while i love Cahill, i reckon he will now only be effective for 65 minutes per game, or to come on later as a Sub.

at nearly 36, he is the oldest man in our squad.

and to echo the silence of everybody above, Luka is now only a shadow of his former self.

Edited by PalazioVecchio (23 May 2021 12.20pm)

Mitchell did well today. Against some of the best attacking players on the planet. It could have been 7-0 on another day.

I reckon he has earned the shirt for next season.

Wilf: We have to keep him, especially with Eze out.

We really don't. He doesn't want to be here and his performances have shown that. If we can get anything in excess of 40 mil, I think we take it.

Ayew: Don't see what he brings to our squad anymore, goodbye.

Works his socks off. Chips in with goals. Covers wide positions, #10 and striker. Worth keeping for cover.

Hennesey: Third choice, no reason to keep him. Goodbye.

Agreed.

Sakho: Not unless he's willing to take a massive cut in wages. Goodbye.

Agreed. Although I'd be pushing the reduced terms, because when fit he's up there with our best.

Benteke: Not unless he's willing to take a massive cut in wages. Goodbye.

Madness. He's been in great form recently. Shows what he can do when we play to his strengths. Agreed that we need to try a different wage structure though (performance based.)

Schlupp: He's a bench player, not sure how much we want to pay him.

Not necessarily. Looked one of our more dangerous at times.

PVA: I like him, but as a bench player on reduced wages.

Agreed.

Cahill: A one year contract at most.

Agreed.

Ward: Bench player at best.

Agreed.

Townsend: Bench player at best.

Bit unfair - he's been our best player last couple of weeks.

McCarthy: I'd lean toward keeping him. He's similar to Luka, but better.

Nah, I'd get rid. Nowhere near as good as Luka.

Kelly: We should be able to do better.

Agreed.

McArthur: Bench player at best.

Rubbish. One of our most important players. Missed him.

Mateta: Keep.

For what?

Basically, we have a bunch of players who are either too old, or too injured to count on playing on every day. Roy never rotated players. Our new manager could get something out of players like Townsend, if he's on the bench most of the time, and starting here and there.

Benteke is another example. The guy was total sh-t for years, then when he's playing for a new contract, he looks great in a few games at the end of the season. This is another case where Roy f-ed up by not giving Mateta and/or Bats some starts so we could see if they would be adequate replacements for Benteke. But no, he stubbornly played Benteke every match. Now we don't now what Mateta and Bats can do, and we don't know if Benteke could be useful, or only motivated when playing for a new deal.

The playing for a new contract thing is rubbish. And it's getting boring. Players don't do that. We've made it up.

The disconnect between SP, DF, and Roy was cancerous to our squad this season. I mostly blame Roy for that, refusing to play anyone new.