Town boss Roy Keane says he will look to make decisions on the loan players whose spells are due to end in January towards the end of this month. Gianni Zuiverloon, Jack Colback, Jake Livermore and Darren O'Dea’s spells are up just after the new year, while Rory Fallon’s initial loan runs to January 22nd.

Keane told the club site: "I would expect we would have sorted things out in the next few weeks, towards the end of December.

"There is a lot that can happen in the next few weeks though before making decisions on the boys. First of all we have to get permission from the clubs to keep the players. Then do the boys want to stay? Can we get them minutes on the pitch? We have to weigh all that up before making decisions.

"As much as we might want to keep them, if they are not playing games every week, they might not want to stay. There are a lot of decisions to be made over the next few weeks. It's going to be a hectic period."

Reserves full-back Seb Dunbar’s contract runs until January, having already been extended in September, and Keane says he will speak to the academy graduate regarding his future in the next few weeks.

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bobble added 08:03 - Dec 10 could we loan keane out for 50 years so he can get some learning ?
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ChurchmanBlue added 12:52 - Dec 10 I wish people who keep making so many negative comments on here would switch to commenting on the EADT forum where they belong. The same old people with nothing new to say and have not woken up to the reality of the situation that ME is not going to sack RK or SC, so get on with it. If you don't like it go and give your "support" to someone else. I'm not pro-Keane, just not anti-ITFC. Unless an ardent fan buys the club, we will have to live with whatever the owner wants.

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dirtydingusmagee added 14:13 - Dec 10 i agree with Bluearmy4life,..too many loan players, whilst some put in a decent shift,i think it will always be hard to get total effort,and thats why, as much as any reaso, team can find no consistancy.The toital commitment to the club is not there.
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jas0999 added 18:23 - Dec 10 Do we need Colback and Livermore? Probably not. O'Dea would probably be better off in Glasgow with his new born child. Fallon has not impressed so far.
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1RWR added 00:33 - Dec 11 What worries me is, Glenn Roeder used the maximum of loanees while at Norwich & look what happened there! They were relegated a short while afterwards!!!!! Too many loanees spells trouble!...sorry!
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