Definitely need to be looking in the young, hungry, plenty of potential for improvement pot. I don't see any long term benefit in signing out of contract PL players aged 30+.
Chair, Gyokeres, Scott would be amazing signings. I think re-signing McAtee and Doyle, either loans or permanent, should be the clubs priority.
The keeper situation worries me, Davies isn't good enough, and I still have questions about Foderingham. Could we go in for Dean Henderson? Mike Cooper at Plymouth had been the outstanding young keeper in the EFL prior to his injury so he should be on our radar too.
Ilias Chair a most definite YES! Would have loved to have signed him previously.
Never really considered Pukki as I’ve always thought him the Norwich equivalent of Billy Sharp with Club stripes through him like a stick of rock!
The others I haven’t studied as well as you, but some of the names definitely stick out from this past season, so maybe a few might end up on our shopping list and even make it to the check-out. And wouldn’t it be fabulous to buy or loan again either/or Doyle & McAtee? What a first season in the Prem that would be!
Definitely need to be looking in the young, hungry, plenty of potential for improvement pot. I don't see any long term benefit in signing out of contract PL players aged 30+.
Chair, Gyokeres, Scott would be amazing signings. I think re-signing McAtee and Doyle, either loans or permanent, should be the clubs priority.
The keeper situation worries me, Davies isn't good enough, and I still have questions about Foderingham. Could we go in for Dean Henderson? Mike Cooper at Plymouth had been the outstanding young keeper in the EFL prior to his injury so he should be on our radar too.
I'd be going for Millwall's Zian Flemming and Coventry's Callum O'Hare (but he might not recover from his ACL injury before the end of August).
Thanks, Sam - great analysis.
Ilias Chair a most definite YES! Would have loved to have signed him previously.
Never really considered Pukki as I’ve always thought him the Norwich equivalent of Billy Sharp with Club stripes through him like a stick of rock!
The others I haven’t studied as well as you, but some of the names definitely stick out from this past season, so maybe a few might end up on our shopping list and even make it to the check-out. And wouldn’t it be fabulous to buy or loan again either/or Doyle & McAtee? What a first season in the Prem that would be!
Sue.
Great write up, I think we'll see unknowns like Anel, Hecky is very astute and not adverse to blooding the young'uns even in the prem!