Looks like Terry, Tony and Ricki really mean business (to be applauded) - they are obviously taking a very aggressive approach to getting the squad to the standard required to be a real threat and contender i.e. not waiting for contracts to expire but using the prospect of little or no game time to encourage weaker links to think about their options.
Tony's quote from front page (YF) article;
"We will be releasing some more players," Phoenix chief executive Tony Pignata said. "If we can come to an agreement with the players, definitely. They need to weigh up whether they are going to play much next season [if they stay] or whether they should cut their losses and look for other opportunities. It's not nice but we need to build the squad and we need some space."
Whose future looks doubtful, I'm guessing;
Ross Aloisi (retire and hopefully pick up back offce role with Nix or commentating job)
Richard Johnson - is out of contact anyway
Jeremy Christie - 1 year to run on contract
Steven Old - 1 year to run on contract
Greg Draper - unless young enough to play in youth team
Richard Johnson - is out of contact anyway
Jeremy Christie - 1 year to run on contract
Steven Old - 1 year to run on contract
Greg Draper - unless young enough to play in youth team
The added benefit of culling a couple of more players is it will make some room in the salary cap - how much will depend on what has to be paid to buy them out.