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POSHO wrote: ↑Wed Apr 02, 2025 1:43 pm Ball-yeah, ,an experienced player at a good age

Bar one goal line header has he really contributed that much to justify renewal? Another one with question marks over fitness and injury record imo

Mistadobalina wrote: ↑Wed Apr 02, 2025 12:08 pm Ball is an odd one. He looked better and fitter when he first joined us having been without a club for a while. There's a player in there somewhere but hasn't shown enough to be kept on..

Id keep Beckles and Simpson on one year deals and ditch the rest. Agyei would be a big keep but I imagine a bigger club can offer way more money and not be dependent on him staying fit if he picks up more injuries.

Galbraith is 100% getting sold.

No coincidence our eleven match unbeaten run had Beckles at the heart of the defence. I would expect a lot of his love for the club would have been lost with not getting his operation, just so that he may be able to limp out for the last few matches. No way will he sign the suggested one year contract, other clubs would jump at signing him and offer two years. If Beckles stays that would be four contracted centre halfs without Simpson. I appreciate Happe is injury prone, but I wouldn't renew Simpson now we have REG, unless of course we can offload Cooper.

On topic of retained list do we think the traffic light rankings have been released to players early like in previous seasons?

gshaw wrote: ↑Wed Apr 02, 2025 5:14 pm On topic of retained list do we think the traffic light rankings have been released to players early like in previous seasons?

You'd hope that we learned from 2021, when Ling pulled the rug out from under Jobi's feet, just as he was building some good momentum.