Who’s for the chop then?

[mushRTID]

Based on McCann saying he’s now going to be ruthless and wheels are in motion for next year.

I’ll start.

Looks like Ben Close’s time is up to me.

[grayx]

I can see him trying to offload quite a few tbh.
May be easier asking who he will try & keep, which i think will be:
TLT, Senior, Bailey, Grehan, Mols, Gotts , Haks, Lee.
Im struggling now..

[sedwardsdrfc]

It’s easier to say who should stay. That list for me is Bailey, Moly, Sterry, Senior, Gotts, and Clifton as a squad player. Every other position we should actively be seeking to replace the current player.

I don’t know the out of contract list but I don’t think anyone of the above is in it so it’s an easy decision.

[Petche]

Lets hope we've seen the last of Gibson!

[sedwardsdrfc]

I can see him trying to offload quite a few tbh.
May be easier asking who he will try & keep, which i think will be:
TLT, Senior, Bailey, Grehan, Mols, Gotts , Haks, Lee.
Im struggling now..

Sorry not sure we should keep Lee even if we can afford it. Yes he’s a talented player but unless McCann is going to change the way he sets the team up, something he’s never really done, Lee isn’t suited to us.

Not quick or strong enough to play as a lone 9 and he’s not a box to box midfielder either.

[ChrisBx]

Highly likely to go, including loans ending:

Clark
Sbarra
Gibson
Sharp
Close
Westbrooke
Lee

I wouldn't be surprised to see Byrne and TLT return.

I think the following are 50-50:

Maxwell
Broadbent
Nixon

[Alan Southstand]

All the loans to go back, for starters.

Offload:

Maxwell
Nixon
Close
S’Barra
Westbrook
Hurst
Sharp

Transfer list:

Middleton

Keep one of the young keepers. The other young lads will be sweating as well.

[MachoMadness]

Highly likely to go, including loans ending:

Clark
Sbarra
Gibson
Sharp
Close
Westbrooke
Lee

I wouldn't be surprised to see Byrne and TLT return.

I think the following are 50-50:

Maxwell
Broadbent
Nixon

Agree with most of this except I think Maxwell is also on the way out. Also not sure I would want Byrne or TLT back, I go back and forth on TLT in particular because there are times when he looks class, but he also makes more howlers than average and think we can do better in both positions if we're serious about climbing the table next year.

[Bessie Red]

Highly likely to go, including loans ending:

Clark
Sbarra
Gibson
Sharp
Close
Westbrooke
Lee

I wouldn't be surprised to see Byrne and TLT return.

I think the following are 50-50:

Maxwell
Broadbent
Nixon

Cant see Grant getting rid of Broadbent as I think he rates him highly.

[Rupee92ONLY]

To go I reckon:
Zander Clark
TLT
James Maxwell
Neill Byrne
Jay McGrath
George Broadbent
Zain Westbrook
Ben Close
Joe Sbarra
Jordan Gibson
Glenn Middleton
Kyle Hurst
Elliot Lee
Billy Sharp

Combined, that’s a lot of wages cleared! Also be a transfer fee for McGrath to add into the pot. Expect us to add some real quality over quantity this summer.

[Nudga]

Highly likely to go, including loans ending:

Clark
Sbarra
Gibson
Sharp
Close
Westbrooke
Lee

I wouldn't be surprised to see Byrne and TLT return.

I think the following are 50-50:

Maxwell
Broadbent
Nixon

Cant see Grant getting rid of Broadbent as I think he rates him highly.

I'd bin him off. 26 in September and unlikely to get any better.
Not pulled up any trees in three seasons.

[Danmckay456]

Loans back

Clark , TLT , Byrne , Lee

Released

Maxwell , Faulkner , Close , Westbrooke , Hurst , Sbarra , Sharp , Gibson.

Contract Extension extension :

Senior and Clifton


Transfer Listed :

Middleton and possibly Adelakun ??


Squad of 14/15 players contracted

[Reg of the Rovers]

Highly likely to go, including loans ending:

Clark
Sbarra
Gibson
Sharp
Close
Westbrooke
Lee

I wouldn't be surprised to see Byrne and TLT return.

I think the following are 50-50:

Maxwell
Broadbent
Nixon

Cant see Grant getting rid of Broadbent as I think he rates him highly.

I'd bin him off. 26 in September and unlikely to get any better.
Not pulled up any trees in three seasons.

Hopefully Grant was just trying to build up his confidence, he's not blossomed in to anything decent at all. He trod on the ball twice last night, we definitely need much much better running the middle, especially if Bailey is off back up north.

Agree with the lists otherwise, I think we could do we a bit of an overhall this summer.

[roversdaft]

Broadbent is right at the top of his level right now, a league one player at best for me.

He can go

[jmt23]

We do need squad players too, and they are better to be players we know and trust.

[talksbollox]

Hopefully McCann. He doesn’t do it for me. I’m fed up of watching the dreary, slow, negative approach and slow build up from his teams. He doesn’t seem to know his best team, given the constant tinkering. He seems unable to change a game with his substitutions. But most of all his recruitment has been abysmal, he has wasted so much of the clubs money. I really don’t get the love affair some people have with him.

[Bessie Red]

We do need squad players too, and they are better to be players we know and trust.

Agreed & thats why I think Grant will want to keep Broadbent.

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

I'd keep Broadbent (assume he's still in contract too), he's not a bad player and very useful in the squad.

Maxwell must be on his way he's been for for ages and not appeared, surely McCann wants 2 full backs?

Gibson another who will go I think. I've nothing against him, he's worked hard and been on the whole fairly good for us but he doesn't quite look up to league one if we want to progress.

[Danmckay456]

McCann’s got to be ruthless this summer and the recruitment has to be done better along with the recruitment team no excuses next season to not address the areas we are severely lacking in.

And no doubt Terry will back him financially a smaller squad but with better quality we’ve been far too generous in giving players contract extensions who have hardly merited them and who will be heading for the exit door this summer

[Draytonian III]

Hopefully McCann. He doesn’t do it for me. I’m fed up of watching the dreary, slow, negative approach and slow build up from his teams. He doesn’t seem to know his best team, given the constant tinkering. He seems unable to change a game with his substitutions. But most of all his recruitment has been abysmal, he has wasted so much of the clubs money. I really don’t get the love affair some people have with him.





30 posts in 17 years. Got a lot say for yourself

[rover-n-out]

No mention of Hanlan in the above lists!

[Move DRFC]

To go I reckon:
Zander Clark
TLT
James Maxwell
Neill Byrne
Jay McGrath
George Broadbent
Zain Westbrook
Ben Close
Joe Sbarra
Jordan Gibson
Glenn Middleton
Kyle Hurst
Elliot Lee
Billy Sharp

Combined, that’s a lot of wages cleared! Also be a transfer fee for McGrath to add into the pot. Expect us to add some real quality over quantity this summer.

Who's paying a fee for McGrath after this season? Especially after we openly rejected half a mil last year. Think we're stuck with him and just got to hope for a major improvement.

[Rupee92ONLY]

I don’t know but clearly someone is, or he certainly thinks they will. I would’ve said the exact same as you.

There’s a chance he develops into centres back we all thought he would be but that feels way off right now. He's looked that far out of his depth.

[Move DRFC]

I don’t know but clearly someone is, or he certainly thinks they will. I would’ve said the exact same as you.

There’s a chance he develops into centres back we all thought he would be but that feels way off right now. He's looked that far out of his depth.

Agree he's looked way off at this level. Maybe I missed something, has GM mentioned we might be expecting him to depart?

[Reg of the Rovers]

To go I reckon:
Zander Clark
TLT
James Maxwell
Neill Byrne
Jay McGrath
George Broadbent
Zain Westbrook
Ben Close
Joe Sbarra
Jordan Gibson
Glenn Middleton
Kyle Hurst
Elliot Lee
Billy Sharp

Combined, that’s a lot of wages cleared! Also be a transfer fee for McGrath to add into the pot. Expect us to add some real quality over quantity this summer.

Who's paying a fee for McGrath after this season? Especially after we openly rejected half a mil last year. Think we're stuck with him and just got to hope for a major improvement.

It's the sunk-cost fallacy though, rumours are he's on 3k a week - £150k a year, he's fourth or fifth in line here based on recent games, plus we could bring Faulker back I'm assuming on much less money than that as cover. We've got to be ruthless this summer, we don't need to be lining our bench with the likes of Broadbent and McGrath who are middle earners that haven't and won't work out - we need a proper overhall and full redesign if we're keeping McCann - he only plays one way and these players can't really do that.

[GazLaz]

To go I reckon:
Zander Clark
TLT
James Maxwell
Neill Byrne
Jay McGrath
George Broadbent
Zain Westbrook
Ben Close
Joe Sbarra
Jordan Gibson
Glenn Middleton
Kyle Hurst
Elliot Lee
Billy Sharp

Combined, that’s a lot of wages cleared! Also be a transfer fee for McGrath to add into the pot. Expect us to add some real quality over quantity this summer.

Who's paying a fee for McGrath after this season? Especially after we openly rejected half a mil last year. Think we're stuck with him and just got to hope for a major improvement.

It's the sunk-cost fallacy though, rumours are he's on 3k a week - £150k a year, he's fourth or fifth in line here based on recent games, plus we could bring Faulker back I'm assuming on much less money than that as cover. We've got to be ruthless this summer, we don't need to be lining our bench with the likes of Broadbent and McGrath who are middle earners that haven't and won't work out - we need a proper overhall and full redesign if we're keeping McCann - he only plays one way and these players can't really do that.

Can’t be on 3 a week surely. Insanity paying him that if he is.

[mrfrost82]

To go I reckon:
Zander Clark
TLT
James Maxwell
Neill Byrne
Jay McGrath
George Broadbent
Zain Westbrook
Ben Close
Joe Sbarra
Jordan Gibson
Glenn Middleton
Kyle Hurst
Elliot Lee
Billy Sharp

Combined, that’s a lot of wages cleared! Also be a transfer fee for McGrath to add into the pot. Expect us to add some real quality over quantity this summer.

Who's paying a fee for McGrath after this season? Especially after we openly rejected half a mil last year. Think we're stuck with him and just got to hope for a major improvement.

It's the sunk-cost fallacy though, rumours are he's on 3k a week - £150k a year, he's fourth or fifth in line here based on recent games, plus we could bring Faulker back I'm assuming on much less money than that as cover. We've got to be ruthless this summer, we don't need to be lining our bench with the likes of Broadbent and McGrath who are middle earners that haven't and won't work out - we need a proper overhall and full redesign if we're keeping McCann - he only plays one way and these players can't really do that.

Can’t be on 3 a week surely. Insanity paying him that if he is.

Agreed, surely can't be right.

If he is, what are Bailey and Mollyneux on?

[sedwardsdrfc]

If he’s on that someone needs sacking. Don’t believe it personally.

[GazLaz]

If he’s on that someone needs sacking. Don’t believe it personally.

If his manager was telling him he could be a multi million pound player, as he was last summer, he would have been entitled to ask for that money. Our issue is, the manager isn't the greatest judge of a player there has ever been (as a lot of managers aren't btw). Then letting them solely make financial decisions worth seven figures, is madness.

Its not just a DRFC thing, it happens at the top level. Manager of a Prem club I deal with has spent 8 months saying he cant play a center half because he's not physical enough for the Prem (even though the analytics men knew he was better than the alternative). He's been forced to play him of late due to injury/suspension and he's been lightyears ahead of the guy who's played all season. All managers, even the very best, make mistakes regularly with players. That's why they need as much support as possible with decision making/ contracts/ signings etc.

[Metalmicky]

I don’t know but clearly someone is, or he certainly thinks they will. I would’ve said the exact same as you.

There’s a chance he develops into centres back we all thought he would be but that feels way off right now. He's looked that far out of his depth.

Agree he's looked way off at this level. Maybe I missed something, has GM mentioned we might be expecting him to depart?

TBF, I feel a tad sorry for the lad.  He hasn't been the best; however, he has had little in front of him for large chunks of the season and has had a mixture of partners in that time also.  He is only just 23 and will be learning all the time.  Let's be honest, there isn't an abundance of available left footed centre backs out there and it may be to work on his development rather than throw him in the trash...