Luke Steele - Retain. Iain Turner - Retain. Christian Dibble - Retain. Bobby Hassell - Release or coaching contract Tom Kennedy - Retain Lewin Nyatanga - Sell Martin Cranie - Retain Jean-Yvés M'Voto - Retain. Jim O'Brien - Retain. Stephen Dawson - Retain Liam Lawrence - Retain. Jacob Mellis - Release. Martin Woods - Release. Emanuel Frimpong - Release. Paul Digby - Retain. Kelvin Etuhu - Release Tomasz Cywka - Retain Dale Jennings - Retain Paddy McCourt - Release. Reuben Noble-Lazarus - Retain. Danny Rose - Retain. Chris O'Grady - Retain
I was just thinking back to when we were last in L1 McPhail, Howard, Devaney, Nardiello ( & maybe Reid & Heckingbottom) would have walked into our team this season.
I reckon we'll need another striker in the mould of Nardiello or Hayesey like the last time we were in lg 1. But we'd also need another Howard type to service them..
can't argue with that too much. May as well keep Jennings if in L1 if we can afford him, he was on 3 year contract at start of season so he doesn't count in the fair play/ wage thing in league 1.
As much as I like Bobby, being a loyal servant/good bloke doesn't make you deserve a new contract and it seems to be mainly for romantic reasons that people want to retain him as a player - I can only remember seeing him play at Leeds this year and he did well, really well in fact, but Wilson must have had his reasons for not playing him since then when there have been a number of opportunities to do that. If we're down before the final day I'd imagine he'll get a farewell cameo appearance - beyond that maybe some background ambassadorial role if another club doesn't want him. Wouldn't surprise me if Mansfield offered him a year.
Frimpong ought to just **** off. Waste of time, waste of money, waste of talent. I'd rather play woods than that show pony.
With that list we'd lose all our flair players... Say what you like about them but Cywka, McCourt and Jennings are currently our only players who offer any real threat to the opposition, albeit often sporadically. If we lose all of them and don't replace them with other attacking flair it's not half going to be a dull season next year. I would be very disappointed to lose Jennings, he could be a real match winner in League One, we desperately need quality to try and get back. It'll be hard to attract such a talent so best to try and keep the one we have.
Theres no way on God's green earth that Kelvin Etuhu is a viable option for any role on the pitch, nevermind at right back. I cant believe anyone rates the lad. He's the least talented footballer at the club and looks **** scared when he's on ball. He's like that kid that always got picked last at school. And he runs like a penguin
Nardiello would have definitely walked into the team, and walked around the pitch aimlessly during game time, a complete frustrating waste of talent
Would keep Jennings. Still only young and not fully developed. Reckon he's be brilliant in league 1 after a run of games.
I'd keep Frimpong... there I said it! Jennings might not get snapped up because he simply hasn't looked that good!