For me, this is terrible news. For the first time, I've really got to question Hudge's motives for giving him another year. IMO, this would be bad news for the club.

Dong worry guys doesn't look like he will sign it unless you up your offer !!!!

Hudge is maybe biding his time until the Koukash family put their money in.

If true I hope to god for rovers sake their is a good reason I do not believe for one minute that Neil would get it wrong I hope not

No. Never. There.

I'm all for loyalty but it has to be earnt and deserved. I think he has had enough time and been given the chance to build his own team, but unfortunately we haven't moved forward. To me another year would be more blind faith than belief that he has proven he deserves it.

The one thing in his favour is that the players seem to like him, just last week Justin Poore was praising him on twitter. The fact that i see that as the main positive tells a story. Plus if they do like him and want to play for him then it doesn't translate onto the pitch most of the time.

We have seen a lot of bad years and we should be extremely grateful for Hudgell and where we are now compared to even 10 years ago. Every decision up to this point has been positive, ambitious and nobody has had too much to grumble about on the whole. But this is the first time it could be seen as a lack of ambition perhaps and not go down well with the supporters.

Let's hope if CS signs the new deal he proves the doubters like me wrong the rest of this year and next season. We have to stick behind the team for now and not turn on them and start a witch hung for Sandys head. Not yet anyway!

Maybe but when they say their is a contract for him to sign is it to be the first team coach or to bring the kids threw like the job he had in OZ you never know if so good,if not bad

Betts has made visible steady progress over 3 years at Widnes and Powell has worked wonders at Cas in a year. If a SERIOUS contract is on offer then I'd say Hudge has accepted we will never go above being a mid table club, unless... He is going to pump as much cash as possible into establishing a thorough and well resourced academy. I suppose we shall all know in the next few weeks.

See that's interesting. Are we to believe we cant attract the very top notch players due to our location? in that case is Hudge saying to Sandercock the money is going into the academy, find them, nuture them and bring them through. Then we'll make them an offer too good to go.

Next year is crucial, we cannot afford to be out of the 8 when the split happens, we only need to get Thaler or Hick and were doomed to the 2nd tier.

I think we are more than capable of getting ourselves relegated without relying on others.

I've seen the under 19's a few times. There's a few good larkers, but no one really that makes you stand up and take notice. So if they are going all out to bring the youth, then the under 16's seems a formidable team that could be natured. But that's a few years away yet. I'd give sandy that job, but good god, get someone else in that can do the first team. He's had a go, failed, so let's try another avenue.

Pearson will be pi$$ed off seeing as winning derbies was one of his aims for his new local team for local people agenda if I remember correctly.

Perhaps Hudge is seeing the bigger picture, and what goes on behind the scenes, just saying perhaps.