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RETAINED LIST
14th May 2015 16:15


Retained list confirmed
mansfieldtown.net, 5th May 2015

Seven players leave One Call Stadium

Manager Adam Murray has announced his retained list as preparations get underway for next season.

Read more at http://www.mansfieldtown.net/news/article/retained-list-confirmed-2442492.aspx#5dodq7CxX4B7dB1q.99

PLAYERS UNDER CONTRACT FOR 2015-16:
Joe Fitzpatrick, Dan Fletcher, Corbin Shires, Jack Thomas

FIRST TEAM PLAYERS OFFERED NEW CONTRACTS:
Junior Brown, Chris Clements, Liam Marsden, Jamie McGuire, Ollie Palmer, Matt Rhead, Ritchie Sutton

OPTIONS OF RE-ENGAGEMENT ACTIVATED IN CONTRACT:
Reggie Lambe, Ryan Tafazolli

YOUTH TEAM PLAYERS OFFERED PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTS:
Anthony Dwyer, Chris Spencer

PLAYERS NOT OFFERED NEW CONTRACTS AND ARE RELEASED:
Lee Beevers, Alex Fisher, Simon Heslop, Ricky Ravenhill, Michael Raynes, Martin Riley, Sascha Studer,

PLAYERS WHO ARE OUT OF CONTRACT BUT DISCUSSIONS WILL BE HELD SUBJECT TO FITNESS
Matty Blair, Luke Jones

LOAN PLAYERS WHO HAVE RETURNED TO PARENT CLUBS:
Callum Elder, Terry Hawkridge, Vadaine Oliver, Lenny Pidgeley

Strikers Rakish Bingham and Liam Hearn will meet the manager to discuss their futures later this week.

Defender John Dempster has accepted a permanent role as academy manager.

Manager Adam Murray said: “Firstly, I’d like to thank all of the players for keeping the club in the Football League. It has been a tough few months and everyone has given their all to the cause.

“We’re at a point now where I feel the whole club needs a fresh start. There have been some tough decisions made, but decisions which have been made in the best interests of the football club.

“We now need a fresh energy, focus and a new impetus, as well as a new group [of players] to take us forward.

"We have a good young group of players and some will go and gain experience on loan early into the new season."

He added: “There could be wholesale changes. I am looking in the region of adding around 13 new players. It’s a big overhaul but something that I feel is needed as I plan the future for Mansfield Town.”

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Seven released as Stags boss Murray starts summer cull
chad.co.uk, by John Lomas, Tuesday 05 May 2015

Seven Mansfield Town players have today been released as manager Adam Murray began his promised summer cull.

http://www.chad.co.uk/sport/mansfield-town/seven-released-as-stags-boss-murray-starts-summer-cull-1-7245588

Defenders Lee Beevers, Michael Raynes and Martin Riley, midfielders Simon Heslop and Ricky Ravenhill, striker Alex Fisher and young keeper Sasha Studer have all left the club.

Murray will meet with strikers Liam Hearn, and Rakish Bingham later in the week. And decisions have been delayed on long term injured duo Matty Blair and Luke Jones.

Junior Brown, Liam Marsden, Jamie McGuire, Ollie Palmer, Matt Rhead, and Ritchie Sutton have all been offered new deals while extension clauses in the contracts of Reggie Lambe and Ryan Tafazolli have been activated.

Joe Fitzpatrick, Dan Fletcher, Corbin Shires and Jack Thomas are already under contract for next season and fellow youngsters Anthony Dwyer and Chris Spencer have now also been offered professional deals.

Loan players Callum Elder, Terry Hawkridge, Vadaine Oliver, Lenny Pidgeley have all returned to their parent clubs and centre half John Dempster has accepted a permanent role as academy manager.

Murray said: “It’s not been a very nice day. Obviously you’re speaking to people about their futures and their livelihoods, so it’s not been a pleasant day, but it’s obviously something that comes with the industry and something that needed to be done.

“Today has been horrendous and has not put me in the best of moods, and I imagine the lads walking out today will be hurting. But it’s part and parcel of the industry.

“We haven’t just offered contracts to people we feel are technically good, we’ve offered contracts to people that we feel can impact the group and certain games and certain situations in different ways.

“We’ve also given ourselves the space and the opportunity for movement to bring in a fairly large number of players that we feel will be able to add to the core of good people we’ve offered contracts to to take the club forward.”

Of the players offered deals, more money on better offers elsewhere could yet see some of them jump ship and Murray admitted: “In all honesty it could be a 50-50 split.

“We’ve offered what we feel is value for money for the product and the part the product can play within our environment and within us moving forward, so it will be down to the lads to decide what they feel is best for them and if they feel they want to be part of what we are doing here.

“We’ve offered people what we feel is fair. Like any industry you have to sensible with your contract offers and your business work. It’s a tough business and have to make sure you put the right eggs in the right baskets.

“It could end up that it could be a complete overhaul because we’ve only got the young lads that are on contract and a couple of options that we’ve taken up. It could be big change, but we knew that would be the case.

“I feel the club has been in a certain tunnel for a few years now and we need to move on and go down a different tunnel now with a new, fresh focus. That has started today and the positivity that that brings is good because it’s been a long old season for a lot of us.

“It’s important now that we refocus, re-energise. You’ve seen the lists coming out of the the clubs around the country over the last few days and they will do for the next seven to 10 days, so it’s all go at the minute.”

Murray would clearly love to have a fit Blair and Jones for next season, so is happy to bide his time a little longer and see how they are healing.

He said: “The actual contracts don’t expire for a couple of months, so there is still a little bit of breathing time that we need to look into. We want to look at people’s progress, sit down and have a chat with them and find out where we move forward.”

Murray is also hoping to bring in his intended targets as soon as possible.

“I’d like to move quite quickly on a couple of things,” he said.

“Obviously it doesn’t happen like that, there’s a lot of negotiating to do and a lot of work behind the scenes. I’d like to set a precedent how we go about this transfer summer and, like a say, there is going to be a lot of movement.

“I think you’re looking at least 10-13 new bodies in which is a big one - and that’s minimum. So there is a lot of rebuilding to be done.

“I think people have seen with the core of young lads we have coming through, if we can add the right experience and the right calibre of player then the future is bright. We have to make sure we do out homework well.

“We’ve got some good players we are talking to and it’s a positive place at the minute.”

Murray is excited by the youngsters coming off the club production line right now, but stressed they wouldn’t be expected to go straight into the side.

“We must be patient with them and some of them will go out on loan straight away to gain the experience and game time they will need,” he said.

“We’ve gone through the mill the last few months so it’s good to have a bit of light next season at the end of the tunnel.”

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Mansfield Town release seven players as Adam Murray announces retained list
By Nottingham Post, May 05, 2015

Seven players have been released as Mansfield Town boss Adam Murray announced his retained list.

Read more: http://www.nottinghampost.com/Mansfield-Town-release-seven-players-Adam-Murray/story-26443406-detail/story.html#ixzz3ZICw8rJE

It means the Stags currently have six players on their books, with Murray looking to bring in 13 new faces over the summer.

The manager will now wait for answers from the seven players who have new deals on the table, as well as youth team players Anthony Dwyer and Chris Spencer, who have been offered professional contracts.

Those released by the club are Lee Beevers, Alex Fisher, Simon Heslop, Ricky Ravenhill, Michael Raynes, Martin Riley and Sascha Studer.

Junior Brown, Chris Clements, Liam Marsden, Jamie McGuire, Ollie Palmer, Matt Rhead and Ritchie Sutton have been offered new deals, though all have yet to sign.

Murray will make decisions on winger Matty Blair and defender Luke Jones following discussions about their fitness.

The duo are out of contract but have been sidelined through long-term injuries.

Strikers Rakish Bingham and Liam Hearn will meet Murray to discuss their futures later this week.

Those who will definitely be here next year are Joe Fitzpatrick, Dan Fletcher, Corbin Shires and Jack Thomas, with options being taken up on Reggie Lambe and Ryan Tafazolli.

Murray has stressed the need for a 'freshness' at the One Call Stadium following a season of struggle.

And following his clearout, he will now aim to put his stamp on the team.

"Firstly, I'd like to thank all of the players for keeping the club in the Football League," he said. "It has been a tough few months and everyone has given their all to the cause.

"We're at a point now where I feel the whole club needs a fresh start. There have been some tough decisions made, but decisions which have been made in the best interests of the football club.

"We now need a fresh energy, focus and a new impetus, as well as a new group [of players] to take us forward.

"We have a good young group of players and some will go and gain experience on loan early into the new season."

He added: "There could be wholesale changes. I am looking in the region of adding around 13 new players. It's a big overhaul but something that I feel is needed as I plan the future for Mansfield Town."

Meanwhile, defender John Dempster has called time on his playing career and accepted a permanent role as academy manager at the club, following a season blighted by injury.

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Sascha Studer
It's been my last day today at MTFC..It was a season with up and downs, espacially for me..!
Still i wanna say thank you to the Fans who stood behind me when i was playing and when i wasnt..!Also i met some great caracters in the Team, which i will see sooner or later in Football again!
Good chances to sign in England again and maybe playing against my old club next season..wink emoticon
All the best everyone

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Vadaine Oliver9 @VadaineOliver
Would just like to say a massive thank you to everyone at @mansfieldtownfc it's been a rollercoaster ride we've had our ups n downs ...
But I've thoroughly enjoyed my time there met some great ppl n want to wish everyone at n involved with the club every success in the future

Callum Elder @CallumElder_
Back at Leicester tomorrow after a great 4 months at @mansfieldtownfc Met some great people who I wish the very best for in the future

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