Retained List

Of those 9 players released there are none that I feel strongly about
I really don't think it's about players wanting to move back south etc - it's purely value for money, injury record, age, lack of experience etc
Hess is a great pro but for me was almost 'vanilla' - what was he? Not a box to box Dizza type with goals in him; not especially creative (but how many are at L2 level?); a water carrier and they are two a penny at this level... I really loved his attitude though
Davis, Cook, Rose, Whitehouse - all had on-going injuries and in latter's case another issue
Cardwell, Buckley - Conference at best
Garmston, Grandin - Ollie poss not convinced/wages and age with the latter

That leaves us with a really good nucleus, plus a mix of loanees (Benson quality) and youth players for next season; even better if Charles, Billy and Max re-sign

Remember, every L2 will be in same boat - to coin a horrible new phrase this is the 'new normal' and I think GTFC are very well placed with Ollie in charge

The other area that needs serious consideration is Rick Parry's (EFL chief) proposal/suggestion that from 2021/22 the following needs to be in place
1) £1.25m salary cap per team
2) Maximum 20 player squads of which 8 must be home-grown

Again GTFC is in a great place

Football like a lot of industries will have to 'reset' things and one good thing about all of this lock-down crap is a bit of sanity might return to the game with clubs having to 100% live within their means (although some clubs will find creative ways to bring in loads of extra cash - as has happened throughout footy history)

However, all those years of GTFC living within its means might soon bear fruit

I like what you have said there Devs - especially the last 2 paragraphs - there is definitely room for hope