Big Sam poll.....

[Johnnykayeengland]

Backed properly is the key.

Sam has shown in his time with us that if he doesn’t get everything his own way he’ll show little interest in turning things around and instead focus his energy on preserving his reputation, and I’m just not sure he will get the kind of budget and free reign he will expect.

Also, Sam’s only experience in the Championship in the last 20 years is with WHU, where he was given a huge budget comparatively and got up through the playoffs after signing a squad of highly paid journeymen which again needed substantial investment into ageing pros on big wages upon promotion... this would be a massive gamble for the club as the funds we have available this summer need to balance making an immediate return and finding saleable assets should we fail and I’m not sure Sam will buy into this. He certainly wouldn’t stand for Dowling signing Kipré and Grady!

Good points. We don't require the overhaul that some allude to, the squad with a couple of decent additions should get promoted next season regardless of who the manager is. The championship is as weak as its been for a while, and if Norwich/Watford come up which looks likely, that's 2 of the parachute money backed sides out of the way. Barnsley, Reading and Swansea are in the playoffs ffs. 

Wilder is the man for me.

Assuming all our loan players return to there parent clubs ,that leaves us a target man light and a midfield pair of Livermore and sawyers so i would say we need quite a decent overhaul ,if not that midfield combo worries the hell  out of me.

+1.

And not forgetting a keeper, a centre back and a no 10 when Sam, Bartley and Pereira leave in the summer.

That’s over half a team!!!!

Again, even if that’s the worst case scenario we could still line up;

Robinson Grant Diangana
Snodgrass Sawyers Harper 
Townsend Ajayi O’Shea Furlong
Palmer / Button 

And we’d still have the likes of Phillips, Livermore, Kipré, Morton, Tulloch, Zohore and Edwards (maybe) in the squad. 

I doubt we’ll see Bartley leave, although I imagine we’ll get a few bids from the likes of Burnley and the promoted clubs, and if Sam and MP go we will be adequately compensated. 

Next season we need a couple of short term players to cover at fullback and then we need to spend what we have available on a couple of central midfielders and a striker we feel could step up. We already have the money from Ferguson and Field to invest, and should see £10M from SJ, on top of significant wage savings from the likes of Grosicki, Austin, Gibbs, HRK and Ivanovic.

We have the money from Ferguson?

News to me! Are you sure?