Retained List

[Woodsetts_Pie]

McCrory was a cracking player but sadly I think he'll retire because of his injuries, he was a good player when he played but that was not often enough.

I suspect we'll go with the following:

GK: Slocombe
GK: Brookes

RB: Brindley
RB: Kelly-Evans
CB: Lacey
CB: Rawlinson
CB: Ellis (I hope)
LB: Chicken

RW: Roberts
RW: new Signing
LW: Miller (I hope and also LB cover)
LW: new signing
ACM: Rodrigues
CM: O'Brien
CM: Reeves
CM: new signing

CF: Sam
CF: Wootton
CF: new signing
CF: Knight

That gives us a squad of 20 which is pretty much what IB said he wanted in a previous interview

The CM and CF additions need to be spot on. Absolutely no room for error this time. Our midfield this season has not been good enough by a long way, so one or two strong athletic Paul Harding types are required. And CF of genuine quality needs to be recruited. Wooton has carried the forward line single handed this year.
All in all it’s been a strange season - half of it tippy tally across the back with Reeves facing the wrong way, no forward momentum at all, then complete opposite at the back end. A season of two halves. Next season has to be one unit one purpose, and we have to batter most of the teams if we are serious about going up, hence 2 or 3 of these gaps have to be filled by quality. And if we could stop experimenting with other peoples untried unproven’s it would please me. We have had half a dozen players here this season who shouldn’t have been within a mile of the club, and then there’s Sloth, Wolfe, etc…….

[americanpie]

Enzio is wanted by Chesterfield.

Chesterfield-linked winger Enzio Boldewijn released by National League rivals Notts County
Enzio Boldewijn, who has been linked with a move to Chesterfield, has been released by Notts County.

[PedroTheFisherman66]

The CM and CF additions need to be spot on. Absolutely no room for error this time. Our midfield this season has not been good enough by a long way, so one or two strong athletic Paul Harding types are required. And CF of genuine quality needs to be recruited. Wooton has carried the forward line single handed this year.
All in all it’s been a strange season - half of it tippy tally across the back with Reeves facing the wrong way, no forward momentum at all, then complete opposite at the back end. A season of two halves. Next season has to be one unit one purpose, and we have to batter most of the teams if we are serious about going up, hence 2 or 3 of these gaps have to be filled by quality. And if we could stop experimenting with other peoples untried unproven’s it would please me. We have had half a dozen players here this season who shouldn’t have been within a mile of the club, and then there’s Sloth, Wolfe, etc…….

A good summary ...!
Thank you..

[Elite_Pie]

Enzio is wanted by Chesterfield.

Chesterfield-linked winger Enzio Boldewijn released by National League rivals Notts County
Enzio Boldewijn, who has been linked with a move to Chesterfield, has been released by Notts County.

I may be proved wrong, but I think Enzio should be looking a bit higher than Chesterfield.

[Glad2BeAPie]

I may be proved wrong, but I think Enzio should be looking a bit higher than Chesterfield.

League 2 at least

[Elite_Pie]

League 2 at least

That's what I thought. If Chesterfield or a similar club can offer him a better deal than we could offer I can only think that our budget isn't quite what we hoped it would be. I still think his agent will find him an EFL club.

[bule1]

Or we have other targets that require the money this frees up of course.

[laddo]

The finances , especially wages, involved shouldn't be ignored by fans. Plays a big part in who you can and can't go for when recruiting.

Hopefully our strong end to the season, performances in the playoffs and our young head coach's good reputation within the game will assist with getting targets to put pen to paper.

[Glad2BeAPie]

We need quality not quantity

[51Magpie]

Let’s see how crap another club thinks he is… I’m fairly confident he will been in the EFL next season

Agreed, and whoever he plays for probably won't ask him to be right wingback in a team that spent half the season going backwards and sideways.