Retained list late being announced

[Nigel_M]

I just hope that Nolan is a bit more ruthless than last year

He doesn’t have that much room for maneuver. Hardy originally said the squad should be around 20 first team pros. If he sticks to that, we already have Hawkridge, Noble, Husin, Alessandra and Stead who should not be regular starters next year, plus Milsom that Nolan doesn’t seem to rate. That’s 6 of the 9 non-starters gone before you look at the reserve goalkeeper.

I would therefore expect all the out of contract players except O’Connor, Duffy and Tootle to be let go. Their wages may mean not even all those stay. There may be an argument for Forte but clearly Nolan doesn’t rate him.

I think from somewhere clubs have 4 days from the last game to tell the players if they’re leaving.

[the_anticlough]

I think Milsom will be released. He worked well with Hewitt and contributed to getting us out of trouble last season. But what is he particularly good at? I saw the game after which he disappeared without trace - away at Barnet. As the experienced pro (he was with Husin) it was disappointing to see him just go through the motions. I don't think he played (started, for sure) after that. With O'Connor, Hewitt, Husin and Noble all ahead of him I think he'll be playing somewhere else next season.

The most interesting for me is Forte, who I also think will probably go. But you never know, at 31 turning 32, he might be about the have his best couple of seasons as a pro. There are still goals in him as we've seen in April and May. If KN thinks he can find the key to motivate him and maintain his form he might end up staying.