West Bromwich Albion are delaying player contract talks until the end of the season.

Baggies boss Roy Hodgson is ready to wait on new deals for players including in-form midfielder Keith Andrews until nearer the end of the season.

"He has only been here a few weeks and there are still 10 games to go so there is a lot of football to be played," Hodgson told the Express & Star.

"I don't think we're going to fall into the trap where if someone has three good games the world is their oyster and three bad games suddenly means we don't mention their name again.

"I don't think we'll be judging in those terms. We know what Keith can do and we know his qualities and we're very pleased with them.

"But it will be very important that, when we sit down and offer him a new contract, he knows exactly what role we see for him and I don't really want to do that with any player at the moment.

"It could be any one of a number of players whose contracts are running out and who might want a new contract, I will be saying 'let's get a few weeks further down the road before we make a decision'."