Cheers Adeybull. 12 players out of contract, thats nearly half a 25 man squad.. seems a hell of a lot to me.

I agree. I think the set up of the current squad as regards years on contracts is as good as we could hope for. It certainly beats previous years when we've saddled ourselves with some very average players for long periods.

I don't think it's an issue yet - it'd be interesting to see how many players were offered 1 year deals and how many wanted a 1 year deal! It's not like we set SL on fire over the last two years!

I would sign Scruton, Kearney, L'Estrange & Finigan up now.

Players like Raynor, Ah Van, Herbert are all risks. No point handing out a 3 year deal - if they turned out to be pi$s poor we'd all be complaining then.

see hall for a recent example of why always giving out long contracts can be not such a good idea. We've a fair number of players who are gambles for one reason or another. So the one year deals make perfect sense imo. I'd imagine we'll see the ones that look promising being re-signed sooner rather than later.

I don't see a real problem with it. Players are usually given one two or three year deals, so any given year you are going to have somewhere near a third of the squad up for renewal anyway. We have a few with chequered histories, either due to injury or off-field problems, so the gentle nudge of a one year deal is that we're hoping for something better. As I say, I can't see a problem.