SCIAGBroxroyal Stam and his staff moved on Stacey, Fosu, Tanner and Jules because they felt they wouldn't make it at our level. All of them were under contract and could have stayed but accepted that it was better to move on.
You could reasonably argue that the club got three right and one wrong.
In Stacey's case he returned from loan at Exeter hoping to push for a place at right back, having previously been a right winger, but found that the club had accepted an offer for him. He had a long think about what to do, as he had been at Reading since he was a kid, and decided to make the move. He did not agitate for a move.
Fosu should have been kept over Harriott
Stacey should have been kept over Popa and Aluko (could also make the case for him filling Bacuna's role).
Tanner should have been kept over Clement.
Jules needed to be moved on.
Despite Tevreden's remarks we've replaced an awful lot of promising players with bench-warming mediocrities.
This is it really isn't it.
At the point we had one right back, we released Keown, who could play RB, Stacey, who could play RB, sent on loan then released Dickie, who could play RB and released Hyam might have been worth trying at RB. We did at least have Tennai Watson, but wasn't he long term injured, or was that later in the season?
And who played RB half the season? Our marquee central midfield replacement for Williams.