A central midfield pairing of Ferry & Timlin (or JPM) in Division 4 worries the life out of me.
Just which one of these is actually going to tackle anybody?
For many years we were crying out for a central midfield player who would get stuck in.
Now that we have one it seems that half of our fanbase wants to get rid of him.
As for the rest of the squad, the goalkeeper is a good shout.
Lucas is fine, if fit. Based on this season that seems unlikely & is therefore not worth the gamble.
Smith just isn't good enough to be first choice.
Caddis has been one of the few bright spots this season (especially the second half) and has to be kept if at all possible.
For Manks, see Lucas.
Flint will be an important player for us next season, has been used to playing in a league which I'm sure is more Physical.
I worry about either Cuthbert or Lecs, both are very prone to errors but maybe that's a confidence thing.
Rose is an odd one, he's nowhere near as good as he thinks, but is actually probably OK for Div 4.
Although it will be interesting to see how Kennedy has done, as he may well be a better bet.
For me, we still need a leader at the back, at every level you need someone to control the back four, someone that everyone else takes the lead from.
It's partly why (even though he's not very good) we have generally looked more solid with Frampton.
Ritchie has to stay, again one of the few bright spots for the season.
Personally I'd like to see Douglas & Ferry in the middle, but if (as some think) Douglas is on his way we need a tough tackling midfield player in there (maybe a player manager?).
JPM could do OK on the right hand side as long as we play to his strengths, but I think we need to look at other options.
Benyon has score goals in Div 4 before, and we need him to do so again, but the key for me is a big strong centre forward to play alongside him. If we can get one that will score a few goals as well all the better.
I'm happy to see Bodin play a few of the youngsters in these last couple of games, but if we rely on them next season we are in trouble.