From your list I'd only offer Onein a new contract. The rest of the out of contract players have proven to be injury prone, unreliable, too old or a mixture of them all. Oh and we only need one new keeper, as proven this year if we get an injury we can always loan one from Stoke!!!Clearly the tie is not over yet. If we were 2-0 up we wouldn't be counting our chickens, so neither should Lincoln. But it's clearly feeling unlikely.
Assuming we don't make it on Saturday and announce our retained list on Monday, what should it look like? In fact I've decided my retained list would look pretty identical no matter what division we are in. Anyone not good enough for championship should be deemed not good enough to get us there.
According to the chronicle the following players are out of contract in the summer:
Lee Burge, Remi Matthews, Anthony Patterson, Luke O’Nien, Conor McLaughlin, Brandon Taylor, Denver Hume, Callum McFadzean, Max Power, Josh Scowen, Grant Leadbitter, Chris Maguire, Aiden McGeady, Charlie Wyke, Benji Kimpioka.
I think we should take a "start again" approach and say goodbye to a lot of players that might surprise some outsiders. For me our retained list should look as such:
Out of contract and released
Matthews
McLaughlin
Taylor
McFadzean
Power
Scowen
Leadbitter (should be offered a coaching role)
Maguire
McGeady
New Deals Offered To
Burge (just about)
Patterson
O'Nien
Hume
Wyke (1 year only and not breaking bank - if he leaves so be it)
Retained Under Contract but Available for Transfer
Flanagan
Wright
Dobson
O'Brien
Grigg
Retained Under Contract but not available (unless good offer)
Willis
Gooch
Embleton
Xhemajli
Diamond
Winchester
Hawkes
Neil
Stewart
+ anyone who signs deals
I'd try to sign Sanderson (obviously) but have decided I'd pass on Jones unless he was dirt cheep.
That would mean for me we'd need to sign, at a minimum, first team players in the following positions:
Goalkeeper (x2 if Burge leaves)
Right Back x 2
Center Back x 2
Left Back x 1
Center Mid x 3 (or 4 if O'Nien leaves)
Winger / Attacking Mid x 3
Striker (x2 if Wyke leaves)
That's a busy fecking summer
If KLD & Speakman keep him then they must believe in him and I, as a supporter, can only hope & put my trust in them and their judgment. The manager, whoever that might be going forward, has a mountain to climb to get this club properly back on the rails.
Don't disagree with a lot of that but probably wouldn't offer a contract to Wyke, daft as it may sound. I think we need to share the goals around so that the opposition can't double up
I see a few happy to see Wyke go and he probably will to be fair. But to me a 30 goal a season striker is gold dust. For years fans have been crying out for a 20 goal a seasom man, now we have one and he isnt popular. I know he really only scores the one touch finish but he is bloody good at it. His movement when the winger is about to cross is excellent. People say McGeady makes him, which is only partly true. McGeady is great at hitting the danger area but it always require Wyke to get his movement right then finish. Yes he ballsed up the first chance today and lost his man for their goal (but you have to question LJ for having a forward marking a forward as Alex Neil said). Sure he will go though and then it is a chance to go down a different route
Too early to say that for me, not seen enough of him to be certain. He is definitely quicker and will stretch teams more. Thought for 45 mins today the pair of them together were outstanding and if that was a glimpse of next season I wouldnt be at all worried.
I agree with this as I believe KLD will do what’s needed and I can’t see him hanging on to that carthorse 31 goals or not.
