The fact of the matter is that we have lost 6 senior guys who managed to play 5 or more games last season and signed 5 with possibly more to come.

I wouldn’t worry though. You haven’t got much longer to suffer

At least we had a change of coach, which will hopefully see a significantly better attitude among the players that we do have.

Unfortunately, Trinity dont have the funds to speculate, as some other clubs do and we dont have the luxury of being in a position to run up huge debts.

We end up back in the situation of it being better to have a club to support than one in administration.

At least the guys running the club will ensure that we dont go bust and EVERY club in SL will be affected by the reduced Sky monies, with plenty already racking up serious debts.

I know that its a classic catch 22 about winning and attracting fans stc but, if we speculate and fail, we'd be right in the brown stuff.

Lets see what the final squad looks like and hope that when we pick up some injuries', there will be some youngsters chomping at the bit, to show what they can do.

It's a choice to invest or not it's a choice to go or not. I do both regardless as I have for many years

Don't like the sound of that.

You're either putting out a hit on Scarlett when he's not worth it,

Or someone about to call it a day and I wouldn't blame them and if the club goes down the crapper then those on here will have had their dreams come true.

One slightly above average player won't sign a contract and it's the end of the world, why bother.

I would have liked to see Hampshire stay as he offers great versatility and his pace off the mark is a big asset. However, we have lost better players and we’ve learned to cope.

Hampshire is a fans favourite but I do hope some Wakey fans don’t resort to wanting Jowitt/Gaskill to fail. I’ve already seen some posts on social media that have trashed both players. I really don’t like to see fans publicly trash one player just to reinforce their argument on another player. I know some fans think Hampshire is better than the two mentioned players and that’s fair enough but why it has to get personal I’ll never know.

I also hope that some of our fans give some of the other local Wakey lads a bit more support! We have 3/4 other players who are one of our own and it would be nice to hear fans get behind them a bit more.

I wish the best for Hampshire. He’s been a good servant and given 100% in every game he’s played!

Shame that he's gone. He's a very useful utility player and great to have as an option. Unfortunately, he is yet to be seen by any Super League coach that has coached him that he is first choice scrum-half, full back or stand-off. Nothing wrong with that, but utility players don't get first-choice salaries and perhaps he thought he deserved that price tag. Hence, the two parties never will meet.

His utility value is what we will miss, which is a shame.

As for Gaskell, on his game he is a good stand-off and I think he'll be an asset and is a good signing. A steadier player with a good read of the game.

I doubt my opinion would make Jose leave unless they are just looking for an excuse to get out. There are enough of you on here backing him so why should he have a problem with criticism from one supporter. He could put me on ignore because whatever happens be it successful or unsuccessful can only be attributed to those in charge. I will make it easy for him by removing myself from this part of the forum but I will remain on the section that allows me and others to point out how bad the government and especially the PM is for the country.

You don’t have to leave on my account. I actually enjoy your posts.

Noooooooooooooooo!!!

Whatever the opinions of people on here, and there are some pros and cons for both arguments.
The fact that Rocky Hampshire won’t be playing for trinity next season isn’t the worst thing to happen to us player wise.
It’s not so many seasons ago teams used to rock up and cherry pick our players if they thought they’d be any use.
I got sick of reading other fans forums where they’d be squabbling with comments like ...”when Trinity get relegated who would we want from their team’.
It didn’t happen ......through a combination of astute signings and more lately a shift to produce home grown talent the tide in my opinion is starting to pay dividends.
we don’t always get it right and time will tell with the release of Rocky Hampshire. Let’s wait and see..

The 23% reduction in memberships is disappointing the last two seasons may have contributed to this .COVID certainly hasn’t helped. However despite the reduction (£450,000 tv money ) we’ve amazingly managed to keep the vast majority of the squad together . Let’s not start to throw the towel in just yet over one player.

If you really want the club to move forward players wise try to purchase a season ticket, or some merchandise . We’re approaching an important point in the clubs history regarding the stadium, if this come off the club will certainly be able to move forward making more money available to buy better players. There are far more positives than negatives going on at OUR CLUB. We just need to hold the line a little longer and try to be a bit more positive .