No dispute from me Michael that you have assembled a very good squad whilst putting the club on a stable footing and you certainly have my thanks for that. The players you mention are all key players for us and certainly worthy of their new deals.

My personal opinion (and it is just that) is that the 2 year deal for Brough was a mistake (certainly a year too far) as I would imagine we have a reasonable sum tied up in that deal, which would have been better spent on retaining a versatile player like Hampshire and a new (and much younger but still experienced) HB than Brough.

However, I confess I do not know who the remaining signings are and when revealed, they may mean that my view on retaining Hampshire change

Nothing, I think most of us realise that.

Frankly I’m far more interested in who’s coming in not who’s going out. Personally I support Wakefield Trinity, not Rayan Hampshire, not Dave Fifita, not Michael Carter (no offence).

I’ll be there in February or whenever it starts and I’ll be supporting the 17 players on the park wearing the RW&B and I’ll start making my own judgements from there for what they are worth.

Good luck for next season and I’ll be supporting the club as best I can.

Thanks for the insight. I think the club did it's best working within certain constraints to retain RH. Club moves on.

It would be interesting to hear your definition of ‘reasonable sum’? This is at the heart of all discussions regarding whether a player is value for money, and yet no one knows a players salary, and therefore, surely it follows that it’s very difficult to say whether a player is value for money or not without that information wouldn’t it?

We really need the Hampshire entourage to let go now and move on.

I fully support DC and the club. We don't want the club to go back to silly contracts. The club will have put a value on each player and are sticking to this.

I agree we fans don’t know the players salaries and nor should we.

It is just my opinion that giving a two year deal to a player who can only play one position and who is nowhere near the player he was, was a mistake when we are working with a limited budget. In this particular instance, my view is using the Brough money as part of a package for Hampshire who can cover 3 positions to a decent standard and stays relatively injury free and has many years ahead of him plus another HB would have been a better way to go

As I said before, my view may change when the full makeup of the 2020 squad is known

But you don’t know what contract was offered and what Hampshire asked for, so no evidence he was after silly money.

BTW, I did not agree with the interview that Hampshire gave to the press on his contract issues and think any chance of a deal been agreed was over after it.

My final point is a general one in that this is a forum for fans to express opinions on players etc. and we can still support the club generally whilst at the same time not agreeing with certain decisions on player ins/outs

That's the thing how do you know what is a silly contract, everything has value it only become relivant when more than one shows interest in the asset, if your purse doesn't allow you to go past what your willing to pay what you think it's worth then so be it.

I still don't think brough was worth the risk but I have no idea of his value but on this season he's not performed as some expected, I would of liked to of seen rocky given the chance but he's made his stance now.

Personally, with the players we've got currently signed up my choice would be

W - Tom Johnstone
C - Ryan Atkins
C - Reece Lyne
W - Bill Tupou

Given the way we use the back line to bring the ball out that looks like 4 extremely capable players there that would all make significant yardage.

Just my opinion.

Thank you for your post DC.
As much as I am a Ryan Hampshire fan - First and foremost I am a Wakefield Trinity fan.
The club is more important than any one player - whoever it is - whether that be TJ, Big Dave or anyone else.
(Just to say glad they are signed up though!

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