by YeOldeHamiltonian » Tue Jun 21, 2022 8:40 pm
As it stands,this is probably the squad:
G:Fulton,Jamie Smith
FB:Hamilton,McDonald,Shields,McGinn
CD:Easton,O'Reilly, Want
M: Virtanen,Scott Martin,Spence,Lawson,Mimmnaugh
W:Redfearn,Lewis Smith,McGowan,Ellis Brown
S:Ryan,Winter,Munro,Nicolson(highly rated under 18 top scorer)
Only real losses are Moyo and Popescu as Ronan Hughes and Ben Stirling were squad players at best.Perhaps Josh Mullin, but he was a big disappointment.
Want could replace Popescu with Chucky replacing Moyo as the main striker if that is the thinking of tightening the purse strings and slimming down the squad.
However, the issue is squad depth: Easton,Martin,Fulton,Winter,Want and Chucky are all liable to miss periods of the season through injury which shows how threadbare the squad is.
For me,a replacement for Moyo and we would stay up as you can still pick a half decent starting team from the aforementioned squad.
The problems will arise when inexperienced youngsters physically not up to it yet have to meet the challenge from the hardened professionals in this League added to the inconsistency which is inherent in youngsters.
Ideally,a new right back,central defender,attacking midfielder and a striker would have us top four, but a replacement for Moyo could perhaps be enough for safety...such is our decline under this regime.