In the current squad there is a substantial amount of inadequate playing staff, partly down to John Barnes’ pitiful transfer dealings but now Les has had time to evaluate and improve the teams fortunes who is likely to be shown the door come January?

As we all know the wage budget has been reduced by Mr Johnson, and all things considered the appointment of an inexperienced celebrity was not only footballing suicide, but marketing suicide. Seeing that PJ is a successful businessman this again puts Tranmere Rovers in the ‘weekend plaything’ in Johnson’s priority stakes. However I feel the right man is in charge to get things into shape in the short term.

I honestly feel if Ronnie Moore was still at the helm even with the reduced wage budget we wouldn’t be in this mess, and also maybe a little controversially if Barnes had a higher wage budget then we would still be higher up the table? All things considered we need to sort out the team.

Paul Mclaren is an example of an experienced player who has not delivered and appears not to give a monkeys about the plight of Tranmere, considering he came with a reasonable reputation as a former player (I didn’t rate him first time round) he has done nothing to endear himself to the Super White Army.

Similarly Alan Mahon was a former fans favourite, and a personal favourite having been relatively young when Tranmere’s cup exploits in 2000 in which he was the star player, but this season he has been off the pace and has even offered to payback half his wages to the club, this is exactly the kind of commitment needed for a dogfight.

Former Bolton and Leeds Utd’s Michael Ricketts has been a major disappointment also, maybe slightly less so because I for one didn’t expect much. Historically a lot has been said about his desire and passion for the game, and his fitness still seems way off what it should be even with intensive one on one training sessions with Les. However at times he has looked a cut above, is it possible he could turn himself into a striker to be reckoned with, ignoring the weight issue (chief springs to mind) utilised correctly in the right system is it possible he could do a job but it will be tough for him with Bas returning in the new year.

Kithson Bain, now out on loan at Kettering, couldn’t possibly comment as only seen him as a substitute for short periods, the fact he’s out on loan suggests we don’t need him so lets monitor his performances at Kettering.

A player I hear mixed reports about is former Blackburn Rovers player Marlon Broomes, an experienced defender yes, but personally I see him as out of his depth, slow, hot headed and uncomfortable on the ball, horrible to watch.

Finally Shay Logan at right back is certainly a position where we can be much improved, the Man City player is talented, and in some ways is more suited to the premier league where it’s less physical and more technical. At this level we need to be solid, and for me he’s too diminutive to have a positive impact and bully tricky wingers. Gareth Edds would suit this role if he wasn’t doing a job in central midfield.

There are positives that can be drawn from this scenario, the emergence of the younger players such as Gornell, Curran and Ash Taylor can only be of long term benefit to Tranmere, these lads are hungry for the game and possibly wouldn’t have got a chance if the above players where starting every week.

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