Keates to 'Freshen up the squad' - where would you start?

[-luke]

Originally Posted by northwalian dragon

Do you trust Keates to sign decent players though?

His signings as Wrexham manager:

First season:

James Jennings
Russell Penn
Ollie Shenton
Iffy Allen
Izale McLeod
Ntumba Massanka
Offered Jordan Evans an 18 month contract
Rekeil Pyke (Before he was half decent)

Second season:

Simon Ainge
Scott Boden
Nicky Deverdics
Luke Coddington
Christian Dibble
Jonathan Franks
Chris Holroyd
James Hurst
Marcus Kelly
Jack MacKreth
Ntumba Massanka (Again)
George Miller
Shaun Pearson
Callum Preston
Scott Quigley
Dave Raven
Alex Reid
Kevin Roberts
Manny Smith
Sam Wedgebury
Akil Wright
Ferdinand Takyi


How many of these would you take back? I'd say only Manny Smith, Pearson, Quigley, Raven, Miller, Jennings and at a push Penn are decent signings

This should have been discussed in his interview...

[dragonspark]

where to start, obvious at the top first

[Legends of '78]

Originally Posted by dixienormous

Ask the board to feck off and put the club up for sale asap

This, I think Moss and Hamilton are still interested.

[krux]

Originally Posted by Legends of '78

This, I think Moss and Hamilton are still interested.

This. Moss, Hamilton, Steve Vaughan, the bury owners and the Bolton owners are the only possible buyers.

[Phils-an-alki]

Originally Posted by Legends of '78

This, I think Moss and Hamilton are still interested.

Brain washed, paranoid and living in the past.

[Danny Boy]

Originally Posted by 1984

For me id keep Rutherford
He works so hard
And since he got back in the side - just look at him go hey
Mug punters

To be fair, I would keep him at the moment....he is what we are going to need in some games this season.

Like it or not (who would like it I guess), but the way out with Keates is to go to the hard working, uninspiring, unattractive (unwatchable?!) football we had for a spell under him last time, and hope that this time once we straighten out a bit, he can build something better on top of it (he didn't have time before he abandoned us last time!).

Immediately required:
Solid RB, even with Carrington fit - Penny a likely sounding candidate.

Defensive midfielder - More like a Penn or Wedgebury then a Barton.

Pacey forward - Can't see him signing "better" then Tollit or Harris though so would concentrate on trying to work them out.

Target man - We will be playing long, may as well have a big ugly guy to aim for, Oswell can't do it and Hooper would be wasted (Put JJ upfront with him).

Required long term, everybody except for: Pearson, Lainton, Hooper and Young.

[NottsRed]

Realistically though he wants to freshen things up but in all reality hes going to be fishing for dregs from the bottom of the bin. Got no confidence with us doing anything in January either. I honestly don't think we can get in the quality we need.

[John Neals Dynasty]

Originally Posted by NottsRed

Got to be two midfielders. One as defensive cover more than likely but what we need is one who can control the play in the middle and pass a decent ball. Among the many mistakes in the close season giving summerfield a new contract was one of the biggest.

Summerfield was one of our best players last night he was everywhere actually looked fitter and didn't hide.
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[EnglishRed]

To start with a new RB and Defensive midfielder as soon as possible.

We also need Hooper, Pearson and Carrington back in the squad. And a bit of confidence.