Summer recruitment will be stopped, Nothing will happen with incomings until August I reckon. I've only ever seen Chaddy say it, all the years he has been on here he's never used that word and all of a sudden in the last couple of months he say's it on every other post!

That's part of the plan. Remember the excuses about last summers late recruitment because they "had only just got in the building". This years excuse is right here, having to put all there energy into this instead. Don't be expecting any significant contracts or transfer news any time soon.

That's just not going to happen.

You know things are serious now. Waggott isn't giving that gig up of his own accord. Also another reason to delay any contract/transfer's etc. Not daft these lot.

What does it actually say, for us non subscriber's?

Would usually be about now that the club will feed something to Elliot saying we are "interested in x player" to try and get the fanbase talking about something else.

Which I believe they always will do when it becomes a complete last resort. This lot are never giving any power to anyone else, administrators etc.

I imagine it's around w/c 23rd June.

90% of business done by the time pre season training started was what he wanted. I did laugh a lot when I read that, not a chance. I don't think we'll even get one player through the door by then.

Always maintained next years retention list will be more interesting. Unless any are sold, then Batth, Weimann (if they sign), Hyam, Brittain, Travis, Tronstad and Hedges will be all out of contract this time next year. That's likely over half of our first choice starting 11 this coming season.

Season tickets back on sale this morning with the price hike. Club reckons they have sold over 8k, looking at the seat map it doesn't look anywhere near that. They have killed the Blackburn End, loads of good empty seats that would have been snapped up usually, looks to be around 50% full. Sad times.

I might be wrong, but isn't the one in August a different case to this and still scheduled?

I'm amazed about that really, I thought they would trigger him and Vale just to have bodies around for pre season before shipping them both out again. The retained list seems a bit more ruthless than usual, which I am a fan of. I'm glad we are getting no return on him, pointless at this club. I'm not a huge fan of Hedges, but he's a much better option that Markanday.

At best (for him) he's here to sit on the bench when Pears moves on. If Pears stay, then I imagine he's just here to travel with the 1st teams as the 3rd choice keeper. Michelski shouldn't be used for that role at his age as it will stunt his development, he needs a season playing every week where it's for our under 21's or if he can get a National League/League 2 loan somewhere and play.

Hedges Ohashi and Kargbo as our regular front 3 doesn't inspire me too much, although I do think Ohashi has done well.

He's nowhere near good enough, but I don't think that really matters here. The only thought is "are they cheap?" If the answer is yes, then that will do.

I imagine his option will be triggered, just because it's the easy option for now.

Markanday will be one of them. The other a prem academy loan like ACD is my guess.

Cheap and easy. That's the only goal here.

Personally, I don't think they even bothered trying to negotiate an extension. This just kicks the can down the road for another year, and is much easier. Hedges definitely leaves for nothing next summer like the rest of them will.

When was the last time we managed to tie down a player with a new contract who was entering there final year? It just doesn't happen here.

This just isn't going to happen. We won't pay the wages that the likes of Trav, Tronstad, Hyam and Brittain deserve. My guess is that one might be sold this summer while the others walk out for nothing next summer.

My thinking is that some prem team will take Pears to be 3rd choice in the summer and Barrett will be promoted to back up behind Toth. Cheap and cheerful.

Buckley under contract until 2027, be one of the last out of the door, then it's just up to Val who is the only person contracted any later than that to turn the lights off on his way out.

We currently have no first team players contracted past 2027, so no surprise there.