WEYMOUTH boss Jason Tindall believes most of his players would like to remain at the club.

The 29-year-old watched his team suffer a 1-0 defeat at St Albans on Saturday in their final game of the season and he is now keen to open contract talks as soon as possible.

Off-the-field issues surrounding the financial stability of the club and a possible take-over are what are causing Tindall's hands to be tied.

Speaking after the defeat at Clarence Park, he said: "I should be able to talk to the players next week. I want to get cracking as soon as possible and begin building for next season and I believe with the majority of the boys staying on and a couple of additions we will have a very good chance of doing well next season.

"I believe we are now very close to an announcement about the club's future and I am sure everyone is working flat out to get the deal done. It is now just a matter of waiting for it to happen and going from there.

"I get the impression that a lot of the players would like to stay. They have all entered into what we are trying to do here. They have entered into the work ethic I want and they are enjoying the way we want them to play.

"A lot of people wrote us off in January but we have proved them wrong. Yes, we have had some disappointing results along the way but they came from our own mistakes and I think we have shown in the last few games that we have sorted that out now.

"I am looking forward to next season and I am confident we can give it a real good go and hopefully gain some success."

Tindall felt his side did not deserve to lose against the basement boys and pointed to missed chances and injuries as the cause.

He said: "We did well in the first half and we should have been at least 2-0 up at half-time. We missed a couple of good opportunities and we had two goals disallowed that were 50-50.

"We defended well for most of the game but the goal we conceded was a bad one. Jason tried to tip the ball over the bar from a corner but instead it hit the bar and went in off one of their players.

"Jason was disappointed with that but overall they did not cause us many problems and on another day we would have won the game by two or three.

"We certainly did not deserve to lose and considering the amount of injuries we had going into the game we worked hard and put in a good shift.

"Stuart Beavon played 50 per cent fit and Raphael Nade could not sprint and was probably 55 per cent fit. We also had draft to in Matthew Hartmann."

Nade missed a golden opportunity to level for the Terras after Djoumin Sangare had put the Saints ahead.

Tindall said: "It was from four yards but Rafa hit it straight at the keeper. For a striker of his ability he should have scored and I think he was disappointed as well."