Could be another eloborate plan to re-sign him from RU on megabucks in a couple of years with the RU salary cap exemption.
In all seriousness it is a shame as I am a believer that a successful team needs a stable 1,6,7 & 9 for a few years.
We have stumbled around with full back with with the Russell experiment until Ratchford has settled there. 9 is sorted but the halves have been a bit of a car crash with Sandow, Gidley, Brown, Smith in the last few years. I was hoping that Patton might develop his combinations on that left edge with Currie, Goodwin and Lineham whist he had the opportunity.
If he does leave then I don't think anybody could say that he wasn't given a proper chance.

I have a natural antipathy to slagging developing players off. I know in my own job I have made some absolute howlers when younger, and it takes time and patience to develop the skills required. The difference is our players make their mistakes in front of lots of people, there is a huge weight of expectation on some more than others, and it must weigh heavily.
Compare and contrast Patton and Philbin.
When starting a prop gets a few minutes here and there, nothing much is required other than don’t drop the ball and don’t miss a tackle. They can be nurtured and allowed to develop.
I’m not for one minute saying Patton is a world beater but a little compassion from the fans of the team he plays for wouldn’t go amiss.

The lad did it on the biggest stage against all the knockers....and without Austin.
Pound for lb Austin has been a right flop...yes I know he's class but his on field contribution has been about 20% of what I thought we might get, and has rnear zero social media criticism.
I proud of Patton and I can't wait till he rubs your noses in it as
He will be the most successful Warrington half in living memory if not ever.

Has Patton earned a contract reward?....well he deservesthe freedom of our town when we win the GF....
Do I want him at half back in 2020....the hell I don't, we've got Widdop!!

As others have said, not at the level we need to win SL. Good luck to him, hope he is successful in his next adventure.

Then he'll prove you and all the others wrong as he did at Wembley.

Playing well in 5 games (being generous) out of 100 does not prove anyone wrong - even if one of those games was a cup final. A cup final, in which he also invited an unlikely Saints comeback by smashing the ball full into touch when he had a WHOLE Wembley pitch in front of him to aim for.

Good luck to him, hope he does well but Duck just accept he simply isn't good enough as a starting half in the upper echelons of SL. 95% of his performances prove that to be correct. I should imagine there is only you and other members of his family that will be sorry to see him leave from a rugby perspective. Saying that - Matty Smith has made him look MUCH better.

You mean when Patton was rushed down under pressure on the last to try and clear from out from well inside our 30 after all the forwards had been unable to do so, failing to give him some depth to clear away from the charging defence ...but that's all Patton's fault.
Have a word with yourself Ratty. You see what you want to see.

So do you.

You want a word with everyone that has a different view to you, and wish to make what you believe in to be a one person person crusade. People have different opinions, that's the way it is, just let it be as it doesn't change anything that's happened, or will happen.

A starting half back for a whole season amassed 2pts in the season long Guardian voting. Seems some people see what I also see.

And I read the same rubbish on social media about Patton...yet our coach, owners and players have a very different view from it.

Follow the pied piper.....or
On an extreme point....millions of people all believed Hitler because everyone else just followed.

The lad wins us a Challenge Cup and you can't give him a break til October.
You shame me.

Now your implying everyone is a Nazi for having a different view to you.
That's extremely offensive.

No I didn't. I used it as a paraphrase how people can follow how ever extreme and wrong the view...and the millions that followed were innocent German folk.
Nazi is/was a political (loosely) party

No one is being horrible about him. Everyone appears to be wishing him well and disappointed that he's not turned out to be good enough. Coach and owner clearly agree he isn't up to it, he played well at Wembley but wasn't in the Wire dominated lance todd voting...so unsure how he won us the challenge cup? Your Nazi analogy isn't offensive it's just idiotic.