2023/24 RETAINED LIST

Quoted from livosnose

I blame Hurst and bully Doig for everything.

It's not going terribly well for them at the Shrews with fans complaining of turgid football. Now that rings a bell.

Holohan already going and he is better than the majority of players in the squad albeit in the twilight of his career. I'm expecting wholesale changes. Only 8 are contracted next season and even some of them may be made available for transfer or release.

Having watched the Crawley game, it's Mullarkey, Rodgers, Tharme, Thompson (make captain), Vernam, Clifton and Rose. On the fence with Maher. Then a complete reset.

Injection of pace, creativity, leadership, quality and young hungry talent to take the team forward into a new era.

Think it says how the season has gone that the most I've been excited all season is for Monday to find out who's leaving then hopefully an exciting transfer window.

Quoted from Stew0_0

Holohan already going and he is better than the majority of players in the squad albeit in the twilight of his career. I'm expecting wholesale changes. Only 8 are contracted next season and even some of them may be made available for transfer or release.

Having watched the Crawley game, it's Mullarkey, Rodgers, Tharme, Thompson (make captain), Vernam, Clifton and Rose. On the fence with Maher. Then a complete reset.

Injection of pace, creativity, leadership, quality and young hungry talent to take the team forward into a new era.

Think it says how the season has gone that the most I've been excited all season is for Monday to find out who's leaving then hopefully an exciting transfer window.

I can name at least 12 who are under contract…..

I've been excited BEFORE the start of every match.

On another note, I believe that only one (as well as Gardner) of the 2nd year youths is getting a pro contract.

Wasn't including the Gardner, Khouri's of the squad but the senior members

Here's what I think is required...

Under Contract for 2024/25- Keep

4 Kieran Green
5 Harvey Rodgers
6 Curtis Thompson
10 Charles Vernam
12 Jake Eastwood
24 Doug Tharme
28 Toby Mullarkey
30 Evan Khouri
32 Danny Rose
35 Cameron Gardner

Under Contract for 2024/25- Make Available for Transfer

9 Rekeil Pyke
25 Donovan Wilson
29 Alex Hunt

Out of Contract- Offer New Deal

16 Callum Ainley (maybe a 6-month deal with an option for the rest of next season?)

Out of Contract- Release

3 Anthony Driscoll-Glennon
7 Abo Eisa
8 Gavan Holohan
14 Arthur Gnahoua
15 Harry Clifton
22 Danny Amos
31 Niall Maher
33 Denver Hume
34 Aaron Braithwaite
37 Harvey Tomlinson
38 Jamie Bramwell
39 Edwin Essel

Loanees returning to parent clubs

1 Harvey Cartwright
2 Liam Smith
18 Harry Wood
19 Jamie Andrews
20 Justin Obikwu

Quoted from GollyGTFC

Here's what I think is required...

Under Contract for 2024/25- Keep

4 Kieran Green
5 Harvey Rodgers
6 Curtis Thompson
10 Charles Vernam
12 Jake Eastwood
24 Doug Tharme
28 Toby Mullarkey
30 Evan Khouri
32 Danny Rose
35 Cameron Gardner

Under Contract for 2024/25- Make Available for Transfer

9 Rekeil Pyke
25 Donovan Wilson
29 Alex Hunt

Out of Contract- Offer New Deal

16 Callum Ainley (maybe a 6-month deal with an option for the rest of next season?)

Out of Contract- Release

3 Anthony Driscoll-Glennon
7 Abo Eisa
8 Gavan Holohan
14 Arthur Gnahoua
15 Harry Clifton
22 Danny Amos
31 Niall Maher
33 Denver Hume
34 Aaron Braithwaite
37 Harvey Tomlinson
38 Jamie Bramwell
39 Edwin Essel

Loanees returning to parent clubs

1 Harvey Cartwright
2 Liam Smith
18 Harry Wood
19 Jamie Andrews
20 Justin Obikwu

Pretty much agree with all that, but I'd be looking to offer Hume a new deal too, seen glimpses that he has quality, and let's not forget he'd been out in the wilderness for a while before we signed him

Just leaving this here.

https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/artell-explains-alex-hunt-out-9132569

Quoted from GollyGTFC

Here's what I think is required...

Under Contract for 2024/25- Keep

4 Kieran Green
5 Harvey Rodgers
6 Curtis Thompson
10 Charles Vernam
12 Jake Eastwood
24 Doug Tharme
28 Toby Mullarkey
30 Evan Khouri
32 Danny Rose
35 Cameron Gardner

Under Contract for 2024/25- Make Available for Transfer

9 Rekeil Pyke
25 Donovan Wilson
29 Alex Hunt

Out of Contract- Offer New Deal

16 Callum Ainley (maybe a 6-month deal with an option for the rest of next season?)

Out of Contract- Release

3 Anthony Driscoll-Glennon
7 Abo Eisa
8 Gavan Holohan
14 Arthur Gnahoua
15 Harry Clifton
22 Danny Amos
31 Niall Maher
33 Denver Hume
34 Aaron Braithwaite
37 Harvey Tomlinson
38 Jamie Bramwell
39 Edwin Essel

Loanees returning to parent clubs

1 Harvey Cartwright
2 Liam Smith
18 Harry Wood
19 Jamie Andrews
20 Justin Obikwu

Inclined to agree with you on that, I think definitely Pyke and Wilson is earmark as players under contract who should be moved on, I think it was plain to see early on that Pyke wasn’t going to work out, baffled we signed a striker who had scored 9 league goals since 2016 and even more baffled Hurst gave him a two year deal,

Rodgers, Green and Clifton I’m all on the post with really, I can see both sides of the argument with them. Khouri has shown glimpses of promise but then he’s now 21 and he hasn’t played all that much in the 4 seasons he’s been in the squad, so a decision needs to be made about how he fits in. Agree on Ainley, he’s showed enough I think for a short term deal.

I think a big reset is needed, we’ve gone from having a very good squad of players a couple of years ago to almost having another terminal disaster. Whoever we let go and bring in. It nerds do be done with the highest due diligence by Artell and the club. We can’t afford another season like this and we certainly can’t afford to give out contracts like candy that then tie us in with players who aren’t good enough to get the job done at this level.