sgncfc 1,204 Posted December 23, 2016 So do we go for Option A:Keep our players in January and try to squeak into the playoffs and hope for another Wembley miracle. If it happens, we will desperately struggle again or have to pay £50m on some more mercenaries. Or Option B:Forget the playoffs. Sell Klose, Brady, Naismith, Dorrans, McGovern and a couple of the other ones if they command any fee (Mulumbu, for instance - £40k a week is nonsensical.) . Get rid of Bassong, Ruddy, Whittaker, Turner, Martin, Andreu, Tettey etc. in the summer. If no one wants them, pay them off and clear the decks.Buy two or three more young, cheap players NOW and gel them into a team for a proper go next season . Add them to Pritchard, Rudd, Maddison, the Murphys, Canos, Oliveira, Godfrey, Crowe, Bennett, Toffolo, Thompson, Pinto, Morris, Grant. We have Howson, Hoolahan, Olsson, Jarvis, Jerome for some experience and that sounds pretty exciting for next season.So Option B for me - and if I was Alex Neil I''d come out now and say that''s the plan; judge me at the end of next season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SwindonCanary 455 Posted December 23, 2016 Option C - Keep our players in January and try to squeak into the playoffs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scot-e-dog 34 Posted December 23, 2016 I would only settle for Option B if Alex Neil was also one of the ones out of the door.He has shown nothing, in my opinion, to suggest that if we aim to develop a young squad, he bas any ability (at all) to improve them in any way, shape or form.So, Option A for me, unless Neil goes, where I might go with B. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mickdundee 0 Posted December 23, 2016 Don''t write the season off get a proper manager in Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sgncfc 1,204 Posted December 23, 2016 [quote user="SwindonCanary"]Option C - Keep our players in January and try to squeak into the playoffs[/quote]So that would be the same as Option A then..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FenwayFrank 2,426 Posted December 23, 2016 Mulumbu isn''t on £40k Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Big Bad Wolf 0 Posted December 23, 2016 If the club sticks with AN for more than the next 3/4 games then the season is most likely a write-off. If we make a (positive) change soon the playoffs are quite possible. Personally I think the players we already have are good enough to make the playoffs. They need a steadying hand and organisation to get the best out of them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Move Klose 303 Posted December 23, 2016 He was probably on £40K in the prem, don''t forget they all had a wage cut after relegation.If we''re gonna stick with Alex Neil then we are pretty much writing the season off as he won''t get us top 6. We need a massive overhaul in playing staff which won''t happen till the summer when contracts are expiring etc. Personally would rather see someone else doing that job, need someone more ruthless to get rid of these players who ain''t up to the job anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TIL 1010 4,657 Posted December 23, 2016 Write the season off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Indy 3,232 Posted December 23, 2016 Write off this season, this manager, most the senior journeymen and the outdated board / owners, we might be getting somewhere 😂😂😂 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SwindonCanary 455 Posted December 23, 2016 Let''s not forget, this old squad with no get up and go, were top of the league before our bad run Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gordon Bennett 768 Posted December 24, 2016 72 points still to play for so no need to write the season off just yet. Even if one or two big names leave this squad still has enough about it to finish in the top six, depending on who is managing it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BroadstairsR 2,093 Posted December 24, 2016 Let''s hope not.Just debt then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
City 2nd 191 Posted December 24, 2016 The manager already has! Closely followed by the board!Option B, with those above added. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samwam27 517 Posted December 24, 2016 [quote user="Indy"]Write off this season, this manager, most the senior journeymen and the outdated board / owners, we might be getting somewhere 😂😂😂[/quote]Spot on Indy. Trouble is changing a manager doesn''t guarantee anything, especially with our incompetent Board in charge of appointing a replacement.Personally I''d like to see us sell Klose, Brady, Naismith (plus the journeymen like Bassong & Turner etc). Invest in a couple of defenders and start playing the younger generation. Think we have a great nucleus of Ruddy, Pinto, Olsson, Murphy, Howson & Oliveira, but we need to start building and shaping around Thompson Maddison & Pritchard.Would love to seeRuddyPinto new new OlssonCanos Howson/Madds Thompson MurphyPritchardOliveira Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZLF 261 Posted December 24, 2016 cash in where we can (ho-ho-ho) in jan and chase the play offs. Once they become a pipe dream drop the comfortable old guard and look to build around the younger hungriest players with a key oldie or too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZLF 261 Posted December 24, 2016 As far as who to sell, I see no reason to keep any player over 25 and if we get a decent offer look to get them off the books; we wont sell them all so will be stuck with some of them.As far as the summer end of contracts is concerned, will we be lucky enough to be able to say bye & thanks for all the fish or we will suffer numerous Turner style +1 year contract extensions of deadweight wages and ineffective players - does anyone know? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daly 497 Posted December 24, 2016 Plan C Delia resigns and takes up cookingBalls joins Nigel Farage''s party and vows to cut out corruption at Westminster.Pixie Balls will file for divorce if Ed continues to to prance around one of their 3 houses in sequinsAN and his assistant the Pie Man head back to Hamilton to join the SNP and become advisors to Nicola Sturgeon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites