Five players - Mark Jones, Phil Bolland, Danny Sonner, Jeff Whitley and Josh Johnson - have already been told they will not be kept on while another 10 players are waiting to see if they will be offered the chance to stay at The Racecourse.

Little has opted to give youngsters a chance to impress in recent games and with only Saturday's trip to Lincoln City to play this season, the Reds' boss is yet to finalise his retained list.

"We have still got one game to fulfil," said Little today. "A couple I wanted to see played on Saturday and I probably need to give them a second game.

"I will be holding more talks with people this week.

"We sectioned off a group who will finish the season for us and discuss some of their futures.

"I have still got decisions to make and people will be judged on how they do.

"You want people who are willing to have a go and everyone is being looked at."

Five players placed on the transfer list have been excused from training this week to contemplate their futures and Little is also beginning the process of looking at trailists as part of his rebuilding programme.

"They are on the transfer list so it is for their benefit," said Little. "They can go away and look for something else.

"We are planning for next season and it gives us an opportunity to look at the younger players on a day to day basis.

"We are starting to look at people out of contract at other clubs and see how they like it and how they do around our players.

"That is something we will continue to do."

Little said no decision has yet been made on the futures of his assistant, former Reds' boss Brian Carey, and first team coach Martin Foyle.

"I have not looked into that yet," added Little. "We have still got this season to finish and we are all professionals.

"I will need to talk to the people above and take it from there."

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