But what can you do if said players don't want to sign them? This is our issue with both Saah and Howe. They wouldn't have signed them a year ago and there obviously hasn't been interest in them from clubs in higher levels with dosh to spend.PhilGull wrote: This was exactly the point I was trying to make in my 'Contracts' thread, although I mistaking used some bad examples to show my point.
Two years contracts are fine but for our best players we should be looking to renew them 12 months before they expire.
Oh and good news re Downes, cracking player. Here's hoping to another injury free season...
It hasn't been Torquay policy to let our best players leave for nothing, Olejnik, O'Kane, Benyon have all left for fees when it was clear they wouldn't sign extensions beyond their current deals. The club can't be blamed for either situation here, we got 2 good years out of both now we need to hope we get some good players in.
Not really one to panic but we are towards the back end of June, players are being snapped up fairly regularly by other clubs and we do seem to be a bit behind. We've got a massive rebuild job to do this summer to make sure we aren't one of the worst teams in this league next year.