Apologies, Albionic
Taking things position by position:
Goalkeeper - both Palmer and Griffiths are under contract for next season. It feels like a waste having both at the club, but equally I wouldn't want Ted Cann as our permanent number 2 because we'd be one injury away from him playing every week. Palmer's shot-stopping by the stats is about league average - he neither saves more than he should, nor does he let more in than you'd expect. we don't need to do anything but if Palmer is going to be our no 1 for the next few seasons then keeping Griffiths seems a waste of both his talent and a potential fee.
Full back - Furlong is under contract for one more year, but he's not had any real competition for a good few seasons. Is Ethan Ingram viewed favourably? We need an understudy to replace Furlong eventually, as he generally relies on his physical attributes so you would expect a sharper decline when those fail him.
On the other side, the same goes for Townsend but with more urgency as Townsend is older. Ashworth is at a make-or-break point with us. He's been out on loan this year so either he's ready to play some role or we think he isn't in which case there's the door.
Centre back - Ajayi and Taylor are under contract. I think we'd listen to offers for Ajayi ordinarily, but currently we need him. I do wonder if he'd b happy on the bench for another season if we brought in players CC preferred? At this stage of his career, he may want guaranteed game time.
Centre Mid - Yokuslu and Molumby both have a year left. Yokuslu's game has never been about running and he's one of the most press-resistant players we have. I would see if a 1+1 deal could be agreed. With only one senior centre mid otherwise on the books, I'd be loath to sell him, though I imagine he'd be a top earner for us once clear some of the deadwood.
Molumby was reduced to a bench role when Mowatt took prominence. At 24 he's a good age and his worth rate and stamina is something we lack. Not the most gifted footballer but I think him and Okay could compliment each other well.
Beyond those, we need to see if Heard or Whitwell can make the step up. They are training with the first team so there's no reason for CC not to know what they can do.
Right wing - Wallace has two years and is skipper. He's not going anywhere. Fellows seems like a good rotation option on the right, so I don't think we need to do anything here.
Number 10 - Swift, in my opinion, has flattered to deceive. He shows flashes of brilliance. Sometimes I think he can be needlessly selfish - he loves to hit knuckleball shots and I'm not sure he's scored on. Beyond Swift, we lack a proper back-up. Diangana has been played here, as has Wallace. I think Whitwell can play further forward too?
Left wing - Diangana is 25 and has a year left. Do we cash in? Would a promoted/relegated team (i.e. someone with money) think he's worth a punt? He'd be a first choice here but we can't let him leave for nothing.
Grant will be back but I can't seem him in CC's plans. Our best hope is a sale or another loan.
Striker - Our best stocked position on paper. Dike and Maja are under contract for two more years, while BTA is entering his final year. The medical team will need to be honest about the level Dike can come back to. Having these three forwards may be overkill given we also have Faal, Malcolm, maybe Cleary as back ups, plus we don't know if we can offload Grant.
All in all, we can field a reasonable 11, but our depth will not be good
Palmer
Furlong
Ajayi
Taylor
Townsend
Yokuslu
Molumby
Wallace
Swift
Diangana
Maja
Subs: Griffiths, Fellows, BTA, Dike, Grant, Whitwell, Heard
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