BerlinWaller wrote:I think it is the situation with Lewis and his contract that puts it on the SV agenda. "Short term" seems to suggest it is up in Jan...
Yes, that was exactly my point. We can only get rid of players in January if their contract is up/allows us to. Otherwise, they must have a club that wants them and be wiling to go to that club. I'd suggest that very few of them would be offered more money than they are on now at a Conference club, knowing that if they are going to be released at the end of the season. None of them are likely to go to a club that is pushing for promotion from the Conference. Players leaving is unlikely beyond the couple I suggested and even then, possibly not. We ***MIGHT*** have players whose have been told they won't have a contract renewed at the end of the season and can go for free in January, who would consider going to a club that offered them some security (
ie an eighteen month+ contract) so they ***MIGHT*** consider moving, but it is a lot of ***MIGHT*** in there for that to happen. Only other possibility may be loaning out some younger [cheaper] players, such as Mendez-Gomez?
Basically, if DA can bring in new players, it will probably enlarge the squad further and be because we've saved some money by Baz taking on a duel role and promoting an Assistant Manager from within.