Quite frankly, I'm baffled with a lot of these new contracts

Briers. Offered and accepted a new contract
Morley. Offered but refused a new contract.

Yes, I know these two are considered legends of the club, BUT WE DON'T OWE THEM A LIVING. They have both pulled us from despair, many times, but they are now a shadow of their former selves from 18 months ago, and, guess what, both currently injured.

Likewise MonaghanM. 2 years ago, he's mentioned in despatches for Man Of Steel. This year, more like Man of Blancmange.

The form of the above 3 this year is nowhere near the standards we (or they) require. Hard, but fair.

Riley. His form this term has warranted a place in the reserves, never mind a contract extension. A good job for him, that he only realistically has a certain Welshman vying for his place (calm down, Yed).

The club shows far too much sentiment, and not enough ruthlessness.
It pains me to say it, but we can learn a lot from a certain whisky conked, recently retired, football manager. He knew the right time to say "thanks for all your efforts, but bye bye"

I'd presume they looked at all the options for replacements for Briers/Monas and decided that the best option was to renew. The people who make these decisions aren't stupid.

So there isn't a very good/excellent stand off or hooker available in world RL.

We should have replaced them both. Ruthless, yes. Sensible, ABSOLUTELY