Well Tatty I did not agree with what you said about Cas . I think he had a decent season & I would have retained him . The point I was trying to make was there is more than just the 80 mins in accessing a player , training , attitude etc . It is RH call & I respect that but I am allowed an opinion , sorry if I confused you .

I may be wrong but I think some players signed 2 year contracts, if so I expect a few more may have been released, I still expect a couple more may go, especially if RH gets the players in he wants.

I can’t comment on the last few seasons but when mark castle was at the dons before he was a 100% player and would be in my all time team of forwards along with Gaz handford and of course parky
Don’t forget I’m not as old as Geoff lol

Excluding Feka I think there were 6 players who signed 2 year deals . I think that leaves 11 players who were not on the released list . No doubt these players have been offered deals . We will have to wait and see who accepts them .

Yes, I see that list as players the club has either said they will not be discussing terms with or have already tried and failed. There will be others who do not agree to our offers and go elsewhere

The 6 on 2 year deals ...
Tom Carr
Sam Doherty
Jordie Hedges
Kyle Kesik
Charlie Martin
Jason Tali

Nothing more on the 2 players mentioned in the RLE last Monday ?

I think the 11 are Jones , Miller , Welham , Howden, Spiers , Braham , England , Muranka , Cross , Green & Scott .

ooops

So the highest number of players we could have on our books would be the 6 on two-year deals plus the 11 players who are out of contract if they sign new deals. That would be 17 in total.

Presumably not all will re-sign so we'll have quite a lot of squad places available. I'd guess we're probably looking at 10 new faces?

The 11 is a bit of amateur detective work using the list of players on the sticky thread less the 6 x 2 year deal players & those released ! May be wrong .

Would Ten constitute a decent clear out that a few had been calling for?

12 have already left . I feel the club think all 11 will sign , that is why they are saying only 4 new signings , making 21 . Then the dreaded d-reg will come into play. Time will tell .

Some props do go down rather quickly but to try get a quick play the ball before the defence can reset then you should have a 2nd row making a 20 yard dash to pass to the centre or inside to a decent half back

I presume RH has got targets in mind but the competition to sign the better players is bound to be quite intense. I suspect it's not easy to lure a decent Championship quality player down to this level as most players will want to test themselves at the highest possible level.

If we can sign four good quality players with experience and four decent youngsters who are first team ready, it'd be a good start.

At the end of the season we saw how much of an impact a good quality, speedy player like Miloudi can make at this level. I'd guess Richard Horne will be looking for more pace to try to play the expansive game he's looking to play.

And then again ....
You could be guessing.
What are you like at buying into ponzi scams?

I will casually wait and see what delights are presented.

The Rovers are in disarray.
Why would the Dons buck this trend?