Phil Bardsley

[Blades_257]

Can Blackwell justify having Naysmith, Stewart and Taylor at the club next season?

I don't think he can. Naysmith will leave at the end of his contract and although he'll have to take a pay cut, he will still get better offers from elsewhere.

It will be a loss on the footballing side but United have done reasonably well without him this year and will be a good saving on wages.

I don't think he could justify having three players for one position in our situation.

The depressing thing is, out of all three left backs, Naysmith's by far the most likely to leave because he's out of contract. There's no way Taylor will be sold IMO and Stewart's probably going to miss the start of the season if my fears are correct and it's a criciate ligament injury, in which case no one would touch him (it would've been hard enough to get rid anyway, not least because he's on a big wage).

Naysmith will probably go because we won't be able to shift Stewart or Taylor. And because we'll have two left backs on our books, in our financial situation we won't be bringing another one in. Guess what our problem position's going to be next season.......................

 

[Blades_257]

Bardsley would be a good signing and a welcomed one by many fans. Personally, i'd prefer Seamus Coleman but i'd imagine Everton wouldn't allow this because of the way Utd dealt with the Walker/Naughton deal, i remember Everton and Moyes been annoyed with us for that. I'd like to see Lowton get 90 minutes before the end of the season.

Coleman's done well in every game he's played for Blackpool. I'd be disappointed to see him playing for another Championship club next season.

 

[Nick Jansky]

I'm sure I heard that Stewart's contract is up this summer??

 

[Blades_257]

He's got another year, I'm pretty sure.

 

[SRBlade]

Why sign a right back when we have Naughton.... oh wait, well Kyle Walkers just as good.... oh wait.....

Seriously though, I don't think Bardsley would be worth the money he would demand.