how many new players do we need?

[bigbear 0]

I am assuming that none of our loanees will come back, for the good of this post.

GK- We have enough keepers, so that is fine.

LB- Will Drury be the same again after such a bad injury?  No other cover.

CB- Mistake riddled pair Shacks and Doc, 80 mins good, 10 mins rubbish.  No other cover.

RB- Otsemobor, not the greatest defender, and gets a nosebleed running down wing in attack so he has to do his flick inside.  No other cover

LM- No one at all.

CM- Pattison, Rusty, very similar, Fozzy, more of a ball player.  They can win the ball, but can they keep hold of it.  They all struggle having to pass the ball over 5 yards.  Lack of goals.  No other cover.

RM- Croft who Roeder doesn''t seem to like and Chadwick who is a sick-note.  No other cover.

S- Cureton, who struggled in front of goal this year, given same chances next year may do better, maybe!  No one else.

From looking at this, Roeder needs to invest in 1 or 2 left backs, 2 center backs, 1 or 2 right backs, 1 or 2 left wingers, 1 or 2 centre midfielders, especially a creative attacking midfielder with goals in him, 1 right winger and 3 strikers.

That should hopefully give us a starting line up and a bit of cover.  In other words we need between 9 and 13 players at least with my reckoning, as obviously he thinks our young players are rubbish and are not up to the job (except for our young keepers)

[kick it off 2,062]

Agree with most of that, by my reckoning though, Roeder has form for playing youngsters, and i think we will see Lathrope and a few others break into the first team.