I will be surprised if a striker comes in. Weve got Billy, Brewster, McBurnie, Jebbo, Osuna and Ndiaye if Hecky plays him up front. Be delighted if Davis was to come but there are other areas of.more need.
Unless Jebbo makes the place his own in pre-season, then a loan seems like a good idea. 6 months to say Derby would be a good move.
I suspect Billy will mostly come off the bench
Osula needs to go out and get experience
There are questions about Brewster and his fitness. Fit, I assume he starts, but difficult player to rely on given his injury record.
McBurnie - No idea what McBurnie is. Again, injured or absent much of last season. Huge questions over whether he can stay and remain fit. He's in the last year of his contract. I expect him to leave. He cost us £17.5 million. You would think that we might think of cashing in on him. If we could get £5 million I'd snap their hand off.
I assume he might otherwise go on a free to Swansea.
Ndiaye - You would think he'll be looking to start most games but not sure we have a player who is likely to start next to him. Not convinced the retention/defensive side of his game is good enough to play AMC.
Strikers
Billy - contract ends 2023
McBurnie - contract ends 2023
Brewster - contract end 2024
Jebbo contract ends 2024
Ndiaye - contract ends 2024
It seems fairly obvious to me that the bottom 3 need to be playing regularly. Not sure Ndiaye and Brewster can play together though. Neither seems to have the ability to hold up play and retain possession. Not Jebbo's forte either but he's better at it.
It won't happen, because formation, but this would be very dangerous going forward:
------------------------------------Wes
-----------Bogle---------Egan-----------Anel---------RND
----------------------Norwood-----------New DMC
--------------------------------Doyle--------------------
-----------Ndiaye-------------Jebbo-----------Brewster