Retained List Now On O/S

[SolSigns]

Holy cow, that's a purge!

Surprised they let Alan Smith go, and Mike Edwards. Guess the thinking is to free up as much cash as possible for a better first XI.

Hardy's been unconvincing in the transfer market thus far. This clearout puts a lot of pressure on him to do better, and quickly.

[Elite_Pie]

Adam Collin is the only surprise to me on the released list. It looks like Jonathan Forte's late burst of effort wasn't enough to convince the manager to keep him. It leaves a few gaps to plug, and an interesting close season to look forward to.

[durhampie]

Adam Collin is the only surprise to me on the released list. It looks like Jonathan Forte's late burst of effort wasn't enough to convince the manager to keep him. It leaves a few gaps to plug, and an interesting close season to look forward to.

They probably offered him a new contract and he said get stuffed.. And Quite rightly so..

[Elite_Pie]

They probably offered him a new contract and he said get stuffed.. And Quite rightly so..

In your world, I suppose our loss will be Barcelona's gain.

[jackal2]

In your world, I suppose our loss will be Barcelona's gain.

Swap deal? Marc-Andre Ter Stegen spotted in the Meadow Lane car park?

[durhampie]

In your world, I suppose our loss will be Barcelona's gain.

Tw*t

[Elite_Pie]

Tw*t

Come on durham, I know you have the brain of a slug, but surely you can do better than that if you really put your mind to it. Try and compose a two word insult next time, even if the second word is 'off'. Once you've mastered that we'll try and progress to a full sentence.

[tarquinbeech]

They probably offered him a new contract and he said get stuffed.. And Quite rightly so..

I assume you mean Forte was offered a contract?.....and said "sod off, I'm not sitting on the bench again all season"

I would be extremely surprised if they offered Collin a new contract....I've seen tortoises catch and distribute the ball faster.....Collin is the only guy that can turn a 90 minute game into 60 minutes of action...single-handedly.....I once fell asleep just before he caught the ball, woke up, and he was still thinking about what to do with it......even the ref had time to race to the changing-rooms and book an 18-30 holiday....seriously

[DelroyFacey22]

I assume you mean Forte was offered a contract?.....and said "sod off, I'm not sitting on the bench again all season"

I would be extremely surprised if they offered Collin a new contract....I've seen tortoises catch and distribute the ball faster.....Collin is the only guy that can turn a 90 minute game into 60 minutes of action...single-handedly.....I once fell asleep just before he caught the ball, woke up, and he was still thinking about what to do with it......even the ref had time to race to the changing-rooms and book an 18-30 holiday....seriously

Fitzsimons was exactly the same... They slow the game down BECAUSE THEY ARE TOLD TO... Genuinely amazed people still don't seem to understand that.

[Pies4u]

No real complaints about the released list - pity about Forte but he only shone due to the dearth of agile, mobile alternatives really,

The tragedy is having to suffer the likes of Hawkridge and Noble, who are both glorifued pub players, again. Hopefully, they will never get close to a first team shirt again.

If we are relying on Stead then we need some pace and genuine aerial/physical presence to compensate for him having neither. Someone who can stand up more often than he falls over & actually gets into the opposition box more than twice a game (set pieces apart) might help too. (how a bloke of his height can be so cr@p in aerial challenges is mystifying. If he won 10 all season it would be a miracle).