5 offered new deals, 2 released

Delighted with Lennox and Berry (who was excellent at the end of the season, a huge improvement and great to see a plyer work hard and improve to such a degree).

Ambivilent about the rest, I would assume they are squad players for next year.

Sensiblegreeny wrote:

Just to play devil's advocate you understand.........

Everyone on here knows that Feeney is not a catch it and hold striker with a lay off at the end. He was used or they tried to use him like that last season and his goals for count wasn't worth mentioning along with assists etc. He clearly is a striker who needs to run on to balls into the box and so on. Now, if we all know that then Fletcher must also have seen it. By retaining Feeney would that not suggest a different style is therefore on the cards and the bang it long and hope will not be the tactics as promised? Just a thought as an alternative possibility of course.

What has he been doing for the past 7 years then? 21 goals from 154 games doesn't suggest to me he has ever been prolific. I can only hope Feeney and Chadders are back up players as we need 2 new strikers of a higher quality as a priority.

I think the one real bone of contention among most people is Feeney. Williams and Berry were part of a solid back four and Lennox/Chenoweth are for the future. I think he's a good squad player to have as an option but I don't deny we need at least 3/4 players who are good enough to go straight into the starting 11-i.e., not development players for the future if we want top 7. I like Feeney- I think he's clever in terms of reading the game around him, he can hold the ball up and he knows how to keep play flowing. He may not have many direct assists but watching him I reckon he brings something to the team.

Chadwick on the other hand, I think we should offer out to whichever club will take him off our hands.

Penz wrote:

Indeed Jock.
Every closed season has it's own feel. I remember the last season Holloway was here, and my own calculations with the players on board and the likes of Hayles having bedded in, was an obvious upper for all concerned, including the players themselves, which is where it counts. We all knew, the club knew, that it was to be an entertaining season... we were going to be contenders.
Since Holloway then lost the plot along wth the owners, every season has come around before Argyle have even got out of bed, with the almost predictable consequence. To have received only 2 relegations in those 3 years is almost a miracle.

Getting out of bed is one thing, but no matter how early we do it this next season, doing it with the same shower with little change of underwear is asking for trouble... only the Purse and Blanchard comnbination with Wotton sitting in front of them has a feel of 'half decent'. They haven't even got the 'backs to the wall' 'brothers in arms' nonsense to motivate themselves next seaon. I sense a year of 'consolidation' in L2 Could be a bit of a Kemp, and while the youngsters might not know what that means, I do. It may also be ok for those that are in work at the club plying their trade for fairly good recompence, but it sure as hell doesn't ring my 'investment' bell. Think I'll go surfing until James gets the bug.

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Who's goin Fleetwood ?