I would say in today's market Dack could be worth 20m off the back of some good form. Not at the moment because he's had some poor games, but I can see him hitting the heights again. With the best will in the world Reed and Gallagher are more like 10m combined. So no....

I'd pay 3.5m tops for Gallagher. 5m is way too much in my estimation. If we say got Gallagher, gk, a lb, a rb and a cb that would be decent business. How we do that on our budget I'm not sure. Linked to this I don't really think we should prioritise buying a central midfielder, but that seems to be near the top of TMs shopping list. I'd be happy loaning someone in again as we have Travis and Davenport coming through, plus Evans and Smallwood hanging about. Obviously I would like an upgrade but limited funds need to be spent up front, at gk and in defence for me.

Bellamy is the best striker we had since Shearer. Absolutely sensational on his day, could (and did) win games on his own. Quality he showed was up there with Henry or Anelka. If he'd had half a brain and more luck with injuries could have had a much better career.

Like a lot of players during that period he had one or two really good seasons but couldn't sustain it. Same for Bentley, McCarthy, Santa Cruz, Reid, Savage, Dunn. I guess testament to Hughes skills to get them all firing at the same time when we ha finished 6th. Only genuine top class players were Tugay, Freidal and maybe you could argue Nelsen. After Hughes left a lot of performances dipped.

I'm excited about the nations cup. Should be a cracking set of 3 games, a bit like the playoffs. I think weve got a really exciting squad. Alexander-Arnold, Stones, Maguire, Chilwell, Henderson (who I've come round from skepticism to really liking), Sancho, Sterling, Kane, Radford are all really decent players in my opinion. I reckon we can do it.

I honestly reckon that's on the low side personally. Could easily be 200 pages before we see someone come in.

There is a certain level of realism required. How on earth do you level the playing field? One option is to close down the CL and the PL and actively force away viewers somehow as they are the ones who are generating ever escalating mountains of cash soaked up by the big leagues. Other option is to tax the big leagues and give it to smaller teams. That's already happening to an extent but it needs to be hugely extended. But which turkeys are going to vote for that Christmas? It's only a matter of time before we see the drawbridge go up and a European Super League is formed relegation free. The sad fact is it would be quite self sufficient and successful. Some fans would be sad to be playing Ajax or Milan every Saturday rather than Everton or Wolves but they'd get over it. I suppose other side of the coin is would we and the other 85 league clubs be that devastated if we lost the top six but had a more competitive domestic league? I think it could be better personally as it's so predictable (that one Leicester season aside) who gets in the CL anyway.

We've only got 4 players who look like they might have the required quality to get promoted - Lenihan, Travis, Dack and Rothwell. We need to hold onto them all if at all possible.

Fair enough - always like to see a bit of data supporting an argument. Personally I don't think we're going down the crossing route. We're more of a passing side as you say. Would be very useful for us to have some fullbacks who can cross mind.

There's absolutely no way we will be able to sign 10 players better than we have. If we get 4 we will have had a very good window.

I think you're being a tad harsh. We have a lot of good young attacking quality that other teams in this league will be jealous of. We desperately need some solid defenders and strikers but the nucleus of an exciting squad is there.

Third time lucky! But in all seriousness why would we focus on signing a player like him when we have Dack, Rothwell, Armstrong, Chapman, Butterworth all vying for attacking midfield roles? Our need is much greater in other areas. With limited resources we need to focus on defence and strikers.

His stats this year have been horrendous, we've only won about 10% of the games he has played in, ultimately resulting in him being dropped for the last run of games. He gets beaten frequently in the air and on the turn. He's a huge liability sadly and the number one culprit in our horrendous form in February and March until he was dropped in April. He's finished I think. Gone from first name on the team sheet to barely a squad player. I don't take any pleasure in saying it, and thank him for his service, but he has no future at the level I would say.

We will need to keep one of Evans or Smallwood. I guess probably Evans. So we will go into next season with Travis, Davenport, Evans, Buckley as the central midfield options. Looking at that it does seem like we might need one more experienced head. Guess key question is are we going to sell Bennett, Mulgrew, Smallwood and Evans or keep and crowbar them in. I think Mowbray could stomach selling Smallwood, and the recent dropping of Mulgrew suggest we might try and find a way to sell him if anyone's daft enough to take him. But Evans and Bennett will be sticking around. So I can see Bennett getting played in central midfield a fair bit.

I think on balance we've got more reasons to be optimistic than pessimistic next season, mainly due to the bough wave of young talent coming through. Let's make 4 top signings over the summer (LB, RB, CB, CF) and hit the ground running come August.

I like Conway's endeavour, and with the right sort of target man striker (eg. Gestede) he can rack up a lot of assists. But he wasn't really that good - otherwise he would have got many more Scotland caps and would not have stuck around when we were relegated. Good servant, nice bloke, but in the same bracket as Bennett and Evans. Not going to move us forward. At 34 he needs a new challenge.

Team id like to see ----------------------------Leut Nyambe-----Lenihan-----Williams----Bell -------------------Travis------Davenport ---------Chapman------Dack------Rothwell --------------------------Brereton Subs : Raya, Magloire, Bennett, Evans, Conway, Butterworth, Graham Last chance to see the young players before we get into recruitment over the summer.

Also I think he's too similar a striker to what else they have. They need someone they can play a more direct game with when required (like last night). Lewandowski, Diego Costaz that sort of player, but obviously a bit younger.

You could invert the question and ask "who would most supporters want to start most games next season" and I only come up with 4 names - Lenihan, Travis, Rothwell, Dack. Outside of those 4 it's a really mixed bag. Grahams getting on - if he can keep it up great, but I don't think we can rely on it. Bell, Nyambe, Chapman, Armstrong, Raya all could be good Championship players but are learning atm and have mistakes in them. Williams and Brereton have had poor seasons up until the last 4 games or so. Think its risky to depend on them too. Outside of that it's really a case of the players not being good enough. I would say we need to compliment those core 4 players with around another 4 solid and high quality players who look destined for promotion. The others in the squad can fit around that core eight. We'd be better off getting 4 really good players rather than 6 or 8 modest upgrades. I don't think we have the capability to complete more than 4 quality signings. So if I picked 4 roles it would be CF, CB, LB, RB. Means we would have to persist with Raya and Leut, and hope Davenport or another youth player comes through in CM. AM and winger I think we are sufficiently covered as you can play learning players in those roles. Priority has to be defence as it's been really poor.

For 70 mins Liverpool were arguably the better team, just couldn't finish. Really good display to be honest. Got slaughtered in the last 20 though. Very lucky they got out only three goals down. Barca missed a couple of sitters. It all fell apart after Barca got a second quite fortuitous goal. I think Liverpool need one top striker to finish off the squad. May as well start scouting now as they're as good as out and they won't win the league.

This is very depressing. He looks totally finished. Think we might end up loaning him to league one and subsidising his wages

Wow really??

I don't know. With Rhodes I think the argument that we played worse with him in the team had a lot of truth to it as his allround game was so poor. Dack on the other hand has virtually everything. Scores, passes, dribbles, creates, decent in the air, strong on the ball, got a bit of pace. He just has inconsistent games . We need to find a way to make him more consistent.

Only bit of that I disagree with is that Rothwell will end up a winger. I do get what you're saying about his one footedness, but I see him eventually as a floating number 10 who drifts wider than Dack does, and scores less goals. I'm really amazed anyone can have a go at Dack. He's had poor games sure but he regularly scores goals, makes assists and on his day is sensational.

Dacks our most talented player by miles. In a way it's a good thing he is inconsistent - it shows there is potential there to get more from him onto of the considerable amount he has contributed this season. He's the only one in the squad who I would put money on playing in the Premier League in his career. Maybe Lenihan and Rothwell on the outside. We need to keep him and bring him onto the next level, not trade him in. Selling him would be crackers.