Need to start looking at the younger guys, hindsight is a wonderful thing but we let Dier go who could have come in to contention for 1st team CB along with Stones and Jags.
I agree with a poster back a few pages who suggested the squad needed an overhaul, we have one of the oldest teams in the league. Even if we got rid of the older guys we could replace them with players we have already in our youth system. Let me show you using the 4-3-2-1 which we was so successful with last season..........
GK - Howard, Howard needs to raise his game or a new 1 or 2 is needed, defo need a keeper to push Howard
RB - Coleman/Kenny
CB - Jags/Galloway
CB - Stones/Browning
LB - Baines/Oviedo/Garbutt
CM - McCarthy/Besic/Gibson
CM - Ledson/Lundstram/Barry (Still has plenty to offer but in a deeper position, not CB)
AM - Naismith/Barkley/Green
RW - Mirrallas/McGeady
LW -
ST - Lukaku/Henen/Long
Total = 24 players
The youngsters I have included are the ones I feel could be good in the future and as we are unlikely to do anything in the league now why not blood some of these in the remainder of the season.
Looking at the gaps in that list we would need a GK (1st team quality), a quality LW and cover (Must have pace), a decent CB (Caulker/Reid/Van Dijk) and a decent back up 1st team quality ST.
For me tho, players like Barkley, Mirrallas and Lukaku have to start every game when fit. Constant rotation means no one can get any sort of consistantcy or form.
To Sell - Hibbert/Etoo/Kone/Osman/Robles/Distin/Pienaar - That would free up a massive amount in wages.
I know not everyone will agree....................
