Yip gotta agree.............Kari has to go........even tho I do like the guy.
DM has a BIG BIG transfer window coming up...........this could make or break us.
Everyone that comes in has to be right and has to be an improvement on the departing players.
So let's recap, the list so far as I recall could look like this:
O'Connor
Stewart
Maynard
Ball
Arnason
Nwakali
Tansey
Christie
McLean
Woodman
Rogers
Reynolds
Rooney
Wright
That's a list of 14 players, granted a few there have not been first team players this season but most have, which suggests major reconstruction the close season. Anybody care to add any others to the list? Ok we are just assuming this list for now, anybody got any idea on when the announcement will come from the club on departing players.
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Last edited by blowupsheep; 14-05-2018 at 11:16 AM. Reason: edited to add in Scott Wright and therefore make it a total of 14
Remove Wright, Reynolds and Rooney. Can't see them going anywhere!
O'Connor Out of contract
Stewart Loan deal ends
Maynard Out of contract
Ball Loan deal ends
Arnason Out of contract
Nwakali Loan deal ends
Tansey Still under contract
Christie Loan deal ends
McLean Loan deal ends
Woodman Loan deal ends
Rogers Out of contract
Reynolds Still under contract
Rooney Still under contract
Wright Still under contract
It's a lot of players, but not many of them played regularly this season so it's not going to affect the starting 11 too dramatically.
If we brought nobody in to replace any of them we'd be starting with...
Lewis
Logan Devlin McKenna Considine
Shinnie Ferguson / Campbell
GMS May McGinn
Rooney / Cosgrove
Decent enough but not good enough to get 2nd place again next year. We'll need another backup defender, another sitting midfielder, a utility midfielder who can play box to box like McLean, and possibly another option in the final third. I wonder if we should start deploying McGinn in the no.10 role rather than out wide - I just don't think he has the pace for out wide any more - but I think he could play the 10 role as well as Christie did.
I'd guess - 2 small transfer fees, 3 or 4 free transfers and 2 or 3 loans, with a 2 or 3 younger lads stepping up from the 20s.
I think we might try and keep Stewart and Ball both of whom have been ok recently.
Is it worth considering talking to Fyfie ? Always thought he was half decent and was one of United's best players ( I know doesn't mean a lot !)before he got injured.