Zola's squad too big - who will leave?

What's been better than those two? Forsyth hasn't been played upfront so how can you tell?

Also that's not a great comparison really, considering most deem neither Iwelumo or Garner good enough to play upfront either.

 

Forsyth and he scored more goals then those two together playing just on the wing! Well I can only base it on strikers we own and played last season...

 

Nyron Nosworthy scored more than Garner, he's tallish. Let's play him upfront.

 

Sounds good never thought of that :sign15:

 

I swear people only want Forsyth to be given a chance up front because of his brace against Bradford

 

Lloyd's contract is up next summer. I don't think it'll be renewed.

Iwelumo will go. Deeney depends on how long before he's out on parole. I've got a feeling the club *might* give him a second chance, possibly if only to sell him.

Yeates is rubbish. I don't care about how many assists he got in the first half of the season. I've got no time for wide midfielders who (1) never beat their man (2) regularly hit the wall with free kicks (3) are too slow to track back or go forward and so just hover in the middle third. About 1 in 4 of his crosses were any good & the arrival of Murray, Kackniklic and Kightley *completely* showed him up.

 

Think Mingoia will get a look in this season. Assombalonga will go, along with Jenkins, Emu, Thompson, Forsyth and Massey

 

So do I. Your other suggestions are very plausible, first person to come up with Assombalonga

 

Na. Let's get ****tu back and stick him up front instead.

Ok I can't type 5hittu....

 

It would be mad to sell asombalonga as he fits into the 4-3-3 system Zola likes to play. He just needs a season on loan to a league one side. Same as thompson, who IMO is better, or will be better, than hodson.

 

Thompson has played centre-back at every level other than first team, when we were short at RB and had a lot of cover at centre-back. Can't really be compared to Hodson but yes, I agree, he does have a lot of potential.

 

I doubt many of the youngsters will go, unless we get a decent fee for them; because if we just off load the likes of promising prospects like Thompson and Assombalonga, it would be against what the Pozzo business style is all about!!!

We are more likely to get rid of some of the slightly older young ones who have been knocking around the squad for a few years without really pushing on, the likes Jenkins and possibly Bennett; plus some older ones the likes of Emu and possibly Yeates?

Having said all that, it is hard to say who will go, as GZ has been trying players out in different roles to what we have seen them in the past, so we might be very surprised at who will stay and who will go!!!

Another thing that might happen, is that some of our fringe players might be shipped off to Udinese or Granada to put them in the shop window, with the idea of selling them off at their optimum value, which is what the Pozzo business philosophy is all about!!!

 

The Pozzos system is to loan players even into their early 20's where our privious module would be loan them at 17 or 18 and get them in the team by 19 or 20. You will see quite a few of our current crop of youngsters go on loan may be for the next two or three yearswork" available.

The plan is to use the "network" that is available to bolster the squad. We have 19 or 20 players who's contracts are up in the next year of which I would expect 5 maybe 6 to have an extention or renewal. In which case we have around 15 players who wil leave naturally rather than be moved on.

GT and Rodgers have both said that it takes 3 or 4 transfer windows to change a squad to what a coach wants it to be

 

They are spot on, lots of players leaving next week. You saw quite a few for the last time today, I think some on here will rage with a couple of the departures but you have to remember its for the best in terms of footballing reasons. I think 2 or 3 will join this week too.

 

I have a sneaky feeling Eustace could be off.

 

I hope you're wrong Prentice, but it wouldn't surprise me.

 

If John Eustace leaves, i'll ****ing cry like a baby.

 

That's the one I've heard.. No deal has been finalised but it seems pretty likely. One other too that may surprise a few.

 

Bye bye Doyley.

 

Taylor? Nosworthy? Doyley? Eustace? ****o?

 

**** **** FUUUUUUUCK !! Would be a massive loss.

 

If Eustace is sold, il be extremely ****** off!

 

Do you think they will be sold/released or loaned? E.g would we send some of our better first team youngsters to Spain/Italy for experience?

 

Thanks for the 10 years Lloyd and goodbye.

 

Passing is not John's strong point but actually think he has a role to play in the club, at least I hope so. If he is allowed to leave then that's what they want and they believe will helpus become successful so please no abuse of Zola or the owners. Lloyd, Jenkins, The Tree, Bennet, Forsyth, The Prince must be slightly worried.
Could be an interesting week!

 

If John Eustace leaves and Ross f***ing Jenkins is still at the club come 2nd September i'll be hunting the Pozzos/ Zola/ Nani down. Abysmal

 

Eustace has been a good player for us. He will be 33 in a few months and has done us proud since early 08. Will he be able to cut it in another year or two as we look to progress out of this league. If it happens then many will be upset but each year we lose players we'd rather not-from Helguson and Graham of late to Barnes some time ago. But we survive and hopefully now we can prosper and not just cling on in the hope of "winning the lottery".

We should be prepared to trust the judgement of the new owners and Zola even though to some fans it looks like we are selling good servants-if that is the price of progress then so be it-if it were Murray then i would revise my opinion.

Today might have been a farewell to a few of last seasons players and not just a testimonial-is that why so few of the new loanees were involved

 

The owners will make a rod for their own backs if they allow Eustace to leave

 

In the Pozzo's(and Zola) we trust!!

 

I'll be very annoyed if Eustace goes. He's a very good championship player and our captain. I'd be especially disappointed if we replaced him with another pozzo loanee, I know they're good for us, but I think without a good British spine to a team you don't succeed. There's also the case of our identity...

 

Who would be captain after Eustace? :s

 

Suprise hey? urmmm im going to say Bauben or hogg or hodson?

 

Taylor