Quote: Fantastic Mr Catpiss "Interesting to note the description of this contract, it's a long term pay rise, Not a contract where he can change his mind and opt out for a move in a couple of years.
Which club allows that then'"
A club that's negotiating with a player that has his eyes elsewhere and so the club is forced to accept that clause when they don't really want it.
The Chris Hill deal is huge for us. I'd feared earlier in the season when we were struggling that the signs were we were a club on the way down and guys like Hill and Grix would privately be thinking its time to look elsewhere.
Recent developments have been very positive: the team has started winning and playing like it did in the past few seasons, TS has committed to us, we've signed Ashton Sims and now Hill has committed the majority of the rest of his career to us.
For a player like Hill who would no doubt have other options to make such a long commitment is a massive signal. He would have taken his time over this and wanted to see firm evidence that Warrington could match his ambitions and give him the chance to win more major trophies. Obviously he has seen that.
I feel much more positive about Wire and the future than I did at the start of the year.