Next Summer Transfer Window Critical

[surge]

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A final thought for this thread, how many are assuming we'll play same formation next season?

Mick wasn't shy in picking current formation because it got the most out of players available but looking at players expected here next year and I'd argue that rotation between 4-3-3 and 3-4-1-2 far more likely than currently dominant 3-4-2-1 and occasional 3-4-1-2.

That could mean Watters coming back in from the cold (if playing 2 up front again), greater emphasis on real wingers (Bacuna in a new role?) and slightly more defensive full-backs (D'Almeida favoured and Sang pushed forward?).

[dembethewarrior]

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Morrison, Ralls, Flint, Pack are all starters with Vaulks as back up in midfield.

If they go they will all need replacing and some of those are top players at this level
Not as easy as it sounds and we would lose a lot of our goal threat.

Smithies is an excellent keeper, but you can’t have a back up in that money and Tomlin and Murphy will surely go, both are huge talents, but just haven’t done near enough.

Its almost like we should have started the process this year so it's not such a big shocker next year.

[LeningradCowboy]

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I think that re-signing Morrison is a no-brainer unless he wants silly money.

[LeningradCowboy]

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Tough one between Flint and Morrison, as they are both very good championship central defenders. I'd say Morrison is overall slightly better, but Flint has been better for us in a back 3 .
Flint will be 33 when it comes time to sign a new contract though, which possibly tilts it towards Morrison for me, as he's a couple of years younger.
We could offer Morrison a 2 year deal, but I'm not sure a 2 year deal for Flint would be a sensible move as he'd be 35 by the end of it.

Morrison is a deluxe version of Flint, so I think he would look better playing in the middle of a back three.

[City123]

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Morrison is both better and younger than Flint.

[Rjk]

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Morrison is a deluxe version of Flint, so I think he would look better playing in the middle of a back three.

yeah I'd agree with that

[Rjk]

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Its almost like we should have started the process this year so it's not such a big shocker next year.

in fairness we had other issues to address then too

[logic]

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I think that re-signing Morrison is a no-brainer unless he wants silly money.

Logic would indicate that Morrison isn't going to play for a pittance - at his age, next contract is likely to be the last big contract he can get - this may not tally with our financial constraints. As our financial health is far more important than any one player, it's likely that if no deal can be worked out he'll be sold.

[dembethewarrior]

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in fairness we had other issues to address then too

I'm not sure putting a couple of players on the transfer market would have put too much stress on the workload :thumbup:

[Citizen's Nephew]

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I'm not sure putting a couple of players on the transfer market would have put too much stress on the workload :thumbup:

Those pens don’t push themselves you know?!

[dembethewarrior]

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Those pens don’t push themselves you know?!

:hehe:

Imagine halving the workload this year so you've not got twice the work to do next year, with the added plus that if they don't sign/we didn't want to extend we had a years contract to try and get some sort of fee for anyone wlthatbwould have been leaving.

[Citizen's Nephew]

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Morrison, Ralls, Flint, Pack are all starters with Vaulks as back up in midfield.

If they go they will all need replacing and some of those are top players at this level
Not as easy as it sounds and we would lose a lot of our goal threat.

Smithies is an excellent keeper, but you can’t have a back up in that money and Tomlin and Murphy will surely go, both are huge talents, but just haven’t done near enough.

They may be starters I just don’t see them as huge goal threats anymore. Unless Vaulks gets his head sorted his career is nosediving. The squad is stale and needs to be unWarnocked. I know it’s not easy. That shouldn’t be a reason for not doing it though.

[Citizen's Nephew]

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:hehe:

Imagine halving the workload this year so you've not got twice the work to do next year, with the added plus that if they don't sign/we didn't want to extend we had a years contract to try and get some sort of fee for anyone wlthatbwould have been leaving.

Enough with that project and resource management talk!

[Jimmy the Jock]

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A final thought for this thread, how many are assuming we'll play same formation next season?

Mick wasn't shy in picking current formation because it got the most out of players available but looking at players expected here next year and I'd argue that rotation between 4-3-3 and 3-4-1-2 far more likely than currently dominant 3-4-2-1 and occasional 3-4-1-2.

That could mean Watters coming back in from the cold (if playing 2 up front again), greater emphasis on real wingers (Bacuna in a new role?) and slightly more defensive full-backs (D'Almeida favoured and Sang pushed forward?).

We could trial him for the mascot?

[LeningradCowboy]

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Logic would indicate that Morrison isn't going to play for a pittance - at his age, next contract is likely to be the last big contract he can get - this may not tally with our financial constraints. As our financial health is far more important than any one player, it's likely that if no deal can be worked out he'll be sold.

Which clubs will be looking to sign Morrison and won't have the same financial constraints that we do? He's a top player in the Championship, but not good enough for the Premier League, or at least he wasn't a few years ago.