15 Jan 2015 17:28:43
here we go, my assessment of the current squad. Think RD said 20/21 players not inc youngsters for next year so a big number will have to go over this window and the summer. Its all very Fantasy Football like, but easiest way to sum it all up

GK(2) Gordon, NEW

CB(3) VVD, Denayor, Ambrose

FB(3) Izze, Matthews, Lustig

CM(4) Brown, Biton, Mulgrew, NEW

CAM(2) Commons, Johansen

L/RM(4) Forrest, NEW x2

ST (4) Guidetti, Scepovic, Griffiths, Pukki

OUT - Wakaso, Tonev, Kayal, Zaluska, Balde, Stokes, McGregor, Boerrighter

IN - GK, Denayor, CDM, Guidetti, LM/RM

If effe/VVD were to leave then we would need another CB obviously.

Apart from that we still have youngsters Henderson, Rogic, Twardzik, Fisher, Oconnell, Fraser, Waters, McGeouch to add to the squad.

For me the CM is the most important as we need someone who can take the pressure off brown a bit. Not a fan of Biton either so personally would sell him if we were to sign quality.

1.) 15 Jan 2015
15 Jan 2015 17:49:12
Stokes out LOL

2.) 15 Jan 2015
Anton, I can't imagine it happening but for me he does not do enough, especially if we did sign guidetti. This season he has been playing wide left so maybe that's his new place in the squad.

Do you think he has done enough over the years to warrant still being our striker or did you just find it funny.

3.) 15 Jan 2015
@Edinbhoy I'd agree with all of that except Forrest, what has he done to warrant any fan having faith in him? He turns 24 in July, hes constantly injured or waiting to get injured and when he does play he rarely plays any better than "average". He couldn't stay fit under Lennon and he can't stay fit under Ronny. It's well past the time for him to move and surely there's an English Championship or League One team who would give us a couple of mill for him ED007.

{Ed007's Note - I doubt there would be a queue to sign Forrest, why would anyone spend money on somebody so injury prone, would you be happy if CFC signed a player with his record? Just look at Boerrigter, up to the start of this season Boerrigter played more games than Forrest over the previous 4 seasons yet the Dutchman is nicknamed 'Sicknote' and 'Tampon'. And when he does play you know it's just a matter of time before he's injured again.
With Forrest's contract up next summer (2016) he's one player I'm really hoping Pedro plays hardball with when it comes to contract negotiations, if there is any negotiations, I don't think it would be a bad bit of business just letting his contract run down and letting him go for free if he continues down the path his career is currently on, I'm sure Kilmarnock would be interested in him if he was a free, he's from that neck of the woods.
The one thing I'm glad about is that he wasn't a CFC player back in the '90s, without the Jock Stein and Lisbon Lions stands he wouldn't know when to stop running, he'd either end up in Uddingston or down The Gallowgate - if he didn't get injured during the run!}

4.) 15 Jan 2015
What set of fans Nicknamed Derk Tampon us or Ajax? Agree Ed when Forrest is back all the fans are wondering how long he will last. He looked promising but think others in SPL have overtook him like McGinn, Pawlett, GMS was always better so its best he goes if we get GMS. What sort of wage is Forrest on ED?

{Ed007's Note - Off the top of my head I remember when he signed his last contract in 2011 the talk was his wages went up to the £8-10k a week mark and could go up every year if he met certain targets. I don't know what the targets were but I'd guess at things like the amount of matches he plays, helping the club to win trophies, qualifying for Europe and gaining Scotland caps, stuff like that to reward progression. Whether he has ever done enough to warrant any the rises would be debatable.}

5.) 15 Jan 2015
EdinBhoy still think we need another CB and LB unless Mulgrew is used for cover but with Denayer out injured and one of the duo pull up we only have youth to cover and if that's during the CL process we will be out. Agree with your OUT players although I'd punt Pukki and get a powerful pacy ST. GMS and Armstrong would be good additions not sure if this Benali is any good? Although I would rather we saved the money and gave Rogic a chance. We manage to do this most fans will be very happy

6.) 16 Jan 2015
Thanks ED that's not that much I thought he would be on a lot higher what about the Tampon I imagine his are pretty high coming from Ajax to SPL?

{Ed007's Note - Now that I don't know but wages in Holland aren't that good compared to other leagues. At Feyenoord no player is paid more than 800,000 Euros (£635,000), their total wage-bill in 2012/13 was 12 million Euros (£9.5m) which is the fifth-biggest in the Netherlands and half of what PSV and Ajax pay. CFC's wage bill is circa £35 million, although that is going down.
I'm babbling here, I'd have a guess that Boerrigter will be somewhere around the £7-10k a week but that is just a guess.}

7.) 16 Jan 2015
That's a decent market for us then I didn't think they was that low. Only thing with Dutch league is it makes average strikers look prolific so that's not particularly wise to be getting defenders from there good job VVD was an exception.

8.) 16 Jan 2015
16 Jan 2015 06:14:30
We haven't done too badly with Dutch strickers piere and venagoor spring to mind and even the best ever came from their league , now Scandinavian strickers that's a poor market , with the one obvious swede exception.