League 2 Released/Retained List 2024/25 Season

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I'm a big fan of fletcher in midfield. And I do think there's a good player in Acquah but defo need 2 good strikers to be brought in with him.

I would have made Aquah available for transfer. He has been here two seasons has shown flashes of brilliance but his inconsistency is his big downfall.

[BarrowLad71]

Not really surprised by any of the releases.

The club obviously think Barnes isn’t going to achieve the level of fitness to be worth his wage , at the end of the day we aren’t a charity and have lost enough money on players like that over the recent years. Despite that I hope he proves us all wrong.

Vassell , good for his goal scoring but poor defensively and the throwing himself on the floor lark was pathetic.

As for the retained , I’d be looking to move Acquah, Kouyate & Shamalo on wether that be loan or permanent.

And for the 4 in talks , they’ll be given a date to decide by and if not we’ll move on. They’ve all had good spells but as part of a wider team they’ve gone missing for the last 2 season apart from 3 months. As Canavan said the grass isn’t always greener like Whitfield found out.

Sign Pressley and we’ll win the lot

[McMark]

Not really surprised by any of the releases.

The club obviously think Barnes isn’t going to achieve the level of fitness to be worth his wage , at the end of the day we aren’t a charity and have lost enough money on players like that over the recent years. Despite that I hope he proves us all wrong.

Vassell , good for his goal scoring but poor defensively and the throwing himself on the floor lark was pathetic.

As for the retained , I’d be looking to move Acquah, Kouyate & Shamalo on wether that be loan or permanent.

And for the 4 in talks , they’ll be given a date to decide by and if not we’ll move on. They’ve all had good spells but as part of a wider team they’ve gone missing for the last 2 season apart from 3 months. As Canavan said the grass isn’t always greener like Whitfield found out.

Sign Pressley and we’ll win the lot

[bluessupporter]

Assuming Stanway takes the gloves, do we have a reserve keeper on the books?

[McMark]

Assuming Stanway takes the gloves, do we have a reserve keeper on the books?

David Worrall if he signs as a player coach.

[Mark Johnson]

I personally prefer Aquah to Presley .. Think Aquah is a useful player at this level. Can be frustrating but can be brilliant at times

[Scott5]

I personally prefer Aquah to Presley .. Think Aquah is a useful player at this level. Can be frustrating but can be brilliant at times

Acquah can’t hold the ball and doesn’t compete. Too easily brushed off for a player of his size for me. Pressley at least wins headers and can hold it up although lacks any pace.

Ideally we’d have someone better than both but being realistic Pressley is probably where we are although we need someone alongside him who can score. Smith perhaps but still feel we need another.

[StephenD]

I personally prefer Aquah to Presley .. Think Aquah is a useful player at this level. Can be frustrating but can be brilliant at times

I think he's a good option to have as a substitute against tiring defence. He never seems to play that well when starting to me.

In terms of the list linked up the thread it's not completely accurate. It has missed out several Tranmere players as it stands, notably Omari Patrick who they've exercised their option on.

[Mark Johnson]

I personally prefer Aquah to Presley .. Think Aquah is a useful player at this level. Can be frustrating but can be brilliant at times

I think he's a good option to have as a substitute against tiring defence. He never seems to play that well when starting to me.

In terms of the list linked up the thread it's not completely accurate. It has missed out several Tranmere players as it stands, notably Omari Patrick who they've exercised their option on.

Yes this exactly .. I would have him as a squad player for impact with occasional starts

[chipmunx]

Not really surprised by the released players - Vassell going doesn't bother me as his goalscoring is better than his defending.
I'd like to think Newby will stay, but fear the others will all move on - although Fletcher has in many ways already replaced Spence.
Kouyate is still young and was brought in as a project;- If you look at pictures of him at the Holker friendly and now, you'll notice he's bulked up a lot, so if he can hit the weights this summer and get coaching from Worrall (if he takes the role) we might end up with the player we hope he can become - it may take loaning him out to a National League North then National League team, but he does have the pace already and natural pace you can't train as easily as skills. Let's see what happens there though.

[Jonty]

I personally prefer Aquah to Presley .. Think Aquah is a useful player at this level. Can be frustrating but can be brilliant at times

He's scored some great goals..…but not enough. 14 goals over two seasons and 83 appearances. That’s just about 1 goal in 6. And its not just him, none of our strikers over the last seasons have returned double figures and Barrow was the only side in the entire division that did not have a single player in the top 50 goals scorers. You have to go back to Josh Gordon who scored 15 in 37 games in 23/24.

Aquah will continue to be an impact player and will grab the odd goal but we really need to pull out the stops to bring in a regular goalscorer.

Was hoping Vassell would stay. He’s a decent defender who has chipped in with the odd goal. Newby can put in a decent ball. If he can add more goals to his game then that would ease the burden on our strikers.

[barrow1987]

I personally prefer Aquah to Presley .. Think Aquah is a useful player at this level. Can be frustrating but can be brilliant at times

I too rate acquah but I also see why people get frustrated with him. I think a big problem is too many people expect him to play like pressley, probably down to his physique and stature, but he's the complete opposite type of player. Keep acquah as a backup cos I think he can be great impact sub

[McMark]

https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/sp ... er-5120649#
Dean Campbell in much demand it would seem.
Robbie Gotts also linked with Doncaster amongst other clubs.

[russell_anderson]

https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/sp ... er-5120649#
Dean Campbell in much demand it would seem.
Robbie Gotts also linked with Doncaster amongst other clubs.

Sadly, Campbell and Spence were always going to attract attention as they are our best players. Gotts has also improved enough this season to attract a certain amount of attention.

[Pedro]

Not really surprised by any of the releases.

The club obviously think Barnes isn’t going to achieve the level of fitness to be worth his wage , at the end of the day we aren’t a charity and have lost enough money on players like that over the recent years. Despite that I hope he proves us all wrong.

Vassell , good for his goal scoring but poor defensively and the throwing himself on the floor lark was pathetic.

As for the retained , I’d be looking to move Acquah, Kouyate & Shamalo on wether that be loan or permanent.

And for the 4 in talks , they’ll be given a date to decide by and if not we’ll move on. They’ve all had good spells but as part of a wider team they’ve gone missing for the last 2 season apart from 3 months. As Canavan said the grass isn’t always greener like Whitfield found out.

Sign Pressley and we’ll win the lot

He is going to work on Blackpool beach