeats in 18 is a poor return? It’s a fact - got nothing to do with us finishing 4th - in those 11 defeats, which matches can we say we were unlucky not to get anything? And yet at home we look a totally different team - EH has had the same tools home and away or is it just away from home where we suffer more with injuries?

It’s massively important we finish 7th now and hope Man Ciry can do us a favour so we have some form of football. Then in the summer regroup and take a collective view of where we are and what we need to challenge for at least the top 6 next season We have lost 11 out of 18 away games - that’s unacceptable in my view - yes you can point at injuries, but tactically we’ve been ordinary and at times been a soft touch

Said earlier in the week - Maxence Caqueret

Infuriates me even more that we came across a Man U that was clearly arsed just the majority of the crowd and we totally shit our pants

Tindall is the defence coach

Losing to that Man U team was embarrassing - utterly unacceptable that The standard of defending from us tonight was pathetic to a man - basic stuff so so disappointed with the players - let us down