Squad reshape this summer

[Shadota]

Has Baptiste left us?

No, but he wasn't listed on the transfermarkt page I looked at. The site interprets him as being registered for "Sheffield United U21s", rather than the first team, so he wasn't included.

 

[Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou]

If CW is saying 6 players in Im guessing it'll be more with players sold surely?

GK
RB
CB
CM
AM/W
ST

Bare minimum.

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

Every piece of useless clutter should be removed

Cannon, Chong, McGuinness, Matos.... all of them and anyone similar

Accept that they are all hopeless mistakes and don't delay the inevitable large losses

I am not interested in committing a great deal to these players in order to scrape some sort of meagre return on investment with on pitch contributions

"Let's stick with a crap 3rd choice CB/CF because we've spent good money on them"
No. Fuck that. Draw a line under it and move on

Get them out on any basis and stop them getting in the way

If we have to sell an extra asset to cover these losses then so be it also

 

[Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou]

 

[Houso]

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

Ben's agent be like...

 

[DifferentClass]

Get a proper captain in!

 

[dexter101]

Seemed a strange half a season since he last played.

There was something about surgery on his hand and then he seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth.

 

[Blademan89]

Seemed a strange half a season since he last played.

There was something about surgery on his hand and then he seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth.

He played after that. He came back against Mansfield who retired him, after that horrendous game hes not been seen since.

 

[dexter101]

He played after that. He came back against Mansfield who retired him, after that horrendous game hes not been seen since.

Always nice to leave on a high...

 

[LBA_Blade]

Where we looked most solid was with that flat back 4 of McCallum, Mee, Tanganga and Seriki. As soon as Mee got injured, the experience went from the defence, I think Bindon has been a great squad addition but needed someone with a bit more composure and experience than Tanganga, then losing McCallum really showed how weak defensively we are. McGuinness is not the answer neither is Zatterstrom or any of the other "AI lads".

 

[s20Blade]

We have been having a squad overhaul every summer for the past 4 years!

 

[Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou]

Surprised no news on Ings yet with updates recently on Davies x2, Jairo and Mee.

 

[247Blade]

We have been having a squad overhaul every summer for the past 4 years!

We will get it right eventuaĺly (i think).

 

[BiggerBladeThanThou]

Ignoring loanees because they won't be here past May, we have the below contracts in place for senior players (info taken from transfermarkt - if anything is incorrect feel free to point it out):

Contract expires summer 2026: A. Davies, Ings, Mee, Riedewald, T. Davies (departing)

2027: Bamford, Brooks, Campbell, Curtis, Grbic, Hamer, Norrington-Davies, Nwachukwu, Rothwell, Seriki, Shackleton

2028: Arblaster, Burrows, Marsh, Matos, McCallum, O'Hare, Peck, Tanganga, Ukaki

2029: Cannon, Chong, McGuinness, Oné, Zatterstrom

I only anticipate Jairo staying beyond the summer. Tom Davies is already confirmed to be off, Ings hasn't contributed enough to be worth a new deal, likewise Mee, and Adam D probably doesn't get a new deal by virtue of us having Grbic become a potential GK option for no additional financial outlay.

Of those with 1 year left, I'd only really want us to try and keep Brooks and Seriki. Bamford and Rothwell will stay only by virtue of having only been here for 5 minutes so far. Hamer is a creative force on his day, but in the games where he doesn't perform, it's like playing with 10 men. All of the rest, I'd happily see us do a bargain deal to get them off the books - there's a lot of wage expenditure in that group, for very little talent in return.

2028 group is much stronger in comparison. I'd imagine Matos gets a chance in pre-season to prove his worth, but probably ends up going out on loan anyway. Ukaki probably the same, unless we can sell and free up the ESC spot. Otherwise, we only sell if the deal is right (ideally).

Of those on terms to 2029, I'd happily see us sell any of them besides Oné.

Our 2029 boys have very good agents.

Cannot believe they’ve got those contracts.

 

[Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou]

Surprised retained list isn't out yet when nothing needs sorting with any players.

 

[BangorBlade]

Wonder if we could swap Tyrece Campbell for Tyreece Campbell without anyone knowing

 

[LBA_Blade]

Surprised retained list isn't out yet when nothing needs sorting with any players.

Usually happens end of May for us, I guess contracts run until June, so there will be the bits of bonuses to sort out and potentially talking to agents.

 

[Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou]

Usually happens end of May for us, I guess contracts run until June, so there will be the bits of bonuses to sort out and potentially talking to agents.

Mee, Davies and Ings already been mentioned that's what I was meaning

 

[LBA_Blade]

Mee, Davies and Ings already been mentioned that's what I was meaning

Yeah, they are pretty much sorted, although nothing formal with Ings in terms of the media, he does have the option of another year and not sure if that will be up for discussion or not, as not like the other 2 who showed their cards early even though it is doubtful he has done enough for another season. I guess they need to do it in one go, so there also will be the debate has the other Davies done enough to deserve a new contract or will he be released too and rumours are that Jairo is looking for longer than just an extension to his one year trigger so could be looking at that too potentially. But other than that can't be far off.