Hopefully Scott and Hurst won't be head hunted and persuaded by a bigger club. They are only part time and would have to give up any other commitments as surely any 'bigger' club than Boston would have to be a full time one.
During Rob Scott's interview he said that he would be looking at contracts this week before taking a well deserved holiday, so hopefully we will be hearing news sooner rather than later. Continuity is always a good thing (although a clear out of the injury prone dead would was much needed last year) so hopefully the core of the squad will be retained. These decisions are always difficult, many didn't believe Joby Gowshall would cut it in the Confrence but he proved many wrong and had a good season. However when we got promoted to the Football League we retained players like Nick Conroy, Andy Lodge and David Town to name just a few who didn't even get many games between them the previous season and were never going to be better than average local players.
Including Bird who is on loan the squad numbers currently at 21 on the home page. This would more than likely be the ideal number the managers would be looking for to get quality rather than quantity and to keep everyone happy. The managers will look at improving the squad in order to make progress. Personally I think Bird will go back to Grimsby. Clarke will be released. I am not a fan of Camm, Davies or Wood and think there is better out there. Five out would leave room for five in a left back, a right back, two midfielders, and a forward. The managers may choose to release more than five if they feel there is better value for money out there, the priority though should be retaining the core of the squad Pearson, Canoville, Church, Sleath and Weir Daley; obviously on reasonable wages.
