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Just though with the pending financial reprucussions looming, many more transfers in seems unlikely. So with what would your starting 11 look like.

GK Petr Brezovan - If he's fit, with all due respect, he's sooo much better than Smith and will shine for us in the season to come.

RB Smith - Please stay, youre alot more consistent to your predecessor messers Gurney or Jenkins. Event hough JEnkins was ace  :shock:
CB Jefel Ifil - The beast will continue to singlehandly man mark any centre forward out of every game next season.
CB Hasney Ajoffree - We wont spend money on squad players, Sturrock sees him as a CB, will Jerel suffer without Ady?
LB Jamie Vincent - Fuck off Nicho, not to worried about you, Vincent will look a little more sterdy at LB foloowing his run of game during the latter part of the season.

RM Christian Roberts - If he gets his arse in gear he could well torment and L1 defence simialr to his best spell when he joined the club in 2004/2005.
CM Lee Peacock - This man can do no wrong, and is in there on merrit, unless Gareth Walley took a year out to perfect his game, Peaks will continue to work his bollocks off for the team.
Easton - How the fuck did i forget about him! He'll score some crackers, though just some goals full stop is nice
LM Sofienne Zaboub - If he takes his bloody gloves off he may realise we're only playing football. Unless he's our sub goalie Ady Williams style....

ST Barry Corr - Undecided, but his performances with a broken back warrant some game pime when he's fully fit.
ST ??????? - Whatever the wonderful board of STFC have left in their piggy bank.

Erm... Pook, really?

Are you forgetting Craig Easton?

So far with what we have.

............Brez/Smith im not fussed
Smith.....Ifil.....Aljofree.....Vincent
Roberts..Peacock...Easton...Zauboob
..............Corr........Caton

Thats the best he have at the moment I think

wtf? Caton? He'll be non-league soon. Too many injuries. Sturrock is clearly better.

Hence why I said thats the best we have now, we have only got two strikers at the club that are signed on.

why is everyone writing off Adie Williams?

Well Ajofree and ifil seems a cert. So what else can we do unless its 5 at the back and i'd go absolutely scatty!

I reckon it would be aljofree at left back with vincent staying in the middle

What what so lacking in Smith's game last season that makes you think Brezovan is so much better?

As things stand right now, Smith should start - FACT!

Sturrock has already says that he sees Aljofrey as a centre back, not a left back.

Presence (sp)

From what i saw from brez in the first part of the season was his presence and commanding abilities.
Also confidence, he came out for crosses with full on confidence to catch anything within reach, something i think smithy lacks in,

dont get me wrong, no disrespect to smith, he came in and did a fantastic job (just think if jon stewart had come in) but to me brez is(was) a better keeper.
Im not gonna judge fully just yet mind as he's been out for almost a year, some players after injury come out on fire others flop. we'll just wait and see.

Wouldn't be surprised if Brezovan is going to be transferred to a Championship club for an undisclosed fee, just a hunch.

900k per chance?

I try and remain positive, but is that team 30-40 points better a season than the one that got us relegated?  I can't see it it.

Easton may turn out to be a good signing, and if we keep Brez he could be top notch. Ifil and Aljofree may work but they could equally end up both being sent off in a game.  Smith was good last season but not so great the year before and Vincent is a pro but nothing to worry other teams.  Peacock has heart but the wings suggest we won't spend much time bossing any teams, more relying on sparks.  Upfront is the real worry if we assume Peacock and Roberts are no longer playing there.  We began 2005/06 with Fallon, Cureton, Thorpe and Roberts, we can't even match that line-up yet.

With the extra work rate and organisation that team looks a safe bet for lower table nothingness.  Who knows though, me may thank our lucky starts for that after the past few weeks.

You're forgetting one thing

Andy King/Iffy Onoura managed the team two years ago

We've now got Paul Sturrock in charge who has technically achieved more at STFC in 7 months than King and Onoura have in their whole careers put together.

I can see a three central midfield and two wide men formation. Sturrock wants us to be hard to beat - that means a solid back four and a very defensive midfielder (Adams?). So Jack Smith (or a replacement), Ifil, Aljofree and Vincent. I think we all want to see the future legend, Gnapke, and he's in negotiations. I would give Phil Smith the nod over Brez, but it depends on form in the preseason.

Great box to box midfield in Easton and Peacock. Not convinced in Roberts (unless he's in a confident, winning team). Zaboub on the left with Corr up front. Leaves out the 20 goals a season striker - but we haven't got one.

That team is so much better than the one that got relegated. So much more talking and fight. I think we'll do ok this year and build a solid base.

Not at all happy with Roberts and Zaboub being first choice wideys-back up players in League One in my opinion

Brezovan
J Smith Ifil Aljofree Vincent
Roberts Easton Peacock Zaaboub
Corr Sturrock

(at present!) - the areas I see us strengthening are right wing and forward - Holmes and Akinfenwa?)

To be honest, I hate King, but he did get us to a play off semi in League 1, Sturrock got us promoted from shit league 2.

I'm not saying Sturrock's crap, just that he is not the messiah.  I think he would have done better with the squads that King and Iffy had, kept us up maybe in 2005/06.  I just think it's crazy talk to expect play off aspirations based solely on the Manager.  The quality of player at the team is better than 05/06 (or seems to be heading that way) but not hugely.  Sturrock can eek a few more points and a bit more quality gives you some more, but we were so far off the pace in 05/06 that we shouldn't expect miracles.

When all is said and done, between Fallon Cureton, who probably managed the workload of just over one main srtiker, we had 21 goals or thereabouts in 05/06.  We don't have that this season coming as it stands.

Isn't Holmes a left winger?

Either way, Roberts has looked superb at times on the right, i think he'll suprise a fair few next season and really cement the right wing as his position. I also think that from mid-field Roberts and Peacock will get 20 goals between them with ease.

It's a left winger we need imo, we only have 'boub don't we?

i dont think peacock will be as regular starter in the side as last season,and if roberts doesn't deliver neither will he.
i'd gladly take 20 goals between them but dont reckon they will get anywhere near that amount

Thats the difference though rob , i think sturrock would of actually got us promoted rather than just the play offs

agreed.

But that isn't the team we have now, not even a patch on it in fact.

Forward line alone is a huge difference, midfield more creative.  The back 4 and GK are probably on a par if not a little better now (based on how the players performed in 03/04).

In fact, take the play off team and put our current forward line in the place of Parkin and Mooney and I don't think we'd have reached them.

good points but our midfield next year (peacock,roberts) mainly will score more goals than our wingers did in that season...Its a case of wait and see i suppose.. The players sturrock has worked with before were not world beaters tbh but as a manager he seems to get the best out of half decent players

You are all forgetting one important player that is going to shine in League 1 and score at least 15 goals whilst providing ooodles more from the flanks.

Shakes! Time for you to shine son! :mrgreen:

Bob, I think you've been in Luxembourg too long if you're that delusional, life might be good out there, but not that good!

Luggy likes to play his winger cutting in - ie on the wrong side - dont forget we still have Caton