[Slick_Footwork]

As predicted after the Villa game, it's proving to be a summer of huge transition where we sell most of the high earners with any transfer value and have to replace them at a fraction of the cost or with loans. Whether we are battling for a playoff place or fighting at the other end of the table will be largely determined by our recruitment team's ability to perform miracles.

To be honest I'm not massively bothered about any of the individuals we are selling, as without Gayle and Barnes last year we were a very average side. I've never particularly rated the likes of Hegazi.

Of the players with any transfer value we have left, Phillips and Gibbs are the ones I would personally like to see us keep.

What I am concerned about is that in comparison to last season we have already lost Dawson, Holgate, Adaraboiyo, Mozza, Barry, Montero, Johansen, Murphy, Rodriguez and Gayle who were all in and around the 1st team. Nyom, Burke and Rondon return, along with Krovinovic.

Overall that is 10 out and 4 in. 1 of those 4 in being Rondon who will inevitabley be sold.

We are very very short already. Before any more sales, we are 6 1st team players players down from last season. Rondon, Hegazi and this kid Man City are after seem to be close to being sold.

These doesn't seem to be many incoming links... Surely we need bodies asap... The season starts in less than a month and we barely have enough players to put a squad out.