We have never been able to effectively replace the likes of Palmer, Heggem or Fellows but I still believe that the financial pressures on the club made their sales almost inevitable. That situation has changed however and will improve considerably in the coming summer window so I am in complete agreement with Ketts that we must hang on to our best players and have no need to sell. We may not recoup any money for Wallace, Maja, Grant, Diakite and Wildsmith but they will be off the wage bill come the end of the season (if none are retained).

We need to look ahead to a rebuild so I believe we should hold on to both our better established players and young talent like to Bostock or Whitwell. If we could shift some of those out contract come June that would be good but I doubt we would have any takers and it would, of course, further deplete an already thin squad with no guarantee of obtaining better replacements in the January window.