Rogers 'loved' time in hot seat

Departing Tranmere Rovers chairman Lorraine Rogers says she has "loved" leading the club for the last decade.

Rogers has stepped down to concentrate on her work as chief executive of the Mersey Partnership but will continue at Rovers as a non-executive director.

"It's a really exciting, unusual thing to do, you can love it and hate it all within the same 60 seconds," she told BBC Radio Merseyside.

"You are in the hot-seat but overall I absolutely loved it."

The day-to-day running of operations at Prenton Park are now in the hands of president Peter Johnson, chief executive Mick Horton and manager Ronnie Moore.

A number of the club's players, including Steve Jennings and captain Antony Kay, are out of contract ahead of the start of next season.

Rogers believes player contracts are now agreed later than ever before but revealed the decision to give veteran centre-half Ian Goodison a new two-year contract had been made some time ago.

"It's not as if 'last game of the season we better start thinking ahead'," she said.

"Fifty two weeks of the year the planning is ongoing and the manager is refining his views on players and getting to know what they want.

I think clubs are being careful given the number of clubs in the last few years that have had the points deduction

Lorraine Rogers

"A lot of it is ongoing, for example, with Ian Goodison we agreed a new contract with him a couple of months ago."

Rogers believes players are now offered shorter contracts in the Football League because the clubs are worried about the possible threat of overstretching themselves and ending up in administration.

"I think clubs are being careful given the number of clubs in the last few years that have had the points deduction," she said.

"Clubs might have chanced it in the past and really pushed the boat out for a bigger squad (but) I think clubs are really tightening their belts.

"I feel this summer we are going to see more of that.

"I think clubs at our level with have a core of 18 players and then use the loan system when they need to bolster or for emergencies."