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Same here, was delighted when we signed him and thought it would keep JG for another season, he is a good player as we saw from his contributions in the middle third vs Brighton. He works very hard but looks like he's carrying a few pounds and like Merse was for a while he can't give it his all for 90mins.
Bong - Grealish ain't coming back and he isn't struggling either, he's dining at the top table now & might be target for another top club where he'd get more minutes. I think he likes being amongst the likes of Walker, Foden and Stones too.
Tammy would be a realistic target for us, Watkins can do a job on the wing and has to get used to rotation as we strengthen. Bailey is becoming the player we thought we'd signed, strong and progressive, able to score & assist. Not keen on Zaha to be honest, a proper crybaby when he's not having it his own way.
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Fair points Westy. I was thinking about this driving home last night from work.
If we are to become a top 6 side ok forget about city but be in contention with the other 5 we need a few good players. We forget we were relegation foder a few seasons ago and thats usually the case after being promoted. So the next step was to get us to midtable and the majority of the signings were mid table signings and to take us to the next level we need another clear out.
Who in our squad can play at top 6 level
Martinez = yes
Cash = maybe
Costa = probably
Mings = mid table player
Konza = maybe probably due to age
Chambers = mid table
Digne = mid table
Young = mid table
McGinn = midtable
Ramsey = probably
Luiz =maybe
Kamara = probably
Buendier = not sure
Bailey = not sure
Watkins = mid table
Ings = mid table
So basically if i was the manager i would have
Martinez
Cash konza Carlos ?
Luiz Kamara Ramsey
Buendier
Buendier Cash and Konza are questionably so basically we need to add proper quality to the names above if we want to improve.
We have to msny mid table players a few years ago it was great but now if we mean buisness we need quality not quantity.
Omg i talk alot of bolloxs
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For once your assessment is bang on Bong (mind,im not saying which bit). I think to be fair, until Unai has had a few weeks around them, its hard to work out who stays and who goes. For example, Ings, like one or two others on here I was pleased when he arrived, never the fittest but a proven goal scorer, fair to say that hasnt happened since he arrived, but maybe a good coach could get 2 years out of him as long as their styles suit each other? Same could be said for a few others to I think, I dont think we will see wholesale changes in personnel just yet, maybe a bit of strengthening in January if the right players are available, but mostly the same squad till summer. In Unai we trust....I hope;)
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I'd agree with almost all of that Bong, I don't think we've seen the best of Digne, I'd not been impressed up until the Brighton game when he was very good. Balley I think is top 6, just needs careful man management.