I'm assuming that Worner, Reid, Jackson, McCormack and Benson all signed 2 year deals... with the O/S change the old news articles from pre-FL days appear irretrievable.
Simon Francis definitely did, as did Gary Doherty.
I'm assuming that Worner, Reid, Jackson, McCormack and Benson all signed 2 year deals... with the O/S change the old news articles from pre-FL days appear irretrievable.
Simon Francis definitely did, as did Gary Doherty.
Out of that lot (our players), i would keep:
Racon
Semedo
Youga
Jenkinson
Solly
Anyinsah
Tuna
and would try to renew the loan of eccleston and besssone (shame his injured)
I'm going to brutally honest and say I wouldn't be too bothered if we lost anyone bar Semedo, BWP and some of the youngsters that have shown promise (Solly, Jenkinson etc). WOuld like to see Dailly retained in a coaching role though.
Racon can go, Semedo I would try to keep, Youga can go, Fortune can go, Dailly probably hasn't got another year in him, I'd try to keep Llera and get a more mobile CB in to partner him (while bundling Doherty into a car and driving him off as far away from SE7 as possible), I would've thought it would be a straight shoot-out between Solly and Jenks (one that the latter is obviously winning at this moment though injuries have more than played their part), Tuna can go, Stavrinou can probably go, Anyinsah obviously is very important to us but he hasn't scored since early December and that was against Luton... can we afford to have him if he can only play so few games? If the three kids are out of contract they can probably all go as well though I haven't seen anything of Perkins or Davisson they haven't got near the squad and it seems Harriot is the preferred attacker from the academy at the moment to tie down... I would say Mambo is a long long way from even coping at this level.
Don't think we have much chance of getting Ecc back next year, Bessone may be too injury prone to risk and Fry may fancy a push at West Ham unless they stay up (which looks more likely).
In a realistic world pretty much every single one of them might be off for one reason or another.
No-one really knows what funds we have in the summer. In L1 which we;re likely to be in then we'll certainly have one of the bigger budgets of the division.
If CP has funds to build a new squad then I hope we keep Jenkinson/Solly/Ayinsah/Racon/Semedo/Dailly as they are useful players at this level. The squad at the moment isn't a million miles away from being decent, because we have been decent at times this season we've just lost our way over the past few weeks.
At least we've finally got a goalscorer though for next season (BWP)
[cite]Posted By: dabos[/cite]Anyinsah and Youga, despite being good enough for this level, must surely be considered too injury prone and in my opinion should be released.
Of the rest of them, I would consider offering deals to Semedo, Llera, Jenkinson, Solly and possibly Stavrinou.
If Anyinsah stays its got to be on a Pay as you Play deal
Jenkinson and Solly are definites to keep
Semedo I'd love to keep but it depends on funding
Llera - meh. I like him and he is comitted but I'd like to see us blood a youngster at the back and have him grow with us
Youga - as with Joe the man of glass Anyinsah its got to be a pay as you play deal if anything
[cite]Posted By: BigRedEvil[/cite]I've only seen Stavrinou a few times but he doesn't seem good enough to me. We only have 3 cm's in the squad and he still hasn't had a look in.
My line of thought as well, though he did do well at Cambridge albeit at another 2 levels down
Reeling off all the players people say can leave us, what if we can't replace them with anything better?
I would keep Racon, Semedo, Jackson, Llera, Elliot, Wagstaff, BWP, Anyinsah, Youga (if he comes back fit) Jenkinson and Dailly as a coach, then Worner, Benson, Doherty and Francis if we can't get in anyone better. McCormack, Fortune and Reid can leave imo
Youga isn't exactly injury prone, he had one terrible injury and the club rushed him back too quickly, whereas Anyinsah has more niggles than hot dinners.
[cite]Posted By: sam3110[/cite]Reeling off all the players people say can leave us, what if we can't replace them with anything better?
Unfortunately it's what happens at this level - there is an almost annual renewal of somewhere between 25% - 75% of the playing staff depending on a range of factors
How many of the players on the list will actually WANT to stay be it for footballing, monetary or geographical reasons? Almost every single one of them on the out of contract list automatically gets a question mark on that basis surely.
My list of "can goes" was taking into account those that will want to go as well as those I think should not or would not be offered new deals on comparative terms.
[cite]Posted By: sam3110[/cite]Youga isn't exactly injury prone, he had one terrible injury and the club rushed him back too quickly, whereas Anyinsah has more niggles than hot dinners.
Perhaps injury prone wasn't quite the right term. I just think it would represent a huge gamble to renew the contract of a player who
a) hasn't played football for 18 months
b) is on a high wage
Chris Powell needs to build a team capable of playing his chosen brand of football which would appear to be a 4-3-3 pass and move game - which many of our current squad seem unable to grasp - if supported by the board I think he needs a complete clear out and rebuild - whatever sentimental attachments we may have to some of the current squad we should forget them and let CP get on with acquiring his own group of players.
Having said that I would definitely hold on to Jenkinson
Am also concerned about our ability to hold on to BWP should a Championship bid come in for him
i'd keep Jenkinson, Jackson, Elliot, Wagstaff and Semedo but only if he were on a much reduced deal as a squad player. The others i'd be happy to see go. The only caveats being that i haven't really seen a lot of the youngsters and i don't know how much we will have to spend.
Got to keep Solly. Had he been given a run I'm sure he'd have done just as well as Jenkinson. They can both play a few positions so it shouldn't be a case of one or the other.
[cite]Posted By: BigRedEvil[/cite]I've only seen Stavrinou a few times but he doesn't seem good enough to me. We only have 3 cm's in the squad and he still hasn't had a look in.
My line of thought as well, though he did do well at Cambridge albeit at another 2 levels down
Think he scored in his first couple of games, did very little after though. Have a mate who's a Cambridge fan who said he didn't stand out as particularly bad or good at that level - on that basis, not good enough for us.
As Henry said, we could improve the team in virtually every position, but whether we will be shopping at Waitrose or Netto's in the summer remains to be seen...
Mambo has the attributes- if we let him go could come back to bite us like Shittu - He really needs to be on loan to a league club - I don't think he is a million miles away and we should persevere with him. I'd want to keep out of our current squad - Elliot, Worner, Jenkinson, Solly, Mambo, Llera, Doc, Francis, Semedo, Racon, Reid, Waggy, Benson, BWP, Anyinsah - that doesn't mean I'd want them all to be starters but we will need a squad and they are the players who can cut it IMO. CAnt have too many RBs though so Solly could go. There is a good right back in Francis somewhere and its the job of our coaches to prise it out. We need 2 more centre halfs and preferably quick ones, 2 more centre midfielders of the right qulaity as an absolute priority.
Can see 4 out of the 5 youngsters who signed pro last year leaving, Jenkinson surely will get a new deal but Tuna, Perkins, Davisson and Mambo may be released.
As for the rest, Fortune may be released aswell Racon and Semedo wil get offers, hope Semedo stays Anyinsah and Youga are injury prone but Powell likes Youga and Anyinsah is a fine player worth keeping Dailly-unsure, same with Llera. Need good ends to the season. Solly, hope to stay but may not due to Jenkinson's recent emergence Reid- surprised he only got a 1 yr deal- unsure if he will want to stay Waggy- stay Stavinrou- think he will be released.
Benson/Jackson/Doc/Worner/McOxo may be on 2 year deals Elliot is contracted till 2012 as is BWP
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Racon
Semedo
Dailly
Fortune
Llera
Youga
Jenkinson
Solly
Stavrinou
Anyinsah
Tuna
Fry (loan)
Bessone (loan)
Eccleston (loan)
then the kids:
Mambo?
Perkins?
Davisson?
not to mention the 2nd year scholars
I'm assuming that Worner, Reid, Jackson, McCormack and Benson all signed 2 year deals... with the O/S change the old news articles from pre-FL days appear irretrievable.
Simon Francis definitely did, as did Gary Doherty.
Fortune
Anyinsah
Youga
Solly
Reid
Semedo
Racon
Jackson (possible)
Fry (loan ends)
Ecclestone (loan ends)
Bessone (loan ends)
Stavrinou
Out of that lot (our players), i would keep:
Racon
Semedo
Youga
Jenkinson
Solly
Anyinsah
Tuna
and would try to renew the loan of eccleston and besssone (shame his injured)
Racon can go, Semedo I would try to keep, Youga can go, Fortune can go, Dailly probably hasn't got another year in him, I'd try to keep Llera and get a more mobile CB in to partner him (while bundling Doherty into a car and driving him off as far away from SE7 as possible), I would've thought it would be a straight shoot-out between Solly and Jenks (one that the latter is obviously winning at this moment though injuries have more than played their part), Tuna can go, Stavrinou can probably go, Anyinsah obviously is very important to us but he hasn't scored since early December and that was against Luton... can we afford to have him if he can only play so few games? If the three kids are out of contract they can probably all go as well though I haven't seen anything of Perkins or Davisson they haven't got near the squad and it seems Harriot is the preferred attacker from the academy at the moment to tie down... I would say Mambo is a long long way from even coping at this level.
Don't think we have much chance of getting Ecc back next year, Bessone may be too injury prone to risk and Fry may fancy a push at West Ham unless they stay up (which looks more likely).
In a realistic world pretty much every single one of them might be off for one reason or another.
If we can find and afford those better players and then build them into a team is another, rather big, question.
If CP has funds to build a new squad then I hope we keep Jenkinson/Solly/Ayinsah/Racon/Semedo/Dailly as they are useful players at this level. The squad at the moment isn't a million miles away from being decent, because we have been decent at times this season we've just lost our way over the past few weeks.
At least we've finally got a goalscorer though for next season (BWP)
Of the rest of them, I would consider offering deals to Semedo, Llera, Jenkinson, Solly and possibly Stavrinou.
If Anyinsah stays its got to be on a Pay as you Play deal
Jenkinson and Solly are definites to keep
Semedo I'd love to keep but it depends on funding
Llera - meh. I like him and he is comitted but I'd like to see us blood a youngster at the back and have him grow with us
Youga - as with Joe the man of glass Anyinsah its got to be a pay as you play deal if anything
My line of thought as well, though he did do well at Cambridge albeit at another 2 levels down
I would keep Racon, Semedo, Jackson, Llera, Elliot, Wagstaff, BWP, Anyinsah, Youga (if he comes back fit) Jenkinson and Dailly as a coach, then Worner, Benson, Doherty and Francis if we can't get in anyone better. McCormack, Fortune and Reid can leave imo
Youga isn't exactly injury prone, he had one terrible injury and the club rushed him back too quickly, whereas Anyinsah has more niggles than hot dinners.
Unfortunately it's what happens at this level - there is an almost annual renewal of somewhere between 25% - 75% of the playing staff depending on a range of factors
How many of the players on the list will actually WANT to stay be it for footballing, monetary or geographical reasons? Almost every single one of them on the out of contract list automatically gets a question mark on that basis surely.
My list of "can goes" was taking into account those that will want to go as well as those I think should not or would not be offered new deals on comparative terms.
Perhaps injury prone wasn't quite the right term. I just think it would represent a huge gamble to renew the contract of a player who
a) hasn't played football for 18 months
b) is on a high wage
Having said that I would definitely hold on to Jenkinson
Am also concerned about our ability to hold on to BWP should a Championship bid come in for him
Especially as most of those on 2 year deals - Doherty, Francis, Reid and McCormack are not up to it
Think he scored in his first couple of games, did very little after though. Have a mate who's a Cambridge fan who said he didn't stand out as particularly bad or good at that level - on that basis, not good enough for us.
As Henry said, we could improve the team in virtually every position, but whether we will be shopping at Waitrose or Netto's in the summer remains to be seen...
As for the rest, Fortune may be released aswell
Racon and Semedo wil get offers, hope Semedo stays
Anyinsah and Youga are injury prone but Powell likes Youga and Anyinsah is a fine player worth keeping
Dailly-unsure, same with Llera. Need good ends to the season.
Solly, hope to stay but may not due to Jenkinson's recent emergence
Reid- surprised he only got a 1 yr deal- unsure if he will want to stay
Waggy- stay
Stavinrou- think he will be released.
Benson/Jackson/Doc/Worner/McOxo may be on 2 year deals
Elliot is contracted till 2012 as is BWP