D-Day looms for players (From Runcorn and Widnes World)

D-Day looms for players

5:10pm Thursday 18th August 2011 in Vikings news

MORE decisions on which players will not be retained for next season are imminent.

It has put certain pressures on the players, who are busting a gut in training to prove their worth.

But with that comes anxiety which coach Denis Betts sees creeping into some aspects of some players’ performances.

Betts said: “We are in one of those strange periods again where we have to let players know now about next year. We have a duty to give those players an opportunity to seek other clubs if they are not going to be here, that August deadline does, however, make it a very anxious place to be.

“I see the lads’ endeavour and effort in training every week, but i am also seeing a bit of anxiety which manifests itself in these situations when players try a little bit too hard to do things to stand out.”