Players to exit b4 Deadline?

Coulson Atkinson out on loan , Devaney, Mattis and McCann .Would not want to see McCann go but where can he get in,cannot see him happy on the bench all the time .

 

As long as Togwell isn't one of them...

... like to keep McCann too.

 

Players who are currently going to be warming the bench need to stay otherwise we are weakening the overall squad.

 

Whats with all this talk of people leaving? Im sure Mattis will be gone before Mccann or Togwell. Cant see him getting much of a game this season.

 

Did not say anyone was leaving but I reckon with the size of the squad and the rumour its about to get bigger Gord might want to trim the wages a bit by getting SD to move on players he will not use . particularly players he did not bring in, I agree a big strong squad with competion for players is better but economics must enter in to it bearing in mind the position we were in a couple of years ago.

 

I don't understand why anyone should be leaving

If players lose a bit of form ( Devaney ) , are injured ( Hassell , Bruma ) , or suspended ( Reid ) , we now have players who are capable of coming in and doing a decent job for us . That is something that was sadly lacking last season .
Also , since he took over , Davey has let go Wright,Healey,McParland,Wroe,Jarman,Kay,Tonge,Austin,Lucas,Richards & seen three players opt to leave when offered new contracts in Hayes,Nardiello and Williams . So the number of players coming in seems to mirror the ones who've left this year .
Another thing is that Davey managed to convince Howard,Hassell,Devaney,Reid & Togwell to sign new contracts this summer , so I would assume they are all in his plans this season . Just because any particular individual is not getting a place in the current starting line up does not mean that they won't get a place at some stage during the season and vice versa .

 

RE: I don't understand why anyone should be leaving

Agreed. Could see Mattis leaving though and probably Heckingbottom in January.

 

I think

That's a good shout .

 

If McCann leaves I'll be really disappointed

Such a good player who if given the chance in the new system, should do well.

 

I'm with you on that, but both Togwell and McCann will only be able to prove their worth when the ball is played through midfield when moving forward rather than the tendency (from what I saw yesterday) to go route one. I would like to see a starting midfield of Howard, Johnson, Togwell and McCann - just to see if it works - because on paper that should give us the bite and flair

 

Can only see Devaney possibly leaving

and a couple of young uns on loan. Maybe Mattis too. It is a long season and I am sure most of the squad will be given a chance at some point.

 

I thought we played it through midfield quite a bit actually...

A lot more than any other game I've seen this season.

 

you could be right t.t, its certainly consistent with what most other posters saw yesterday. My overall impression was that the ball was passed around in the relative safety of defence/midfield but that it usually resulted in a long(ish) ball to the Ferenczi/Odebayi. Similarly, when defending, Plymouth had control of the area that I would have thought our midfield would have been competing (in). It was perhaps only the last 15 minutes when the game was stretched and a bit frantic that we were keeping it on the ground moving forward

on a separate but related issue, how much space was there on our right that we did not seem able to use (the area Devaney usually operates in) so maybe I need to include Devaney in my 4 man midfield of Howard, Johnson, Togwell and McCann

 

RE: If McCann leaves I'll be really disappointed

Cant see McCann or Togwell leaving. They'll be needed in the new year when Johnson starts to lose his legs a bit.