To save our chairman any further time suggesting we are looking beyond this season I would suggest he puts an advert in the League Express.

"closing down sale"
Everything must go
No offers rejected (swaps considered but only short term)
All cast offs accepted no questions asked
Ground - Vacated
Coach - available to hire

Contact M Carter but be quick once the seasons over it will all be gone.

Poor post SP.
You don't know all the details.
This is where we are. Just accept it and move on.

Yes, and I doubt he is the only one signed for other clubs next season. I expect that those clubs were not willing to give us a player until the end of the season allowing us to release ours. I suppose we gave Castleford permission to talk to him and negotiate a deal because like many others we had no intention of offering him a contract next season.
What would you do stay at a club in terminal decline or move to one that possesses ambition. It's not Carter's fault he is an accountant whose job it is to save money, it is not an occupation for the ambitious.

Come July 1st the player and his agent can talk to anyone if he's off contract at the end of the season.

And that's the problem The Trip.

I don't agree with everything Mr Carter does but if I was talking to him now I would advise him to stand down, stop putting money into the club & let the members on this forum take over.
I will then be able to look forward to the top 17 Rugby League players in the world being signed up for next season & watching them destroy all opponents.

Sure the ones who are good enough are already sorted elsewhere for next season. If you worked somewhere that wasn't secure its human nature to look after yourself and your family. I don't blame any of them for securing a deal where they know they will be safe

Sure the ones who are good enough are already sorted elsewhere for next season. If you worked somewhere that wasn't secure its human nature to look after yourself and your family. I don't blame any of them for securing a deal where they know they will be safe

100% Agree

Even in the past players contracts come to an end and they go if we had still been under the franchise system and in the 1st year of it with Hudds offering Dan Smith a four and half year contract he would have still gone and who could blame him more money,more chance of playing in a final and more chance of making test squad if he improves. McShane would probs be off to as he would look at Cas as being an improvement on playing for Wakey.Its the way of the world someone makes you a lot better job offer you take that offer up.

Quite right and nobody can question players for moving for a better contract.
However, the number of changes that we are making at the moment is scary and many in key positions.

Having said that, Smith is a top coach and unless his hand is being forced, he knows what he is doing.

It could be that the players in key positions just have not cut it, and that along with they either didn't want to stay, didn't have the guts for a scrap or found a club to take them on next season.
The performances have been crap and players in key positions like hooker , full back, half back just aint performed.

Apart from Collis none of the players who have left concern me as I think they are all replaceable  . what would is if the accountant has already agreed to dispose (cash in) of our home grown talent to his friends  . I think the biggest mistake was the off season recruitment  Webster was allowed to do