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He was absolute shit for most of the season, with a bit of show-boating recently with his passing stuff.

So, if we were to get Nick Powell, as per the other thread: Based upon this article: http://the4thofficial.net/2018/03/brighton-hove-albion-plotting-move-23-yo-league-one-midfielder-good-fit-hughton/ That would fill one of the slots beautifully. 1. Ryan Non HGP 1 2. Krul 3. NEW KEEPER...

I see the main restriction on flexibility revolves around our midfield. We only have Gross, Propper, Stephens and Kayal, which means anything unusual is not possible. We've played 5 at the back before, so we have the flex there, and we have options up front.

IF you read back through the conversation you'll see that i agree with you... although the sentence at the end makes it sound like I don't think it's possible. My original thrust was to release / sell / loan 8 players to make space for improvements.. as we bring in upgrades in each...

Yep, we only play Baldock there if we're in the Championship

So 18 year olds or lower. Perhaps? http://sportwitness.co.uk/brighton-see-off-european-giants-sign-18-year-old-defender-surprising-choice/ From: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2137974-premier-league-home-grown-rules-explaining-epl-player-quotas

That's exactly what we've been doing for over a year.

I think you're probably right, particularly if you bear in mind that we can't discount the risk of relegation - we can't have a team consisting purely of players that will jump ship the moment they can't play in the Premier League.

As Mellotron has said, this is pretty close to how is expect to see it going. Midfield requires an extra body as we've been fortunate with injuries there this season. I wonder if there's a coaching role or similar for Bruno and Rosenior for next season? Would be great to keep them involved...

The way I see it is IF we can upgrade any position in the starting 11 then that in turn strengthens the bench. I wonder how much it would cost to replace Knockaert and whether he'd accept being semi permanently on the bench.

Interesting and informative. Thanks

that's not what was suggested . It was subtle but still discernible

Ok. Sunday's squad was: Ryan; Schelotto, Duffy, Dunk, Bong; Knockaert, Stephens, Propper, Izquierdo; Gross; Murray. Subs Krul, Bruno, Goldson, Kayal, March, Ulloa, Locadia. Where is there obvious room for improvement ?

You are not wrong. So. 5 Non Home Grown Players then. Less tricky.

It's not the counting, it's an incorrect assumption that the Non HGP limit was 15!

Exactly - this came up in the discussions about who might be at risk of poaching, but we need to make improvements in the squad IF We stay up, and that's the tricky bit. Do we make the drastic changes I suggested (7 new players) but risk unity, and also restrict our options due to the Non-HGP...

Which works as it adds a player who is Home Grown.

On the MASSIVE assumption* that we stay up, how would you change the current 25 man squad? * if we go down then there will be much more change. Also assuming we don't lose any players we'd rather keep. It currently looks like this: 25 Squad players 1. Baldock, Samuel* 2. Bong, Thomas...