Cahill - I would want to keep him ( if it was my choice) for his experience (as a player, a role model to the younger lads & a future coach) & his commitment to the cause, at his age he will have to make some decisions soon as to what he is going to do after he stops playing, I would want him to be part of our set up rather than someone else's

Given the supposed strong relationship between CK & PV it will be interesting to see how that develops / where he plays this season -

I thought RH moved CK into the back line because of injuries & whatever was going on with Martin Kelly -

Presumably who we sign / in what positions / who is injury free at the start of the season - will also come into consideration -

I've never seen him play but some on here rate the young Irish lad in the U23s too

Sounds sensible. One thing we've ended up with over the last few years is a real hotchpotch of a wage structure. Players arriving from big clubs understandably wanted to avoid a drastic pay cut, but as a result we end up with Benteke on two or three times what Ayew gets, Sakho the same with Tompkins, Clyne the same with Ward etc. If the figures above are accurate, perhaps Townsend was on twice what Eze was getting too. It must have occurred to each of the lesser paid players that they were contributing more than their better paid counterparts.

The club would be far healthier not only with a reduced wage bill, but with a more coherently structured one. Show each player that performance will be rewarded so that the likes of Eze and Olise have personal incentive, and show the group that average performance levels will not lead to renewing inflated contracts.

Indeed!

Exactly and we also cant afford to have players like Sakho and Wickham earning millions from the comfort of the injury room. The older they get the more prone to injury they are and the longer it takes for them to recover.