Retained List

Looks as if the retained list is out soon and should be interesting :- http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/cardiff-citys-championship-winning-squad-facts-3674107
Helguson and McPhail are already gone and of the youngsters Jarvis and Darko have been out on loan without seemingly making much impression so could be under threat.
Senior players with only one year left on their contract are:-
Bellamy - obviously safe.
Conway - needs to be put on a long term contract to keep him out of Moyes clutches.
Cowie - uncertain.
Gestede - presumably safe as Malky seems to rate him.
Hudson - one year left with an option for a further year - safe.
Lappin - squad player/uncertain.
Smith - uncertain but Malky seems to like him.
McNaughton - out of contract but been offered two years - uncertain.
All others are on longer contracts but perhaps Mason could be allowed game time out on loan with our other strikers fit. Still think he's a good prospect. Same with Ralls.
Under threat appear to be Kiss and Velikonja although both these have long contracts and are presumably on decent money. Possibles for loans out.
Don't know what contract Parish is on but he looked a decent keeper last Saturday and we need three on the books so I presume safe.

In light of the managership uncertainty, I find the timing of this retained list interesting. A new manager coming in would certainly have his own ideas of who he would want and who would go.......

I don't know whether or not there is a fixed deadline for this list......

Good post

Very interested in velikonja and Gestede's fate. What happens to them could really shed some light on whether Velikonja was a mistake and whether a big target man is still in Malky's plans even with Maynard and Campbell.

Apparently velcro wasnt a malky signing... he was recommended by mourinho

Vinnie Tans Tache wrote:Apparently velcro wasnt a malky signing... he was recommended by mourinho

Sauce?

HP

Arkay Dubya wrote:

Vinnie Tans Tache wrote:Apparently velcro wasnt a malky signing... he was recommended by mourinho

Sauce?

This has been mentioned before, but I don't see who else could have been involved. At the time, Malky said that he had tried to sign him previously.

TDA wrote:

Arkay Dubya wrote:

Vinnie Tans Tache wrote:Apparently velcro wasnt a malky signing... he was recommended by mourinho

Sauce?

This has been mentioned before, but I don't see who else could have been involved. At the time, Malky said that he had tried to sign him previously.

Indeed:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18814065
Malky's also quoted as saying "I'm looking forward to seeing his career continue to develop with Cardiff City". Oh dear.

It was Ankles who said other week....

Vinnie Tans Tache wrote:It was Ankles who said other week....

Won't be many - if any - shocks when the list is released.

*** G L O V E S *** wrote:Won't be many - if any - shocks when the list is released.

malky said he has tried to sign him before........... irrespective of jose has said