In's and out's and maybe's, part 2

We have a little more clarity on the future's of the 3 players out-of-contract, though only a little. Skivo has announced that Terrell Forbes, Andy Welsh and Paul Warne will all be offered contracts 'in seven to ten days time'. Presumably all three are on their hols somewhere or otherwise unavailable, hence the delay. At least one assumes that's the reason for the delay. I do hope they're not twiddling their thumbs at home waiting for the club to contact them and wondering what the hell's going on, but judging by the club's procrastination over contracts in the past then I won't be holding my breath. And nor, perhaps, should they.

Further from that, it seems we might be seeing enfant terrible Gary Roberts in the hoops next season after all. It's been widely expected that the midfielder would be given the boot for disciplinary reasons after various misdemeanours during the season, mainly but not exclusively alcohol related, but Skivo has stated that he'll be expecting him back for pre-season training in July. For what it's worth I hope that he does stay. Whatever his off-field lifestyle there's little doubt that he's our most effective midfielder on the pitch and we missed him in the final few games when he was suspended and/or dropped. The daft thing is that his antics would have been nothing unusual for a pro footballer as little as 25 years ago. A friend of mine used to play for the Glovers in the mid-80's and the stories he tells of what went on involving the whole team pissing it up in those days would perhaps explain why we spent so long yo-yoing between the Isthmian League and the Conference, but I digress. These days footballers have to be atheletes as well as ball players and there's no tolerance for mavericks like Roberts. I hope that he can reign himself in and sort out his off-field problems - it would be a dreadful waste of talent otherwise.

Player watch: Chris Weale is a target for Championship bound Leicester City. Jon Obika and Andros Townsend both played for the Spurs academy side that beat Sunderland 2-1 to qualify for the final of the academy league play-offs - they face Arsenal next weekend. Veteran Bristol City midfielder Scott Murray, who will be released in June, has said he'd be open to offers from any club in the West Country, including ourselves.