We’ve done this a number of times recently , Joe Anderson, Quirk, Hunt spring to mind , solid players whose contract we seem to keep adding a year to . It benefitted us and them, but none of these had loans. It may be after 5 months on loan McAllister‘s options for getting another club are better than returning to FF. Personally, I hope he does so well at Caley that he gets good offers , he’s one of those players, like Anderson, who gives his all at u21s and you end up rooting for them while not convinced he’s PL level.I wouldn't be shocked to see McAllister get another year. Not because I think he's good enough for the first team but we will need to field a team in U21s.
If he doesn't like his options after this season he may see going back to PL2 and putting up good numbers as his best chance of getting a move higher up. Sometimes that works like Broadhead or Quirk and other times it doesn't like Astley or John