Swiss Toni Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 As per the title, I think the club have a huge 18 months ahead in terms of the squad. Reason being not only those players that are out of contract this Summer but also those who's contracts expire in 2020. With any potential FFP or sustainability issues in the future it's critical we get the next batch of recruitment right. Let's go with what we know for sure (I'm sure some will put me right on anything not right on dates - blame the worldwide web) this is how we currently stand based on those players currently in or around the first team squad. K. Westwood OOC 2019 C. Dawson OOC 2020 J. Wildsmith T. Lees D. Iorfa J. Van Aken J. Thorniley M. Fox OOC 2020 L. Palmer OOC 2019 D. Pudil OOC 2019 M. Penney OOC 2020 F. Nielsen OOC 2019 A. Baker OOC 2020 C. O'Grady OOC 2019 B. Bannan A. Reach S. Hutchinson OOC 2020 K. Lee OOC 2019 D. Jones OOC 2019 A. Abdi OOC 2019 M. Matias OOC 2019 J. Pelupessy OOC 2020 G. Boyd OOC 2019 C. Kirby OOC 2020 J. Stobbs OOC 2020 A. Hunt OOC 2020 F. Preston OOC 2019 S. Fletcher OOC 2020 G. Hooper OOC 2019 F. Forestieri OOC 2020 J. Rhodes OOC 2020 L. Joao A. Nuhiu OOC 2020 S. Winnall OOC 2020 Of those out of contract this Summer I'd only really look to try and tie down Westwood and Palmer - the rest haven't done enough for me to warrant it. As much as I'd love to offer Hooper and Lee new contracts we have to be really clever with any new deals considering that Bruce wants to work with a smaller squad. That would already leave us with a squad of 23 (bearing in mind that includes the likes of Baker, Hunt, Stobbs and Kirby). A further 14 player only have contracts running up until 2020. If we steer clear of any FA financial punishments we can expect an extremely busy time in the transfer market in the next year or so. In the short-term though it looks quite scary to think how scarce our squad could be in the near future. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouncing Owl Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 I’d get rid of all our out of contract players bar Westwood and Palmer. Hooper and Lee would have to come back fit and do something spectacular to get a new reduced term contract. We also need to sell a few - Big Dave, Rhodes and Fox would be at the top of my list but finding buyers may prove difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greengrass Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Massive I would say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brando17 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 20 minutes ago, Junk Smuggler said: As per the title, I think the club have a huge 18 months ahead in terms of the squad. Reason being not only those players that are out of contract this Summer but also those who's contracts expire in 2020. With any potential FFP or sustainability issues in the future it's critical we get the next batch of recruitment right. Let's go with what we know for sure (I'm sure some will put me right on anything not right on dates - blame the worldwide web) this is how we currently stand based on those players currently in or around the first team squad. K. Westwood OOC 2019 C. Dawson OOC 2020 J. Wildsmith T. Lees D. Iorfa J. Van Aken J. Thorniley M. Fox OOC 2020 L. Palmer OOC 2019 D. Pudil OOC 2019 M. Penney OOC 2020 F. Nielsen OOC 2019 A. Baker OOC 2020 C. O'Grady OOC 2019 B. Bannan A. Reach S. Hutchinson OOC 2020 K. Lee OOC 2019 D. Jones OOC 2019 A. Abdi OOC 2019 M. Matias OOC 2019 J. Pelupessy OOC 2020 G. Boyd OOC 2019 C. Kirby OOC 2020 J. Stobbs OOC 2020 A. Hunt OOC 2020 F. Preston OOC 2019 S. Fletcher OOC 2020 G. Hooper OOC 2019 F. Forestieri OOC 2020 J. Rhodes OOC 2020 L. Joao A. Nuhiu OOC 2020 S. Winnall OOC 2020 Of those out of contract this Summer I'd only really look to try and tie down Westwood and Palmer - the rest haven't done enough for me to warrant it. As much as I'd love to offer Hooper and Lee new contracts we have to be really clever with any new deals considering that Bruce wants to work with a smaller squad. That would already leave us with a squad of 23 (bearing in mind that includes the likes of Baker, Hunt, Stobbs and Kirby). A further 14 player only have contracts running up until 2020. If we steer clear of any FA financial punishments we can expect an extremely busy time in the transfer market in the next year or so. In the short-term though it looks quite scary to think how scarce our squad could be in the near future. looking at that list,aven't we got some crap 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Frightening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthefish2002 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 When was last time Wednesday didnt have a huge summer or 18 months ahead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Junk Smuggler said: As per the title, I think the club have a huge 18 months ahead in terms of the squad. Reason being not only those players that are out of contract this Summer but also those who's contracts expire in 2020. With any potential FFP or sustainability issues in the future it's critical we get the next batch of recruitment right. Let's go with what we know for sure (I'm sure some will put me right on anything not right on dates - blame the worldwide web) this is how we currently stand based on those players currently in or around the first team squad. K. Westwood OOC 2019 C. Dawson OOC 2020 J. Wildsmith T. Lees D. Iorfa J. Van Aken J. Thorniley M. Fox OOC 2020 L. Palmer OOC 2019 D. Pudil OOC 2019 M. Penney OOC 2020 F. Nielsen OOC 2019 A. Baker OOC 2020 C. O'Grady OOC 2019 B. Bannan A. Reach S. Hutchinson OOC 2020 K. Lee OOC 2019 D. Jones OOC 2019 A. Abdi OOC 2019 M. Matias OOC 2019 J. Pelupessy OOC 2020 G. Boyd OOC 2019 C. Kirby OOC 2020 J. Stobbs OOC 2020 A. Hunt OOC 2020 F. Preston OOC 2019 S. Fletcher OOC 2020 G. Hooper OOC 2019 F. Forestieri OOC 2020 J. Rhodes OOC 2020 L. Joao A. Nuhiu OOC 2020 S. Winnall OOC 2020 Of those out of contract this Summer I'd only really look to try and tie down Westwood and Palmer - the rest haven't done enough for me to warrant it. As much as I'd love to offer Hooper and Lee new contracts we have to be really clever with any new deals considering that Bruce wants to work with a smaller squad. That would already leave us with a squad of 23 (bearing in mind that includes the likes of Baker, Hunt, Stobbs and Kirby). A further 14 player only have contracts running up until 2020. If we steer clear of any FA financial punishments we can expect an extremely busy time in the transfer market in the next year or so. In the short-term though it looks quite scary to think how scarce our squad could be in the near future. Out of that lot id only offer new contracts to Westwood, Palmer, Hutch , Fletch and Fessi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodgybysea Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Jesus ,not much happening in Middle England tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Rhodes is OOC in 2020? Did he only sign a 3 year contract then, I thought it was 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash60s Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Bouncing Owl said: but finding buyers may prove difficult. In a nutshell and btw add D Jones & Boyd to your list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unkastav Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Lets hope someone has something up his sleeve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Junk Smuggler said: As per the title, I think the club have a huge 18 months ahead in terms of the squad. Reason being not only those players that are out of contract this Summer but also those who's contracts expire in 2020. With any potential FFP or sustainability issues in the future it's critical we get the next batch of recruitment right. Let's go with what we know for sure (I'm sure some will put me right on anything not right on dates - blame the worldwide web) this is how we currently stand based on those players currently in or around the first team squad. K. Westwood OOC 2019 C. Dawson OOC 2020 J. Wildsmith T. Lees D. Iorfa J. Van Aken J. Thorniley M. Fox OOC 2020 L. Palmer OOC 2019 D. Pudil OOC 2019 M. Penney OOC 2020 F. Nielsen OOC 2019 A. Baker OOC 2020 C. O'Grady OOC 2019 B. Bannan A. Reach S. Hutchinson OOC 2020 K. Lee OOC 2019 D. Jones OOC 2019 A. Abdi OOC 2019 M. Matias OOC 2019 J. Pelupessy OOC 2020 G. Boyd OOC 2019 C. Kirby OOC 2020 J. Stobbs OOC 2020 A. Hunt OOC 2020 F. Preston OOC 2019 S. Fletcher OOC 2020 G. Hooper OOC 2019 F. Forestieri OOC 2020 J. Rhodes OOC 2020 L. Joao A. Nuhiu OOC 2020 S. Winnall OOC 2020 Of those out of contract this Summer I'd only really look to try and tie down Westwood and Palmer - the rest haven't done enough for me to warrant it. As much as I'd love to offer Hooper and Lee new contracts we have to be really clever with any new deals considering that Bruce wants to work with a smaller squad. That would already leave us with a squad of 23 (bearing in mind that includes the likes of Baker, Hunt, Stobbs and Kirby). A further 14 player only have contracts running up until 2020. If we steer clear of any FA financial punishments we can expect an extremely busy time in the transfer market in the next year or so. In the short-term though it looks quite scary to think how scarce our squad could be in the near future. If only Palmer and Westwood were to be retained, what do we think we will need to add to make sure we have a squad that can challenge? Assuming we continue to play 4-2-3-1, and we aren’t able to offload any of those still under contract, I can’t see us adding any more than 3 or 4 players. That would give us 25 players, plus the youngsters, the sort of size squad that Bruce wishes to have. My point is, if we want to significantly upgrade the squad, it will require some wheeling and dealing with some of those still under contract That’s where the challenge will be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazowl55 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 I can see it just being a free transfer and loan summer. But under Bruce that will be ok because he can attract the quality to the club that we need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlinOldham Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Theres going to be some big name players looking for clubs on a free this summer. Fully expect us to use that market and the prem loan market to strengthen. That is of course if we are not under an embargo. Embargo usually means signings on a 1 in and 1 out basis, and nobody on wages over 10k per week. Hard to attract quality on them terms, even if it is out of contract and looking for a club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birley Owl 1867 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 1 hour ago, gurujuan said: If only Palmer and Westwood were to be retained, what do we think we will need to add to make sure we have a squad that can challenge? Assuming we continue to play 4-2-3-1, and we aren’t able to offload any of those still under contract, I can’t see us adding any more than 3 or 4 players. That would give us 25 players, plus the youngsters, the sort of size squad that Bruce wishes to have. My point is, if we want to significantly upgrade the squad, it will require some wheeling and dealing with some of those still under contract That’s where the challenge will be Remember we'd also be losing an extra 4 players with the loans too. I'd imagine all of those would be able to replaced, with some good genuine quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlsfaninNorway Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 (edited) Guess I'm just nitpicking here, but there are 3 more first team profiles on the official site: Isaac Rice Signed 1. July 2018 Jack Lee Signed 1. July 2018 Liam Shaw Signed 2. October 2018 Edited March 8, 2019 by OwlsfaninNorway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewookieisdown Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 9 hours ago, Bouncing Owl said: I’d get rid of all our out of contract players bar Westwood and Palmer. Hooper and Lee would have to come back fit and do something spectacular to get a new reduced term contract. We also need to sell a few - Big Dave, Rhodes and Fox would be at the top of my list but finding buyers may prove difficult. Nuhiu and Fox are readily sellable because by and large they are fit. Both are reasonable squad players, and Nuhiu overall has outpaced expectations of a cheap import from a truly terrible league. Both could do fine at a decent tier three side. But this is not going to shift much weight in the accounts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocksyuto Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 10 hours ago, Brando17 said: looking at that list,aven't we got some crap Happy though because they are out of contract this year, abdi for example right waste of money and its just our luck because we all know he has quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy Repperton Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 9 hours ago, matthefish2002 said: When was last time Wednesday didnt have a huge summer or 18 months ahead? Last summer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy Repperton Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 9 hours ago, gurujuan said: That would give us 25 players, plus the youngsters, the sort of size squad that Bruce wishes to have. My point is, if we want to significantly upgrade the squad, it will require some wheeling and dealing with some of those still under contract That’s where the challenge will be With a squad this size, lets hope SB can begin to sort the "injury jinx at S6" out sharpish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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