Is Kris deal Commons sense?

I have mixed feelings about Kris Commons' decision to sign a one-year extension to his contract. Yes, it's a positive thing that our best player has chosen to stay with us, and our promotion chances this forthcoming season will surely be boosted, but on the other hand, if we don't get promotion next May, we will lose him for nothing, seeing as he will be 24.

Still, at least it shows that the Club are for once being a bit more ambitious. They could have told Commons to either sign the three-year deal or to get knotted. But instead, they've taken a massive gamble and allowed him a one-year extension only. It will be just our luck if he spends half of the season sidelined with an injury, won't it?! It's not as if he doesn't have a track record of it.

There hasn't been an awful lot of interest in Commons over the summer anyway, which says a lot for how highly thought of he really is. I personally don't think he's that good. It's just he's surrounded by rubbish in the Forest midfield, so of course he's going to look brilliant in comparison. But the truth is, he is not much of a team player. He is just one of those players who can pull a rabbit out of the hat when you least expect it.
And I think that's part of the problem that Forest have with their midfield. They rely on Commons way too much for creativity, and as a result they are stifled.

I don't think it's a coincidence that in the earlier part of last season when we were top of League One and seemingly cruising our way towards the Championship, Commons was out injured.

I think it would have been better if we had allowed Commons to leave this summer and get a bit of money for him while we still could.