Quote: Blotto "I'm assuming OK's management will follow the usual criteria of the Coach saying whom he would like to keep/like to get via loan or transfer, and the Management seeing if they can juggle the figures. Kopouts situation is causing a problem not to dissimilar to Awfuls situation the other year. Its causing a bottle neck as the Club need to know whether Kopout is still on the books or whether they are due compo if he's not! The RFL are applying the usual CYA to the problem therefore dragging it out as per usual!'"
There is definitely a similarity to Orford, in that a contract is 'up in the air', but I'd suggest the scale is totally different. Orford was on 'mega' money (whilst I'm not one of those who pretends to know all the clauses of players' contracts, Awful was regarded as a 'marquee' player with all that went with that, so would have been on much more than Kopout, imo), and I can't see the situation being any real obstacle to re-signing such as Donno and Ainey. We still have fewer than around 20 players currently signed to the squad, and still only two props from the probable four or so needed, if we were on no.24 or so in the squad there might be a bigger case for saying there is a big effect, but not as it is, as far as I can see.
