What is your one-off prediction as to our finishing league position ?

[baggieal]

Is it a weaker squad than last season? We've lost Swift, Ajayi and Diangana (who all had to go in my view) and bought Heggebo, Campbell and Phillips.

I think the squad if anything is slightly improved. But we finished what 9th last season? And the teams around us have got better, the 3 that have come down and Wrexham and Blues coming up. Not to mention teams like Millwall, Norwich and QPR have all improved their squad. If we finish top half and show signs of improvement I'll be happy, because I think this year is a season of transition.

Are any of these three players better than those ones left? Phillips may be but the other two are gambles. You forget the most crucial piece of the jigsaw - we lost Palmer and in my view that cost us the play offs. Griffiths is a poor keeper compared to Palmer and some of the goals he?s let in were embarrassing. Do the defence is much shakier since CC left and now we may lose Heggem! Personally I can?t see the direction.

Hopefully Cole will go who is a league 1 player and get Dike fit and get the biggest salary off the payroll.

[Prando]

Interesting.
Without any knowledge of the new players, it is difficult to compare.
Somehow though, I do consider that the overall standard of this season?s top 6 will be higher than last year.
We shall see.

[WBA123]

Are any of these three players better than those ones left? Phillips may be but the other two are gambles. You forget the most crucial piece of the jigsaw - we lost Palmer and in my view that cost us the play offs. Griffiths is a poor keeper compared to Palmer and some of the goals he?s let in were embarrassing. Do the defence is much shakier since CC left and now we may lose Heggem! Personally I can?t see the direction.

Hopefully Cole will go who is a league 1 player and get Dike fit and get the biggest salary off the payroll.

That is true, I forgot about Palmer. We are substantially weaker in that position now than before.

Outside of that though, I think the three players we have signed will be an improvement on the three we have let go.

I actually quite like the model, if we sell Heggem for ?10m as good a player as he is that is some serious profit on him from when we bought him last season. To progress as a club this is what we have to keep doing.

[baggieal]

That is true, I forgot about Palmer. We are substantially weaker in that position now than before.

Outside of that though, I think the three players we have signed will be an improvement on the three we have let go.

I actually quite like the model, if we sell Heggem for ?10m as good a player as he is that is some serious profit on him from when we bought him last season. To progress as a club this is what we have to keep doing.

I agree with you! For me though I would rather we sell Fellows than Heggem even though their values are different. Fellows is easily replaced where Heggem isn?t - bit like Palmers replacement.

We need to work harder to get Dike, Wallace and Bartley off the books as their wages are a huge drain and they now contribute very little!