not overly expensive starting eleven??

[Norths]

Green
Simpson Onuoha Lescott Cole
Barton Sidwell
Phillips Lampard Hoilett
Austin

[maidstone_hoop]

Harry love him as well and him, charlie, simpson all seem to be massive players behind the scenes at the club. Its great to have this team unity there now.

[maidstone_hoop]

Green
Simpson Onuoha Lescott Cole
Barton Sidwell
Phillips Lampard Hoilett
Austin

not a bad team at all norths and prob wouldnt require that much of a investment. Can I ask why you'd keep hoilett, what does he bring to the team? He'd be the only one in there id be disappointed to see.

[qblockoompah]

not a bad team at all norths and prob wouldnt require that much of a investment. Can I ask why you'd keep hoilett, what does he bring to the team? He'd be the only one in there id be disappointed to see.

Did you watch the final? Was our only real outlet and think he's had good form passed 6-8 weeks, needs a goal or 2 for confidence but would defo keep him

[Norths]

Think he would thrive in that sort of team fella, still got confidence in him that he will come good.

[maidstone_hoop]

this will sound strange but my problem with hoilett is that I actually think he could be a decent player but just fails to deliver. I have seen him play so many times and he frustrates me immensely. His inabillity to pass or cross the ball at the right time costs us so many times. On many occassions we have been in a good positions when hes had the ball but he gives the ball away and all of a sudden we are being countered. Next year we cant afford to let that happen.
Id disagree about the final, again wont fault the effort of any players but hoilett one again had no end product. So frustrating as we all know he can go pass player with relative ease but the best players know when to release the ball.
He struggled in the championship and wouldnt rely on him in the prem....been very poor all year.

[stan_bowles]

cresswell is a great shout, been fantastic player for ipswich as has johnny williams. Some very talneted players in the championship

Championship is where we should be looking,or young players on loan from clubs like Chelsea.

Not 35 year old has beens like Rio and fat Frank looking for a final pay day.

[lymehoop]

Championship is where we should be looking,or young players on loan from clubs like Chelsea.

Not 35 year old has beens like Rio and fat Frank looking for a final pay day.

this and they'd be on serious wedge

[stan_bowles]

this and they'd be on serious wedge

One nephew and one old mate of Harry's.

Same old scenario,year after year,you can read Harry like a book.All he ever does is look after his mates.

Apparantly Mancienne is available for around £1m.Bargain.

[stan_bowles]

Hangeland and Holtby from Foolham worth looking into.

Probably end up with Parker and Bent with Harry's track record.

[bhujio]

Surprised so many people picking Barton. For me not good enough for the prem, very good championship player though.

Not a prem player I think apart from this year he has always been a prem player apart from the one year in the top French league

[zeberdee]

Green
Simpson Onuoha Dunne Baines
Barton Gerrard
Suarez Lampard Remy
Austin

[Geng]

Surprised so many people picking Barton. For me not good enough for the prem, very good championship player though.

Yeah, this. I think I'd keep him as he's clearly very important to team spirit right now, something we completely neglected last time round. But if we're going to stay up he may well be a bit of a passenger in CM.

Expect WATRBs to suddenly turn on Barton sometime next autumn when we go on our first really bad run. He's suddenly not trying, they'll say, he's spending too much time tweeting, why doesn't he care anymore? Why can't he play like he did last season?

And the answer will be obvious, but will still fly miles above most peoples' heads: we'll be in a better division. Barton looks great against the Shaun Derry's of this word, and terrible against the Yaya Toures. He wasn't half as bad or as lazy as people made him out to be in the PL, and he wasn't half as good as people thought he was in the Champ.

The key variable is opposition quality, not his own effort.

[stan_bowles]

I like Robert Snodgrass as well.

Nathan Redmond will end up at a top 10 club i reckon,won't want another possible relegation battle.

[Geng]

and re the OP, your idea of a "not overly expensive" starting 11 for a newly promoted side includes two players who have spent most of their careers winning trophies and earning £100k+ per week?