In my opinion we only have three top Championship players. Fry, Tavernier and McNair.
I would be happy to keep three others. Grant Hall as is the archetypal Championship “big“ centre half. Not particularly blessed with pace or quality but will stick his head on everything and score from a couple of set-pieces. Dijksteel (when not injured) is young lad who has shown in flashes he is quick and strong and can do a job so happy to have them two also around the squad. Duncan Watmore has pace to get in behind and is top scorer despite playing half the season and been unfit for quite a while so I honestly think he can be better next season and with a full pre-season behind him.But the rest...........
Well there’s nothing is there? I love Jonny Howson, but like Clayton and Leadbitter before him, he has done well for the club but his legs have now gone. Morsy has no legs to begin with. It’s been embarrassing seeing him flounder and tried fouling as Championship midfielders run past him and Howson. Saville (I can’t even believe I’m saying this myself) is probably the one of the 3 I would rather keep as he at least grabs a few goals a season but my word we wont be in the play-offs if he is a first choice starter. Our left hand side is a disaster. Need two quick strong players as Bola, Johnson and Coulson have demonstrated poor defensive work when in the side and the quality of crossing has been a joke this season. And strikers??? What strikers? All flops and need to go. And as it stands we will not have a keeper on our books at the end of the season who has ever played a league game so this is a priority.
With the pandemic we cannot realistically bring in 5/6 players so even more reason why we need to hope the youngsters are good and even more reason to blood Malley, Jones, Coburn and Kavanagh in the remaining games. If we can get 2/3 good players in the summer (GK and Striker are a must) then we can maybe get another 2 in Jan to have a play-off push but I really do think we will struggle next season.