SHA Small Heath Alliance

What's needed to push this team on?

We have a strong foundation now and it will be great going into the start of the new season with 3 recognised left backs in the club.

We're going to need a new first choice GK. Ideally, I'd prefer one with more experience. I'd wouldn't mind Patterson from Sunderland if he was available?

If we were going to invest heavily, I'd like us to try and sign Ethan Pye from Stockport if they don't go up. Young English left footed centre back who is highly rated. I think Neumann and Klarer have shown recently that they can be our starting partnership at the back and then it would be good to slowly develop someone around them.

I'd love us to sign someone in the middle of the park with some serious pedigree and understanding of the championship. I would mind someone like a Ross Barkley type signing. We jlcannot be heading into next season with Paik and Iwata being serious starters together.

I'd love to see Osman back, but he does worry with me about his consistency and end product at times.

Assuming Ducksch is moved on, that would leave us with another position to fill. As much as I love Stanno, I wouldn't want to be solely relying on him and August to lead the line next season. I think we need a bit of experience in the top half of the field as well. There's going to be high expectations again and we've seen effect it has had on Jay at times this season.

With months to kill now until the start of the next season, may as well fill that time with talk of potential signings. Personally can't bare another thread about whether the manager should stay or go.

To get promoted you need to score around 85 goals. Not sure the total number of goals the current squad has in them. You also need pace and passing ability in the midfield, and chip in with goals. You also need pace and passing ability out wide. A midfield trip of Paik, Iwata and Solis does not have the complete passing skills nor pace and goalscoring capability.

You also need to be defensively sound. For that you need a dominant goal keeper as well as defensively sound full backs. Both BOS and Laird are prone to making mistakes.

It will need a big transfer window in the summer.

We need a keeper on loan.
Left Sided Centre Back
Jhon Solis or a replacement for him
Osman or a similar winger with raw pace
A quality number 10.

Then for me it's one out one in.

Assuming Ducksch goes, that will free up a few quid. But if you recruit cleverly you can do it on a budget. The likes of McBurnie was free this year. McBurnie has 17 goals. That would have been the difference for us.

If being greedy i'd love us to have a pacy striker too.

If being greedy i'd love us to have a pacy striker too.
What like kyogo..?

Priority has to be a 10 (thought I would like to see Vicente given a try there)

Then a keeper

Spend the rest on left winger and an 8

Hopefully, we can bring back Osman and Solis, but not at the expense of the 10

How many of today's starting 11 will definitely start the first game next year? Maybe Klarer, Neumann, Wagner, BOS, Iwata, Vicente, Stanno, Priske. Are they really top six, top 2 material?

MaryHinge

Priority has to be a 10 (thought I would like to see Vicente given a try there)

Then a keeper

Spend the rest on left winger and an 8

Hopefully, we can bring back Osman and Solis, but not at the expense of the 10

This was said in a different threat but I don’t understand Vicente playing there. He loves the touch line, surely Roberts would be the one to try there?

For me, we need a keeper, I still think a number 10. Left winger. And we need 2 starting centre mids (I’d hope solis is one of them) but Paik isn’t good enough to be a starting midfielder in a promotion challenging team.

Keeper

Centre back

2 x centre mids

Left winger

Number 10

Striker


Outgoings

All the loans
Kyogo
Duchs
Fujimoto

Ins:
Keeper
LCB
2 Cms solis/another
Attacking midfielder
Left winger (osman)
Striker

Out:
Obviously loanees expire
Panzo(expired)
Buchanan
Fujimoto
Ducksch
Kyogo


Summary 7/8 in with similar number out

Must we persist with a 10?

If there isn’t one who is gonna cook next year who’s identified relatively early then tweak the formation to try something different and buy (if necessary) to do so.

How may have we actually tied in that position without any real substantive success now, 6,7,8 different players?

Even with a system change i still think we need a 10, I actually don't think we have a specialist number 10 in our squad currently

Keeper to replace Beadle if we cant get him again

CB to replace Panzo

CM to replace Doyle

CM to replace Solis

CM to make Iwata a squad option

CF who scores goals and is physical

No. 10 to replace Ducksh

Winger to replace Osman if we cant him for another season

If the replacements for our loans and out of contract are good pick ups then we'll have a squad that should have a shout at top 6

thethinblueline

Must we persist with a 10?

With Davies, yes.

None of this season’s loans thanks

Osman is very welcome to come back.
Once the loans have gone though, we need a left sided central defender. 2 central midfielders, one or two 10’s, a keeper and possibly 2 strikers and possibly a right back. I can see Ducksch, Kyogo, Fujimoto, hopefully Robinson, and one of Laird or BOS leaving