Massive clear out needed

[bongosdad]

Out

De Laet
Richards
Bunn
Steer
Whelan
Elmo
Taylor
Bree
Elphick
Lansbury
Jedi
Gary Gardner
McCormack

[bongosdad]

In

Grealish
Green
Adoma
mcginn
horihane
Tammy
hause
kodja
hogan
Ghazi
Bjarnason
Bolasie
Kalinic

[westcountryvillain]

Tammy & Bolasie are loans and will be gone in the summer, you forgot Tuanzebe who is also on loan.

I like Green and think he has promise, will be interesting to see what Deano does with him & also whether he can make Hogan the player he was under him at Brentford. Harsh on Elphick and De Laet who have done nothing wrong & given a chance would perform at this level - same with Bree & Davis.

[VillaRosie]

Bolasie heading back to Everton after exercising the option on his loan deal.

[mondaze]

Glad to see Bolasie go. It was the most ridiculous signing Bruce made, we had a young lad breaking into the first team, with speed and flair, and we farm him out to Portsmouth, and bring in a crock on silly money. Barmy! Think Bruce was desperate to get the boot.

[TrianonDave]

Must admit im kinda sad hes gone! This guy has many skills and great speed unfortunately we did not see it enough.
He is a confidence player but i think he was still better than adomah?
Makes sense to bring back Green as it is obviius now he was going back because he was not happy.
Kodija will be next but i hope not.
I do feel there is something going on behind the scenes, hopefully a big time charlie gone from the dressing room will harmonise everyone. I mean a guy earning a reported 80k a week and just not have to play may just have been brassing peopke off, we just dont know?

[VillaRosie]

Out of interest this is the list of when player contracts finish.


2019

Glenn Whelan 35
Mile Jedinak 34
Mark Bunn** 34
Alan Hutton 34
Tommy Elphick 31
Micah Richards 31
Ritchie de Laet 30
Jed Steer 26
Jordan Lyden 23
Harry McKirdy 22
Easah Suliman 21
Callum O’Hare 21
Kelsey Mooney 20
Mitchell Clark 20
Harvey Knibbs 20
Jacob Bedeau 19


2020

Ross McCormack 33
Ahmed Elmohamady 32
Albert Adomah 32
Birkir Bjarnason 32
James Chester 31
Jonathan Kodjia 30
Gary Gardner 29
Conor Hourihane 29
Aaron Tshibola 25
Pierluigi Gollini 25
Matija Sarkic 22
Keinan Davis 22
Andre Green 22
Rushian Hepburn-Murphy 21
Jake Hayes-Doyle 21


2021

Neil Taylor 32
Ørjan Nyland 30
Henri Lansbury 30
Scott Hogan 29
James Bree 23


2022

John McGinn 27


2023

Jack Grealish 27
Lovre Kalinić 33

[TrianonDave]

Lot of deadwood thete Rosie but we must find a contract for Clarke and O'Hare, maybe Suliman?

[oldskoolvillan]

The problem with massive clearouts, and I sincerely believe it is what we need, is that you then have to replace them, preferably with something better. There are at least two problems here, 1, Like it or not we are not the draw to players (unless on the sicknote) that we once were, this means more competition for average players which puts up the price, 2, We are not in a position to pay silly money for average players (not that I advocate this anyway) because of the ffp rules, which no-one appears to understand. I think until the recent rule change it was a matter of paying the fine, which our owners can no doubt afford, however since the rule change we would be more likely to be deducted points, which is a different risk altogether. I think Smith may have been selected as a man who can spot and bring on cheaper lower league players, and hopefully a few from our European connections, in a similar manner to wolves etc. Alternatively we hire a really good ffp lawyer, and let the owners buy our way out of this league

[stateside]

I think it is time for the owners to have a heart to heart with the fans. Lay out the fact that we have to buy Championship calibre players and we need to get behind them not slag them off.

I swear Blues are in the same part of the league as us because their fans are getting behind them and not groaning over a misplaced pass. Otherwise we would be 3-4 places higher than we are.