Quote Originally Posted by WBA123 View Post
I can't say I agree with this

Of course, we will inevitably lose our loan players. I would sell Sam Johnstone for funds and make Palmer No 1 who is doing very well at Lincoln and has earned his chance. Then we know our current back 4 is decent and very competitive at championship level. We also have some very good and proven (at champ level) attacking midfielders. If we play 4-2-3-1 the 3 behind the striker could be any 3 from Periera, Diangana, Robinson, Grant and Snodgrass.

What I hope for in the next window is a clear out of the deadwood. So Gibbs, Sawyers, Livermore, HRK etc.

And we know we need a couple of central midfielders to replace Gallagher and Yokoslu. And a striker to replace Diagne. It all comes down to recruitment - but 7/8 of the current squad would fit into next seasons first XI for me.
I agree with all that 123 (that's a first eh!). My only worry is that we know that the majority of these players, who may well get us promoted, are probably not good enough to hold their own at Premiership level. We will definitely need to build a squad that gets us up but can be competitive in the higher league. I would even accept that we could do with a couple of seasons in the Championship to put together such a squad.