Had a good think about this and this is what I think I would do:
Mark Oxley – out of contract - Release
Elvis Bwomono – out of contract - Offer new contract
Nathan Ralph – out of contract - Release
Alan McCormack – out of contract - Release
Shaun Hobson – out of contract - Offer new contract
Tyler Cordner – on loan from Bournemouth - Offer permanent contract
James Olayinka – on loan from Arsenal - Return
Timothee Dieng – out of contract - Release
Simeon Akinola – another year left with the option of a further 12 months
Brandon Goodship – out of contract - Release
Terrell Egbri – further option of a year - Take option
Tom Clifford – further option of a year - Take option
Harry Seaden – further option of a year - Take option
Rob Howard – further option of a year - Take option
Lewis Gard – further option of a year - Release
Harry Phillips – year remaining with the option of a further year
Reeco Hackett-Fairchild – on loan from Portsmouth - Return
Emile Acquah – out of contract - Offer new contract
Eren Kinali – out of contract - Offer new contract
Ashley Nathaniel- George – year remaining
Matt Rush – option of a further year - Take option
Richard Taylor – out of contract - Release
Greg Halford – out of contract - Release
Jason Demetriou – out of contract - Offer new contract if the price is right
Michael Klass – out of contract - Release
Harry Lennon – out of contract - Release
Harry Kyprianou – out of contract - Release
Kyle Taylor – on loan from Bournemouth - Return
Jacob Mellis – option of a further year - Release
Miles Mitchell-Nelson – out of contract - Release
Ricky Holmes – out of contract - Offer new contract if the price is right
Louis Walsh – another year remaining
Sam Hart – out of contract - Release
Nathan Ferguson – year remaining with an option of a further 12 months
John White – out of contract - Offer new contract
Nile Ranger – out of contract - Release
Manager Phil Brown - out of contract - Undecided
Then I think we’d need quite a few new faces. Bit of a wish list below:
GK
[New signing - Chris Haigh]
Harry Seaden
RB
Elvis Bwomono
Rob Howard
CB
John White
Shaun Hobson
Tyler Cordner
[New signing - experienced centre back]
LB
Tom Clifford
[New signing - left back]
RM
Terrell Egbri
Ashley Nathaniel-George
CM
Nathan Ferguson
[New signing - attacking midfielder]
Jason Demetriou [or New signing - experienced central midfielder]
Ricky Holmes [or New signing - attacking midfielder]
LM
Simeon Akinola
Louis Walsh
ST
[New signing - Kabongo Tshimanga]
[New signing - experienced target man - Alex Wall?]
Matt Rush
[New signing - target man]
Emile Acquah
That would give us a base of:
Haigh
Bwomono, White, Hobson, Clifford
Egbri, Ferguson, N/S, Akinola
Tshimanga, N/S
Seaden
Howard, N/S, Cordner, N/S
ANG, Demi/N/S, Holmes/N/S, Walsh
Rush, N/S
With Phillips, Kinali and Acquah making up a 25 man squad. But if Elvis, White, Hobson, Demi and Holmes don’t stay and Cordner doesn’t sign, it’ll be an even bigger rebuilding job in the summer.