Pre Season starts Today

[Strawberry Avenger]

Bouch now being confirmed as joining back to Olympiacos perm.

Frees up some wages.

Still loads of work to do - so Bouch, McKay and lichaj have gone or close to. Out of contract was Cohen, Fuentes Vaughan and Hobbs (probably missing others) and the loans that came to an end

Id still like to see us get rid of

Evtimov
Henderson
Kapino
Traore
Thomas Lam - (although wouldn't mind him given another opportunity in pre-season
Aryibi (loan or sale - not fussed)
Murphy
Grant (loan or sale - not fussed)
Clough (loan or sale - not fussed)
Walker (again loan or sale  - not fussed)
Vellios
Cummings
Ward

So all in all over 20 players in last seasons squad moved on.

Easier said than done though, hence why 13 of them are still here.

Good post.  That's a lot of players to move on, Widdow.  But "Bouch, McKay and lichaj have gone or close to. Out of contract was Cohen, Fuentes Vaughan and Hobbs" those 7 are a healthy start in terms of reshaping the squad in Karanka's image.  

Loads more work to do with players who just aren't going to get 1st team action, some who are nowhere near it.  That's a lot of dead weight in a squad.  All picking up wages...  Forest's recruitment has clearly stepped up since January and even better this Summer so far (with four stand out signings...)  Recruitment has been weak for years  (both on and off the pitch) as reflected in Forest's league position.

I'll rest easier if we sign Pants, Colback and Bamford.  That would make a transformative difference to the spine of the side (along with Dawson...and Fig'...)  It builds on the good work started in January.

SA.