Graham Cummins: If I was a Bohs player, I'd be touting myself around

STICK OR TWIST: Bohemians supporters at Dalymount Park in Dublin. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

The longer Bohemians take to appoint a new manager, the greater the risk  of them losing several of their first team squad. With just over a month remaining in the season, players will be anxious about their futures. Clubs will be tying up players with new contracts in the coming weeks but I imagine that will not be the case at Bohs until a new manager is appointed. Even then, a new manager would be keen to assess his squad until the end of the season before rewarding players with a new deal.

However, those Bohs players cannot gamble on that. If another club make them an offer now, my advice would be to take it, even if they would prefer to stay with Dalymount. Until a contract is put in front of a player, I would take everything you hear with a pinch of salt. The Bohs players should be touting their names to other clubs. That might sound deceitful considering they are still being paid by Bohs, but the longer they wait, the more likely it is that other suitors will use their budgets on different players.