Summer Clear out

So as we are constantly reminded out season is effectively over - we are safe from relegation while a late charge toward Europe is out of our reach. Pride is all we have to play for - however I would like to think we have a number of players fighting for their future at the club.

We all know there will be a summer clear out and then hopefully a large recruitment drive. Obviously mass upheavals of a squad brings it owns issues as we saw down the road at Sunderland who struggled to settle after Di Canio brought in 14 new players.

I am going to give my assessment of our squad in terms of who I think will leave, and who I want to leave.

The Players who's time at the club is up:

Shola Ameobi - Great servant, but never been good enough.
Pappis Cisse - Lost his form & has no chance of recovering it
Dan Gosling - Never been good enough
Jonas - Good servant, time for a change
Steven Taylor - Local lad who loves the club, but sadly not good enough.
Hatem Ben Arfa - Quality player, but too much of a luxury. Unfortunately it is not going to work out for him at SJP
Gabriel Obertan - All round bad buy, never going to make the grade
Sylvain Marveaux - Never adapted to the English game.

Send the following out on loan to get 1st team experience:

Sammy Ameobi
Paul Dummett
Adam Armstrong
Remi Streete

Players I think could leave - but I want to keep:

Tim Krul - One of the top Keepers in Europe
Fabricio Coloccini - I expect more noises about a return to Argentina
Cheik Tiote - Our best player - Top clubs are likely to be interested
Mathieu Debuchy - Linked with Bayern Munich
Loic Remy - Top clubs likely to be interested in the QPR man

Hopefully we can do all we can to hang on to these lads who can be the spine of our team next year. Along with additions we can build a quality team and decent squad.Money need to be spent if we are to even stand still in the PL. 

Whether Pardew is the man to take us forward and rebuild our team is a question for another day - regardless of him staying or leaving the squad needs major work.