Our squad for the start of the season 29/07/22 -
Very thin but bundles of quality across it.
Haven’t included Mousinho as don’t believe he will be in final EFL squad. Golding & Goodrham also options before they head out on loan.
5 more needed minimum - a left back, right back, central midfielder, a winger & a striker added.
Agree 100%. In order of importance, I think it's:
1) RB - because at the moment, if Sam Long gets injured, our plan B is apparently to play a 17 year old out of position there!
2) Striker - key position, but we can conceivably play Browne or Murphy up top if we need to. And Baldock will hopefully be back one day; still very important that we bring in an alternative option to our master poacher
3) CM - Less important than it was in the middle of the day yesterday! But we're still light in terms of bodies, and definitely light in terms of defensive capabilities
4) LB - I still think Brown is a CB not a LB, but I guess we could muddle through with him and Seddon if we absolutely had to
5) Winger - would be more of a luxury signing. Even with Wildschut's injury, we now have three excellent options in Jones/Browne/Murphy, plus two who can play there in Henry & Bodin, and Goodrham as well. Would still be nice to have more depth given the injury histories of the players we do have.
Also, maybe wait to loan out Golding & Goodrham until deadline day? Would be good to get them game time in the Pizza Trophy against Orient, and maybe in the League Cup too?