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Post by pucklegas on Apr 14, 2021 10:43:52 GMT
Noticed with the squad only Jaakkola out of the keepers is under contract not sure whether they will offer Armstrong a new deal the other 2 JVS and Alexis I imagine they will be released Be surprised if either JVS or Alexis are retained. Don't know if Armstrong is rated by the coaches or not but recently Jed Ward got a seat on the bench ahead of him and Ward is 3 or 4 years younger. By guess is only Anssi and Ward will stay and a new no.2 keeper recruited who is good enough to cover for Anssi if needed. Think a trialist keeper played in the Devel. Squad recently. Jedward ffs they re the last thing we need awful performers 😂
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Post by TAGas on Apr 14, 2021 10:58:38 GMT
Noticed with the squad only Jaakkola out of the keepers is under contract not sure whether they will offer Armstrong a new deal the other 2 JVS and Alexis I imagine they will be released Jaakkola will need a decent back-up keeper as he does tend to get injured quite a bit and when he does it's for a substantial amount of time. Didn't help this season with the Tuesday -Saturday every week. When we get relegated Jaakkola will leave I would imagine due to his international career. I'm with Pirate though (not realistic) but I would get rid of the lot.
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Post by theduke on Apr 14, 2021 12:50:56 GMT
In the past when we have had a clear out it has been a disaster, Graydon did it and sent us to the bottom of league2,Buckle did the same and ultimately it was his clear out that sent us out of the league, Next one to do it was, Garner another disaster, fortunately there are enough players left from before his reign to at least give us the chance to make a fight of it. But as with other clear outs allot of very poor signings were made by him, including Barrett,Ehmer, Tutonda, liddle and although Ayunga works hard his Return Of two goals isn't good enough. If Garner had made the good signings some say he made we wouldn't be where we are. We need to keep the core of the team together but get rid of the poorest of Garners signings and older fringe players ie Little, but keep Rodman. Another clear out could be a disaster. There is enough quality players with a few additions in the team for us to mount a promotion challenge if we go down. This is a good point. A full scale clear out had been disastrous in the recent past. As therapeutic as it for us fans to flush away turds en masse, we put ourselves in a difficult position by trying to rebuild an entire squad and get the type of instant results we’d expect being in league two. the majority of the out of contract players aren’t regulars so I think we can flush them away easily enough. I include in that Rodman who, given his age and recent injury record, would unfortunately not be somebody I’d keep around any longer. I think we might get a fee for Nicholson who is far too good for league two, but I can’t see any of the others getting offers so we’re likely stuck with them anyway. I would offer severance packages to a few including Josh Barrett who I think has been nothing short of a disgrace ever since he showed up last January. Harsh? Maybe, but Barton will be even tougher come the summer.
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Post by alanrg on Apr 18, 2021 9:15:38 GMT
Noticed in Sam Frost article in Bristol Post this morning Manager confirmed post match Lincoln that 15 players out of contract assume that includes the 3 loans has they say let the big clear out begin
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