Agreed with pretty much all of that, bar Lukaku. Great player, a Belgian Death Tank!
He's a great player with the ball played for him to run onto... But he's decided he's off and he's given up trying, which says to me "get rid".
Baines has had a lip on him since he didn't go to Man Utd, plus he doesn't seem to have been the same player since that long term injury. There are also stories of a difference of opinion with Martinez over the role of senior pros in nuturing the younger ones which, if true, should see him out the door if sense prevailed.
Gibson's "refreshment habits" are reason enough to say goodbye.
Pienaar's out of favour (again, rumours of a falling out), and I can't see him getting back in.
Mirallas; gifted player but selfish, but his main problem is having a screw loose. He's a liability who is always likely to get sent off.
Kone? Just not good enough, really.
I think of the next category, Stones will go, as will McCarthy. I might have been a bit harsh on Seamus, but he's certainly not been himself this season. Barkley needs to be taught how to think, and that running back when the opposition breaks with pace is, erm, important in a midfielder.
Add to that the inevitable effect of Father Time, and the need to prune some dead wood... And the new feller has a job on his hands, whomever that might be. If Koeman can repeat what he did at Soton when Pochettino left and the club sold half the squad, then that's be fantastic.
I bet they get Mark Hughes.
