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Canterbury Palace Flag Whitstable 01 Jan 24 1.04pm Send a Private Message to Canterbury Palace Add Canterbury Palace as a friend

It's January 1st which means I am hungover but also that our players with expiring contracts could technically sign pre-contract agreements with clubs abroad. Here is our list of players with expiring contracts along with their reported current weekly wages (according to spotrac.com)...

Will Hughes (£35,000)
Jeffrey Schlupp (£50,000)
Jairo Riedewald (£55,000)
Nathaniel Clyne (£80,000)
Joel Ward (£35,000)
Nathan Ferguson (£25,000)
James Tomkins (£50,000)
Remi Matthews (£5,385)

So, who would you keep and get rid of?

For me Will Hughes, Jeffrey Schlupp (on reduced terms) and Joel Ward should stay. All as squad players. We should then bring in a new first choice right back. Surely we can't continue paying Clyne 80k, Riedewald, 55k and Tomkins 50k at this point. Ferguson is patently never going to recover so, brutal as it might be, he needs to go too.

 


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eagleman13 Flag On The Road To Hell & Alicante 01 Jan 24 1.12pm Send a Private Message to eagleman13 Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add eagleman13 as a friend

Originally posted by Canterbury Palace

It's January 1st which means I am hungover but also that our players with expiring contracts could technically sign pre-contract agreements with clubs abroad. Here is our list of players with expiring contracts along with their reported current weekly wages (according to spotrac.com)...

Will Hughes (£35,000)
Jeffrey Schlupp (£50,000)
Jairo Riedewald (£55,000)
Nathaniel Clyne (£80,000)
Joel Ward (£35,000)
Nathan Ferguson (£25,000)
James Tomkins (£50,000)
Remi Matthews (£5,385)

So, who would you keep and get rid of?

For me Will Hughes, Jeffrey Schlupp (on reduced terms) and Joel Ward should stay. All as squad players. We should then bring in a new first choice right back. Surely we can't continue paying Clyne 80k, Riedewald, 55k and Tomkins 50k at this point. Ferguson is patently never going to recover so, brutal as it might be, he needs to go too.

Hughes, Schlupp, Clyne, Mathews.

 


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Phil’s Barber Flag Crowborough 01 Jan 24 1.30pm Send a Private Message to Phil’s Barber Add Phil’s Barber as a friend

Originally posted by eagleman13

Hughes, Schlupp, Clyne, Mathews.

Agreed, let the rest go and keep Clyne as back up to a new RB but on reduced terms.

The rest have to go, too old, too slow, not good enough.

 

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Lanzo-Ad Flag Lanzarote 01 Jan 24 2.02pm Send a Private Message to Lanzo-Ad Add Lanzo-Ad as a friend

Only Schlupp, one year,

 


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eagleman13 Flag On The Road To Hell & Alicante 01 Jan 24 2.19pm Send a Private Message to eagleman13 Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add eagleman13 as a friend

Originally posted by Lanzo-Ad

Only Schlupp, one year,

Agree with one year, disagree with 'only'. Hughes is a good squad player, we need a 3rd goalie & Mathews is ideal(Whitworth & Goodman are not quite there, yet) Clyne is miles better than Ward & like Hughes a good back up(IF, we get a young good RB.

All if's n but's really . . .

 


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VinceHilaire Flag London 01 Jan 24 4.06pm Send a Private Message to VinceHilaire Add VinceHilaire as a friend

Originally posted by Canterbury Palace

It's January 1st which means I am hungover but also that our players with expiring contracts could technically sign pre-contract agreements with clubs abroad. Here is our list of players with expiring contracts along with their reported current weekly wages (according to spotrac.com)...

Will Hughes (£35,000)
Jeffrey Schlupp (£50,000)
Jairo Riedewald (£55,000)
Nathaniel Clyne (£80,000)
Joel Ward (£35,000)
Nathan Ferguson (£25,000)
James Tomkins (£50,000)
Remi Matthews (£5,385)

So, who would you keep and get rid of?

For me Will Hughes, Jeffrey Schlupp (on reduced terms) and Joel Ward should stay. All as squad players. We should then bring in a new first choice right back. Surely we can't continue paying Clyne 80k, Riedewald, 55k and Tomkins 50k at this point. Ferguson is patently never going to recover so, brutal as it might be, he needs to go too.


Okay, going out on a limb here….but personally, I would not renew any of the above contracts. Plenty of other players will be available - and, looking at some of our academy players, there are quite a few ready for the step up.

Like I said, only my opinion..


 

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becky Flag over the moon 01 Jan 24 5.04pm Send a Private Message to becky Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add becky as a friend

Originally posted by VinceHilaire


Okay, going out on a limb here….but personally, I would not renew any of the above contracts. Plenty of other players will be available - and, looking at some of our academy players, there are quite a few ready for the step up.

Like I said, only my opinion..


There may be quite a few academy players 'looking ready' for the step up, but that won't necessarily mean that they are - and you won't find out until you try - but what you are overlooking is that the players listed may not be the fastest any more, nor the fittest but their age and length of playing time in their careers give them a whole wealth of experience that no youngster can garner in the academy for those (usually pivotal) moments in a match when experience in reading the game and reacting accordingly is more useful than youth and enthusiasm.

There is always a need for a few wise old heads on good journeyman players.

 


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Canterbury Palace Flag Whitstable 01 Jan 24 5.57pm Send a Private Message to Canterbury Palace Add Canterbury Palace as a friend

Also, here is the list of expiring contracts in the Prem. Any of these you think we realistically could / should try to sign?

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I see AWB is out of contract but would expect him to sign a new deal with United. Kenny Tete from Fulham would be a good alternative though.

Maybe that Fedor Chalov that we've been linked with before? Iheanacho?

 


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Swindy Flag Bromley 01 Jan 24 6.51pm Send a Private Message to Swindy Add Swindy as a friend

Only Hughes, Schlupp & Clyne.

 

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Robk Flag 01 Jan 24 7.24pm Send a Private Message to Robk Add Robk as a friend

Fedor Chalov... ?? No Russian player would be allowed to play here.. end of story!!!

 

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EddieMac Flag 01 Jan 24 9.07pm Send a Private Message to EddieMac Add EddieMac as a friend

Hughes is the only player I would give an extension to.

 

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Lanzo-Ad Flag Lanzarote 02 Jan 24 12.03am Send a Private Message to Lanzo-Ad Add Lanzo-Ad as a friend

Jaydon Bogle, and Ben Johnson, better RBs than Clyne or Ward, and cheaper, and Danny Imray is knocking on the door, anyway surely no discission can be taken before the new manager gives his input
Hughes is not good enough, Richards is better, Boateng, Ozoh, Doucoure and Lerma for two positions

 


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