The Express and Dingle has named the players that manager Paul Merson wants rid of this January.

As predicted by many, it is, again, not the experienced pros who are going to be shipped out, but, as after the Slough debacle last season, it will be some of the younger players.

The paper has said Kris Taylor, Joe Broad, Johnny Harkness and Taiwo Atieno will be departing and that Merson says he will not stand in the way of a rumoured move for Julian Bennett.

Kris Taylor has been rumoured to be the butt of Merson’s wrath more than once, but Harkness and Atieno will be a major surprise, as neither has really been given much of a chance by Merson and neither has let the side down on the odd occasion they have played.

Most fans would expect an apology from the Manager for the enigma that is Joe Broad. Merson seems to have made a mistake bringing him to the club, but then doubled that error by giving the player a two year contract extension, as, indeed, he did with Kris Taylor.