Looking at the squad for next season

[robbiez666]

We've got an option on him remember, if we want him and pay that agreed option (agreed with the loan in January), he's ours next season regardless of how Leicester feel.

If we decide not to activate that option, then he goes back to Leicester to do what they want with him.

I forgot about that. Do we know how much it is? If it's reasonable and Vini goes I'd bring him in.

 

[s20Blade]

I forgot about that. Do we know how much it is? If it's reasonable and Vini goes I'd bring him in.

About 5m

 

[loyalblade95]

I forgot about that. Do we know how much it is? If it's reasonable and Vini goes I'd bring him in.

£5m I think, think some people were saying BBD option is £10m as well.

 

[robbiez666]

£5m I think, think some people were saying BBD option is £10m as well.

Snap their hands off for £5 million. He's 27. Really good at this level. Can cover a few positions. Seems a good lad as well

As for BBD...... no ta if he's going to be used this badly again.

 

[1987]

To my mind, we need two new centre halves

 

[Older Blade]

There's a bit of a smokescreen here, let's not forget the biggest waste of space ever to put a Blades shirt on....Brewster.....today and everygame he does absolutely nothing......7.2 million he's taken in wages out of this club.....and what has he given back apart from a goal at the sty.......he's absolutely useless and he should be the first down the road !....with a few more to follow

 

[Aston max]

I am praying this is now the end of that liability Jack Robinson. He’s an expert in failure.

Tbf he's been a good servant for the club but this season has been one to many, he was only ever going to be a back up and we needed to replace souttar as a priority in January ( which we did in holding but I get the feeling he wasn't a Wilder signing so wasn't going to be given a go )
You could see his foot work and positioning wasn't good enough his first touch even today was really heavy every single time he received the ball
Jack will be a good addition for someone in league 2

 

[Not_a_Cheat]

Bit early but actually how many of the current squad do we keep ( I'm doing this as the cat has gone into hiding and the dogs fucked off upstairs)

All of them if we don't get asset stripped. 41m quid coming our way plus 5m from Wembley

 

[wadblade]

It's got nothing to do with who we keep

Cooper - gone
Hamer - gone
Burrows -gone
Souza - gone

Everyone else I don't care if they go or not, they are extremely average championship players, and one or two aren't even that good, carried by the above four

Dont think Burrows has the phyicality for the prem
do think we face a Ousala situ with Peck Brooks and possibly Seriki and Blaster

 

[Blade58]

For me we keep
Gk,s cooper and faxon
Left back burrows and mccallam
Right back buy Choudry and seriki
Centre halves 4 needed
Cm ollie,vini, peck and tom Davies
Atm hamer and ohare
Forwards Campbell

The rest can be let go
the 10m wasted on Cannon should have gone on 1/2 centre halves
Why sign holding and then not use him

For you Aston, yes

For the club, not so sure?

A rumour that there’s going to have to be some book balancing now. How much balancing I have no idea and I hope that any players that are sold are players that we wish to move on for football reasons more so than the absolute financial necessity

The coming weeks might tell us a little more regards the clubs owners ambitions?

 

[drblade]

Be interesting to see if Hamer actually wants to go anywhere, keep seeing it suggested online that he doesn't want to leave Sheffield as his family are settled here.

If that is the case (it might not be), it might have to be a move to somewhere local enough where he doesn't have to uproot his family.

Like Leeds?

 

[AdamSufc1997]

I think anel Souza and hamer will go. I think copper will be fine for another year

 

[JJBlade]

Dont think Burrows has the phyicality for the prem
do think we face a Ousala situ with Peck Brooks and possibly Seriki and Blaster

Don't really care who they sell to be honest. They're all failures as far as I'm concerned, mentality problems, lazy, and quite willing to do everything in a half assed manner

 

[wadblade]

Nlce to hear from all the Blades 'Supporters'

Thankyou CWAK for another memorable season

Unlike a lot on here I remember the mediocre forgettable seasons before they came

 

[Aston max]

For you Aston, yes

For the club, not so sure?

A rumour that there’s going to have to be some book balancing now. How much balancing I have no idea and I hope that any players that are sold are players that we wish to move on for football reasons more so than the absolute financial necessity

The coming weeks might tell us a little more regards the clubs owners ambitions?

I get that prem budget apposed to championship, we've to many "excess players " by that I mean jlt,a Davies, Brewster and Moore to an extent ! And others , personally I don't expect us to be pushing top 2 next season but play offs aren't out of reach.
Wilder was a love in appointment by PA but the new owners weren't in place quick enough to rectify it . Everyone raves about the rebuild but we go again but any big money will/ should go into the training site,academy etc and just enough in the squad areas should be wingers and centre halves

 

[Terry Starlight]

I'd expect to see Anel, Souza, Hamer to go, bringing in about what 30m-40m?

If we're balancing the books similar to last summer we'd be looking and frees, loans and a few small fees. Dunne, JJ Kenny, Darling, Dolan could be good frees for this level. If we haven't pissed off Holding I reckon we could get him for a nominal fee. That's defence sorted. Saw someone post that we have a 5m option on Choudhury, if so that would be good business to try and replace Souza. Then loans to fill the attacking positions.

 

[loyalblade95]

Like Leeds?

Could be.

Only seen the stuff about him not wanting to leave Sheffield online (none of it from journalists) so I don't know if it's true or not.

 

[ATL Recs]

For me we keep
Gk,s cooper and faxon
Left back burrows and mccallam
Right back buy Choudry and seriki
Centre halves 4 needed
Cm ollie,vini, peck and tom Davies
Atm hamer and ohare
Forwards Campbell

The rest can be let go
the 10m wasted on Cannon should have gone on 1/2 centre halves
Why sign holding and then not use him

3 of those won’t be here contract or not

 

[Yewsman]

This season we have had £45-55 mill in parachute payments and next season will get slightly less I believe. Not sure how much of next seasons we have already effectively spent in the JTW with our loan signings and Cannon but our spend last summer was modest and probably less than we recouped in sales. If we are to retain the majority of the existing squad we will need the owners to invest cash and/or we will need to sell players. We definitely need a Souttar replacement and more goal scoring ability. We need a 20 goal a season man. We have some really good young players coming through in Arblaster, Peck, Brooke's, Seriki, One but all are not ready for the EPLand would benefit from another season in the Championship (and may be a loan for One). Cooper and Burrows will get better and better.
We should have a financial advantage over most Championship clubs next season apart from the 3 teams who are coming down from EPL. It is not clear whether they will be like Luton or Burnley but we will see what our owners are made of as if we are to mount a serious promotion push again it will have to be in next season and that will need the owners to invest in the team.

 

[ATL Recs]

Nlce to hear from all the Blades 'Supporters'

Thankyou CWAK for another memorable season

Unlike a lot on here I remember the mediocre forgettable seasons before they came

Let move on now then eh?
Thanks Wilder Knill but your old school in. Today’s game

 

[Harry's Game]

Grbic is back with us from next week.. two more years on his contract

 

[Blade56]

Cooper will be in talks with Leeds tomorrow
Souza abroad
Gus Leeds or sunderland
Burrows Fulham or brentford

 

[Broomhall Blade]

We need wingers with pace.

Reckon we'll have a Robbo replacement in . Need right backs too. Seriki could be great, but he gets injured loads

We need pace and a forward thinking mentality.

 

[JJBlade]

We need pace and a forward thinking mentality.

Doesn't matter what they do or who they get, the loser mentality will never leave this shitty club. The hard luck, poor old us attitude basically stems from one thing originally, the fans.

They've revelled in their shit, downtrodden, poor old shitty Sheffield image for so long the club knows it doesn't have to do anything ambitious because our fans have no ambition for the club.

Good managers with good track records have tried, but isn't it funny how the only managers that can get limited results are fans, but see above for the problems with our fans.

 

[redandwhitewizard]

Probably about half the squad will be different because of returning loan players and big hitters leaving so the same excuses about it being a rebuild will be trotted out.
Bad sign if Brewster gets a new contract and Robinson is still considered a first team player.

 

[Melbourne Blade]

Who would buy our players? Hamer Leeds maybe. Best case an Everton or West Ham. He's got 2 years left so maybe he'll stay and we'll offload him next year if we don't make it next season. Vini potentially move to Europe but can't see a prem club buying him he's not good enough.

Release Robinson, Brewster, send BBD back for good and keep Choudhury for sure. I'm angry at Moore for now but if he staya fit he'll be useful next season.

 

[Houston_Blade]

Who would buy our players? Hamer Leeds maybe. Best case an Everton or West Ham. He's got 2 years left so maybe he'll stay and we'll offload him next year if we don't make it next season. Vini potentially move to Europe but can't see a prem club buying him he's not good enough.

Release Robinson, Brewster, send BBD back for good and keep Choudhury for sure. I'm angry at Moore for now but if he staya fit he'll be useful next season.

Moore’s on a 3 year deal so he’s going nowhere.

If we sell Hamer we need to replace a lot of assists and goals, that won’t be cheap.

Brewster and Robbo are bobbar but both will get new deals.

The loan players have been a waste this season so don’t bother with them.

Get a decent CB, get Davies, Shackleton, Brewster and other squad fillers gone, replace them with starters.

Lose Cooper and we’re fucked.

 

[Tony_Kaufman]

I'd expect to see Anel, Souza, Hamer to go, bringing in about what 30m-40m?

If we're balancing the books similar to last summer we'd be looking and frees, loans and a few small fees. Dunne, JJ Kenny, Darling, Dolan could be good frees for this level. If we haven't pissed off Holding I reckon we could get him for a nominal fee. That's defence sorted. Saw someone post that we have a 5m option on Choudhury, if so that would be good business to try and replace Souza. Then loans to fill the attacking positions.

Poku and Dolan for me. I wanted them last summer and still do. Both out of contract. Actual wingers on the wings who can score and get assist. Imagine that instead of square pegs in round holes.

We don't need two defensive midfielders as it limits us going forward, but losing Souza will be a blow as we can't rely on Davies, we don't know what will happen with Arblaster and Peck is too inconsistent to rely on every game.

 

[Kenworthy’s Tash]

There's a bit of a smokescreen here, let's not forget the biggest waste of space ever to put a Blades shirt on....Brewster.....today and everygame he does absolutely nothing......7.2 million he's taken in wages out of this club.....and what has he given back apart from a goal at the sty.......he's absolutely useless and he should be the first down the road !....with a few more to follow

absolutely this

 

[Houston_Blade]

There's a bit of a smokescreen here, let's not forget the biggest waste of space ever to put a Blades shirt on....Brewster.....today and everygame he does absolutely nothing......7.2 million he's taken in wages out of this club.....and what has he given back apart from a goal at the sty.......he's absolutely useless and he should be the first down the road !....with a few more to follow

You’ll upset the Brewpologists. You’re right though. he’s the worst signing we’ve ever made.