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If Pearson, Davies, Browne, Johnson & Fisher go.

Do you have 5 realistic replacements in mind for the summer who could keep us in this division next season?

Who's the best scout on here? sounds like there's a decent chance of a job at Deepdale right now.
 
Pearson - the most obvious and attainable target to replace him would be someone like Ben Whiteman from Doncaster.

Johnson - when it looked like he would be off in the summer I thought the club would plan to replace him "internally", given how many midfielders we have, but Harrop has clearly failed to earn the trust of Neil and I think the reported (LEP) plan for a creative midfielder to arrive in January is forward planning with regards to Johnson. Not sure who we could move for. Harness at Portsmouth is very good but is more of a winger.

Browne - Jayson Molumby was excellent at Millwall last season, is back at Brighton now but not sure if he is involved. Irish 21 year old box to box CM who can play right back. Would be a good replacement imo.

Davies - De Wijs at Hull ? There isn't many left footed centre backs out there.

Fisher - honestly doesn't seem to be many good right backs that we could sign. All the more reason to actually offer Darnell a contract. There's a couple of good ones in Premier League U23 squads like Ethan Laird at Man Utd but not sure that is a path the club will want to go down.
 
Jackson Irvine, Lewis Montsma, Ryan Nyambe, Alex Mowatt Marcus Harness

If we’re being realistic
 
sedgwick__7 said:
Pearson - the most obvious and attainable target to replace him would be someone like Ben Whiteman from Doncaster.

Johnson - when it looked like he would be off in the summer I thought the club would plan to replace him "internally", given how many midfielders we have, but Harrop has clearly failed to earn the trust of Neil and I think the reported (LEP) plan for a creative midfielder to arrive in January is forward planning with regards to Johnson. Not sure who we could move for. Harness at Portsmouth is very good but is more of a winger.

Browne - Jayson Molumby was excellent at Millwall last season, is back at Brighton now but not sure if he is involved. Irish 21 year old box to box CM who can play right back. Would be a good replacement imo.

Davies - De Wijs at Hull ? There isn't many left footed centre backs out there.

Fisher - honestly doesn't seem to be many good right backs that we could sign. All the more reason to actually offer Darnell a contract. There's a couple of good ones in Premier League U23 squads like Ethan Laird at Man Utd but not sure that is a path the club will want to go down.
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Think Whiteman sees himself more as a attacking midfielder

Think Pearson will be the hardest to replace
 
jamesOB said:
Mowatt is out of contract and Irvine still doesn’t have a team for some reason. Think Nyambe is out of contract too
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I think Mowatt would be looking for something more than North End but a good shout none the less.. We'll end up with Jack Byrne.
 
JamieBritt2710 said:
I think Mowatt would be looking for something more than North End but a good shout none the less.. We'll end up with Jack Byrne.
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Tbf Mowatt is best mates with Potts and Ledson so he’s not the most unrealistic

Don’t think any of the other four would happen
 
sf said:
If Pearson, Davies, Browne, Johnson & Fisher go.

Do you have 5 realistic replacements in mind for the summer who could keep us in this division next season?

Who's the best scout on here? sounds like there's a decent chance of a job at Deepdale right now.
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Ledson replaces Pearson
Storey replaces Davies
Bayliss replaces Browne
Harrop replaces Johnson
Rafferty replaces Fisher

The question should probably be which players will we bring in to replace the back up players?
 
With DJ, Browne, Pearson and Gallagher all likely to leave I think we could see a reshuffling of how our midfields assembled rather than each player having a direct replacement. Last few seasons we've pretty much always had a defensive sitter, a passing sitter, and a number 10 that either presses or is creative depending on the game. With Ledson seeming to be able to do a bit of both defending and passing I could see us just finding any 2 other midfield players who are going cheap and getting AN to cram them, Bayliss, Potts and Ledson into a serviceable midfield.
 
norky84 said:
Ledson replaces Pearson
Storey replaces Davies
Bayliss replaces Browne
Harrop replaces Johnson
Rafferty replaces Fisher

The question should probably be which players will we bring in to replace the back up players?
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This is the worrying aspect of it all.

PR has said the financial packages offered to the 'big 5' would be available for new players if they decide to leave.

I don't think they'd suddenly decide they want to cut the wage bill drastically but transfer fees? To adequately replace them we'd need £10-15m or more. It's never going to happen.
 
Myth? If Pearson was injured during a game, and Ledson was on the bench, he couldn't replace him in centre midfield with a different playing role?
 
ernest said:
Ledson has already established himself as a first choice selection independently of Pearson.
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I think if Browne, Pearson and Johnson were all fit and playing well they would be in ahead of Ledson. He has played well and progressed these last 12 months.
 
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