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[Jeekay56]

11 gone

https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news...ned-list-2018/

[Bohinen]

Some decent culling there. You suspect there would be more if some weren't already on contracts. I see we've got rid of the player coaches who were costing us money, maybe Stead will take up that role now.

[Frigiliana Pie 1]

Only 14 left (if those offered new contracts all sign). Less than I’d thought. KN has some serious recruiting to do. Should be an interesting summer.

[Mapperleypie]

Only 14 left (if those offered new contracts all sign). Less than I’d thought. KN has some serious recruiting to do. Should be an interesting summer.

This will be the making or breaking of Nolan as a manger.

If Notts do well next season after a decent summer of recruitment then I expect bigger clubs will start seriously looking at Nolan. If not then.........

[countygump]

Forte gone but Duffers offered new connie? Not sure about that one. Adam Collin gone, the way Nolo insisted on playing him, I'm surprised.

[MAD_MAGPIE]

It’s certainly a clean sweep and really gives KN a chance to mould his own squad this summer.

Like others I’m surprised Collin has gone as he was a first team regular, but maybe the plan is should Fitzsimmons resign he may become number one.

I’d expected Duffy, O’Connor, Tootle and Jones to be offered new contracts. O’Connor is like a new signing and I’m guessing Hewitt and O’Connor will be our first choice centre pairing.

Likewise no surprises with the releases of Ameobi will probably only be because of his age. Forte stepped up in the final weeks of the season but overall it’s not really happened this season. Hunt was a stocking filler and again is aging. Milsoms not really featured so probably will want first team football.

In terms of Mike Edwards and Alan Smith it’s clear their careers as players are now all but over. Good that Mike Edwards is retained on the coaching staff. If I remember right Alan Smiths wages was low and he was here for his coaching qualifications, so maybe if he has these now he will go and coach or even play somewhere else?

Our longest serving player Curtis Thompson has also been released. He had his best days for us when we were in League One and he’s not really featured in Kevin Nolan’s reign or pulled up any trees at Wycombe. I liked his work rate and effort, and expect him to sign for a lower league club like Haydn Hollis went to Forest Green, or maybe one of the promoted clubs from the National League.

Hodge and Saunders were a waste of a wage as they never kicked a ball in anger as far as I recall so we live and learn on that one.

Who is Pearce Bird? He must be rated as he’s been offered a new contract. Perhaps he will break into the first team next season.

Well it’s certainly going to be an interesting summer and an exciting one. No doubt the board will be in meltdown in a couple of weeks if we’ve not signed anyone regardless of the fact most players are on holiday and many contracts don’t end until the end of June.

[jackal2]

No doubt the board will be in meltdown in a couple of weeks if we’ve not signed anyone regardless of the fact most players are on holiday and many contracts don’t end until the end of June.

Yes I wouldn't expect an immediate influx, BUT I did post on another thread last night that I would be looking for the squad to be virtually completed by the early part of July and the start of pre-season in earnest. For me, this would be a sign that we have carefully identified, pursued and landed our key targets this summer, even if we can't announce some of them until current contract expiry at the start of July.

I'll worry more if there are still big gaps in the squad by the middle and latter part of July and we're messing about with all sorts of triallists, because that would suggest we haven't been successful with the key targets and we're hunting around for scraps off the table.

It felt like a bit of both last season, with some signings made early and some late, which perhaps was a metaphor for our nearly but not quite season. It was similar in the January transfer window where everything ended up being last-minute and the much-vaunted marquee signing never materialised.

This time around let's get our business tidied up professionally and early (as possible) and leave other clubs do the dredging. With the amount of wages we've freed up, we should be capable of competing for the players we really want.