just heard on the grapevine (from a supposed friend of his!) that Ben Jeffries (the trinity one!) has turned down a contract offer with Cronulla Sharks for next season... he wanted $95k but the Sharks were only offering $75k (about 43k in pounds)

isnt he the only trinity player with a contract which lasts longer than next season??

Wouldn't be upset he he chose to leave, he's luxury player.

it would make may day hes tosh Fed up with him fed up with all the excuses for him go home Jeffries and take some of your mates with you

Didn't we learn last time with Jeffries that 'home' is, in fact, Bradford?

I thought at the time that giving him a three year contract was a poor decision.

$75k is an awful lot of money bennie - go on, you know you want it !! Bye!

Trinity to the Sharkies, his ambition holds no bounds.

BJ is as good as the team he plays around.

Which isn't the kind of player Trinity require. They need a half who can make something happen rather than one who benefits from others skill. The Brough-Jeffries combo was ideal, Brough's departure saw the return of the Jeffries of old.

Correct. Jeffries without Brough is a player lacking in confidence.

Which is not bj's fault. Had we kept brough it wouldve been no suprise to see bj have his best season in sl.

So BJ/Cooke/Obst are all players who need others 'better' around them to get the best out of them.

Not convinced.

It's clear to see we need a 'Brough' style player to get us round the park. Our budget struggles to get 'that' player to come to Belle Vue.

Here's a suggestion -

Get rid of 'these' players who need a 'better' player to guide them (ie) the trio above, get ONE class player in and play them with a promising youngster.

That way we wouldn't have lots of mediocre on the pitch, all at the same time, looking for direction.

At least that 'one' class player would get more bums on seats.

Would agree with that, in an ideal world i'd like to see Wildie paired with an experienced half next season. Maloney looks like he would fit the bill if the rumours are true.

We had 'that' player and the powers that be decided to let him go.