Breaking News Retained/Released list - Wood and Waldron released

[Tangled up in Blue]

The club can make it clear players are no longer in contention for the first team and be loaned.

That shoul happen to Walker Ifeel but there's a case for retaining Hopper.

 

[Southend Elvis]

If I was Justin, the first thing I would have said to Kev and his team last Monday morning would have been, 'sod off and come back in a fortnight with re-charged batteries'.
Why don't you want our management team to have a well earned break?
I bet you take your holidays?

Snooze you lose, I would say make contact with your targets before you take a break. We don't want to lose targets because we were sunning ourselves on Shoebury East Beach

 

[Southend Elvis]

If I was Justin, the first thing I would have said to Kev and his team last Monday morning would have been, 'sod off and come back in a fortnight with re-charged batteries'.
Why don't you want our management team to have a well earned break?
I bet you take your holidays?

A week, but if my mortgage relied on it I wouldn't...this is a big time for the management.

 

[Danshrimper]

Snooze you lose, I would say make contact with your targets before you take a break. We don't want to lose targets because we were sunning ourselves on Shoebury East Beach

Who said we haven’t made contact with any targets?

 

[SeldomSeenShrimper]

Really pleased for Bonne hopefully a deal could be made and a good pre season under his belt would really help him

His reaction to LCP scoring at Wembley and then his reaction when we lost made me tear up. I absolutely love his passion and so want it to work for him

Without the goals, he's a massive asset for us, but if he can score between 10-15 next season, that's well worth it

 

[annie1954]

Promotion is part of the five year plan which is why I can’t see the club throwing a load of money at the playing staff.
I predict a few key signings in the loan market, a striker being the priority. I think I would take up the option on Bonne though depending on wage demands

Justin has said he wants promotion next season so does this mean a good budget?

 

[Holy Joe]

Really pleased for Bonne hopefully a deal could be made and a good pre season under his belt would really help him

His reaction to LCP scoring at Wembley and then his reaction when we lost made me tear up. I absolutely love his passion and so want it to work for him

Without the goals, he's a massive asset for us, but if he can score between 10-15 next season, that's well worth it

I hope it's handled well, it's potentially a difficult conversation, essentially it appears to be "we want to keep you but don't think you're worth what we've paid this year". Given his battle with depression and falling out of love with the game, hope it does not have a negative impact

 

[Chrisb]

Really pleased for Bonne hopefully a deal could be made and a good pre season under his belt would really help him

His reaction to LCP scoring at Wembley and then his reaction when we lost made me tear up. I absolutely love his passion and so want it to work for him

Without the goals, he's a massive asset for us, but if he can score between 10-15 next season, that's well worth it

Really hope he doesn't end up on a contract rewarded by goals, meaning he will hang onto the ball so as to take a shot himself ...... no thanks.

 

[shrimpled]

I hope it's handled well, it's potentially a difficult conversation, essentially it appears to be "we want to keep you but don't think you're worth what we've paid this year". Given his battle with depression and falling out of love with the game, hope it does not have a negative impact

Unless the second years “option” included a pay rise beyond what we feel his role will be..

 

[Holy Joe]

Unless the second years “option” included a pay rise beyond what we feel his role will be..

True dat - either way sounds like a 'renegotiation' of terms, which could be taken badly if communication is not spot on. I'm guessing options would normally have all terms and conditions agreed at the time of the original signing of contract?

 

[SUFCGoals]

There will be changes to the frontline.

I successfully predicted the other day what our retained list would look like. We weren’t going to “rip up” anyone’s contract, as it isn’t that simple.

If we wanted to release X, we would either have to pay up their remaining contract in full, or a mutual agreement would be made on a percentage of that contract. Which we wouldn’t announce until we agreed it with X.

We weren’t going to say Y & Z are on the transfer list, because it doesn’t need to be public knowledge, but we wouldn’t be circulating their names to clubs and agents to help us move them on.

Inevitably we will make signings, and there will be some departures too, but we only had three players out of contract, Wood, Waldron and Bonne. Two are gone and one we are trying to renegotiate on a “better” deal for us which means less money for him. This list was never going to have the 7/8 people that some want out, but that’s not to say they won’t leave.

I love it when you post! A bit of common sense!

 

[Callumturner22]

Without the goals, he's a massive asset for us, but if he can score between 10-15 next season, that's well worth it
[/QUOTE]

But personally I really can’t see him scoring that many I would love to be proved wrong of course .

He’s record is poor 10 goals in last 84 appearances I get some of them maybe lack of minutes but he’s a striker after all . But surely we could get Somone from a lower league to gamble on ?

 

[Mad Cyril]

But surely we could get Somone from a lower league to gamble on ?

Our gambles haven’t really been paying off though.

 

[Mad Cyril]

I quite like Bonne and I get that some forwards aren’t prolific but bring others into the game.

Thing is when those others score about ten goals between them all season maybe we should be looking elsewhere.

If we were in a position to clear out our misfiring strike force I would be more than happy to keep Bonne.

 

[thenobster]

i feel Bonne brings more that scoring.. sh!thousing and team spirit really are plus points to him staying in the squad.. we will need strengthening in a few key areas though LB, CB, AMC, LW & Cf... championship manager at its best :)

 

[Liam AAS]

We rolled the die on Bonne and got a 2. Just doesn't seem worth another go imo.

Be interesting to see where Wood & Waldron end up.

 

[RobB11]

Why haven’t we signed Ryan Leonard, Charlie Kelman and Bim Pepple yet this is ridiculous

 

[flangejackrabbit]

It's sad, one day I had hoped to hear "We've got Wood" ring out around Roots Hall but it wasn't to be.

 

[stewart]

It's sad, one day I had hoped to hear "We've got Wood" ring out around Roots Hall but it wasn't to be.

I reckon a few supporters have got a Woodie during some matches