Kieran Tierney

Maybe Rodgers has taken that up to the 60k mark now? Been a few extensions since coming in.

personally I’d be glad to see it for our top top players CCV, Cal, Maeda, KT.

surely Jota is one of our top earners now too you’d imagine?

what was the reported wage bill on the annual reports?

 

His wages likely bumped up by a signing on fee which will be paid over his contract rather than up front. So if he gets a £3m sign on, that's 15kpw on top of if on a 4 year deal.

 

If that's the case he * better stay fit.

 

It definitely is, if we could sort out the academy too then you have a couple of guys at least on the fringes of your first team squad to supplement it as well.

We will have a fair few coming back from loan in the summer that we need to move on. From a positive Lagerbielke seems to be doing well and we should get our money back there, Holm is away to the end of the year so doesn’t need addressed, Palma has just gone out but you hope he does enough to move on.

It’s more Kwon, Tilio, Welsh and Nawrocki that will take some work to move on. I think if we choose to put Yang out on loan or sell, there will be teams who will take him.

Right away that’s 8 players who don’t contribute much if you replaced them with 3 or 4 who would we would have a far stronger squad. If those 8 are on an average of £10k a week per player you could get 4 in on around £20k offering more to the team.

 

Do you think it leaves us short on depth?

 

Not if we replaced those not contributing with 3 or 4 capable of doing so.

If we had

1. Schmeichel
2.Sinisalo
3. Johnston
4. Ralston
5. Tierney
6. Taylor/ Schlupp/ other
7. CCV
8. Trusty
9.Scales
10. McGregor
11. Bernardo
12. Engels
13. Hatate
14. McCowan
15. Jota
16. Kuhn
17. Maeda
18. Forrest
19. Idah

Supplement that with a youth Goalkeeper, Dane Murray, another youth prospects say Ure, Anderson or others, that would be 22.

Add another centre back, a centre midfielder and a versatile forward like Kvistgaarden and that would be a strong squad of 25 or even another right back/centre midfield type like Schlupp is the now and have a squad of 26.

Most are on loan just now but we have:

Bain
Welsh
Nawrocki
Lagerbielke
Montgomery
Kwon
Holm
Palma
Tilio
Yang
Kenny

Kenny and Montgomery are just youth players but that’s a full team of players who apart from Yang hardly ever play. Ideally The ones on loan earn permanent moves.

 

Brings back memories of Charlie Nicholas who was excellent for us who went to Arsenal but that * Graham didn’t like him so Nicholas wanted away.

 

Agreed with amount. 16 quality player but would add 1 Goalkeeper 2 Defenders, 2 wingers, 2 midfielders and 2 forwards all for cover so total 25.
Would also bring in a couple non academy players to bolster the young players squad

 

Think we've been relatively lucky this year injury wise. Also think we've rotated well to keep players in good shape. Could deffo trim a few players from the squad, but wouldn't go too far.

When you want to use 5 subs per game, rotate and still be able to do that with a few injured players, you need depth.

Would like to see:
GK
Kasper
Sinisalo
Bain

Defs
Ralston
AJ
CCV
Trusty
Scales
Murray
Tierney
Schlupp
Frame or Anderson
Maybe get a new right sided CB depending on how Murray does over the next few months. Someone who could offer emergency RB cover too would be ideal.

Mid
CalMac
Engles
Hatate
Bernardo
McCowan
Turley or Ure
*Schlupp an option too
Bring in CalMac's long term replacement

Wingers
Jota
Kuhn
Maeda
New RW who ideally could play LW too (or who knows, maybe Yang will surprise us).
Jamesy

Striker
Idah
New (could be a £6 mil young project to compete with Idah)
*Maeda as an option

So about 27 players

Punt if we can, loan if not:
Welsh
Nawrocki
Lagerbielke
Montgomery
Kwon
Holm
Palma
Tilio
Yang

Loan:
One of Frame or Anderson
Kenny
Turley or Ure

 

Played full 2nd half tonight for Arsenal.

 

How did he play?

 

* Arsenal really are * the bed as we get to crunch time too. EPL so boring this season.

 

only seen bits of it, looked sharp tho and nice snappy in the tackle.

 

Excellent. Not a huge fan of the move due to injury concerns but that is good to hear.

Can't believe Arteta is actually playing him after so long.

 

Arsenal fans view

 

Don't forward that to Lawell or he'll be selling him before he even arrives.

 

He will immediately be our best player when he returns, world class