Squad & tactics (2024/25)

[LoveItIfWeBeatU]

Haidara, Gamez and Good's contracts are not being renewed so they're off the books by the end of June.

 

I imagine Haidara and Gamez were on pretty decent wages so that will have freed up some wages to pay new first team players.

 

18 players from the under 23s aren't getting new contracts: -

Aziakonou, Cameron, Ben El-Mhanni, Findlay, Gallacher, Gillesphey, Heaney, Heardman, Hunter, Kitchen, Newberry, Pearson, C.Smith, L.Smith, Spooner, Ward, Williams, Woolston.

 

A massive recruitment drive for the under 23s squad pool is therefore a necessity.

 

Transfer window closes on Thursday 9th of August so that's 8 weeks to go.

 

Martin Dubravka our only 'new' player so far.

[Dr.Spaceman]

Really hope we can get of all the deadwood asap.

 

What do you want them to do, cancel their contracts?

[Ikon]

Really hope we can get of all the deadwood asap.

 

What do you want them to do, cancel their contracts?

 

Depends I guess. I don't see it possible to get rid of all of them, especially not easily. Would be good though.

[LoveItIfWeBeatU]

24 days until the 9th of August when the transfer window closes for Premiership clubs.

 

To do: -

Isaac Hayden handed in a transfer request so NUFC need to sell him and replace him.

Ideally sell Henri Saivet, Rolando Aarons, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Matz Sels, Chancel Mbemba, Achraf Lazaar, Jack Colback, etc.

Buy a right back to compete with Yedlin.

Buy a left back to compete with Dummett.

Buy a striker.

Buy a number 10.

Completely restock the under 23s squad pool.

 

That's a big list for a short amount of time.

 

Players can be sold to foreign leagues after August the 9th.

[Mr Logic]

Personally, I'd keep Aarons. Still sure there's a good player in there.

[wormy]

Personally, I'd keep Aarons. Still sure there's a good player in there.

 

I can't help but think if it was going to happen he'd have shown something, anything in Verona? Could he not even get a spot in the first XI of the second worst team in the league?

[Bimpy474]

Personally, I'd keep Aarons. Still sure there's a good player in there.

 

Keeping it pretty will hidden now like.

[Rich]

Doing quite a good job of getting rid of the surplus this summer, though still a few to go.

 

Looks like Sterry, Lazaar, Hayden, Saivet, Aarons, Mitrovic, and Toney are all likely to move on.

 

That would leave us with 5 squad slots to fill, though I'd be surprised to see us bring in that many players in the time remaining.

[Disco]

Can't see us being able to get rid of Major Lazaar.

[Rich]

Can't see us being able to get rid of Major Lazaar.

 

Hopeful he'll end up in France now that they've got some TV money swilling about, same with Saivet.

[Disco]

Can't see us being able to get rid of Major Lazaar.

 

Hopeful he'll end up in France now that they've got some TV money swilling about, same with Saivet.

 

Hopefully, still got 3 years left here if not. I'm confident Saivet will leave eventually even if it's just on loan.

[Yorkie]

Doing quite a good job of getting rid of the surplus this summer, though still a few to go.

 

Looks like Sterry, Lazaar, Hayden, Saivet, Aarons, Mitrovic, and Toney are all likely to move on.

 

That would leave us with 5 squad slots to fill, though I'd be surprised to see us bring in that many players in the time remaining.

 

Regardless of the overall situation, this needed to happen. It's been clear since the beginning of last summer that the accumulation of unwanted/unneeded players has been a prohibitive factor in terms of Benitez getting the incomings he wants, and to some extent that's fair enough.

 

Rinse and repeat working with this budget though. Unshiftable Joselu after unshiftable Joselu.

[Taylor Swift]

Doing quite a good job of getting rid of the surplus this summer, though still a few to go.

 

Looks like Sterry, Lazaar, Hayden, Saivet, Aarons, Mitrovic, and Toney are all likely to move on.

 

That would leave us with 5 squad slots to fill, though I'd be surprised to see us bring in that many players in the time remaining.

 

Regardless of the overall situation, this needed to happen. It's been clear since the beginning of last summer that the accumulation of unwanted/unneeded players has been a prohibitive factor in terms of Benitez getting the incomings he wants, and to some extent that's fair enough.

 

Rinse and repeat working with this budget though. Unshiftable Joselu after unshiftable Joselu.

 

Not really Benitez’s fault though. The majority of our deadwood are players that were here before he came.

[LRD]

As it stands with any Rondon deal.

 

                                Rondon

                                Joselu

 

Kenedy                      Ayoze                      Ritchie

Atsu                          Muto                      Murphy

 

                    Shelvey            Diame

                        Ki                Hayden

 

Dummett      Lejeune          Lascelles          Yedlin

                      Clark              Schar          Manquillo

 

                              Dubravka

                                Darlow

                                  Elliot

 

Still need a proper #10, a LB and another CB like.

[Altamullan]

Good to see it laid out like that Striker and left back short, as a bare minimum.

[thenige]

You’ve got a few missing though really, albeit players you won’t expect Rafa to turn to:

 

Lazaar, Saivet, Aarons as players who it could be argued (by the money men) have contracts of first team squad players.

 

Then those who have come through who have been involved in pre-season (some of whom you’d still expect to be loaned out or sold):

 

Woodman, Yarney, Sterry, Longstaff, Roberts, Fernandez, Armstrong.

[Shearergol]

You’ve got a few missing though really, albeit players you won’t expect Rafa to turn to:

 

Lazaar, Saivet, Aarons as players who it could be argued (by the money men) have contracts of first team squad players.

 

Then those who have come through who have been involved in pre-season (some of whom you’d still expect to be loaned out or sold):

 

Woodman, Yarney, Sterry, Longstaff, Roberts, Fernandez, Armstrong.

 

Armo’s gone like

[morla84]

Still a few weeks to sell Lazaar and Saivet once the window shuts

[Leazes1986]

From what I've been reading from people who have watched Muto regularly, he is no number 10. They all say he's a striker who works hard and makes runs behind the defence. We only have one number 10 and that is Perez. We could really do with a good quality addition in that position. It won't happen obviously.

[LRD]

You’ve got a few missing though really, albeit players you won’t expect Rafa to turn to:

 

Lazaar, Saivet, Aarons as players who it could be argued (by the money men) have contracts of first team squad players.

 

Then those who have come through who have been involved in pre-season (some of whom you’d still expect to be loaned out or sold):

 

Woodman, Yarney, Sterry, Longstaff, Roberts, Fernandez, Armstrong.

 

Only those likely to play a part are included.

[thenige]

You’ve got a few missing though really, albeit players you won’t expect Rafa to turn to:

 

Lazaar, Saivet, Aarons as players who it could be argued (by the money men) have contracts of first team squad players.

 

Then those who have come through who have been involved in pre-season (some of whom you’d still expect to be loaned out or sold):

 

Woodman, Yarney, Sterry, Longstaff, Roberts, Fernandez, Armstrong.

 

Armo’s gone like

 

It’s not been confirmed yet.

[thenige]

You’ve got a few missing though really, albeit players you won’t expect Rafa to turn to:

 

Lazaar, Saivet, Aarons as players who it could be argued (by the money men) have contracts of first team squad players.

 

Then those who have come through who have been involved in pre-season (some of whom you’d still expect to be loaned out or sold):

 

Woodman, Yarney, Sterry, Longstaff, Roberts, Fernandez, Armstrong.

 

Only those likely to play a part are included.

 

Desperate times and all that. Who really thought Saivet would start and score at West Ham last year? Unless these players aren’t registered of course.

[toon25]

Hayden is nowhere near adequate backup in the PL sadly.

[shakey jake]

Is Lazaar totally useless or could he be backup to Dummett? I really don't know enough of him

[Dr.Spaceman]

Absolutely shitting his pants whenever he plays for us. Bit like the Murphy situation in the sense that there is probably at least a semi-decent player in there somewhere.