Quote Originally Posted by Elite_Pie View Post
To me that retained list means the recruitment team have a very big job on their hands this summer. The defence looks fairly solid, but the midfield is severely lacking physicality and creativity, and the strikeforce looks short on options and goals. If McGoldrick doesn't renew, we have lost our two best players (three if you count Crowley). There are some very large gaps to fill, and if we persist on taking a punt on 'players for the future' I think we can write next season off. We need guaranteed first teamers, not squad fillers.
I agree completely and I would also suggest that if they do continue taking that punt there will be a fair degree of disillusionment surfacing. I can live with a complete rebuild across midfield this close season followed by a forward rebuild at the end of next season and it seems logical for a sensible ownership to do the complete rebuild over three close seasons but that would be about it for me. Intentions will be fairly obvious over the next couple of months.