Next season

   Elliot Hewitt will not be here next season which ever league we are in. He has been the one highlight of our season, too many clubs have noticed him.

For everyone who is saying they would keep Jackson, he is contracted until 2022 with an option for a third season.

The out of contract players I would offer contracts to Hewitt, Clifton and Pollock regardless of which division we end up in.

I would pay up the contracts of Scannell, Williams, Rose and Waterfall, it's an expensive lesson to be had but they are either clearly past it or they are not up for it and going through the motions stealing a living.

KEEP...

Under Contract - Keep

James McKeown           
Filipe Morais
Max Wright
Montel Gibson
Ira Jackson Jr
Lenell John-Lewis

Out of Contract - Offer New Deal/Activate Additional Year (if applicable)

Luke Hendrie
Elliott Hewitt
Harry Clifton
Luke Spokes

Young Pros - Give Another Year

Ollie Battersby
Joey Hope
Duncan Idehen
Joe Starbuck

End of Loan - Try to Sign

Rollin Menayese

GET RID...

Out of Contract - Activate Additional Year & Sell

Mattie Pollock

Out of Contract - Release

Joe Bunney
Sam Habergham
Giles Coke
Jock Curran
Cameron Painter
Julien Lamy
Matt Green
James Hanson
Stefan Payne
Alhagi Touray Sisay

Under Contract - Offload

Luke Waterfall
Danny Rose
George Williams
Sean Scannell

End of Loan - Return to Parent Club

Jake Eastwood
Joe Adams
Idris El Mizouni
Jay Matete
Kyle Bennett

Retire as a Player

Sam Russell

NEXT SEASON...

                  ********
                  McKEOWN
                  BATTERSBY

HENDRIE     HEWITT      MENAYESE    ********
STARBUCK    ********    ********    HOPE
                   IDEHEN

MORAIS      ********    ********    ********
JACKSON JR  CLIFTON     SPOKES      WRIGHT
                  ********

            JOHN-LEWIS  ********
            GIBSON      ********
                  ********

Quoted from Davec

Regarding Elliott Hewitt, when we go down he would have been relegated from the league at 2 clubs on the bounce, obviously I know it isn't all his fault and he is more than capable of league 2 football but 2 relegations in 3 seasons on his CV potentially won't look very good.

If a player isn't at fault for a team being cr*p who the f*ck is?! (obviously management and board carry some responsibility as well).

I suspect this is half the problem with our players and possibly modern players in general - they don't have a sense of responsibility and can always walk away from a (football) car crash saying 'it wasn't my fault'.

If we get relegated several of our players will sign for a year with another sh*t team and go through the motions with them, almost as if their year at Grimsby didn't exist.

Quoted from GollyGTFC

KEEP...

Under Contract - Keep

James McKeown           
Filipe Morais
Max Wright
Montel Gibson
Ira Jackson Jr
Lenell John-Lewis

Out of Contract - Offer New Deal/Activate Additional Year (if applicable)

Luke Hendrie
Elliott Hewitt
Harry Clifton
Luke Spokes

Young Pros - Give Another Year

Ollie Battersby
Joey Hope
Duncan Idehen
Joe Starbuck

End of Loan - Try to Sign

Rollin Menayese

GET RID...

Out of Contract - Activate Additional Year & Sell

Mattie Pollock

Out of Contract - Release

Joe Bunney
Sam Habergham
Giles Coke
Jock Curran
Cameron Painter
Julien Lamy
Matt Green
James Hanson
Stefan Payne
Alhagi Touray Sisay

Under Contract - Offload

Luke Waterfall
Danny Rose
George Williams
Sean Scannell

End of Loan - Return to Parent Club

Jake Eastwood
Joe Adams
Idris El Mizouni
Jay Matete
Kyle Bennett

Retire as a Player

Sam Russell

NEXT SEASON...

                  ********
                  McKEOWN
                  BATTERSBY

HENDRIE     HEWITT      MENAYESE    ********
STARBUCK    ********    ********    HOPE
                   IDEHEN

MORAIS      ********    ********    ********
JACKSON JR  CLIFTON     SPOKES      WRIGHT
                  ********

            JOHN-LEWIS  ********
            GIBSON      ********
                  ********

There's some players in here I'd forgotten we still had! What a waste of money, time and effort Sisay has been.

Quoted from BobbyCummingsTackle

If a player isn't at fault for a team being cr*p who the f*ck is?! (obviously management and board carry some responsibility as well).

I suspect this is half the problem with our players and possibly modern players in general - they don't have a sense of responsibility and can always walk away from a (football) car crash saying 'it wasn't my fault'.

If we get relegated several of our players will sign for a year with another sh*t team and go through the motions with them, almost as if their year at Grimsby didn't exist.

I meant that obviously it isn't solely all his fault and nobody else's. The players board and management are all to blame.

Quoted from GollyGTFC

KEEP...

Under Contract - Keep

James McKeown           
Filipe Morais
Max Wright
Montel Gibson
Ira Jackson Jr
Lenell John-Lewis

Out of Contract - Offer New Deal/Activate Additional Year (if applicable)

Luke Hendrie
Elliott Hewitt
Harry Clifton
Luke Spokes

Young Pros - Give Another Year

Ollie Battersby
Joey Hope
Duncan Idehen
Joe Starbuck

End of Loan - Try to Sign

Rollin Menayese

GET RID...

Out of Contract - Activate Additional Year & Sell

Mattie Pollock

Out of Contract - Release

Joe Bunney
Sam Habergham
Giles Coke
Jock Curran
Cameron Painter
Julien Lamy
Matt Green
James Hanson
Stefan Payne
Alhagi Touray Sisay

Under Contract - Offload

Luke Waterfall
Danny Rose
George Williams
Sean Scannell

End of Loan - Return to Parent Club

Jake Eastwood
Joe Adams
Idris El Mizouni
Jay Matete
Kyle Bennett

Retire as a Player

Sam Russell

NEXT SEASON...

                  ********
                  McKEOWN
                  BATTERSBY

HENDRIE     HEWITT      MENAYESE    ********
STARBUCK    ********    ********    HOPE
                   IDEHEN

MORAIS      ********    ********    ********
JACKSON JR  CLIFTON     SPOKES      WRIGHT
                  ********

            JOHN-LEWIS  ********
            GIBSON      ********
                  ********

For me, Payne, Scannell and Rose could all be big assets in the Conference next season. Granted they haven't been fantastic this season but I think we'd be making an error just building a squad from scratch. I think Rose looked better in a better midfield, Payne has a superb record at that level and we'd be mad not to at least have somebody with that experience there. Scannell, probably too expensive to keep but before his injury he was playing very well. Habergham is worth keeping to see if we can get him fit, he'd be more than good enough for the level below and the fact he's even still playing is testament to his attitude imo.

Lamy is another one I'd keep. It sounds a bit mad to say we'd keep even a couple of the current crop but I think we need to look at the bigger picture here. We absolutely cannot afford to spend 3-4 seasons building up a squad from scratch, we saw how that worked out last time.

Quoted from pontoonlew

For me, Payne, Scannell and Rose could all be big assets in the Conference next season. Granted they haven't been fantastic this season but I think we'd be making an error just building a squad from scratch. I think Rose looked better in a better midfield, Payne has a superb record at that level and we'd be mad not to at least have somebody with that experience there. Scannell, probably too expensive to keep but before his injury he was playing very well. Habergham is worth keeping to see if we can get him fit, he'd be more than good enough for the level below and the fact he's even still playing is testament to his attitude imo.

Lamy is another one I'd keep. It sounds a bit mad to say we'd keep even a couple of the current crop but I think we need to look at the bigger picture here. We absolutely cannot afford to spend 3-4 seasons building up a squad from scratch, we saw how that worked out last time.

Sorry PL I have to disagree with those first  three I wouldn't want any of them next season, at times all three haven't looked that bothered when they have played. I also wouldn't bother with Habergham as come next season that will be nearly 2 seasons that he has hardly played.

Quoted from GollyGTFC

KEEP...

Under Contract - Keep

James McKeown           
Filipe Morais
Max Wright
Montel Gibson
Ira Jackson Jr
Lenell John-Lewis

Out of Contract - Offer New Deal/Activate Additional Year (if applicable)

Luke Hendrie
Elliott Hewitt
Harry Clifton
Luke Spokes

Young Pros - Give Another Year

Ollie Battersby
Joey Hope
Duncan Idehen
Joe Starbuck

End of Loan - Try to Sign

Rollin Menayese

GET RID...

Out of Contract - Activate Additional Year & Sell

Mattie Pollock

Out of Contract - Release

Joe Bunney
Sam Habergham
Giles Coke
Jock Curran
Cameron Painter
Julien Lamy
Matt Green
James Hanson
Stefan Payne
Alhagi Touray Sisay

Under Contract - Offload

Luke Waterfall
Danny Rose
George Williams
Sean Scannell

End of Loan - Return to Parent Club

Jake Eastwood
Joe Adams
Idris El Mizouni
Jay Matete
Kyle Bennett

Retire as a Player

Sam Russell

NEXT SEASON...

                  ********
                  McKEOWN
                  BATTERSBY

HENDRIE     HEWITT      MENAYESE    ********
STARBUCK    ********    ********    HOPE
                   IDEHEN

MORAIS      ********    ********    ********
JACKSON JR  CLIFTON     SPOKES      WRIGHT
                  ********

            JOHN-LEWIS  ********
            GIBSON      ********
                  ********

Pretty much agree with this but personal, I think we've seen how good a fully fit James Hanson can be over the last few weeks and even if we only got 30 games out of him, he's an asset at whatever level we end up in so I'd keep him.

And I'd maybe considering offering Habergham a month-by-month deal to prove his fitness

Scannell and rose have both been big disappointments for me. Rose would only be any good if we are playing 3 in the middle or sign an absolute beast of a box to box midfielder for a 2 (i.e another disley)