Oldie,
The present squad will be reduced almost certainly by
1.Lumley, Sweeney and Clarke-Salter returning to their parent clubs
2. Easter, Mansell, Gosling, Puddy, Mildenhall, released
3. Luke James I believe will be out of contract but may have a year to run with Peterborough
Some others may be out of contract ie Montano, Leadbitter, James Clarke, Gaffney? Lucas, Harrison, Broom,Harris.
So the only players that we have for next season at this time are probably Lockyer, Burn, Moore, O Clarke, Lines, Sinclair, Partington, Bodin.
That is by my reckoning 8 players contracted for next season.
I am not suggesting in any form tearing the present squad apart but remember we have been operating with a much reduced squad since Christmas but could not operate on anywhere near that sized squad from August until January because of the loan rules which came into place this season. We started the season with 28 players which means 20 players to be renegotiated or signed either permanently or on loan. I think without doubt the ones I have mentioned in 2. above will be released and have heard an unsubstantiated rumour that James Clarke will not be with us. I would say we will be very lucky if we get Lumley, Sweeney or Clarke-Salter although I would hope that Lumley will be with us in some form.
I respect your views but surely you can see that just based on the number of players we had at the start of the season which I presume was the number DC felt he needed for the first half of the season then an absolute minimum of ten new players either on loan or permanent will be required.