We are entitled to compensation for Archie Collins at the end of the season due to him being under 24 and also we have offered him a contract worth the same or more. So we will get something for him if he leaves.
If he hasn't gone by the end of the month, I'd suggest he'll be signing a new contract before February is out (this is based on nothing more than a hunch).
Collins is best served literally waiting till the end of the season unless something comes in January we and he cannot refuse. We aren't going to remove the contract offer from him because that would be plain stupidity from our viewpoint and he is not going to sign it it until he knows there is nothing better out there (Status, league and money wise).
The other thing is how other clubs see him. We all think he is playing wonderfully this season, no doubt he is, but has he really shone out above anybody we've played against where he looks a class apart? I'd suggest not really.
Only game that happended where I though that boy can play a league higher was Port Vale away where he ran the show. He is however integral to how we play
Exactly we are not the only side in L1 to have a top midfielder like Archie, there’s a lot of them about. I thought Archie got schooled by Couttes against Bristol Rovers in fairness
I think we often underestimate Archie and take him for granted.