Guy Branston, Roy Carroll and Liam Noble among Notts County departees

Of all the names in the above list that are exiting the club, I have to say that Branston is the one I'm most pleased about.

The last fifteen months have seen a completely unnecessary relegation, an importation of some twenty-one players of varying skill and, for the most part, dubious mental strength, resulting in such a disappointing league campaign.

I'm not inferring that all of this is Branston's fault but, as chief scout, he has to be jettisoned for his part in the failure.

Notts must be careful when it comes to appointing their next main scout. The club need to learn from the disastrous mistakes made, especially as money, as the song goes, too tight to mention.

However this matter has concluded itself, the club has made the first step in halting the decline. Notts have done good business in ridding themselves of a turd.

The list largely makes sense for the right reasons - there are a couple of surprises, no major shocks but this said I am pleased Blair Adams is no longer a Notts player. He just never did anything, plus he always managed to find his way into the selection, I just hope for better next time.

overall pleased but i had hoped we would release some of the players still in contract also.

Surprised at Noble TBH, thought he was half decent. On recruitment, two ex Millers have been released from Oxford that may interest Notts, namely Jordan Bowery & Johnny Mullins.