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Ricky Shakes
Aaron Brown
Curtis Weston
Ben Wells
Scott Doe
Jon Stewart
Luke Hopper

all i know so far

no surprises there, although I thought Hopper might have been given a year.

Also, Wells played well in the right wing against Mansfield away in his only 10 minutes of the season, surprised he didnt get another look it.

Holgate to go to?

Is that reliable, if so i'm sad to see Stewert go thought he could have a future here.

a future as what?

Ashan Holgate - couldn't hold down a regular place at Macclesfield - he disappeared after a poor first-half performance against Rochdale which saw Macclesfield concede 3 and Holgate get booked.

Other I'm not suprised about.

Jon Stewart is a decent youngster but the days of 3 pro-keepers is dead - especially as Sturrock sometimes doesn't even select a sub keeper.

The others are not suprising.

Weston.  :cry: (I hope wise offers him a contract, he has talent).

I hope Kevin James gets released.

He's not even our player - but Forest will undoubtably release him!

like DV said, a future as what?

Certainly not as a pro footballer. I suppose he might be useful to keep around the place as Wee Willy Carson's helper.

Not that I'm discrediting SwindonTownFC or his sources or owt but to be honest all the released names mentioned are those who'd most of us would guess anyway.

the kid might be a cock but he does have a knack of being right about this sort of thing.

in fact I reckon it's Ben Wells

Fair play mate

Sad about Weston, but he was Wise's and didnt fit the Sturrock formula.

Apart from that no surprises really.

I feel for the young lads, shit time for them at such a good moment for the club.

Best of luck fella's, where ever you end up !

I can't believe Wellsy would go, he looked fucking awesome in that reserves tie against Cheltenham. And Luke Hopper. Where's the source?

all true Fred but you cant be nice in football.  Id like to see one or two more leave as dont think they have the attitude or desire for league 1.

I can see wells at supermarine next year.

Heard tonight we are in for a Franchise striker

Chris Allen had his 2 year contract sorted yet?

rich, are you saying that holgate has gone too?

he's gonna get some stick for sure

Hope allen gets two years to make it, looks bloody good

Let's not start Leon Knight rumours.

Shudder.

I thought that Scot Doe was rated quite a bit?


Leon Knight
Izale McLoud (sp)
Both cunts :D

Mcloud however you spell it

he's been touted as being a £1million player...

Bill Powers a millionaire ;)

Nah

Fatbury (The Sentinal) has told us it will be a Rovers striker

Therefore it must be true !

I'm guessing fatburys sources are up there with the best of them then? Like the Sun newspaper.

Fatbury is the all seeing eye, and the all hearing ear

Treat the Sentinal with the respect he deserves

Nicky Rizzo was released today - he's a forward isn't he?

Either way I refuse to entertain this MK business any longer.

Right you you are then. My apologies

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Good to see Luggy clearing the decks. We need a stiff broom and it's good to see no sentiment shown. It's a ruthless time of year and I'm glad to see heads ruling hearts.

Gutted for Big Jon - that said, providing my hefty financial tems are met (!) I'd gladly step in as the third keeper next year... if called upon! :D  :wink:

thwarted again. damn it  :oops:

If we sign an MK player I might cry. Their strikers are all cheating bastards and I hate them! The rest of the team isn't too great either

Hope they stay down to rub Seano's nose in it

I have to agree. Its not just their strikers though. Its all of them. Dirty, diving, cheating, club robbing cunts

Agreed.
That said, if one of them came here and scored 20 goals next season, I'm sure we'd warm to him!

oh of course :)

Looks like the rumour mill is in action already.... :-))(

Its the best thing about post/pre-season! Its all that keeps me going through the long, footballess summer months.

But how much shit is posted. We're signing this player that player....

Pisses me off.

Glad brown and shakes have gone, didn't think stewart and wells would be released though  :shock: .

I think sturrock, pook, noubissie and whalley should join that list but they will all probably stay apart from whalley.

I wonder who the Franchise striker we have been linked with is? obviously not Mcleod as he's worth around £1million, hope it's not clive platt, but it's got to be either Platt/Wilbraham/Knight or Scott Taylor, wouldn't want any of them really Taylor aint too bad but Knight seems to cause trouble wherever he goes and Wilbraham is just total shite!

How do we know these players have been released?

Nothing on the official site?

am i the only person who rates blair sturrock? i think some of his runs on saturday beyond the defensive line were ace. i think there's more to come from him if we get a good midfield

I must admit some of his runs are superb and into the right areas, but he doesn't score enough.

If we could get a player that makes those runs but also scores goals (e.g. Leon Best) than that would be ace.

No real suprises in that list ... although Im sad to see Curtis Weston go .. but he and Sturrock didnt really see eye to eye - I expect him to join Leeds

Im still seriously worried about Jerel being snapped up tho ...

But the good news ---- Pook Stays!

Allen's contract mentioned in Adver today - good news!

Scott Taylor has got to be the Franchise striker. Awesome when at Blackpool but lost his way at Plymouth. This is possibly where the Sturrock connection comes in?

No. Me and my dad thought he played well on Saturday and his runs in to the channels was good. I saw Curtis Weston in town yesterday while i was taking money out, he looked really down.

Be fair, how many minutes of football did he get last season? He never really got that much of a real chance to score did he?

Could stll be a useful supersub a la Peterborough.

I reckon Luggy will be after a proper winger and another overlapping full back as well as a forward or two

Interesting to see what happens about Roberts, we all know he can be inconsistent but on his day is a good player, maybe give him a 1 yr deal with a clause to play x games to get another year but sign someone that can really push him for his place on the right wing.

Id expect Roberts to get another year .. the question is whether he wants a longer contract ... and therefore he might end up going

In fact that could happen to a few of the players

Just Sign Up Jerel Luggy!! and quick!!

He just has!

It's now on the OS.

No mention of Shakes though.

Brown, Brownlie, Wells, Hopper, Stewart and Whalley!!

bennett, you arent the only one who rates Sturrock Jr.

He works the channels well, we just need someone from midfield to bomb forward into the box when he does so....so he's got a few targets to aim for

sturrock is good at running the channels,a bit ropey infront of goal though imo.i'd still keep him though as a squad player

I like Blair, he seems a bit slow and not the fittest at the moment, but he has a good brain and does intelligent things - although when he runs the left channel he needs to learn to put in left footed crosses - I don't see him as a starter - someone fast to run onto Corr's flicks seems to be the order of the day, but as an impact sub he offers something different.

shakes stays???he aint on the list on the official site.
please say i'm wrong,he's diobolical

And no news on Weston. Please keep him.

agree,if he plays the way he's told to.the lad can play

I wouldnt read too much into it.

Sturrock said he was seeing players agents yesterday and today.

It would be harsh to announce that players were leaving before he told them. I expect the list will get updated tomorrow morning with the addtions of Shakes and Weston.

On the adver site is says Weston triggered a second year by playing enough but Strrock has told him he's surplus so they 'expect' him to leave in the next few days.  Jerel on a three year deal = WOOT!

Whalley gone! Piemonte will be pleased  :mrgreen:

and Scott Doe. I got a text confirming the released players.

when i get my first managerial role you can be my assistant dan

Whats the deal with Weston then - he's got an option of a second year or an automatic 2nd year because of appearances?

if it's the latter then he's under contract - soi we can either get a fee (unlikely) or more likely throw in a nice hefty sell-on so that we get a cut of any future fee.

He's got talent, but just not in the right mould - I've agreed with all the released players so far.

Hmmm when I get my first managerial role I was always going to appoint Sonicyouth as my assistant....providing he would show up.

Maybe you can be joint assistant managers to me or something  :D



He's been automatically offered a 1yr extension because he played x amount of games. He has to accept this extension offer to be contracted to us. Sturrock has advised him not to.