Who Would You Keep?
 

...or at least try to, come the end of the season?

Here's the current first team squad; in bold are the players I would offer contracts to:

Kenny Arthur
Ian Dunbavin
Peter Cavanagh
Phil Edwards
James Bell
Peter Murphy
Colin Murdock
Robbie Williams
Chris King
Leam Richardson
Chris Turner
Jimmy Ryan
Andy Procter
John Mullin
John Miles
Bobby Grant
Sean McConville (already under contract for next season)
Paul Mullin (already under contract for next season)
Andy Smith

I rate Ian Dunbavin as a decent stand-in 'keeper, but having an injured back up player for most of the season is pretty pointless. Jay Bell isn't good enough for league football. Colin Murdock is ok to deputise in case of injury, but I'd rather keep a younger player of equal ability in Peter Murphy. John Mullin has held our midfield together at times this season, it will be a shame to see him go, but again it's a question of how many full games we'd get out of him in a season. John Miles has been awful for most of his time here, surely we can't offer him a new contract. I don't think Bobby Grant will become a consistent league footballer, whereas I just don't think that Andy Smith has the ability. If he does, we'll probably never see it. I'm not sure whether I'd try to sign Lindfield or Charnock.

Stick yer two-penneth in 'ere.

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Kenny Arthur
Ian Dunbavin
Peter Cavanagh
Phil Edwards (Sign him up on 3 year contract! Quality Defender)
James Bell
Peter Murphy
Colin Murdock
Robbie Williams
Chris King
Leam Richardson
Chris Turner (Sign him up on 3 year contract! Quality young right/left wing player)
Jimmy Ryan (keep him as long as we can! One of the best players this season! Quality young player!!!!
Andy Procter
John Mullin (still undisided about him)
John Miles
Bobby Grant (Good player but not seen enough of this year)
Sean McConville (already under contract for next season)
Paul Mullin (already under contract for next season)
Andy Smith
Kieran Charnock (If we could afford him and he wanted to, good defender)
Craig Lindfield (Works hard, the goals will come, would offer a contract)

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John and Jimmy then let them decide

Loweiy

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By jingos I hope they get Kennys autograph quick smart.

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Robbie Williams???

I'd rather keep Rats!!!

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Ian Dunbavin
Peter Cavanagh
Kieran Charnock If we can afford him
Phil Edwards Solid at the back week in week out
James Bell Will not make the grade
Peter Murphy Deserves a chance to prove himself
Colin Murdock Still a good defender
Robbie Williams
Chris King
Leam Richardson Needs to regain his fitness ???
Chris Turner Massive potential must get his signature
Jimmy Ryan AS ABOVE
Andy Procter 1 Yr
John Mullin 1 Yr
John Miles can still offer us something and we do not have £££ to splash around
Bobby Grant ?
Sean McConville (already under contract for next season)
Paul Mullin (already under contract for next season)
Andy Smith ?
Craig Lindfield Would like to see him remain on loan until Jan 2010..



Just depends on how much we have to spend and how much we can allow some of the kids to feature Burey, Black, Strode Etc.

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Agree 100% almost, except I think Robbie Williams is good cover at either full back position, plus Peter Murphy, along with Bobby Grant doesn't impress me, although I haven't really seen enough of him to be fair. I would like to see a bit of continuity going forward to build on the current form, not wholesale changes.

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Don't know how you can not keep Miles.

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with widnes on that what Alternative is there to Miles? all the guy needs fer me is consistency.:)

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This is who I would want to see kept:

Kenny Arthur
Phil Edwards
Kieran Charnock (if we can get him)
Peter Murphy
Chris King
Chris Turner
Jimmy Ryan
Andy Procter
Sean McConville (already under contract for next season)
Paul Mullin (already under contract for next season)

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miles is our most creative player when in the mood - have to agree and for me should be one of the first names on the team sheet now pm has gone; don't think the long ball game suits miles much

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We have to keep John Miles next season, as we'd never be able to afford a replacement player with his skill and ability.

I can't be bothered looking now, but when we signed him I posted a message stating that a Macclesfield fan had told me that we wouldn't see the best of Miles until the second season, and that's been the case.

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an i recall another saying something like 'he can appear lazy' - i think that the team need to ensure he is a big part of the game so he doesn't go missing. better clubs than us have seen his potential...............if only we could get that week in week out!!!

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Kenny Arthur (Definatley)
Ian Dunbavin (Think he's a good keeper and would fill kennys shoes if he was injured quite well)
Peter Cavanagh (No question about it)
Phil Edwards (Same again)
James Bell (Against luton and daggers at home, i think they were the games, i think he played really well)
Peter Murphy (Think he might not have the bottle anymore after such a big injury)
Colin Murdock (Don't think he's consistent enough)
Robbie Williams (Become alot more consistent since he came back a few weeks ago)
Chris King (Great full back, the next reg hollis)
Leam Richardson (One of the best we've had)
Chris Turner (Get a lengthy contract out of him, great player)
Jimmy Ryan (Player of the season so far)
Andy Procter (Good for cover)
John Mullin (When he's fully fit he's a good player but how often he's going to get injured, i think we need players who are going to be fit for most of the season)
John Miles (Plays for a contract at the end of the season, for the rest of the season he's abit diobolical)
Bobby Grant (Him and Chris on the wings would be like the old Deano & Rory)
Sean McConville (already under contract for next season)
Paul Mullin (already under contract for next season)
Andy Smith (Need all the strikers we can get, if we dont get a couple of strikers in then i'd keep him but otherwise i think he is to good to be sat on the bench and in the reserves week in week out)

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John Miles is a keep.

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Kenny Arthur
Ian Dunbavin
Peter Cavanagh
Phil Edwards
James Bell
Peter Murphy
Colin Murdock
Robbie Williams
Chris King
Leam Richardson
Chris Turner
Jimmy Ryan
Andy Procter
John Mullin
John Miles
Bobby Grant
Sean McConville (already under contract for next season)
Paul Mullin (already under contract for next season)
Andy Smith
Sign Charnock and Lindfield if the money is there and a few defenders, and another striker should do it. Also get a midfielder on loan for the season.

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Kenny Arthur
Phil Edwards
Chris King
Jimmy Ryan
Chris Turner
John Miles
Kieran Charnock (If we can afford)

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After watching the match against Lincoln - here are the players I would lose:

Cav - too slow, Rocky - not up to standard for this league, Miles - drifts in and out easily and goes missing for games on end, Bav's - too injury prone, there are others, but I will come back to them later.

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we need to keep every1 bar the ones like smith bell etc who have been on the periphary and will only play if we have injuries. the standard of the league this year has been very poor i can count on one hand the number of decent teams imho. we need 5 good quality additions as long as we keep the majority of the squad (including charnock). another centre back, centre mid, left footed midfielder, 2 strikers.

with most of our players out of contract am more worried about who we might lose than who we should keep. been alot of scouts at the games recently

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I wouldnt worry too much, there always is this time of year!:eek:

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I'd be surpriesed if we do not see a bid/enquiry for Tuner/Ryan/Kenny/Edwards in the summer

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King kenny and little jimmy ryan both been outstanding this year oh and mr edwards too

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they to me are the heart of what next seasons team, will hopefully be built around, as fer who to shut, its a hard game, but young grant has not the class to me fer league football, Lindfield n Charnock hopefully kept also.

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I agree cashman but i think we should keep Grant but loan him out for half a season so he can get some first team games under his belt. Because i think he will become great agin like last season! Just wish we had got griffiths before he went back home.

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Just a side note. Jordan Neild wont be going to Everton (or anywhere else) in the near future as I heard he broke his leg against Chester on Saturday.

Bad news for the lad but could be good news for us in the long run if we get to keep a good young player for a couple of seasons at least!!

Get well soon Jordan!!

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every cloud has a silver lining etc etc :cool: