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I think we'll probably end up losing the players we don't want to lose. Bamba, Hoilett, Sang, Brown, Bennett and Harris are all out off contract, as is Jonny Williams. I fully expect us to keep the younger ones as they will be cheap, and possibly Williams as a squad player. Hoilett looks to be on his way out and Bamba will obviously leave as a player. Bennett is the conundrum, is he wanted? I hope he stays but it's unlikely anyone else will sign him with his injury. The club have to decide whether to keep him without knowing how he will recover from his injury.
Players like Tomlin and Vassell are still under contract so I suppose it is up to a joint decision between the club and the players whether a deal can be struck to enable them to leave. Unlikely anyone else would sign them though , so i suppose the club is stuck with them for another year.
I would like to see us able to keep Morrison and Moore, and hope there is no money around from other clubs to be able to entice them away. Smithies is very good but allegedly on very high wages, and i expect Flint, Glatzel and Murphy are too. And the club also has to look at players who only have year left on their contract, like Vaulks and Nelson. To the club offer them a new deal or let go for nothing next summer? And we lose the loan players.
Hoilett definitely
Smithies if we can get a decent price
Glatzel if he can be sold/loaned
Brown probably
Vassell on a free
Tomlin on a free
Harris probably
I think Bennett will be kept on, as will Sol.
The other youngsters like Sang will be offered a new contract.
Originally posted by Former Labour leaderView Post
Hoilett definitely
Smithies if we can get a decent price
Glatzel if he can be sold/loaned
Brown probably
Vassell on a free
Tomlin on a free
Harris probably
I think Bennett will be kept on, as will Sol.
The other youngsters like Sang will be offered a new contract.
If the rumoured figure of £30k per week is true then we may be prepared to accept a nominal fee for Smithies just to get him off the books.
Originally posted by Former Labour leaderView Post
Hoilett definitely
Smithies if we can get a decent price
Glatzel if he can be sold/loaned
Brown probably
Vassell on a free
Tomlin on a free
Harris probably
I think Bennett will be kept on, as will Sol.
The other youngsters like Sang will be offered a new contract.
Originally posted by Former Labour leaderView Post
Hoilett definitely
Smithies if we can get a decent price
Glatzel if he can be sold/loaned
Brown probably
Vassell on a free
Tomlin on a free
Harris probably
I think Bennett will be kept on, as will Sol.
The other youngsters like Sang will be offered a new contract.
Bennet and Sol are both out of contract, bennett will be missing for upto half the season next year and Sol is 36 already and battling cancer.
Both have been great players for us, but we aren't in the position to be giving out contracts on the basis of sentimentality
There's no reason why we should sell Moore, unless we are offered a stupid amount of money for him.
Bamba, Vassell, Glatzel, Bennett even - they can all go and we won't even miss them.
If the rumoured figure of £30k per week is true then we may be prepared to accept a nominal fee for Smithies just to get him off the books.
Why would we want to "Just get him off the books"?
People always assume there will be a cost cutting exercise and the club has no money to spend but no one knows how much or how little is available.
I'd gvt Tomlin off the books because I dread to think what influence he is having on the U23 squad.
Bennet and Sol are both out of contract, bennett will be missing for upto half the season next year and Sol is 36 already and battling cancer.
Both have been great players for us, but we aren't in the position to be giving out contracts on the basis of sentimentality
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