[aries22]

Players like Berahino, Foster, Lescott and any sensible combination of our midfielders, but let's say Yacob and Sessegnon for starters, should be the cornerstones of the team and they have to stay. We could well get £20 million for Berahino but where will we get as good a replacement with equally good future prospects, especially given that Anichebe and Ideye aren't scoring yet. I'm a bit concerned that those two won't make the contribution that Berahino does and that we need another forward who will. Steven Fletcher? Even that would leave us with only two proven strikers and no cover for injuries and suspensions, so some more ideas needed there. Let's forget the defeat at Bournemouth, where Irvine said a lot of second-stringers had missed an opportunity to impress: Baird and Davidson need to be looked at, and we have to use Samaras and Blanco more to see if we can really use them to good effect. If not, unload those four in the summer and buy players who are better suited. But maybe TP will get the best out of all our players. I sincerely hope so.