Colchester United Release Four First-Team Players due to financial Pressure

[millertop]

We're going to be a lesser team without those four," Cowling said.

"We've worked so hard put ourselves in a good place and we don't want to lose them. We'd like nothing more than to go and finish it but there are much bigger pictures. This isn't about getting promotion. It's about the future of the club."

http://bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52457574

[gru]

Won't be a option for warnie/Stewart. I belive the 6 players who were out of contract with us this summer. Wood, mattock, cooper, kayode, lamy & hinds. Only lamy and hinds have not got extension. (Hinds gone to Lincoln). Not sure lamy will get owt.

Wood he's got another year. Mattock think it's two. Both are definitely not out of contract end of this season. Pretty certain Cooper & Kayode aren't. Lamy the club have the option of a contract extension but if the club will question marks. They let him out on loan for two questionable wide loan signings so can't be one of Warney's boys! Back to Colchester the 4 they have released will have to get payed till the end of their contract so they are not saving anything. They are in the play-offs in league 2 so just basically saying they don't want this season resuming.

[Ericsladkilnhurst]

I think how the chairman was talking, he wanted to renew the contracts of the players, but the club don't have the funds to do this.