Quote Originally Posted by gazan View Post
I think I said 5 minimum, just to cover the bases. I do not expect only 5 incoming in total.
Also, it would be nice to have 10 more but there are other factors to consider when talking 'replacement'. Long didn't play for 90% of the season. Adebisi, Williams, CBR and Ainley missed significant chunks of the season. Red cards cost us a lot of appearances. So all that probably adds up to 3 or 4 fewer players available during last season. This would bring the replacement figure down from 10 to more like 6. Of course eventualities have to be covered so let's say 8. We will also have Holicek more readily available as well as Finney and O'Riordan (who was out on loan for ½ the season). We have 3 1st year professionals coming through, usually one of whom will start to make a breakthrough. So lots of numbers to play with but I stick by 5 MINIMUM.

I would feel more comfortable with 5 or 6 new perms and 2 or 3 loans but in reality we need a GK, Fb, CB, 2 midfielders and a couple of forward players do approx 7 combination of perms and loans but with just that number we would need a lot of luck on the injury/suspension front.