Relax man

Every day we are linked with a different player - some seem totally unrealistic (Mauro Icardi) and some totally under whelming (Ashley Barnes) this led me to the question: In terms of player recruitment what are we looking for this summer, what is the aim for next season?

For me a realistic expectation is a Premier league finish of 10th to 13th. With this in mind we need to manage our expectations in term of recruitment.

Twitter is a wonderful thing for a football fan, it provides a platform for fans to publically state their opinion on their club - however there is an awful lot of rubbish posted on there!

In reaction to potential signings this week I've seen the following responses:

"We can do better than that"

"Why we after him"

"He's Shite"

"What we after Championship level players"

"Haway Rafa man"

When looking at signing's we need only answer the one question: Do these players improve us? If so sign them up. They might not be our ideal signings, but if they take the club forward then why not. 

A good example of this is Derby's Tom Ince - now he is no David Ginola, but he is better than Gouffran & Atsu so why not sign him?

Doesn't it feel good to have complete trust in the manager - whoever Rafa want's it good for me.

Relax and enjoy your summer

How I'd spend Mike's $$

So Rafa is staying and Mike is ready splash the cash

 Micky Quinn, Stan Collymore and every other journo have offered up their suggested shopping lists - silly season is well and truly in full swing so I thought why not give it a go myself.

Let me start with the players from the current squad i'd keep:

 Krul - still the best keeper at the club for me
 Darlow
 Woodman

Elliot needs to move on to play first team football

 Yedlin
 Dummett
 Mbemba
 Clark
 Lascelles

 Shelvey
 Richie
 Hayden
 Anita
 Perez
 De Jong

 Gayle
 Mitrovic

 The following are Players I realistically think we cold bring to the club:

 Harry Maguire - Hull
 Andy Robertson - Hull
 Charlie Taylor - Leeds
 Ben Gibson - Boro
 Jozo Simunovic - Celtic

 Jan Kirchoff  - Sunland
 Fabian Delph - City
 Michael Carrick - Utd
 Tom Cairney - Fulham
 Gylfi Sigurdsson  -Swans
 Lazar Markovic - Hull / Liverpool
 Aaron Mooy - Hudds / City

 Andre Gray - Burnley
 Danny Ings - Liverpool
 Shane Long - Southampton
 Jay Rodriquez - Southampton
 JD - Sunland
 Michy Batshuayi - Chelsea

 Loans:
 Tammy Abraham - Chelsea
 Kurt Zouma - Chelsea