To do that would mean signing 1 wide player which leaves us even more bare on the bench.
Thats the provlem mate we can't spend money on 2x wide players + Gray.
What we are doing is sensible providing we have money to bring in a quality RW for the starting 11.
Our squad is big enough??? Have you seen our squad? It’s full of over paid lazy tits, we need to get rid of the wage bill and invest the saving in quality starting players. Basically, WCA rly what we have started in motion, get rid of people that were not even playing and freeeing up huge amounts for actual players
I know this is too complicated for you, but trust me and the club, it is the right way
Ive copied this from the 'Player contract expiry dates' thread:
10 Expiring 2022
James
Sigurdsson
Bernard
Tosun
Delph
Coleman
Kenny
Baningime
Gibson
Begovic
7 Expiring 2023
Mina
Davies
Nkounkou
Allan
Doucoure
Branthwaite
Townsend
7 Expiring 2024
Virginia
Richarlison
Pickford
Iwobi
Kean
Gbamin
Gomes
6 Expiring 2025
Calvert-Lewin
Holgate
Gordon
Keane
Godfrey
Digne
Thats 30 players.
So, yes adding Demarai Gray to this group of players --not including youngsters--puts us on 31 first team players.
We could offload 12 of these guys and still have 18 players to fill a first team squad before buying anyone -- again, not including younger players.
So, the point which people are making is that by offloading deadwood --of which we have plenty --we should be bringing in fewer players of a higher quality.
What happens when Gray joins and lets say Bernard leaves and were back to 30 players on the books...we have 3 players which are effectively deadwood...to add to the list.
This is how it works on here during transfer windows. There are a handful of players that are collectively agreed as ‘must buys’ for each window. For the last few it’s been Grealish, before that it was Zaha, this window it’s Bailey. Almost every single transfer post about any player will be followed up by ‘we should be going for x instead’
Then there’s the next acceptable layer. This is a group of players between 20-24 who don’t play in England (as long as they’re not already in that first group). People have decided that these players are class even though the majority have never watched them. The only acceptable fees for these players are between 15 mill and 30 mill. Some of these plyers might not even have made their nationals quads for euros or be first team for who they play for, it doesn’t matter, they are indisputably class. God forbid they are linked to either Liverpool or Leicester either because this just sends them straight into group 1 of a player that will be mentioned all day every day until the window closes.
Anything outside of those two groups though and the signing is immediately written off as complete rubbish before a ball has been kicked. Barcelona cast offs aren’t welcome, unknown teenagers on cheap deals not welcome, lads from the championship not welcome (despite the success of DCL Stones Holgate), proven players from other prem teams to cover squad gaps not welcome. Player who might not have settled anywhere not yet fulfilling potential so available for cheaper not welcome.
The list of players we would be able to buy and be met with approval by some on here is absolutely minuscule and at the moment seemingly only consists of Leon Bailey.
This reads just like the Benitez argument.
"Everyone should immediately back the manager"
Is the same as
"Everyone should accept us adding deadwood, to deadwood because its cheaper".
We should be adding quality and moving on a heck of a lot of players.
Thats coming from me who is fine with Townsend and Begovic.
Demarai Gray makes no sense at all.
We need 3 high quality wide players if 2 wide is the strategy.
Townsend can be 4th choice...we have Richarlison as 1st choice. We need 2 more....
If Demarai Gray is one of those 2 then were in trouble.
