Our Lee Gwan Squad

[PhyllisStant]

Any thoughts on what our squad might look like next year.

Contracts expiring: El Gazhi, Rambo, Goutas, Collins, Ralls, Meite, Rinimhota
I wouldn't be renewing any of them.

Manswerk and Alaves will be going back to their clubs.

Potentially, there may be interest in a handful of our players: Ng, O'Dowda, Salech, Robinson.

Other than that there are players that it would be nice to loan out/ get off the wage bill: Willock, Chambers, Turnball

Assuming all the above leave we have left:
Hovarth, Alnwick Turner
Bagan, Fish, Daland, Giles, Tusonda,Kpakio
Robertson, Colwill x2 , King, Wintle (?)
Davies, Tanner, Ashford, Simic, Etete, Evans, Reindorf

I think sticking with younger players is the way to go, build some experience and continuity in case by some miracle we come back up we can avoid having to rebuild the entire squad.

[PontBlue]

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Unless the rules change this summer we can have a outfield squad of 22 and at least 8 must be home grown but not necessarily by us plus an unlimited number of under 21 players. I suspect unless we offload some there will be a few not eligible to play

[Bluebirdman Of Alcathays]

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I imagine one of our keepers, probably Horvarth, will move on; he won't want to be back-up in L1. Daland might be of the same mind (about himself, not Horvath). Can't see Evans staying on. I just hope we don't think that a few of the players who aren't up to much in the championship will be fine lower down.

We could have a few more youngsters coming through: Lawlor, Giles, Nyakuhwa.

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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Any thoughts on what our squad might look like next year.

Contracts expiring: El Gazhi, Rambo, Goutas, Collins, Ralls, Meite, Rinimhota
I wouldn't be renewing any of them.

Manswerk and Alaves will be going back to their clubs.

Potentially, there may be interest in a handful of our players: Ng, O'Dowda, Salech, Robinson.

Other than that there are players that it would be nice to loan out/ get off the wage bill: Willock, Chambers, Turnball

Assuming all the above leave we have left:
Hovarth, Alnwick Turner
Bagan, Fish, Daland, Giles, Tusonda,Kpakio
Robertson, Colwill x2 , King, Wintle (?)
Davies, Tanner, Ashford, Simic, Etete, Evans, Reindorf

I think sticking with younger players is the way to go, build some experience and continuity in case by some miracle we come back up we can avoid having to rebuild the entire squad.

Same. All of those out-of-contract players need to leave. No, we shouldn't be looking to give Ralls a one-year extension either.

No pace, no legs, that's been the trouble with our squad for years now.

[Rjk]

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Same. All of those out-of-contract players need to leave. No, we shouldn't be looking to give Ralls a one-year extension either.

No pace, no legs, that's been the trouble with our squad for years now.

no legs would seem to put us at a big disadvantage

[blue matt]

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Any thoughts on what our squad might look like next year.

Contracts expiring: El Gazhi, Rambo, Goutas, Collins, Ralls, Meite, Rinimhota
I wouldn't be renewing any of them.

Rallsy will be more than good enough for L1 as will Rino ( both pretty decent players who can cover various positions on the field )

Yak isnt on massive money and will frighten L1 defences, if we dont offer him a contract he will be heading to Reading ( if in L1 ) and you know he will bang them in and people will say " why didnt we offer hm a new contract, the clubs a joke "

[Rjk]

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Rallsy will be more than good enough for L1 as will Rino ( both pretty decent players who can cover various positions on the field )

Yak isnt on massive money and will frighten L1 defences, if we dont offer him a contract he will be heading to Reading ( if in L1 ) and you know he will bang them in and people will say " why didnt we offer hm a new contract, the clubs a joke "

even if we offer him a new contract I do you think he would take it, he'll probably go back to Reading where he's hugely popular and finish top scorer

[Coyote]

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Rinomhota would be the only one I consider renewing.

Sell Horvath, Robinson, Daland, Turnbull, Willock and Ng for turnover.

Hold onto Salech, Robertson and Fish for dear life. Chambers also would be a great player to hold onto.

Alnwick
Kpakio-Fish-Bagan-Rinomhota
Chambers
Robertson-Colwill
Ashford-Salech-O'Dowda

That's a solid starting 11 for League One, and get reinforcements in who can perform at that level. Poku from Peterbrough would be a decent addition on the wing for example, and we need more defence/midfielders, possibly a back-up keeper.

[the other bob wilson]

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Rallsy will be more than good enough for L1 as will Rino ( both pretty decent players who can cover various positions on the field )

Yak isnt on massive money and will frighten L1 defences, if we dont offer him a contract he will be heading to Reading ( if in L1 ) and you know he will bang them in and people will say " why didnt we offer hm a new contract, the clubs a joke "

Believe me when I say even if Meite scores twenty five goals for Reading or any other League One clubs that aren’t Cardiff City next season i won’t be saying we should have kept him - he’s going to see out a two year contract with us without scoring a single goal at Cardiff City Stadium!

[Coyote]

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Can't edit my post now, but to add onto how I think we should manage it finance-wise.

I think we can get 3 mil for Robinson and Horvath easily, 2m for Ng, 3m for Turnbull, 1m for Willock and 2m for Daland, although we could give Daland another season. Between that and high-wage contracts expiring, that should be enough for us to mitigate the damage of relegation.

If we must sell Robertson, Salech or Fish, get at least double what we paid for them.

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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Can't edit my post now, but to add onto how I think we should manage it finance-wise.

I think we can get 3 mil for Robinson and Horvath easily, 2m for Ng, 3m for Turnbull, 1m for Willock and 2m for Daland, although we could give Daland another season. Between that and high-wage contracts expiring, that should be enough for us to mitigate the damage of relegation.

If we must sell Robertson, Salech or Fish, get at least double what we paid for them.

£3m for Hovarth and £3m for Turnbull?

[Coyote]

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£3m for Hovarth and £3m for Turnbull?

Horvath has twice won playoff finals in the Championship and Turnbull is a former Celtic player.

[Crisp White Lines]

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Expect a big turnaround in performances next weekend as out of contract players, with Championship ambitions, get a little desperate to impress other clubs.

[Coyote]

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Expect a big turnaround in performances next weekend as out of contract players, with Championship ambitions, get a little desperate to impress other clubs.

I would not be surprised if we do something stupid like beat Norwich 4-0.

[Captain_Sensible]

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Can't edit my post now, but to add onto how I think we should manage it finance-wise.

I think we can get 3 mil for Robinson and Horvath easily, 2m for Ng, 3m for Turnbull, 1m for Willock and 2m for Daland, although we could give Daland another season. Between that and high-wage contracts expiring, that should be enough for us to mitigate the damage of relegation.

If we must sell Robertson, Salech or Fish, get at least double what we paid for them.

I think you need to be realistic. As much as we’d all like to see decent fees coming in, the truth is most of the players being mentioned aren’t likely to attract big offers — if any fees at all. We’ve seen it before countless times, contracts running down, players being released, or moving on for free just to get them off the wage bill. It’s not about being negative, just honest about where we are right now. Up shit creek.