[Lord Snooty]

Well I thought I'd start this thread with the retained list that's just been announced. Any thoughts on who you think should've been offered new terms. Any thoughts on who should be gotten rid of, even if they are under contract?

https://www.htafc.com/news/2025/may/05/2...confirmed/


2024/25 RETAINED LIST IN SUMMARY
Released:

Jonathan Hogg
Danny Ward
Tom Lees
Matty Pearson
Ollie Turton
Josh Ruffels
Josh Koroma
Scott High
Loick Ayina
Anthony Gregory
Danny Isaac
Donnell Garrick
Oliver Riva
Zak Abbott
Fope Deru
Cian Philpott
Conor Falls
Michael Stone

Retired:

Chris Maxwell

Ongoing discussions regarding new contract:

Neo Eccleston

Returning to parent club following loan:

Tawanda Chirewa
Joe Hodge
Nigel Lonwijk
Callum Marshall

First Team squad under contract in 2025/26 (in order of total minutes played):

Lee Nicholls
Sorba Thomas
David Kasumu
Ben Wiles
Brodie Spencer
Jacob Chapman
Lasse Sorensen
Herbie Kane
Antony Evans
Bojan Radulovic
Mickel Miller
Radinio Balker
Dion Charles
Ruben Roosken
Rhys Healey
Joe Taylor
Freddie Ladapo
Tom Iorpenda

[WakeyTerrier]

I wouldn’t have kept any of the out of contract or loan players.

We have a squad of 18 so far for next year and some of those will be gone…Nicholls, Thomas will both want out so that leaves us with 16 and players that we don’t want in that…Bojan, Ladapo to name 2

So I think we need at least 14 new players this summer

[theo_luddite]

Only Koroma surprises me in the binned list.

[ritchiebaby]

He scores too many goals, theo, and you know the club doesn't like that.

[Lord Snooty]

Koroma is probably the most frustrating player I've seen. Brilliant one minute. Absolute garbage the next.

His backpass for the first Orient goal was just appalling and if a new contract was possibly in the offering, it should've been ripped up there and then.

[theo_luddite]

Not arguing there Snoots but we're keeping worse, unless they find themselves listed for sale by the time the window opens.

[Lord Snooty]

Yes, I know. That's the Carthoss legacy.

[Devongone]

If you are daft enough to play Koroma in a position in which a back pass is the way you'll judge him, you deserve all you get!!! He is way better than 75% of your retained list. Please package him up with Matty Pearson and send him to Chesterfield.

FFS you are going to have Jacob Chapman still under contract ....... Is there a deathwish in the club? Someone must have been playing jokes in the recruitment department. Would you like Paddy Madden?????

If you want to judge Koroma on one back pass, maybe Eberechi Eze should have retired after taking the worst spot kick in human history.

Come on! I want you to do well. Come second to us after we've powered through the play-offs (and if that happens I'll eat this keyboard).

Good luck in the imaginary manager stakes. And please please please don't retaliate to this post by sending us Danny Ward. You know I love you really.