think we should give parker a year and maybe try and get ben davies

No Huby?

I'd keep the bulk of the squad - we need depth.

You're joking, right?

Of course... were already short as it is.

Apart from not being good enough, injury prone and (reportedly) one of the biggest drains on our salary budget?

Yeah.

I'd definitely keep the vast majority.

For me - I'd not be interested in:

Hudson & Widders : both seen better days - I'd claim our weakest players

Fozzard : if we can get a younger replacement (Ben Davies??)

Isa : possibly a good player but a complete waste of money/quota so far

At the very top of the 'to go' list has to be Hudson,looks tired ,Mathers next maybe,the blokes half decent at running it in but blimey under the high ball I start to get chest pains watching him! Where else can we stick him , the wing? Again wingers have to deal with kicks usually grubbers , so for me hooker and full back next for us

I do think Ryan Hudson hasn't been his old self this season, so thats a possible. But with Orr, Clarke and Milner in the squad, I am less worried about this.

I think the only others for discussion would be Isa, Fozzard and Widders;
Isa looks a great prospect, but if he cant get fit and on the field, thats unfortunate.
Widders and Fozzard have to figure out if they can go on again and up their levels.

Not sure why Mathers attracts so much criticism! I am comfortable, relatively speaking with 3 fullback options in the squad.

So, looking at this season I would suggest that with Thompson, Eden and Arundel having shown well, that 1 outside back and look at the grunts - I think Parker could fix one of those spots for us, Davies seemingly will be back at Wigan. Snitch seems to be on the wrong side of TM somewhat, but the new coach effect will negate that.
If you look at our pack with Walker and Huby back in it, then we need to add depth, not have a wholesale clearout.

We put ourselves in a position for next season, by playing Clarke, Milner, Holmes, Davies, Eden, Arundel etc to NOT have to make wholesale changes to the spine of the team and ADD to the squad.

You're not the only one! Seems to have brought an air of professionalism to the club. With the nonsensical hero worship Ryan McGoldrick enjoys from some Cas fans, perhaps having someone that spends his spare time looking after himself rather than in Pontefract/Xscape isn't what those fans are after...

To answer the original post, I'd keep the majority of the players. Strip the dead wood - primarily McGoldrick and Hudson - the rest of the squad plus a few quality additions and depth would be top 8 certainties every year.

I agree about the options of the number 1 shirt at cas but are they good fullbacks or can play fullback ,Mathers came as a good fullback,it would be nice if we had one in our last line of defence. Mate! His positioning is woefull at times.Like I said ball in hand he looks great,but don't you just get the feeling that every team in SL think he's a bit iffy and target him. Might be just me!