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2 Keepers.

new left back and a new centre back imo thats just as cover though i personally think Ifil's time has come to move on.

Left and right winger and maybe two centre midfielders would love to keep otj and i suppose two/3 new strikers.

Fitton would hate me as a manager as i want to go shopping and would imagine wilson does aswell. On a side note i really hope we get to see the youngsters against peterborough and see what they got

Apaprently we're the 11 richest club in Britain aswell, so shop shop shop!!

Haha where did you hear that. If it was fatbury dont bother replying

Was on radio swindon this morning. In the guardian? Rob T was commenting on it.

Rich lists are pie in the sky though aren't they?

ideally two players for each position

Phil Smith
Another

Kevin Amankwaah
Jack Smith
Sean Morrison
Gordon Greer
Another
Another/Ifil
Jamie Vincent
Callum Kennedy
Another because Kennedy isnt proved and Vincents injury record isnt brilliant

JPM
Another
Timlin
OTJ
Another
Another
McNamee
Another

Paynter
Another
Another
Another

Id keep Ifil if we couldnt find any better because he is a decent enough player to be a squad player here.

a fit Barry Corr (if such a thing exists) as one of the strikers because when Cox goes we will just have Paynter!

I havent counted the younger players like Thompson and Macklin who could play a part next season. Are they both still under 18 next season?

Ben Joyce also

If I could shop and get any player that is slightly realistic my squad would hopefully look something like this.

Phil Smith
Owain Fon Williams

Kevin Amankwaah
Jack Smith
Sean Morrison
Gordon Greer
Tamika Mkandawire
Chris Westwood
Jamie Vincent
Callum Kennedy
Tommy Rowe

JPM
Hal Robson-Kanu (loan)
Michael Timlin
Owain Tudor-Jones
David Noble
Another
Anthony McNamee
Jennison Myrie-Williams

Billy Paynter
Barry Corr (short term)
Simon Church (loan)
Jonathan Obika (loan)

of course thats going purely on players I know at least something about. I expect Wilson will have scouts left right and centre looking at players so there will be literally hundreds of un known players that could do a job for us.

Add say Macklin, Joyce & Thompson to that squad and it looks a decent size

Again, it makes the assumption Morrison isnt sold and Cox is....

Lost for another CM - a fit Lee Peacock? Craig Easton? Chris Allen?


all hypothetical

I think our biggest priority should be to sign Greer on a permanent, a midfield enforcer/playmaker and a 20+ goals a season striker.

Being picky, I'd say also another goalkeeper assuming one of the current two leaves, another centre-half, a left winger, a right winger and a proper target man.

I'd be quite happy to see Obika here, he's done well for the Glovers.

Signing Greer and replacing Cox are the big two signings for me. I'd like to see a fairly high profile signing to replace cox, 100-250K, a similar amount to what we paid for him. Andy Bishop, Adam Le Fondre, Tom Craddock or Billy Clarke ideally.

The rest are going to be frees, small fees or loans realistically. Another GK would be nice, especially if we can con someone into paying a fee for Brez, but we could keep the 2 we've got and bring in an actual gk coach. Shane Higgs, ex-Cheltenham now 3rd choice at Wolves would be a realistic signing, and has always been good against us.

Ifil's time has come to an end, and he'd be best served dropping a league to someone like Cheltenham or Bournemouth, somewhere localish and with a decent chance of pushing for the play-offs. With greer, morrison and aljofree, we'd then need 1 more cb, and with a lot of championship clubs reducing their budgets, players should be available. Chris Westwood is a good shout, possibly Anthony Gerrard, although he may be a tad expensive. Mkandawire would also cost a fair whack. Micheal Nelson may also be worth a shout. I know alot of people want rid of aljofree, but we have to be realistic. He's an average league 1 CB, and we haven't got the cash to go out and get three CBs that are better than him.

Amankwaah, Smith and Vincent are all worth keeping, meaning we need a quick and strong LB to complete the set. Adrian Mariappa from watford would do a job, and they might look to get rid to save some cash.

I'd love to see us seal HRK on a season long loan, but think this may only possible if Reading go up. His team-mate James Henry would also be a good signing for wide right. JPM and Macca should stay, but we need another winger to cover macca when he's having his shit days, or away from home. Myrie-Williams has never really stood out for me, but would do a job i guess. As someone else mentioned, Tommy Rowe would also be a good signing.

CM, Timlin and Easton are both worth keeping, OTJ has shown he's more than good enough for this level. Dom Blizzard is another in the enforcer role and, if reports are to be believed, stockport should sell easily. However, Huddersfield are already sniffing around.

Up top, along with Paynter and the high-profile signing I mentioned earlier, I'd bring Theo Robinson in on a season long loan and then have Razak as the fourth striker. Sam Vokes may be looking for a loan move, as he's not going to play any premiership football, but it's likely he'll only drop one level.

So my ideal realistic squad, with first 11 in bold:

Higgs
P. Smith

Amankwaah
J. Smith
Greer
Morrison
Aljofree
Nelson
Lescinel
Mariappa
Vincent

Henry
JPM
Timlin
Easton
OTJ
Blizzard
Macnamee
HRK

Paynter
Clarke
Robinson
Razak

Plus youngsters, none of whom I consider good enough yet to be part of the matchday squad on a regular basis.

Clarke is free - could be a good call but Brentford will probably want him
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/i/ipswich_town/7979516.stm

I would hope we can offer a better contract and more ambition than bloody Brentford

I sincerely hope so!

My ideal League 1 Squad: (starting line up in bold)

GK:
Smith
Fon-Williams

Def:
Amankwaah
Jack Smith
Greer
Nelson
Tamika Mkandawire
Morrison
Tommy Rowe
Billy Jones

Mid:
McNamee
McGovern
Alan Navarro
Dom Blizzard
Timlin
Tudor-Jones
Macklin
Robson-Kanu

Strikers:
Paynter
Cox or if Coxy goes Tom Craddock
Billy Clarke
Razak

Believe me.. Coxy going isn't the forgone conclusion that everyone is expecting!!

why should I?

You'd have the best defender in the league on the bench?! Are you insane

Which defender is that Dave?

Tamika

And Fon Williams would never agree to come here as number 2, a couple of championship sides are sniffing around him

With the recent interview about getting the spine right for the team,i'd expect DW to be interested in
some of the following players.

Goalkeeper - Konstantopoulos

Centre Halves - Greer and Nelson

Rumours at Bristol City that they're prepared to let McCombe and Carey go,think DW would be interested
in one or the other,if we can't get Nelson.

Strikers - Adam Boyd  - Contracts up this summer and DW knows him from Hartlepool
              
             Billy Clarke - looks a real player and good finisher.

Thomas Butler is likely to get released from Swansea. He's a decent player at this level.

Let's sign James Constable - would be a handy 5th choice striker behind Razak.

wilson thinks Boyd is lazy, so we won't be seeing him I don't think.

He probably is,but he knows where the goal is, (Same thing used to be levelled at Big Dunc)

It's all a bit of fun anyway to speculate,especially after the season we've just had  ;D

Scummer

I don't think it is worth signing players that will just do a job at this level I think we have to be looking at signing players who are good enough for the league above, it is no good signing players for this level when we have a good season next and get promotion and the players we have are still in contract and no good for the level above.

It is worth looking as well at the model of P'boro they went for the option of signing young hungry players and it paid off with 2 consecutive promotions, I think we will find Wilson knows who he wants and I suspect there will be a few unknown players coming in.

He's their best striker - we could employ him to clean the dressing room or something.

Peacock is still in contract for next season as well - Didn't Wilson tell him he'd be a striker ?

No we're not. Even assuming this rich list survey is not, uniquely among such surveys, utter steaming bullshit
AND assuming that the survey is not based on wild guesswork
AND assuming that any guesswork etc is current rather than as is more than likely based on old figures from before the recession hit and wiped kazillions off the value of everyone's holdings, rendering all such old data even more worthless than the notional value of stocks they're based on

....even if all that holds true then our owners may just may be the 11th richest club owners, but that doesn't make us a rich club. Unless you think wealthy individuals get to that state by being the kind of people who are prepared to pour their every last penny into a 3rd division football club. Which, typically, they don't

deja vu but....andy bishop if bury dont get promoted altho he did sign a new contract this season so may cost us a few quid

paynter was good on sat and if he played like that every week, I would say he warrants a start, but would be happy to see us with a new front pairing...preferably with at least one of them who can head the ball as we do play with wingers after all.....

talking of which, as DW likes his wingers, I feel that altho most of us crave a creative centre mid, we aint gonna be seeing one anytime soon as DW relies on 2 combative bodies in there...we're currently a bit one dimentional (sp) and would like to think that we can work on a plan B during pre season

i have no idea who i'd like fully,but i know a few i want gone.
ten pole tudor looks a good player if we can get him.and i'd say the same about greer.
i hope to see the end of kanyuka,ifil,pook,allen,joyce,peacock,easton(pains me to say it but he was utter rubbish saturday)one of the keepers,not bothered which.sturrock,casal,
infact apart from paynter i couldn't care less who stays.discount cox as he's as good as gone anyway.and morrison the same.

Some good shouts there Mr. Panda.

Tom Craddock instead of Simon Chruch on loan sounds a good idea.

I'm not overally keen on JMW its just he is out of contract and wouldnt be the most expensive player to have.

I cant see Nelson leaving Hartlepool to come here.

Also, stuff it - lets get Parkin back to!

It wouldn't be nearly-post-season transfer speculation if Parkin didn't get a mention  8)

New players to cover most of the positions already mentioned.

Number 1 requirement is that the majority of the new players have mental strength and desire. Its a difficult thing to measure, and impossible to tell in most cases if someone has it or not.

We've had too many weak willed players this season who crumbled under pressure and got outfought by inferior players.

A couple of proper nutters would be good too.

If we could add that to the 7/8 reasonable or decent players we already have then we might do something next season

thinking first eleven only
Obviously sign Greer and Tudor Jones for starters

Higgs (keeper) of Cheltenham and Duff of Cheltenham for defence
John McGrath of Burton Albion for midfield - James Henry on loan from Reading
Steve Morison of Stevenage for attack

Giving us .. assuming Coxy leaves

Higgs
Amankwaah Greer Duff Vincent
Henry McGrath Tudor-Jones McNamee
Paynter Morrison


whatever happens .. im looking forward to seeing a "fresh" STFC next season

Higgs is at wolves is he not?

only on loan

I am a little surprised that Andy Mangan from Forest Green Rovers hasnt been mentioned, same sort of size and build as Coxy and been banging in the goals.....26 in 39 games in the Conference.

Wouldnt have to move homes, is only 22 so has got potential, might be well worth a gamble IMO.

And like Cox has scroed three hat-tricks this season against Torquay United, Lewes FC and Rushden & Diamonds.

I've read this three times now, and I still can't believe it. Where's Pook?

Possibly worth a punt, but I wouldn't want Wilson to bring in a player like that and rest all of our goalscoring hopes upon him

One Charlie Griffin has knocked a few in this season in the conference hasn't he?

Steve Lomas would be ideal.

It was only a matter of time

The reason Mangan is in the conference is because i believe he was one of the former Accy players implacated in the match rigging v Bury....no one will buy him untill the trial is over.

That is true but maybe worth keeping an eye on, pending his FL case, if he gets away with no ban could well be worth a go.

was on talksport last week and is looking to go into management

St Neot's Town have pipped us.

One name so far unmentioned, working on the Sturrock principle, is Izale McLeod.

Wilson had him at MKD....has a fat contract with 2 years left at Charlton....who might be desperate to do some kind of deal, like loan him out for the season.

Cunt of the first order....but you never know.

Can't stand the guy. I don't want him here, much like I never wanted us to sign Leon Knight when he was good

Me neither...

Craddock would be ok, nothing special though.

Weres that come from

We may have the 11th richest board.

Not the same as being the 11th richest club.

What a pile of shite.

Agreed

I started that Leon Knight rumour when i was bored :) ask yeovil for confirmation.

Good work...don't forget you heard Izale McLeod here first.

Tommy Miller from Ipswich is the missing link that only I have spotted.

he would be an awesome signing

Said a week back wilson was keeping tabs on the situation

Oh.

Well anyway, was it Roy Keane who bombed him out at Sunderland?

Yes, yes it was.

So would Simon Cox, but we won't be getting him either!

Thought I would get it out of the way early!!

There's a rumour that Westwood (the ex Walsall) Centre-Half could be on his way out of Peterborough.

He's done well in L1 in the past, so he might be worth a look.

Can't believe he's only 30, he seems to have been around for ages. I reckon I had him in my Championship Manager 96 team.....

My posh supporting mate says Westwood is very good but slow.

Boyd is rejoining Hartlepool United.

http://www.hartlepoolunited.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10326~1646852,00.html

 I'd like to see us take Troy Archibald-Henville from Spurs, presently on loan to Exeter.

 We need more entertaining names in our squad too many Smiths.....Lescinel Jean-Francois shows promise as Wilson alluded to on RS...think he'll get a contract,

What about Kevin Phillips, can't imagine he's going to get too many games in the premier League now that Birmingham have gone up.

Although I guess he might go back to West Brom, as it looks like they might be swapping places with Birmingham again ;)

Ithought he was off to Oz

From what he said in a post match interview, he's still got at least a year on his contract with Birmingham and is planning to play for them in the Premier League next season. Of course, Birmingham may have other ideas but even then I can't see him ending up with us anytime soon.

Kevin Phillips? Isn't he the new Steve Lomas?

The BBC Gossip Page says that Oldham have released Mark Crossley (39), but he has already received an offer from another club.

I wonder who that other club could be...

Wont be us, that's for sure, DW is looking for experience, not geriatrics.

I wonder how much they've paid out in wages though?

Apart from the keeper from Norwich most of the players they signed from Non-league. It doesn't answer your question but my guess is not that much.

I don't know how it relates to what our guys are being paid, but IIRC at least a couple of the players Peterborough signed from non-league are on between £3k & £5k a week.

Ans as I've said before on here we should get Keith Alexander as a scout, because it was him that brought in most of the players from non-league.