Now we have confirmed our place back in the championship next year who do you think we should acquire on the player front and also on the manager front IF slade was to depart. Just to add my opinion to things I believe Slade has done very well in almost impossible circumstances here, no money, large squad, large amount of fans not willing to give him a chance etc so to get us to just outside the play offs deserves credit.
I do however believe his face does not fit with many fans and for the club to fully push forward together a new manager is needed, to give all a lift going into next season. If we have another summer of mediocrity and failure to acquire transfer targets, next seasons attendances will be just as low as this years and we definitely wont improve on this years position.
Back onto transfer targets, this is depending on having money to spend by tan and also having the transfer ban lifted. We should definitely look at signing Immers permanently, that should be the first move, hopefully done and dusted early doors. We should then look at Watt, his recent injury may have lowered his price and we all know what he can do. Thirdly id look to sign Kemar Roofe from oxford. I believe that would leave us with a dangerous forward line with Zohore, Immers, Watt, Roofe. I wouldn't keep lawrence or ameobi and id look to move on doyle, macheda, saadi, le fondre.
In the midfield Id look at getting Jonny Russell, Alan Judge and Bradley Dack from Derby, Brentford and Gillingham. We desperately need pace and russell would give us that. Get rid of Dikgacoi and noone.
Defensively were not too bad, all depends on if we keep manga amd marshall tbh. New left back may be needed.
As for managers if Slade leaves, its a toss up between Tim Sherwood and Nigel Pearson, both would have us challenging next year.
All of this will need money so hopefully Tan has his cheque book ready.
Opinions?