Is that right? A large proportion of the squad went be here next season?
Looking at the starting 11 yestetday:
Nelson, Browne and Garbutt will go
Graham and Kashi? Who knows
The other 6 will presumably stay
The bench?
Stevens, Mousinho, Sykes, Henry and Hanson will presumably stay
Sinclair will probably go
Others?
Carruthers will presumably go but
Whyte, Baptiste, will stay.
So the majority if the squad I reckon will probably stay.
I think Nelson, Browne, Garbutt, Graham, Sinclair and Carruthers will go - which includes IMO a pretty large proportion of the senior players (maybe not of the squad, you are right). We won't re-sign Obika or Shearer and I am guessing that Hall's career with us is in the balance. I am also not that convinced that we won't sell one or two of our younger 'assets' to pay for incoming players.
Which will leave us (if we don't sell any) with:
GK - Eastwood, Stevens (that's fine IMO)
Central defenders - Dickie (! - a few more bodies needed there!)
Left back - Ruffels (if he is to continue there - cover needed at the very least)
Right back - Long and Hanson (again if he now a defender) (not convinced that we don't need someone else there as well/instead)
DM - Mousinho, Kashi (if we sign him) That's OK, with a youngster as an understudy - if that is to be Hansen, we need another right back.
AM - Sykes, Brannagan, Baptiste, Henry (thats fine - maybe an embarrassment of riches? This is where I think we might sell.)
Wide right - Whyte
Wide left - ?
Striker - Mackie (!!!)
I haven't included the like of Spasov, Lopes, Jones, Jonte Smith etc - they may or may not be able to step up to be first team regulars. We look perilously light in central defence, out wide and up front.
Wrong thread (and possibly too early) for this discussion though....