montiel, origi and tavares only on loan and going back to their parent clubs as will reyna and ribeiro. felipe ,hennessey and kouyate out of contract , Richie Laryea has been sold for a small profit and george shelvey was released to dundalk which he is currently serving a 10 game suspension. boly and wood ?? as no news yet on their contracts.
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Current state of the squad
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Red Dog in a Forest
Viv Anderson
I believe Aina and Wood both have another year.
i thought we offered a new contract to Boly?
i think all depend on which division we are in , i think once the season ends , a lot will happen in regards to new contracts.
Yep I was just showing who we registered with the PL as our 25 man squad + u21s.
You can quickly see we have plenty of business to do though.
congo_red_49
Ale Ape
What did he do?
DanR
Steve Chettle
He objected to a referee's decision by questioning his parental origin while labelling his country of origin.What did he do?
congo_red_49
Ale Ape
Nice to see we're still raising our Academy Graduates right, then.
tricky_tree1982
Viv Anderson
I keep seeing people say we need to bring defenders in but a genuine question - who would you replace in the starting 11 in defence? To me, all of them are very capable, it's the silly mistakes we need to cut out.
Bring players in of an equal or better standard and make them compete for the starting role.
Firstly it's likely that we'll lose Murillo. Who knows whether Worrall has a future here and Felipe (and maybe Boly) is leaving on a free.
Secondly I have a feeling Nuno will switch to 3 at the back next season. Omobamidele looks like a good prospect but lacks experience, Niakhate is an odd one as he can look brilliant one game then a liability the next.
tricky_tree1982
Viv Anderson
Yes agree on Niakhate. Also find it really interesting that he no longer takes throw ins, instead it's Aina which are perfectly fine tbh.
congo_red_49
Ale Ape
There's two possibilities regarding Niakhate's missing chaos throws
- He hasn't taken any since his elbow injury - so either his elbow isn't fully healed, is at risk of re-injury if he launches one in, or has healed in a way that he can't generate the same distance any more, or
- Him moving out of position from the center to the flanks is seen as a positional risk if the other team breaks from the throw in (or just a bigger risk than the potential reward at least) whereas Aina would be out wide anyway.
Red Ray's Redlist
Viv Anderson
Or Aina's throws are just better, which I think they are.
congo_red_49
Ale Ape
It's a possibility, although I discounted that specifically, as Niakhate didn't take any in the Villa game - which Aina wasn't involved in.
Robertson
Geoff Thomas
Also Niakhate is one of the best targets to get on the end of them
PlayedOnGrass
First Team Squad
Agreed - plus Niakhate can di more damage flicking an Aina header on.
Rzar
Bob McKinlay
Niakhate's were made really effective by Felipe winning the near post flick, once he got that flick on it was so difficult for teams to clear it just created a mad scramble every time. If you don't get that flick they are rubbish and nobody could win them like Felipe.
Aina's get into a more dangerous area but are easier to clear because the ball has a lot of pace on it.
Aina's get into a more dangerous area but are easier to clear because the ball has a lot of pace on it.