One Down

Moutaouakil has finally left the building. Where it seems to be a fairly wideheld belief that McLeod is on c£8k a week, I suspect our departed Frenchman would not have been a million miles behind. I wonder how much that "termination" of his contract cost the club?, because cost will almost certainly have been involved, unless they have managed to drum him out for some breach of contract, which I think is unlikely. My guess is that it will have cost c£250k to say goodbye.

What it does mean of course is that we have seen the first meaningful move toward restructuring the squad into a smaller, and less well paid thing. McLeod must be well and truly in the cross hairs now, as his salary, and attitude are every bit as untenable to the club as the departing Moutaouakil's would have been, if not more so. There is something seriously amiss with McLeod, when not only Parkinson, but Jackett at Millwall, and Gannon at Peterborough drop him like a hot stone. It is such a shame, as even McLeod would have been dangerous at third division level. It's all irrelevant of course, as we simply cannot afford to keep him.

As for the transfer rumours, well, they are just that. Parkinson has placed the inevitable "For Sale" card in the shop window by stating that there has been no expression of interest shown for Bailey, just as a whole plethora of clubs are cited as being interested in him - we shall see.

Here is an update to where the squad is now:-

Contract End 2010

Basey

Burton

Clark (Released)

Dailly

Dickson (Released)

McKenzie (Released)

Randolph

Sam

Sinclair (Released)

Sodje S

Solly

Spring (Released)

Stavrinou

Wagstaff

Warner (Released)

Contract End 2011

Bailey

Fleetwood

Llera

McLeod

Moutaouakil (Contract Terminated)

Racon

Richardson

Semedo

Sodje A

Youga

Contract End 2012

Elliott

First Contract

Davisson

Jenkinson

Mambo

Perkins

Tuna