Released players XI

Arsenal

Thomas Cruise, Roarie Deacon, Mark Randall

Aston Villa

Durrell Berry, John Carew, Ellis Deeney, Calum Flanagan, Harry Forrester, Arsenio Halfhuid, Isaiah Osbourne, Robert Pires, Nigel Reo-Coker, Moustapha Salifou

Birmingham City

Marcus Bent, Lee Bowyer, Sebastian Larsson, James McFadden, Mitchell McPike, James O'Shea, Stuart Parnaby, Kevin Phillips, Daniel Preston, Luke Rowe, Robin Shroot, Maik Taylor

Blackburn Rovers

Jordan Bowen, Jason Brown, Zurab Khizanishvili, Benjani Mwaruwari, Michael Potts, Maceo Rigters

Blackpool

David Carney, Daniel Coid, Ishmel Demontagnac, Rob Edwards, Jason Euell, Marlon Harewood, Richard Kingson, Malaury Martin, Paul Rachubka, Andy Reid, Salaheddine Sbai

Bolton Wanderers

Tamir Cohen, Johan Elmander, Ricardo Gardner, Joey O'Brien, Jlloyd Samuel, Samuel Sheridan

Chelsea

Samuel Hutchinson, Carl Magnay, Danny Philliskirk, Jan Sebek, Michael Woods

Everton

Kieran Agard, Hope Akpan, Nathan Craig, Gerard Kinsella, Lee McArdle, Iain Turner

Fulham

Zoltan Gera, Edward Johnson, Diomansy Kamara, John Pantsil, Matthew Saunders

Liverpool

Jason Banton, Deale Chamberlain, Douglas Cooper, Sean Highdale

Steven Irwin, Nikola Saric

Manchester City

Javier Garrido, Scott Kay, James Poole, Shaleum Logan, Andrew Tutte, Javan Vidal, Patrick Vieira, James Wood

Manchester United

Conor Devlin, Owen Hargreaves, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, Edwin van der Sar

Newcastle United

Sol Campbell, Shefki Kuqi, Patrick McLaughlin

Stoke City

Abdoulaye Faye, Eidur Gudjohnsen, Ibrahima Sonko

Sunderland

Michael Kay, Nathan Luscombe, Daniel Madden, Robert Weir, Nathan Wilson, Mvoto Jean-Yves, Bolo Zenden

Tottenham Hotspur

Jonathan Woodgate

West Bromwich Albion

Giles Barnes, Marcus Haber, Dean Kiely, Abdoulaye Méîté

West Ham United

Anthony Edgar, Holmar Eyjolfsson, Daniel Gabbidon, Lars Jacobsen, Filip Modelski, Jonathan Spector, Adam Street, Matthew Upson

Wigan Athletic

Steven Caldwell, Daniel De Ridder, Joseph Holt, Jason Koumas, Thomas Lambert, Thomas Oakes, Francis Pollitt, Abian Serrano Davila

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Adriano Basso, Jody Craddock, John Dunleavy, Marcus Hahnemann, David Jones, Nathan Rooney

Hahnemann vs Dean Kiely already a nightmare decision

              Kingson
Reo-Coker  Upson  Larsson  Gabbidon
   Zenden  Bowyer  Spector  Gera
       Gudjohnsen
                 Elmander

would still be relegated I reckon

Shame there isn't any Euro's or World Cup this summer as Zenden would be free to sit alongside Andy Townsend listening to him saying "innit Bolo" every 20 secs.
Wonder if England World Cup cntre half Matthew Upson gets a gig in the Prem.

yeah is weird the lack of talk of his departure...he was so good against germany.

"Gerrard, Lampard, Terry, Ferdinand, Rooney, the list goes on. If they were in the released players XI squad I'm sure all of them would start."

Including Neville, Scholes and VDS in this is a bit ridiculous.

can't believe bolton are releasing ricardo gardner, his assists for lofthouse in the 53 cup final were awesome

yeah i copy pasted from the guardian...i agree. and hasn't elmander signed a deal already?

would still be relegated I reckon

― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 16 June 2011 10:21 (24 minutes ago)

should think so with seb larsson at centre back

              Kingson
Pantsil    Upson  Meite   Garrido
         Reo-Coker  Faye
Zenden                   Larsson
          Gera
                Carew
Subs:
Hahnemann, Spector, Sonko, Pires, Cohen, Elmander, McFadden
Managed by released manager Carlo Anchelotti

Straight in at #16

is a pretty good side...

There's a bit of an early-00s Middlesbrough/Charlton vibe about a lot of these.

When they were solid midtable teams rather than relegation fodder, I mean.

anyone leaving out kevin phillips is tripping imo

can andy reid do the fat controller thing anymore or not even

did he get a game at blackpool

That ahoy hoy side would score approximately 3 goals over a 38 game season.

nah mcfadden coming off the bench is worth 5.

haven't seen much city, is vieira fallen so low

I had no idea some of these journeyman types even played for Blackpool. Jason Euell? Andy Reid? Marlon Harewood? Did I just not notice them?

Jody's not been released we've given him another year iirc

Also WTF Kieron Dyer is still contracted to West Ham?! How long has that got left to run?

this season i thought tbh

Hang on Demontagnac's been at Blackpool?? He's never got higher than League 1 during his Football Manager career

good player in fm...

i know

haven't seen much city, is vieira fallen so low

― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 June 2011 11:11 (2 hours ago)

retired, now doing his coaching licenses w/ arse

elmander wasn't really released, signed for galatassaray after declining bolton contract iirc