Can’t replace him I’m afraid , very few ball playing loose forwards of his Caliber about and even rarer at a price we can afford . But we regroup and move on and thank him for his time with us , which has been special .

Can't blame him for taking the option of a two year deal especially at the club where it all started for him. Would love to read up some posts from a couple of years ago when it first came to light that he was leaving Hull to join us. I'll bet not many expected him to achieve these current dizzy heights.

We haven't "lost him" - he decided to go back to his first club.
Don't think he would have stayed with that opportunity.

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Joe wanted to resign with us for 2 years on the same money, but club knocked it back, I hope they have an adequate replacement lined up!

I honestly can’t believe that.

That's tosh

The way Joe has spoken about the Trinity club and the people within it, makes what you have written, Highly unlikely.

*Joined last night*.

That is absolutely not true.

We offered more than Cas by all accounts.

As for suiteable replacement. Arona is a more than competent LF and for me is less effective as a prop. Shift him back to 13 next season and sign one of Walker/Crowther.

Money would be better invested in positions we need.

Props x 3 (so Tangi can go back to left SR)!
And 2 x 9’s would be a start.

I know we did, significantly more I said that a couple of weeks back on here which was directly from Joe just before he signed on the dotted line with Cas.

Yep, I do remember you saying that.
Obviously the pull of playing for Cas was too hard to turn down.
In a way, its nice to see a player do that, even if hasn't gone in our favour on this occasion.

What an absolute load of crap,it's stated from our club that they offered MORE than Castleford but he chose to go to Castleford for LESS money

Obvious the club didn't want to renew because of the money he's on and needed a portion of it it to fund Gaskells wage.

The old Cas supporter, want to finish my career there, is just an old media trick, get the fans onside fair play to Joe, he wanted to stay.

Chester wont come out and say we are potless and cant afford to keep him is he? This is Trinity remember.

Give Crowther or Walker a fair whack at 13 for a season next year if they cannot afford to replace Joe.