Clear out needed either way. Ledley,Campbell,Delaney and Hennessy all out of contract.

Another Damien Diagonal - Total Football

yeah add hennessy. and kelly

Wilf and Townsend will leave because they want to and we will try to offload Benteke because he is not physical enough to be a Sam type player. He bought Carroll for West Ham and the difference in aggression and work rate is marked. Cabaye will leave too. He likes his midfielders to be mobile strong runners hence his signings of Kouyate and Diame for Spam too. It is also clear that he doesn't rate Ward because of his efforts to get Jenkinson in

Whichever division we are in, there will be some clear-out !

IF we go down, one of the few positives would be that there would be a chance to give some of the young starlets a proper run out - Kaikai, Boateng et al

Yes, it would be good to see some of the academy graduating, although it got me thinking how much longer can we refer to the likes of Kaikai and Boateng as being youngsters - Kaikai will be coming up 22 at the start of next season and Boateng is now 21. Now normally that sounds very young to me but, in footballing terms, by that age,players would hope to be playing first team football and not still waiting for their chance.