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Breaking News Retained/Released list - Wood and Waldron released

Didn't really expect anything else.Was hoping we could get Golding but that ship has sailed has he has signed a new contract at Oxford unless of course we can get him back on loan.Be interested to see what eventually cold happen with Goodliffe.
 
We can definitely do better than walker, gubbins and Crowther.

Walker has been really poor and coming from league 1 is on some wedge.

Gubbins has never really fitted into the squad. Crowther didn't look at the level required before picking up an injury.

Lose those 3 and add maybe 6 or 7 top players and we are a top 3 side
 
We can definitely do better than walker, gubbins and Crowther.

Walker has been really poor and coming from league 1 is on some wedge.

Gubbins has never really fitted into the squad. Crowther didn't look at the level required before picking up an injury.

Lose those 3 and add maybe 6 or 7 top players and we are a top 3 side

In what sense?

As a left footed centre half, he can play left of a three, can play central of a three and has been played at left back too. His flexibility allows Ralph to go left wing back to rest/drop Bridge. Whilst I haven’t been Gubbins biggest fan, he played almost every game in league two the season before. I’d suggest he fits in the squad for his ability to play 2/3 different positions, and allows us to mix up other players too. So when Kev wants to operate with a smaller squad, it’s crucial we have some that allow this.

In terms of as a person, he has fitted into the group really well. Really good friends with Kendall and helped him settle into the squad too. Plus, he knew some others from his previous spell.
 
The challenge we have is the combo of Hopper, Kendall, Bonne and Walker will not get us promoted. Plenty of effort but not enough goals imo.

Bonne is not the worst option of the 4 but due to the contract situation it may be preferable to opt for Hopper, Kendall, Walker plus a new face, who we gamble on being more prolific than Bonne

Hopper & Walker can both count themselves very fortunate to have existing deals. Feel both will go end of next season come what may, until then we have one another..
I think we will/should be looking at a 5th striker anyway, even if Bonne stays. So it won’t necessarily just be those 4 as our strikers.
 
In what sense?

As a left footed centre half, he can play left of a three, can play central of a three and has been played at left back too. His flexibility allows Ralph to go left wing back to rest/drop Bridge. Whilst I haven’t been Gubbins biggest fan, he played almost every game in league two the season before. I’d suggest he fits in the squad for his ability to play 2/3 different positions, and allows us to mix up other players too. So when Kev wants to operate with a smaller squad, it’s crucial we have some that allow this.

In terms of as a person, he has fitted into the group really well. Really good friends with Kendall and helped him settle into the squad too. Plus, he knew some others from his previous spell.
They were both really funny together on the Wembley questions video. Could tell it was a genuine friendship.
 
The challenge we have is the combo of Hopper, Kendall, Bonne and Walker will not get us promoted. Plenty of effort but not enough goals imo.

Bonne is not the worst option of the 4 but due to the contract situation it may be preferable to opt for Hopper, Kendall, Walker plus a new face, who we gamble on being more prolific than Bonne

Hopper & Walker can both count themselves very fortunate to have existing deals. Feel both will go end of next season come what may, until then we have one another..
I suspect Walker will go out on loan for a bit, to get match fit/sharpness/confidence. With the option to bring him back if need be.

I think there is a half decent player in him. Hopper offers more than Walker.

Ideally Walker goes on season long loan, and we bring someone else in, let him go at the end of next season having had someone pay his wages for a season.
 
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It’ll come down to whether Bonne thinks he can get the wedge he can elsewhere or if he means what he says and is enjoying his football here.
Considering he only ended up at us due to Gubbins (both ex-QPR, probably the same agents), I think he will stay. If he does not, he will quit football.
 
So.. Cost us the game? Im sure it does but 45 games with a 5 goal return is woeful.
I know this is a form of SM, and hence the facts carry little if any value, but anyway in the league

Bonne 20 starts 23 sub appearances
2293 minutes on pitch is equivalent of 25.5 games and 5 goals

So very similar to Josh Walker 20+15 4 goals in 1710 minutes or 19 games equivalent.

Tom Hopper 3 in 1622 minutes or 18 games equivalent is worse than both Bonne and Walker.

Kendall 5 in 1215 or 13.5 games equivalent so well clear of the rest.

Yes Bonne has been often used out wide rather than down the middle.

Anyway to simply say Bonne has 4 in 45 is misleading..actually if we look at it since he finally got of the mark against Dagenham he has 5 in 1362 minutes or 15 games equivalent, which as it happens is quite similar to Kendall.

Of course the final decision happily rests with the management team who know what they are doing and what the relevant performance stats and contributions are. Which is as it should be.
 
Sounds like it doesn’t it. In fairness, if we offer him a deal heavily incentivised with goal/assist/appearence bonuses which could see him earn more if he does well, it’s surely a win for both sides.
No way would that be a win for Bonne !
Not when he has a manager who has continually restricted him to coming late off the bench,preferring to start up front someone who seems to show minimal interest in scoring (or assisting)!
 
No way would that be a win for Bonne !
Not when he has a manager who has continually restricted him to coming late off the bench,preferring to start up front someone who seems to show minimal interest in scoring (or assisting)!
Yeah I guess so. I was thinking more along the lines of it’s a win for him if he backs himself to be back to his best next season, as it’s an opportunity for him to earn more than he would’ve done otherwise.
 
if we have 18 contracted players then surely we could at least add 7 more make a squad of 25 , if so i hope the 7 we can add will be an upgrade on what we have ,not down playing what we have because hopefully many of them will improve next season ,after all they should look to themselves to seek out their weaknesses and improve them .
Even if you add in Bonne who Kev wants to keep we have 19 and a squad of 24 would be normal (maybe 25)

If we bring in 5, and the 5 are better than we already have…..really depends on the incomings to move us from top 7 to top 3 which must be the goal?
 

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