CONFIRMED Retained List

[milkyken]

Pace is not critical for a goalscorer but confidence is.
Just look how many he’s missed this season, gets in the right position but no confidence at all in putting it in the net.
It’s fixable.

Might do a John macken 😂😂

 

[chorleythehord]

Izzy Brown dominated the treatment room all season, before being told to leave the club last week.

Jamie Thomas has dominated the Halifax bench for 2 months.

Matthew Olosunde just got fucking transfer-listed.

Connor Wickham was creaking around for MK Dons last night.

2 out of 6 then ( If you are counting Wickham you would have to count Diaby so as he has been offered a contract 3 out of 7 at this stage). All of which seems to bear out with the statistics of what to expect when you sign new players

Our loan signings were, I would suggest, 3 successes and 1 failure .

In truth its not been the worst 12 months for recruitment and it depends if you are someone who prefers to focus on negatives or positives as to which way you see it.

Contract negotiations I feel have been poor overall though when looked on over the past 2 or 3 years

 

[Sedginho7]

This summer for me is bigger than any other for a number for years, the last one has to have been the worst yet, signing players with a history of injuries and players who aren’t up to championship level, I’m glad to see the club has taken a hard line with releases/transfer listings…hopefully the money saved is used wisely and gives Lowe the opportunity to bring in high level players who can work in the system he uses.

 

[HunterLionheart]

Looks like Lowe didn't need an assessment period with Bayliss then! Back the manager and move on, best of luck to all the lads released.

 

[Bosal white]

A fit Cunningham is definately worth keeping hold of imo and possibly a rejuvinated Storey. As for the rest, I agree with you.

Storey is far better than some give him credit for. be surprised if SW dont come in for him, they rate him highly.

 

[Dreyfuss]

2 out of 6 then ( If you are counting Wickham you would have to count Diaby so as he has been offered a contract 3 out of 7 at this stage). All of which seems to bear out with the statistics of what to expect when you sign new players

Our loan signings were, I would suggest, 3 successes and 1 failure .

In truth its not been the worst 12 months for recruitment and it depends if you are someone who prefers to focus on negatives or positives as to which way you see it.

Contract negotiations I feel have been poor overall though when looked on over the past 2 or 3 years

I find it hilarious that you wanna talk about fans concentrating on the negatives not the positives... when Ridsdale's own "2 in 5 bullshit" ideology is rooted in a negative mindset.

The fact we recruit more bad players than good, is the exact reason why we never see a top six finish. It does not have to be that way at all.

Willingly going out and signing cast iron injury crocks like Izzy and Wickham is not unlucky. It's suicidal.

 

[Tommmm12345]

Storey is far better than some give him credit for. be surprised if SW dont come in for him, they rate him highly.

Been some great reviews from Wed fans about Storey if they go up they might want him

 

[norky84]

I'm not reading too much into the players not put on the 'transfer list.' We've basically made those available who were loaned out as we don't want them, or unregistered. We said when we loaned out Storey it was to get regular football with a view to looking at him in Pre Season.

There will be players in the 'retained list' who will also be available to leave. We're just being more respectful as they may still be part of our squad next season. I can see at least another 2 or 3 players on top of those being available not being here next season.

 

[Victorthesecond]

Am I being naive to think that the lack of keepers on the retained list suggests that a deal may already be under way for Iversen? He's 3rd choice at Leicester, never going to get a game there. Player of the season on 3 (I think) "types" of vote, clearly popular at the club, looks like he enjoys it here and with a new young Manager offering exciting times ahead (I hope!).....

 

[lesfry]

Been some great reviews from Wed fans about Storey if they go up they might want him

Storey is OK, but is there any other Championship squad weak enough to consider Earl, Evans or Maguire?

 

[Thracia]

2 out of 6 then ( If you are counting Wickham you would have to count Diaby so as he has been offered a contract 3 out of 7 at this stage). All of which seems to bear out with the statistics of what to expect when you sign new players

Those "statistics" (arbitrary targets) are bollocks though - Ridsdale himself declares "2 out of 5 decent signings and you're doing well", an extremely low bar that he then fails to even reach, and he only gets close if the signings that cost upwards of £1.2m a pop are included.

In truth its not been the worst 12 months for recruitment and it depends if you are someone who prefers to focus on negatives or positives as to which way you see it.

For years we've been left with a worse squad at the end of the season than we had at the end of the preceding season, with more and more bodies hanging around as crud filler is stockpiled, and plenty of faces outstaying their welcome for 12 months longer than necessary if we'd had a decent negotiator in charge.

Contract negotiations I feel have been poor overall though when looked on over the past 2 or 3 years

Extensions have regularly been dished out on a whim to complete non-entities, while quality players have been allowed to leave for next-to-nothing - so yes, contract negotiations have been poor overall.

 

[jarjar]

Am I being naive to think that the lack of keepers on the retained list suggests that a deal may already be under way for Iversen? He's 3rd choice at Leicester, never going to get a game there. Player of the season on 3 (I think) "types" of vote, clearly popular at the club, looks like he enjoys it here and with a new young Manager offering exciting times ahead (I hope!).....

Would love it if we’re doing a deal for him.

 

[Tommmm12345]

Storey is OK, but is there any other Championship squad weak enough to consider Earl, Evans or Maguire?

Would a team like Rotherham want Maguire few of there players are on eyes of other clubs

 

[SuffolknWhat]

Add Ryan Lowe's new signings and loans, a very good squad next season.

depends on who he gets and there won't be a war chest

 

[JK]

 

[Tommmm12345]

I will never forget my time I had here does that mean he won't be here next season

 

[northender2]

I will never forget my time I had here does that mean he won't be here next season

I doubt he knows where he'll be next season, he'll be nowhere near the Liverpool squad so depends what they want to do with him, he'll probably get a loan to Netherlands/Belgium/Germany

 

[stf4ever]

I will never forget my time I had here does that mean he won't be here next season

I think he's said several times he'd prefer to be playing in a better division. Got to think there will be several clubs all over Europe interested in him.

 

[Final Stand]

Fortunately we don't have a game for a while. 🙂

Given the alternative would have been to give either Ripley or Hudson a contract it's no bad thing, and as I suspect the decision regards to these two was taken weeks/ months ago you'd hope we've already got their replacements lined up.

The Plymouth goalkeeper is getting good reviews.

 

[Tommmm12345]

I think he's said several times he'd prefer to be playing in a better division. Got to think there will be several clubs all over Europe interested in him.

Prob he could go back to his home nation Holland