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Current Contract Situation

Current Contract Situation

PNEinPendle said:
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Worrying really.

For me, I wouldn’t be worrying about extending DJ’s contract. Been off it for a while now and hasn’t really been the same player since Rangers were interested. Been an excellent servant for the club but I feel like he wants to move on now.

That being said, Craig will be absolutely delighted to shift his circa 16k a week wage on. We won’t see any of that re-invested into the side so maybe it would be better to offer him a new deal
 
Tried to raise this point in a discussion on Twitter with Tom Sandells.

Think we can all agree we were at least 2 bodies short in this summers window. Didn't get that extra striker or RWB over the line for whatever reason.
Next summer looks even more daunting. I know we have a year option on Brady and Woodburn. But we're facing into the fact that we've got for example 1 senior striker contracted beyond the end of this season....and by all accounts we almost sold him this summer.

Given the current budget restraints do we think we'll chip away at some of this business in Jan? I'm not so sure.
And then do we think the club will deliver essentially 11 new signings or contract renewals next summer? Not so sure either.
 
At the end of the day we’re just a very averagely run club.

I’m not a fan of Ridsdale. But I don’t think he’s necessarily horrendous. But he’s definitely not good in any way.

A well run club like Brentford would sell Riis and Whiteman when they’re at their most valuable and invest in good promising young replacements. Instead we will sell them each for c.£1-2m then replace them with another promising player. It doesn’t get you anywhere
 
I think i fall somewhere in the middle on my thoughts on how the club is run. I don't mind a lot of the business we did this summer, we just didn't do enough.

Ultimately if you're glass half full next summer is a great opportunity to remove more deadwood and improve the squad further
If you're glass half empty its more loans and 1 year deals next year dwindling the clubs assets and players with resale value
The reality is probably somewhere in the middle. A couple of decent signings. A few squad players and a sprinkling of loans.

I think as mentioned earlier in this thread...the year our luck runs out with the loans will be the year we're in a spot of bother with the way we currently operate
 
Any player out of contract at the end of season should be busting a gut to earn a new one, don't offer them anymore money because we can't afford it, in fact the older ones should take a pay cut then every player should be on the same wage. We have no super stars in our team, the only players who should wage rises are the young lads, the better the progress the more they get paid, let's go back to a wage cap
 
Out of those players you would expect at the least Olosunde, Cunningham, Maguire and Evans to be released. That will free up four wages and allow RL further leeway to reshape the squad. Indeed I only expect we will see a squad that properly reflects his ideas after the 'window' closes at the end of next summer though the one halfway through this season may allow for a bit of interim modification.
 
ernest said:
Out of those players you would expect at the least Olosunde, Cunningham, Maguire and Evans to be released. That will free up four wages and allow RL further leeway to reshape the squad. Indeed I only expect we will see a squad that properly reflects his ideas after the 'window' closes at the end of next summer though the one halfway through this season may allow for a bit of interim modification.
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Cunningham is worth another year on lower terms if he can prove his availability this season. He's still a good LCB.

Don't trust our recruitment to find another backup LCB.
 
"We'll give contracts out for players who warrant contracts and perform on a weekly basis and a daily basis to get us where we want to get to."

How refreshing! I read into this that we have a manager who only wants to retain players who are committed and onboard to where he and the supporters want this club to be.

Whatever our new restrictions may be on financial support, this approach is key to building a squad that is motivated and is ready to earn their salaries on a weekly basis rather than once a month or so! If I only turned up for work when I felt like it I'd soon be out of work.

Well said Ryan Lowe and all the best in keeping this club moving forwards. Your approach is most welcome.
 
Walton said:
They could sign one with a Scottish team which some may say is their level! 🤔
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Very few will get into Celtic or Rangers squads, and if they’re going to any of the other teams we probably shouldn’t be offering them a new deal anyway
 
SF said:
Cunningham is worth another year on lower terms if he can prove his availability this season. He's still a good LCB.

Don't trust our recruitment to find another backup LCB.
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He is doing well at the moment I agree and it is only fair to see how he continues. But you do have ask how he might be in another 18 months i.e. just halfway through even a further one year extension. If we could find a young left-sided version of Storey then that might be better for the long term future of the club. is Hughes anywhere near a return?
 
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