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Post by robstokie on Apr 5, 2017 13:11:19 GMT
It's July 1st 2017 and Sparky has decided to leave Stoke City to 'tend to his orchids'. Coatesy is looking for a replacement but, in a moment of madness, proceeds to read the oatcake forum, comes across your comments and finds your views so insightful that he offers you the job on the spot with the condition that a rebuild is the top priority. You accept the job. So, what is your plan?
I'll start. The first thing i would do would be to bring some of the youth team into the first team set-up full time (Ngoy, Verlinden, Thomas, Souttar - possibly Sweeney and Shenton as well) with a view to assess them over the pre-season. I would also bring Bojan back and Give Joselu a second chance. There would be a TP style camp in Austria to allow everyone to get into A1 condition and to bond as a unit away from any distractions.
Then i would tell the following players they would be allowed to look for a new club (Ireland, Whelan, Adam, Imbula, Crouch, Given, Johnson, Wollscheid, Haugaard) and be prepared to listen to offers for others (SJW, Diouf, Shaqiri). I wouldn't expect to make much dough from the dead wood but it would free up wages and allow us to redirect some of that money into transfer funds.
Following on from that, I would get to work on bringing back Bruno as well as going for another centre half, a right back, a holding midfielder, a box to box midfielder, 1 (but preferably 2) winger. I would try to get the majority of my business finished before our final pre-season friendly to try to allow the new look squad to start to gel.
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Post by heworksardtho on Apr 5, 2017 13:14:43 GMT
It's July 1st 2017 and Sparky has decided to leave Stoke City to 'tend to his orchids'. Coatesy is looking for a replacement but, in a moment of madness, proceeds to read the oatcake forum, comes across your comments and finds your views so insightful that he offers you the job on the spot with the condition that a rebuild is the top priority. You accept the job. So, what is your plan? I'll start. The first thing i would do would be to bring some of the youth team into the first team set-up full time (Ngoy, Verlinden, Thomas, Souttar - possibly Sweeney and Shenton as well) with a view to assess them over the pre-season. I would also bring Bojan back and Give Joselu a second chance. Then i would tell the following players they would be allowed to look for a new club (Ireland, Whelan, Adam, Imbula, Crouch, Given, Johnson, Wollscheid, Haugaard) and be prepared to listen to offers for others (SJW, Diouf, Shaqiri) Following on from that, I would get to work on bringing back Bruno as well as going for another centre half, a right back, a holding midfielder, a box to box midfielder, 1 (but preferably 2) winger. I would try to get the majority of my business finished before our final pre-season friendly to try to allow the new look squad to start to gel. We would be relegated by Xmas
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2017 13:25:38 GMT
1st thing I would do is delete my Oatcake account, I don't want Benji trolling me...
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Post by Davef on Apr 5, 2017 13:35:52 GMT
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Post by Seymour Beaver on Apr 5, 2017 13:59:33 GMT
It's July 1st 2017 and Sparky has decided to leave Stoke City to 'tend to his orchids'. Coatesy is looking for a replacement but, in a moment of madness, proceeds to read the oatcake forum, comes across your comments and finds your views so insightful that he offers you the job on the spot with the condition that a rebuild is the top priority. You accept the job. So, what is your plan? I'll start. The first thing i would do would be to bring some of the youth team into the first team set-up full time (Ngoy, Verlinden, Thomas, Souttar - possibly Sweeney and Shenton as well) with a view to assess them over the pre-season. I would also bring Bojan back and Give Joselu a second chance. There would be a TP style camp in Austria to allow everyone to get into A1 condition and to bond as a unit away from any distractions. Then i would tell the following players they would be allowed to look for a new club (Ireland, Whelan, Adam, Imbula, Crouch, Given, Johnson, Wollscheid, Haugaard) and be prepared to listen to offers for others (SJW, Diouf, Shaqiri). I wouldn't expect to make much dough from the dead wood but it would free up wages and allow us to redirect some of that money into transfer funds. Following on from that, I would get to work on bringing back Bruno as well as going for another centre half, a right back, a holding midfielder, a box to box midfielder, 1 (but preferably 2) winger. I would try to get the majority of my business finished before our final pre-season friendly to try to allow the new look squad to start to gel. Is there another version of Championship Manager out or summat? Transfers - that's all there is to managing a team you know?
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