Here is the full squad: The core for next season. Who do you move on. Decision is yours!?

r00fie1

r00fie1

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Here`s the current squad.
Your objective is to establish a core of players for next season.
You have a brief to reduce wages and the size of the squad.

No. Position Player
1 GK Tomás Mejías
2 DF Anfernee Dijksteel
3 DF George Friend(captain)
5 DF Ryan Shotton
6 DF Dael Fry
7 MF Marcus Tavernier
8 MF Adam Clayton
9 FW Britt Assombalonga
11 FW Ashley Fletcher
15 MF Ravel Morrison(on loan from Sheffield United)
16 MF Jonny Howson
17 MF Paddy McNair
18 DF Harold Moukoudi(on loan from Saint-Étienne)
19 MF Patrick Roberts(on loan from Manchester City)
20 MF Lukas Nmecha(on loan from Manchester City)
21 MF Marvin Johnson

No. Position Player
22 MF George Saville
25 DF Nathan Wood
26 MF Lewis Wing
27 DF Marc Bola
28 DF Sam Stubbs
29 DF Djed Spence
30 GK Dejan Stojanović
33 DF Hayden Coulson
34 MF Connor Malley
35 FW Tyrone O'Neill
36 FW Stephen Walker
37 DF Ben Liddle
40 GK Zach Hemming
41 FW Rumarn Burrell
42 GK Aynsley Pears
44 MF Hayden Hackney
 
No. Position Player
1
2 DF Anfernee Dijksteel
3
5
6 DF Dael Fry
7 MF Marcus Tavernier
8
9
11
15
16 MF Jonny Howson
17
18
19 MF Patrick Roberts(on loan from Manchester City) unlikely to see him here mind
20
21

No. Position Player
22
25 DF Nathan Wood
26 MF Lewis Wing
27
28 DF Sam Stubbs
29 DF Djed Spence
30 GK Dejan Stojanović
33 DF Hayden Coulson
34 MF Connor Malley
35 FW Tyrone O'Neill
36 FW Stephen Walker
37 DF Ben Liddle
40 GK Zach Hemming
41 FW Rumarn Burrell
42 GK Aynsley Pears
44 MF Hayden Hackney

looks terrible in reality but funds would be generated and lots of freebies will be about i guess
 
Weve essentially got to the point where we need to rebuild an entire team from scratch. The mismanagement is staggering.

I suppose the only positive is were generally not lumbered with players on big wages. There's probably only Britt left on daft money now.

But what a rebuilding job. Feels like even if we do stay up it'll only delay the inevitable for a season.
 
festa5 said:
Weve essentially got to the point where we need to rebuild an entire team from scratch. The mismanagement is staggering.

I suppose the only positive is were generally not lumbered with players on big wages. There's probably only Britt left on daft money now.

But what a rebuilding job. Feels like even if we do stay up it'll only delay the inevitable for a season.
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Personally, I think a number of clubs will face Wigan’s fate. Thankfully, I’m hopeful we won’t be one of them. We could end up being the Forrest Gump and Bubba of the division, having weathered the storm.

It could be a blessing, not a hindrance, that we have so few players on the books with hardly any big earners (Britt/Fletch out of contract next summer).
 
coluka said:
No. Position Player
1
2 DF Anfernee Dijksteel
3
5
6 DF Dael Fry
7 MF Marcus Tavernier
8
9
11
15
16 MF Jonny Howson
17
18
19 MF Patrick Roberts(on loan from Manchester City) unlikely to see him here mind
20
21

No. Position Player
22
25 DF Nathan Wood
26 MF Lewis Wing
27
28 DF Sam Stubbs
29 DF Djed Spence
30 GK Dejan Stojanović
33 DF Hayden Coulson
34 MF Connor Malley
35 FW Tyrone O'Neill
36 FW Stephen Walker
37 DF Ben Liddle
40 GK Zach Hemming
41 FW Rumarn Burrell
42 GK Aynsley Pears
44 MF Hayden Hackney

looks terrible in reality but funds would be generated and lots of freebies will be about i guess
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Col: I agree the extent of the cul is essential(y)
The big earners are part of the issue: Fletcher, Saville and Assombalonga are [financially] unsustainable.
I would add Anfernee to that and sell Marcus Browne to Ocford.
If any club comes in for Dael Fry we should sell him in order to reinvest.

Sam Stubbs is a good young defender who has experience on loan - we need to use him in the first team.
There are others in there who may get their chance sooner, depending on who the manager is.

We cant afford to buy-in expensive experiments and mercenaries any longer.
 
atypical_boro said:
Personally, I think a number of clubs will face Wigan’s fate. Thankfully, I’m hopeful we won’t be one of them. We could end up being the Forrest Gump and Bubba of the division, having weathered the storm.

It could be a blessing, not a hindrance, that we have so few players on the books with hardly any big earners (Britt/Fletch out of contract next summer).
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That's what I'm hoping for (and great analogy 😂👏).

But since when has anything gone boro's way to that extent? Although maybe that's just the pessimistic Boro fan in me talking.
 
r00fie1 said:
Col: I agree the extent of the cul is essential(y)
The big earners are part of the issue: Fletcher, Saville and Assombalonga are [financially] unsustainable.
I would add Anfernee to that and sell Marcus Browne to Ocford.
If any club comes in for Dael Fry we should sell him in order to reinvest.

Sam Stubbs is a good young defender who has experience on loan - we need to use him in the first team.
There are others in there who may get their chance sooner, depending on who the manager is.

We cant afford to buy-in expensive experiments and mercenaries any longer.
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If we are relegated, players like Djiksteel and Browne are proven at that level, so I would be tempted to keep them. However, if Browne is as said unhappy up north then yes, sell him too. The rebuild is massive.

We have Stubbs and Wood, Spence and Coulson, Howson as an experienced head, Tav and Wing but goodness me we are short in every area. Are the academy lads up to it? I don’t know and am sceptical we have anything of the class of 86/87 level in there, but time will tell. The last thing the club could afford is a toil in Div 1 which would see a possible bigger drift away of support than this year will likely see.

These next 5 games could decide whether we have reached rock bottom and can start to climb, or whether we still have a way to sink. The division below is littered with former premier league teams and starting from scratch with bare bones needs a really experienced manager with knowledge of building up from that level mixing experience and youth will be needed. It sickens me that only 4 years ago we were looking forward to being back in the big time, and here we are fretting about trips to Rochdale, Gillingham and Lincoln (no offence 1finny).
 
It is the first time in more than a few decades of supporting Boro that I really do not care if we get rid of everyone. There is no one in that line up who is indispensable. And please do not kid yourself that we have a good third tier side which will do well, because we haven't. We have a soulless bunch who will struggle at any level.

We seem to have arrived at a time where we have a very poor attack, a midfield with little drive and a suspect defence which always concedes. Now that we need to actually do better than some teams ( we are in a relegation position) to stay up (I have ignored Wigan) we are in a perilous situation and likely to be relegated. I'd we do so, please keep Warnock and build from scratch.
 
I'd keep the following


42 GK Aynsley Pears
3 DF George Friend(captain) (though not bothered if he leaves)
6 DF Dael Fry
7 MF Marcus Tavernier
8 MF Adam Clayton
11 FW Ashley Fletcher
16 MF Jonny Howson
17 MF Paddy McNair
18 DF Harold Moukoudi(on loan from Saint-Étienne)
19 MF Patrick Roberts(on loan from Manchester City) (probably not going to happen)
21 MF Marvin Johnson (though not bothered if he leaves)
22 MF George Saville (though not bothered if he leaves)
25 DF Nathan Wood
26 MF Lewis Wing
28 DF Sam Stubbs
29 DF Djed Spence
30 GK Dejan Stojanović
33 DF Hayden Coulson


Don't know enough to judge:

34 MF Connor Malley
35 FW Tyrone O'Neill
36 FW Stephen Walker
37 DF Ben Liddle
40 GK Zach Hemming
41 FW Rumarn Burrell
44 MF Hayden Hackney
 
festa5 said:
That's what I'm hoping for (and great analogy 😂👏).

But since when has anything gone boro's way to that extent? Although maybe that's just the pessimistic Boro fan in me talking.
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Well I suppose in 1994-2006 we had things our way to a big extent. I really think we’ll have good times and bad times again in the future. That sadly probably includes a season or two in the third tier at some point. Not sure it will involve Europa League finals mind.
 
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atypical_boro said:
Well I suppose in 1994-2006 we had things our way to a big extent. I really think we’ll have good times and bad times again in the future. That sadly probably includes a season or two in the third tier at some point. Not sure it will involve Europa League finals mind.
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True and we'll likely never see that success again. But even then when we had probably the best opportunity we'll ever have to potentially genuinely challenge right at the very top (one of the best players in the world already here, Ince, Roberto Carlos and others all but agreed) we managed to balls it up and get treated more harshly than any club has been since with the 3 points debacle.

Also true we'll probably bounce back to some degree in the future.
 
DCI_Gene_Hunt said:
Problem is they all have to be replaced somehow.
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Every player will be available for the right price, I think that's pretty clear. I suppose for the likes of Coulson though it'll take more money than any club would likely offer at this point.

It's the scale of the rebuild that's concerning. Signing players isn't easy. Getting an entirely new squad to gel isn't either. And there's not going to be much of an off season.

I suppose the positive is there should be bargains to be had as lots of clubs will be looking to reduce their wage bill and presumably operate with smaller squads.
 
festa5 said:
True and we'll likely never see that success again. But even then when we had probably the best opportunity we'll ever have to potentially genuinely challenge right at the very top (one of the best players in the world already here, Ince, Roberto Carlos and others all but agreed) we managed to balls it up and get treated more harshly than any club has been since with the 3 points debacle.

Also true we'll probably bounce back to some degree in the future.
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We did balls it up a bit, we were sort of being seen as the 'new Blackburn' (or even 'new Newcastle') and we didn't manage to emulate them in terms of league position, but we did win a cup and we did have some European escapades that none of us will ever forget. I'm not entirely sure that the 3 points debacle wasn't just a case of harsh treatment towards a misunderstanding and an unprecedented case though. I don't know if I feel it was the club's fault, or the FA's, or what. Its something I just don't really think about anymore, it wasn't to be for whatever reason.
 
No. Position Player
1
2 DF Anfernee Dijksteel
3
5
6 DF Dael Fry
7 MF Marcus Tavernier
8
9 FW Britt Assombalonga - Sell if possible to get some revenue
11 FW Ashley Fletcher
15
16 MF Jonny Howson
17 MF Paddy McNair - Sell if possible to get some revenue
18 DF Harold Moukoudi - Reloan if possible
19 MF Patrick Roberts - Reloan if possible
20
21
22 MF George Saville - Sell if possible to get some revenue
25 DF Nathan Wood
26 MF Lewis Wing - Sell if possible to get some revenue
27 DF Marc Bola
28 DF Sam Stubbs
29 DF Djed Spence
30 GK Dejan Stojanović
33 DF Hayden Coulson
34 MF Connor Malley
35 FW Tyrone O'Neill
36 FW Stephen Walker
37 DF Ben Liddle
40 GK Zach Hemming
41 FW Rumarn Burrell
42 GK Aynsley Pears
44 MF Hayden Hackney

Marcus Browne is missing from the list as the new keeper got his number, probably worth another crack with another manager


Major rebuild needed in the summer, hopefully we are in the championship to do it, badly need some new ideas in the scouting and recruitment team though, that should be an absolute must and hopefully is something Warnock is hammering home given this shower of a squad which has been assembled by Messrs Gill and co.
 
Just a bit of fun for a Monday morning. We really have contrived to assemble a squad either on stupid contracts, basic ability and powder puff mentality (not attitude) over the course of four years. Whatever you think of the results on the pitch and the attributes of four very different managers how can anyone in the recruitment department think they did the best they could?

No. Position Player
1 GK Tomás Mejías - keep
2 DF Anfernee Dijksteel - keep
3 DF George Friend(captain) - I think he'll be here, but needs to be thinking about his future off the pitch
5 DF Ryan Shotton - release
6 DF Dael Fry - look for a fee
7 MF Marcus Tavernier - keep hold
8 MF Adam Clayton - release, I think he deserves another challenge with a club looking upwards
9 FW Britt Assombalonga - look for a fee
11 FW Ashley Fletcher - keep
15 MF Ravel Morrison(on loan from Sheffield United) - release
16 MF Jonny Howson - signed up for another year of this. Good to have but not a team captain
17 MF Paddy McNair - keep if we stay up, look for a fee if relegated
18 DF Harold Moukoudi(on loan from Saint-Étienne) - he might get better offers
19 MF Patrick Roberts(on loan from Manchester City) - won't be here
20 MF Lukas Nmecha(on loan from Manchester City) - won't be here
21 MF Marvin Johnson - look for a fee
22 MF George Saville - keep and put him to good use
25 DF Nathan Wood - keep
26 MF Lewis Wing - keep
27 DF Marc Bola -don't know
28 DF Sam Stubbs - keep
29 DF Djed Spence - keep and he's going to be key. will be harder to keep if we drop division
30 GK Dejan Stojanović - meh. shouldn't be our number 1
33 DF Hayden Coulson - keep
34 MF Connor Malley -keep
35 FW Tyrone O'Neill - keep
36 FW Stephen Walker -keep
37 DF Ben Liddle - keep
40 GK Zach Hemming -keep
41 FW Rumarn Burrell - keep
42 GK Aynsley Pears - Should be our number one if he toughens up
44 MF Hayden Hackney - keep

What we're left with are a lot of players with reputations to recover having taken a kicking this season.

Don't know and not seen enough of the youngsters and academy players who have signed professional contracts for us but hopefully there might be some hungry players demanding to make the step up and have an impact next season. I'm not a massive fan of Warnock and Blackwell, but this might be where their experience may pay off. There may still be a chance to develop this 'golden thread' of players moving through the age groups of the club and joining the first team set up - but I would much rather we were doing this in the Championship.
 
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