My guess - expect to see a lot of these release messages. Have a feeling Nigel wants to completely remake the team. So it might be goodbye for Chuks, Matthews, Pearce, Oshilaja, Purrington as well as some of the u23s who haven’t broken through into the main squad.
I didn't mind AS , and thank him for his contribution, and wish him all the best, maybe Nige wants to sign younger players, can't remember how old he is, but won't have a lot of resale value?
I think this is the right decision. If we're making comparisons to Gilbey - he's got two more years on his deal, and if I remember correctly, Luton had to pay the bulk of Shinnie's wages to get him to come to us etc. I think he'd have been too expensive to retain.
Great though he was before his injury in particular, I think his legs were showing slight signs of fading (though I'd never argue he was blessed with or reliant on pace or standout physical attributes). I also don't think he'd fit the style of football Adkins intends.
I see this as a potential win-win - good for us; good for Shinnie; good for his next club. That's all good, if we make the right move in the transfer market and don't try and compare any replacement directly with Shinnie - as I get the feeling we aren't going to have someone who is as much of a playmaker. Rather, we'll have a slightly more dynamic midfield four that all "chip in", creating a whole greater than the sum of its constituent parts.
Agree. We didn’t get promoted this season for the overall reason the squad wasn’t good enough. We were close, you can argue that had Bowyer gone sooner we may have been in the play offs, but you can also argue it was a poor division that kept us that close and hid the fact a lot of the players weren’t up to scratch.
A cultured player, but you have to play a certain way to get the best out of someone like him. If that's not the way Adkins wants to play then makes sense for ways to part. Best wishes Shins. Someone wil be picking up a tidy player for no fee this summer.
I don't think he's a massive loss to the squad but like Pratley he seems a good guy and solid professional who didn't do anything to dislike.
His problem is he's a great player in a dominant team or a team that have 60% possession, but he's a passenger in a team that doesn't as he can't physically compete and get round the pitch and isn't defensively inclined.
He'll get another club and if it's the right one he'll do well (he was a key player for Luton) All the best Andrew, well played.
If you do some digging on this forum from a decade ago there's plenty of comments bemoaning Semedo and Racon leaving us (seriously). The next season turned out alright.
Adkins said he wants a younger fitter squad. So no suprise at the two who have been released today. Wish them both well but now it's onwards and upwards.
If you do some digging on this forum from a decade ago there's plenty of comments bemoaning Semedo and Racon leaving us (seriously). The next season turned out alright.
Andrew Shinnie goes with my blessing. Lovely to watch on the ball. His age and lack of place has counted against him, and Adkins clearly didn't fancy him with lack of game time over the last 10 games. I just hope that he is replaced with a flair player, who can unlock defensive Div 1 teams.
Think this is probably a pragmatic decision as much as anything. It would be nice to have him as an option or cover but he came specifically because he wasn't getting played at Luton so he definitely wants somewhere he's getting more game time and for whatever reason Charlton aren't it.
He'll definitely still be a decent player in the right team but sometimes it's just a case of good player at the wrong time.
Bit of a shame finding out like this...would have preferred the club to have asked them not to put anything on social media until the official list published tomorrow....
Very good player at this level but as he explained in his message, the change in management did him no favours. Sometimes a type of player doesn't fit into the way a manager wants to go and unfortunately, Shinnie has fallen victim to that whilst Gilbey has resurrected his career at the club.
Wish him well because he only ever done well and put in the effort for us. For a long time he was the creative player in midfield and I think the reaction by other players at the club says how much he was valued and rated.
Hopefully we can bring in the targets soon, a shame to see good players leave and ones who have given it their all like Pratley too, but exciting future for what we will be building going forward.
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Just hoping they have better players lined up & we arent searching round the back of Aldi's come Sept.
I do hope we've got some decent signings lined up
Gilbey P23, GS3, A2
Great though he was before his injury in particular, I think his legs were showing slight signs of fading (though I'd never argue he was blessed with or reliant on pace or standout physical attributes). I also don't think he'd fit the style of football Adkins intends.
I see this as a potential win-win - good for us; good for Shinnie; good for his next club. That's all good, if we make the right move in the transfer market and don't try and compare any replacement directly with Shinnie - as I get the feeling we aren't going to have someone who is as much of a playmaker. Rather, we'll have a slightly more dynamic midfield four that all "chip in", creating a whole greater than the sum of its constituent parts.
Good luck Andrew!
His problem is he's a great player in a dominant team or a team that have 60% possession, but he's a passenger in a team that doesn't as he can't physically compete and get round the pitch and isn't defensively inclined.
He'll get another club and if it's the right one he'll do well (he was a key player for Luton) All the best Andrew, well played.
Fingers crossed history is repeating itself.
So no suprise at the two who have been released today.
Wish them both well but now it's onwards and upwards.
He'll definitely still be a decent player in the right team but sometimes it's just a case of good player at the wrong time.
Enjoyed watching him play. Had the physique and general vibe of young, charismatic humanities PhD student.
Watson and Gunter.
I know they are under contract but they ain't good enough.
Pay them of Tommy boy and bring in better.
Wish him well because he only ever done well and put in the effort for us. For a long time he was the creative player in midfield and I think the reaction by other players at the club says how much he was valued and rated.
Hopefully we can bring in the targets soon, a shame to see good players leave and ones who have given it their all like Pratley too, but exciting future for what we will be building going forward.