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I will start with my retained and released list from 1st team players only, apologies if I have missed anyone.
Retained (12)
Harrison Male
Bobby Joe Taylor
Tony Craig
Joe Cook
George Francombe
Dan Pybus
James McShane
Charlie Carter
Josh Taylor
Tom Blair
Matt Briggs
Alfie Rutherford
Release (13)
Isaac Philipott- clearly no longer part of 1st team plans. Will either be stuck in loan land next season or released.
Callum Kennedy- Has he ever been part of the starting 11 team plans? Always hangs around on the bench and never starts. Will probably be retained by Marc as a squad player.
Haydn Hollis- Has shown glaring weaknesses which mean retaining him would make him a liability next season. Think Marc loans him out as probably signed a 2 year deal at least.
Barry Fuller- Great lad still fit enough, just think his age means its time to say goodbye.
Niall McManus- Doesn't look up to it, potentially retained as a squad player or back up.
Jimmy Muitt- Too lightweight and inconsistent, not up to the level. Marc will retain him though as a squad player.
Luke Moore- He is 35 plus and doesn't look up to this level. Even Marc may finally say enough is enough and release to bring squad age down.
Dan Gallagher- Does not look physically good enough for the level.
Jack Jebb- Clearly on his way out, will definitely be released in the summer.
Seb Bowerman- Doesn't physically look strong or fast enough at this level. Will be retained by Marc but will again be injured a lot if he is.
Aaron Kuhl- Takes too much time on the ball for this level, will likely be loaned out again though rather than released.
Jason Prior- He is 35 and although has his good days now and again. He needs to be moved on for another striker who will be paid decent money.
Harry Ottaway- The man is drowning he is so far out of his depth, would probably do a job at non-league step 4. Will be released by Marc.
Very surprised and concerned that he has commented that he only needs 2-3 players. With the indication being that they can go up with pretty much the same squad that went down.
Some of those players were over the hill last season. And many of their injury records have been incredibly poor.
That doesn’t get fixed by being “smarter” around how you manage a “case”. Miles on the clock can’t be managed like you would manage a car.
Let’s hope the 2-3 players needed comment is to try and put potential sellers off the scent and get the best price for a player.
As if he genuinely goes into next season with same again Claude and only 2-3 players. Then we finish around mid table. I would predict around 10th-14th.
Drastic changes to the squad are required next season to mount a promotion challenge and go up.
Let’s not beat around the bush here!
Final prediction of players who will be leaving:-
Isaac Philipott
Callum Kennedy
Barry Fuller
Tony Craig
Jack Jebb
Harry Ottaway
Harrison Male
@jacksonfairweather I don't think you'll be far wrong there, possible exceptions of Barry Fuller and Tony Craig, if they/Marc still feel they've got the legs for the job. Would like to see TC retained in any case in some form of backroom capacity.
@jacksonfairweather Pretty sure TC is contracted for next year. He won't be leaving unless he decides to retire or something like that.
