Little departs Ashton Gate City announce retained list. Little departs as defender's contract expires Wilbraham offered new deal Morrell also offered extended terms Mark Little will depart Ashton Gate at the conclusion of his contract this summer, City can confirm. The defender, signed from Peterborough United in 2014, made 102 appearances for the club and scored twice, including a goal at Wembley to cap a man of the match performance in the 2015 Johnstone’s Paint Trophy final. Head coach Lee Johnson was quick to pay tribute to the 28-year-old, who featured 34 times last season. Johnson told bcfc.co.uk: “It’s been an absolute pleasure to work with Mark over the last 15 months or so. “He’s a superb character and personality, and I’d like to thank him for his effort, hard work and determination. We wish him every success in his future career.” Meanwhile, club captain Aaron Wilbraham has been offered a new deal to extend his 20-year playing career that includes additional non-playing responsibilities. Youngster Joe Morrell joins a host of development squad players in being offered a new contract. Max O’Leary, Jojo Wollacott, Ash Harper, Cameron Pring, Connor Lemonheigh-Evans and Jake Andrews have already been offered extensions. On-loan quartet Fabian Giefer (Schalke 04), Adam Matthews (Sunderland), David Cotterill (Birmingham City) and Tammy Abraham (Chelsea) have returned to their parent clubs. All other first team players remain under contract for the 2017/18 season. http://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/little-departs-ashton-gate-3719138.aspx
Good luck Mark - good honest worker. Put in a shift. Possibly not quite Championship material(?) but then, some said that about Ayling too!
3 right backs/midfield out of the club on this list, Little, Matthews and Cotterill maybe this guy is returning. please log in to view this image http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bristol-city-nottingham-forest-set-42016
100% effort but not got the quality,we need left back,right back ,goalkeeper,midfielder,right winger,two strikers. Hopefully going to be a busy time for the apprentice.
We need to replace the loan players (Keifer, Matthews, Cotterill and Abraham), plus Mark Little. Obviously we don't know who else will be leaving for a fee. To my mind we need a right back, centre mid and goal-scorer as a matter of priority
Left back as well. Bryan too inconsistent and a bit lazy at getting back when the opposition are counter attacking.
Goalkeeper, right back, left back, a couple of centre halves, a couple of centre midfielders, left winger, right winger and a couple of forwards and we'll be ready to go I reckon
Full backs essential though I reckon LJ will stick with Bryan- CM that is more creative though again I think LJ will stick with Pack and Smith. Forward definitely. Tammy wont be easy to replace and I don't see Taylor and Djuric as the answer on a permanent basis. Fielding is ok but needs competition. I reckon we could do worse than look at Ruddy (Norwich) who has been released.
Gather thee transfer pounds while you may because we will need them if we are really committed to stepping up the ante.
