Anel

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

Souttar is the only one I would consider bringing in and that would be only if no effects from major injury (unlikely) and even then as rotation at best.

How clinical you are up top may decide who wins the Prem... but staying up is all about having a very good resolute defence which is tough to break down.

Only Cooper and perhaps Burrows (even that's a question mark) would be selectable for the task of staying in the Prem.

Every other position in our backline needs MAJOR upgrades.

I'd be happy keeping with our current strike force (Campbell, Moore, Cannon) if it meant we exclusively focused on our back line.

Burrows would get torn to shreds every week in the PL unless there was a serious protection shield around him on that left hand side

We should forget about Souttar as well. Risk is just too high, and he wouldn't even be cheap

Anel might be OK with competent team mates but if he won't sign a new contract, he should be sold. He is very replaceable

 

[Nick Jansky]

Burrows would get torn to shreds every week in the PL unless there was a serious protection shield around him on that left hand side

We should forget about Souttar as well. Risk is just too high, and he wouldn't even be cheap

Anel might be OK with competent team mates but if he won't sign a new contract, he should be sold. He is very replaceable

I will be very surprised if he signs a new contract. If we go up we need to replace and upgrade the entire defence this summer other than Cooper.

 

[Yogi]

I think like a few others we’ve had in recent years he was only ever prepared to come and play here for the length of the contract he signed. He’s an ambitious lad and I think best case scenario for him was come here get up stay up use us as a stepping stone and worst case play out the contract and move on again looking for a club where he can try and establish himself and secure himself a big money move (contract wise). If he signed another deal with us and ended up yo-yoing again which is the most likely outcome then he’s unlikely to be in a position to get that type of move whilst he’s in his prime years.

Still hopefully he’ll have been a big part of two promotion campaigns which would more than justify what we’ve paid for him.

 

[S64 Blade]

I’d argue that defensive replacements/better back up are a biggest must next season, if we do go up.

First and foremost we need someone better than Anel, beside him. Plus another good centre half as cover.

 

[Th!stledo]

I don't think it's very helpful conducting these interviews before the season's finished.
We've heard from Hamer courting Feyernood and now our own media are chasing a clickbait headline with Anel (who they know wanted to leave in the past).

As for Anel, I'm comfortable either way.
The club needs to look after it's own interests and not lose him on a free. Per above, he isn't irreplaceable and we need a defensive rebuild regardless of his future.

I fail to understand the mentality that it is a great idea to slag off our current set of players before they potentially face "8 cup finals" and expect a positive outcome?
The fact is, if we get promoted, we cannot afford to buy 20 plus proven Premier League players in the summer.
Football is a team game and the results will be determined by how well our players gel and perform together as a team and the style they play.
If we get promoted this will down to the owners and Wilder and his staff.
But for now LET'S FOCUS ON GETTING THERE FIRST,
UTB!!!!

 

[LondonBlade89]

"8 cup finals"

 

[Slug]

How did Souttar do against pacey forwards that played well on the floor? I can't really remember that happening against us with him. Totally different game in the prem with no possession where we will be chasing IMO.

The only game I can remember this season like that was against Sunderland and he got sent off before half time

I absolutely loved him btw so that is not a dig. We would be clear at the top now if he hadn't got injured.

 

[s20Blade]

The only game I can remember this season like that was against Sunderland and he got sent off before half time

I absolutely loved him btw so that is not a dig. We would be clear at the top now if he hadn't got injured.

He's definitely a top talent at this level.

 

[Th!stledo]

Brilliant.
Hopefully we've got 39 cup finals to look forward to next season... possibly one actually at Wembley?

 

[mattbianco1]

Burrows would get torn to shreds every week in the PL unless there was a serious protection shield around him on that left hand side

We thought that Stevens and Baldock wouldn't have made the step up

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

We thought that Stevens and Baldock wouldn't have made the step up

Did we?

Both were athletes, Burrows isn't