Lionel Fessi Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 What do we do? So many questions over the club and the future of our squad going into next season with pending departures, possible structure changes and financial uncertainty how we shape up next season will likely look very different. 258 appearances, 14 goals, 37 assists 20/21 Player of the Season Only Wednesday player to play in every single game this season Alongside Palmer, Wildsmith & Hutchinson * only remaining players under contract for next season since 2015 play-off final loss Turns 32 in December, signed contract extension this season until July 2023 Clearly the best player at the club, at the heart and soul of everything we do and one of the best proper footballers we've had at S6 in recent years...but has his limitations, notoriously difficult to pair in a midfield 2, tendency to drop too deep and with other departures this summer will be the highest earner at the club by a stretch. Chansiri has confirmed DM will lead the team into next season and we know DM likes to get his teams playing with the ball on floor and building play from the back, the type of football that suits Bannan and gets the very best from him like we saw under CC. But I'm torn, with our financial situation still largely unclear and with a obvious desperate need to bring in a number of new players across seemingly every position the club will have to assess any offers that come in - it's well reported the club turned down a bid from Brentford at the start of last season. Plus assuming we did get promoted next season, he would be returning back to the Championship at 33 and may find himself surrounded by a similar quality of player like he has this season. Do we run the risk of selling him and perhaps Windass too and placing the faith in our historically poor recruitment to try to really hit that reset button and give the club at least some capital to go on and invest a collectively better squad for the long term? Or do we keep Bannan and whoever else and try once again to build around him and others to quickly return back into the Championship? Dilemma. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomhollywood Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Until DC monumentally changes his approach I can't see that we're going to be without money troubles. So for me, may as well keep BB if we can and have a good player whilst our money troubles are still there. If DC sells up or completely changes his approach and vision for the club then I could see some merit in freeing up wages and bringing on the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elyowl1 Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Depends if an offer comes in that is too good to turn down. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmciverslovechild Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 For me he will be too much of a target for the cloggers in League One. If we get a decent offer then we should accept it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sultan_Pepper Posted May 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 10, 2021 He's a great player and he puts in more effort than almost anyone else to ear the shirt in recent seasons, however...... He can't tackle, doesn't score and nobody he passes to seems to score much either. At some point we have to realise that might be an issue In fact our best season in recent memory was when he was on the wing. He's our best player but fitting him in to the position he wants to play has cost us. We had the same issue with Forrestieri too. He should be a class above league one, if he's a class above his team mates as well then without any goals from him or defensive work then he may not be what we need. It's a proper dilemma, agreed. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Nickelarse Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 1 minute ago, elyowl1 said: Depends if an offer comes in that is too good to turn down. 100%. Good offers for Bannan and Windass should be accepted and monies raised invested in new stock. You just have to hope that lessons have been learned and that Moore will have a greater say than his predecessors. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyboy66 Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 10 minutes ago, Lionel Fessi said: but has his limitations, 2 minutes ago, Sultan_Pepper said: He's a great player and he puts in more effort than almost anyone else to ear the shirt in recent seasons, however...... Same rubbish from the usual suspects...the better players we have around Bannan the better the team will be...that's all we need to aspire to 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigash_swfc Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Needs to go. What's the point in a rebuild, if we'll need to replace him, if we're promoted next season. We need to give a young kid 46 league games in their legs, hopefully in a successful team. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultan_Pepper Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 7 minutes ago, daveyboy66 said: Same rubbish from the usual suspects...the better players we have around Bannan the better the team will be...that's all we need to aspire to Yes we need better players around him, but we haven't got them. You might have spotted that, what with our relegation and all that. If we had them he'd be what we need but we haven't so he might not be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmigo Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 A simple decision. Sell him. Been an excellent player for us, but League 1 is a very different beast. We need CM's who will bomb on and get goals. BB would rather sit deep. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigash_swfc Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 By the way, what is considered to be good offer for Bannan?. 32 this year, not athletically blessed, on 30k per week? 150k to take on his contract? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG D Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 15 minutes ago, Teddy Nickelarse said: 100%. Good offers for Bannan and Windass should be accepted and monies raised invested in new stock. You just have to hope that lessons have been learned and that Moore will have a greater say than his predecessors. I'd keep them both if possible. I have no faith that the money will be invested right or will even see the light of day. That's the start of the slippery slope. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S72 Owl Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 £2million and I’d sell. Would love to get him playing like he did in those few matches when he was given licence to get forward more. Looked very dangerous. Play like that for 46 games and he’ll get his fair share of goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Keep him. Promotion worth much more than the fee we'd get for him. Many more players I'd rather sell first. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionel Fessi Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 16 minutes ago, daveyboy66 said: Same rubbish from the usual suspects...the better players we have around Bannan the better the team will be...that's all we need to aspire to I mean if you’d ever seen any of my posts before, you would know I’m very pro Bannan. They are his limitations though? Lack of goals, defensive liability at times, isn’t diverse enough for a CM and needs to play in a fixed system to get the best from him are all legitimate concerns? 4 minutes ago, bigash_swfc said: By the way, what is considered to be good offer for Bannan?. 32 this year, not athletically blessed, on 30k per week? 150k to take on his contract? Good question, realistically 3+ million? But I doubt we would even get that. I wouldn’t be surprised if we sold him for 1.5-2 range. 1 minute ago, BIG D said: I'd keep them both if possible. I have no faith that the money will be invested right or will even see the light of day. That's the start of the slippery slope. This is the crux of the issue, how much confidence do we have that the money would all go back into the squad? And if it did, there’s no guarantees the players we would bring in would be anywhere near as good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Starling Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Sell sell sell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truth is out there Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 9 minutes ago, striker said: Keep him. Promotion worth much more than the fee we'd get for him. Many more players I'd rather sell first. Aye but which of the “many more” will command a fee 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
September65 Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 If we can get a decent fee we should sell and reinvest. BB is our most talented player and player of the season BUT he started 46 matches and got (iirc) two goals and six assists.... (and took most of the free kicks and corners). Simply not enough. He would inevitably be playing with even less skillful teammates in League 1 so the chances are he would get very frustrated, play deeper and deeper, and there will again be limited end-product. A very good player, but time to part company. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Could go either way. He'll either boss it and be easily the best player in the division, or get bullied every week and double marked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 There's a bigger problem - goalkeepers 8 Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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