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Thread: Who would you keep? Who would you get rid of?

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    Who would you keep? Who would you get rid of?

    During the close season, there needs to be a spring clean if the club is to progress. We're not a side that's on the brink of the playoffs. We're realising how ordinary we are. Here's the squad. Who would you keep? I've given my thoughts, but please do your own!

    Neil Etheridge - Keep
    Alex Smithies - Keep
    Matthew Connolly - Go
    Joe Bennett - Keep
    Sean Morrison - Keep
    Aden Flint - Go
    Curtis Nelson - Keep
    Ashley Richards - Go
    Souleymane Bamba - Go
    Will Vaulks - Keep
    Leandro Bacuna - Go
    Joe Ralls - Keep
    Josh Murphy - Keep
    Marlon Pack - Go
    Nathaniel Mendez-Laing - Go
    Junior Hoilett - Go
    Robert Glatzel - Go
    Isaac Vassell - Go
    Callum Paterson - Keep
    Lee Tomlin - Keep
    Gavin Whyte - Go
    Danny Ward - Go

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    Re: Who would you keep? Who would you get rid of?

    We have got the basis of a good squad there

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    Re: Who would you keep? Who would you get rid of?

    Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee View Post
    During the close season, there needs to be a spring clean if the club is to progress. We're not a side that's on the brink of the playoffs. We're realising how ordinary we are. Here's the squad. Who would you keep? I've given my thoughts, but please do your own!

    Neil Etheridge - Keep
    Alex Smithies - Keep
    Matthew Connolly - Go
    Joe Bennett - Keep
    Sean Morrison - Keep
    Aden Flint - Go
    Curtis Nelson - Keep
    Ashley Richards - Go
    Souleymane Bamba - Go
    Will Vaulks - Keep
    Leandro Bacuna - Go
    Joe Ralls - Keep
    Josh Murphy - Keep
    Marlon Pack - Go
    Nathaniel Mendez-Laing - Go
    Junior Hoilett - Go
    Robert Glatzel - Go
    Isaac Vassell - Go
    Callum Paterson - Keep
    Lee Tomlin - Keep
    Gavin Whyte - Go
    Danny Ward - Go
    You were doing so well 'til you got to Murphy

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    Quote Originally Posted by MacAdder View Post
    You were doing so well 'til you got to Murphy
    By all accounts he had a stinker tonight, but he has got talent when he uses it.

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    Re: Who would you keep? Who would you get rid of?

    Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee View Post
    During the close season, there needs to be a spring clean if the club is to progress. We're not a side that's on the brink of the playoffs. We're realising how ordinary we are. Here's the squad. Who would you keep? I've given my thoughts, but please do your own!

    Neil Etheridge - Keep
    Alex Smithies - Keep
    Matthew Connolly - Go
    Joe Bennett - Keep
    Sean Morrison - Keep
    Aden Flint - Go
    Curtis Nelson - Keep
    Ashley Richards - Go
    Souleymane Bamba - Go
    Will Vaulks - Keep
    Leandro Bacuna - Go
    Joe Ralls - Keep
    Josh Murphy - Keep
    Marlon Pack - Go
    Nathaniel Mendez-Laing - Go
    Junior Hoilett - Go
    Robert Glatzel - Go
    Isaac Vassell - Go
    Callum Paterson - Keep
    Lee Tomlin - Keep
    Gavin Whyte - Go
    Danny Ward - Go
    As soon as you said keep Patterson you invalidated all your other choices

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pug View Post
    As soon as you said keep Patterson you invalidated all your other choices
    I wouldn't build a team around him but he certainly has a knack at this level.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee View Post
    By all accounts he had a stinker tonight, but he has got talent when he uses it.
    He has shown his talent far too infrequent.
    It's not just the fact he doesn't perform offensively, his constant losing of the ball exposes his teammates.
    Today was a classic example of this and their killer goal came from his mistake.

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    Re: Who would you keep? Who would you get rid of?

    Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee View Post
    During the close season, there needs to be a spring clean if the club is to progress. We're not a side that's on the brink of the playoffs. We're realising how ordinary we are. Here's the squad. Who would you keep? I've given my thoughts, but please do your own!

    Neil Etheridge - Keep
    Alex Smithies - Keep
    Matthew Connolly - Go
    Joe Bennett - Keep
    Sean Morrison - Keep
    Aden Flint - Go
    Curtis Nelson - Keep
    Ashley Richards - Go
    Souleymane Bamba - Go
    Will Vaulks - Keep
    Leandro Bacuna - Go
    Joe Ralls - Keep
    Josh Murphy - Keep
    Marlon Pack - Go
    Nathaniel Mendez-Laing - Go
    Junior Hoilett - Go
    Robert Glatzel - Go
    Isaac Vassell - Go
    Callum Paterson - Keep
    Lee Tomlin - Keep
    Gavin Whyte - Go
    Danny Ward - Go
    How are you going to get rid of the players who aren't out of contract in the summer?

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    Quote Originally Posted by LeningradCowboy View Post
    How are you going to get rid of the players who aren't out of contract in the summer?
    Getting club owners very drunk and having an amazingly talented salesman.

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    Re: Who would you keep? Who would you get rid of?

    Neil Etheridge - Keep
    Alex Smithies - Keep

    Joe Bennett - Keep
    Sean Morrison - Keep
    Curtis Nelson - Keep
    Souleymane Bamba - offer him a way of easing into coaching position but go if he wants to continue as footballer full-time
    Aden Flint - Go
    Matthew Connolly - Go
    Jazz Richards - Go

    Will Vaulks - Keep
    Joe Ralls - Keep
    Josh Murphy - Keep
    Marlon Pack - Depends on wages, he's done well with Vaulks recently
    Leandro Bacuna - Not going anywhere
    Nathaniel Mendez-Laing - Go
    Junior Hoilett - Go

    Robert Glatzel - Keep
    Danny Ward - Keep.
    Callum Paterson - Keep
    Lee Tomlin - Keep
    Gavin Whyte - Go
    Isaac Vassell - Go

    Considering the noise out of the club is about spending less, I don't expect too many players coming in unless we can sell to raise finances. Too much change would put a lot of pressure on youth development.

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    Re: Who would you keep? Who would you get rid of?

    Neil Etheridge - Keep
    Alex Smithies - Keep
    Matthew Connolly - Go
    Joe Bennett - Go
    Sean Morrison - Keep
    Aden Flint - Go
    Curtis Nelson - Keep
    Ashley Richards - Go
    Souleymane Bamba - Go
    Will Vaulks - Keep
    Leandro Bacuna - Keep
    Joe Ralls - Keep
    Josh Murphy - Go
    Marlon Pack - Go
    Nathaniel Mendez-Laing - Go
    Junior Hoilett - Go
    Robert Glatzel - Keep
    Isaac Vassell - Go
    Callum Paterson - Go
    Lee Tomlin - Keep
    Gavin Whyte - Go
    Danny Ward - Keep

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    Re: Who would you keep? Who would you get rid of?

    Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee View Post
    Getting club owners very drunk and having an amazingly talented salesman.
    It's easy to say 'get rid of Bacuna' or 'get rid of Glatzel', but unless you want us to pay them to play for another club, they won't be going anywhere.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LeningradCowboy View Post
    It's easy to say 'get rid of Bacuna' or 'get rid of Glatzel', but unless you want us to pay them to play for another club, they won't be going anywhere.
    I agree. However, this is just a bit of fun on a message board.

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    There's no point hanging on to both keepers. They're being paid too much to sit on the bench in the Championship and we actually have a chance of getting a transfer fee paid for one of them.

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    Re: Who would you keep? Who would you get rid of?

    Neil Etheridge - Keep
    Alex Smithies - Keep
    Matthew Connolly - Go
    Joe Bennett - Keep
    Sean Morrison - Keep
    Aden Flint - Go
    Curtis Nelson - Keep
    Ashley Richards - Go
    Souleymane Bamba - Go
    Will Vaulks - Keep
    Leandro Bacuna - Keep
    Joe Ralls - Keep
    Josh Murphy - Keep
    Marlon Pack - Keep
    Nathaniel Mendez-Laing - Keep
    Junior Hoilett - Go
    Robert Glatzel - Go
    Isaac Vassell - Go
    Callum Paterson - Go
    Lee Tomlin - Keep
    Gavin Whyte - Keep
    Danny Ward - Keep

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    Re: Who would you keep? Who would you get rid of?

    Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee View Post
    During the close season, there needs to be a spring clean if the club is to progress. We're not a side that's on the brink of the playoffs. We're realising how ordinary we are. Here's the squad. Who would you keep? I've given my thoughts, but please do your own!

    Neil Etheridge - Keep
    Alex Smithies - Keep
    Matthew Connolly - Go
    Joe Bennett - Keep
    Sean Morrison - Keep
    Aden Flint - Go
    Curtis Nelson - Keep
    Ashley Richards - Go
    Souleymane Bamba - Go
    Will Vaulks - Keep
    Leandro Bacuna - Go
    Joe Ralls - Keep
    Josh Murphy - Keep
    Marlon Pack - Go
    Nathaniel Mendez-Laing - Go
    Junior Hoilett - Go
    Robert Glatzel - Go
    Isaac Vassell - Go
    Callum Paterson - Keep
    Lee Tomlin - Keep
    Gavin Whyte - Go
    Danny Ward - Go
    Pretty much agree with that except for one...Tomlin. He can go, he'll be out for the rest of the season, come back in July overweight, then sit on his new contract for the next two years, now he's played fifteen games and earned the new contract.

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    Re: Who would you keep? Who would you get rid of?

    Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee View Post
    During the close season, there needs to be a spring clean if the club is to progress. We're not a side that's on the brink of the playoffs. We're realising how ordinary we are. Here's the squad. Who would you keep? I've given my thoughts, but please do your own!

    Neil Etheridge - Keep
    Alex Smithies - Keep
    Matthew Connolly - Go
    Joe Bennett - Keep
    Sean Morrison - Keep
    Aden Flint - Go
    Curtis Nelson - Keep
    Ashley Richards - Go
    Souleymane Bamba - Go
    Will Vaulks - Keep
    Leandro Bacuna - Go
    Joe Ralls - Keep
    Josh Murphy - Keep
    Marlon Pack - Go
    Nathaniel Mendez-Laing - Go
    Junior Hoilett - Go
    Robert Glatzel - Go
    Isaac Vassell - Go
    Callum Paterson - Keep
    Lee Tomlin - Keep
    Gavin Whyte - Go
    Danny Ward - Go
    By and large I agree with you except I don’t think we should hang on to both Smithies and Etheridge. Both are saleable assets and we appear to have so many players to pay off we need to cash in on one of them. I would keep Smithies. Bacuna may be too expensive to pay off due to a contract that, courtesy of Unique Sports Management and the Warnock family, appears to take him up to state pension age. Why we bought him I don’t know but I think most of us have guessed. Paterson I’m not so sure about. Being a likeable bloke and 100% committed doesn’t always make up for his shortcomings, many of which were on display tonight. By all means keep him as a useful Jack of all Trades but not as a first choice selection. As for Murphy, if Celtic want to pay a King’s Ransom for him then cash in. Tomlin - Harris extended his contract so he’s going nowhere

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    Re: Who would you keep? Who would you get rid of?

    Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee View Post
    During the close season, there needs to be a spring clean if the club is to progress. We're not a side that's on the brink of the playoffs. We're realising how ordinary we are. Here's the squad. Who would you keep? I've given my thoughts, but please do your own!

    Neil Etheridge - Keep
    Alex Smithies - Keep
    Matthew Connolly - Go
    Joe Bennett - Keep
    Sean Morrison - Keep
    Aden Flint - Go
    Curtis Nelson - Keep
    Ashley Richards - Go
    Souleymane Bamba - Go
    Will Vaulks - Keep
    Leandro Bacuna - Go
    Joe Ralls - Keep
    Josh Murphy - Keep
    Marlon Pack - Go
    Nathaniel Mendez-Laing - Go
    Junior Hoilett - Go
    Robert Glatzel - Go
    Isaac Vassell - Go
    Callum Paterson - Keep
    Lee Tomlin - Keep
    Gavin Whyte - Go
    Danny Ward - Go
    Connolly is still with the club??!!! :-0

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    Re: Who would you keep? Who would you get rid of?

    Neil Etheridge - Go
    Alex Smithies - Keep
    Matthew Connolly - Go
    Joe Bennett - Go
    Sean Morrison - Keep
    Aden Flint - Go
    Curtis Nelson - Keep
    Ashley Richards - Go
    Souleymane Bamba - Go
    Will Vaulks - Keep
    Leandro Bacuna - Go
    Joe Ralls - Keep
    Josh Murphy - Keep
    Marlon Pack - Keep (as a decent sub)
    Nathaniel Mendez-Laing - Keep
    Junior Hoilett - Go
    Robert Glatzel - Go
    Isaac Vassell - Go
    Callum Paterson - Go
    Lee Tomlin - Keep
    Gavin Whyte - Go
    Danny Ward - Go

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    Morrison is well overrated.

    He is fine but we should have more mobile centre backs who can jump and pass.

    Despite having a decent season, I think Ralls is also average.

    The biggest hinderance is Harris. He won’t get us promoted.

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    Bennett would be the first one I'd be showing the door to. He's been masquerading as a defender for the past two seasons, get shot of him ASAP!

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    Re: Who would you keep? Who would you get rid of?

    Quote Originally Posted by Divine Wright View Post
    Morrison is well overrated.

    He is fine but we should have more mobile centre backs who can jump and pass.

    Despite having a decent season, I think Ralls is also average.

    The biggest hinderance is Harris. He won’t get us promoted.

    Agree with you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bobby Dandruff View Post
    Connolly is still with the club??!!! :-0
    Apparently so. Vassell is here too. I forgot about him!

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    Wait, I thought we were getting promoted two games ago?

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    Ralls average? He was our best player before he got injured and Tomlin was unleashed

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