30 Sep 2016 22:20:49
How many of the current 25-player aged-over-21 squad are good enough?
Stek and Robles both don't convince as top 'keepers.
Baines, Jagielka, Williams and Barry are good, but the wrong side of 30.
Coleman usually does well going forward, but is exposed defensively.
Oviedo isn't a Premier League defender. Funes Mori doesn't convince either.
Browning and Pennington are unproven.
Gueye is good, but needs better midfield partners. Cleverley is OK, but neither he, nor McCarthy and Gibson, convince for RK's style of pressing play. Besic is unlucky with injuries.
Barkley is an enigma - all the technical skill, but does he understand the game?
Mirallas, Deulofeu and Lennon are decent players, but are they suited to RK's style of play?
Kone and Niasse are clearly not good enough. Valencia is an unknown quantity for us.
Bolasie and Lukaku need better service and better players around them.
We need our talented youngsters to come through AND we need SW to recruit better players for the squad AND we need RK to create an effective team with all of them.

1.) 30 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016 22:55:43
So, I imagine the person who "disagreed" thinks that the current squad is good enough. Well, he's entitled to his opinion, but I suspect he's in the minority.

{Ed025's Note - so do i mate..

2.) 30 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016 23:19:27
And so do I.

3.) 30 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016 23:26:46
I agreed with your post Sid. Its a fair enough analysis at the moment. As negative as it is there is still a decent starting 11 from that list.

The squad has its problems but nothing that won't be sorted. It will take one thing, which is time.

I'd be a bit more optimistic with our squad than you Sid. With the addition of 3 - 5 players it will be a very strong squad. Players and teams are constantly changing.

Thank god ours will be changing for the better under Koeman and Walsh. The squad is good enough for now even though I agree with your post. A few twicks here and there and we will be on the road to glory.

Going through a sticky patch at the moment. We will get back to a winning streak again, guaranteed. Its early days. Hell, tomorrow is the first day of October. A lot will happen between now and the end of the year. Never mind between now and May.

My guess is it will be an improvement on last year.

4.) 01 Oct 2016
30 Sep 2016 23:44:53
NBTB: to create room for 3 to 5 new players, which 3 to 5 current squad members would you move on?