I think the club will still look after players like Harrison , but they do seem to be freeing up salary money , hopefully the attitude has changed slightly and hopefully soon we should see an announcement on a quality prop ??? Who would you go for now?

Starts with Sam ends in urgess

Would be a major coup if he signed for the wire !!!

I know there's only a very slim chance but with the evident change in approach to transfers / cap nothing would suprise me!

Just can't see it. If he were to end up back in league, and in this country it'd probably end up being in a Leeds shirt, if the rumours are to be believed. But If there's a chance, and it's within the club's financial reach I'd love the club to go all out and try. I wont be holding my breath though.

Would the clubs insurance for Harrison cover his time out injured, taking him off the playing register but keeping him financially secure.

We are sort of back to where we were at pre season last year.
So positions 8,10 & 13 we have Hill, King,Simms, Dodds, Evans, Westerham and maybe Westwood. one long term injury and we will suffer.
For 11 & 12 we have Currie Wilde, Hughes and Philbin with Laithwaite possibly returning some point in the season.
Our ability to rotate or rest players is limited with the current squad if the Harrison rumour is true.
I know that players can have a terrible injury and come back and play a number of years without a problem but when you look at the injuries that Dodds, Laithwaite and Evans have had it is rolling a dice to some degree.
Another forward is needed. Shame for Harrison. He does a lot of work that goes Un noticed

Always fun when someone makes a statement like this with their very first post after first having registered 3 days ago. Absolutely everyone has assumed that it's correct and Ben Harrison has already been taken to the knackers yard and is now 36 cans of Pedigree Chum. The Club made 3 announcements today, this wasn't one of them. Have any of you thought that this might not be correct?

Given the nature of the claims, it doesn't warrant an announcement does it?

It is correct.

Dunno about the registration bit, but it's been mentioned a few times over the last couple of weeks about him needing an operation to clean his knee up, which would put him out for ages.

I have heard it will happen pending the complications around a testimonial. If we de-register Harrison, he will end 9 years with the club, and with it, the benefits/money that comes with the testimonal.

It would be very unfair of any club to release a player like Ben without testimonial and I don't think for one minute Warrington would do it. He is a top lad and truly deserves his testimonial he does a lot around Warrington charity wise which a lot of the time is un-reported.

Chris Riley spent 9 years at Warrington without a testimonal. Ben Harrison has been here for 9 years also. If he does move on it will be interesting to see what will happen. I hope he does come back if he does leave.

Possibly different circumstances?

Confirmed on the WA Guardian site out for six to eight months after various ops, Smith is happy with the squad with no new signing imminent.

Speedy recovery Ben you will be missed.

Maybe he will join the back room staff for rehabilitation purposes.

I think Ben must have realised if he continued as he was his career would be ended by 30 so a 8 month break may well do him the world of good and extend his career with us. He is a top lad all the best Ben

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as harsh as it sounds, i think this spells the end of his career as a SL player.

Strange comment, I think it could reignite his career as a SL player. He's clearly been carrying these injuries for some time, if he can get back to the player of 2/3 years a go he will be a very good player for us.

As long as we aren't talking complete knee reconstructions etc - which I don't think we are. It more seems like several injuries which means he will be able to do no training, so wont have the conditioning to play much of a part next season.

Let's hope md is being unduly pessimistic, I think he's made quite a leap!

im a massive pessimist, so its quite possible.

I thought this surgery was knee reconstruction.. if its not, then he could come back and still be a decent player... lets hope so because a fit Harrison can be a decent player.

It would seem harsh to offload Harrison because of a knee reconstruction, when we have signed Mitch Dodds who is getting over two knee reconstructions.

Bingo!