Timmy is the brain of the team, there is nobody currently at the club to compare.

If for instance HKR did show an interest & paid what Salford are asking, fair play to them. But they may not even be looking at him.

But if he does slip through our fingers & we fail to replace him, we could be looking at 2014 first half of the season déjà vu.

What price a brain?

Salford may agree terms with HKR or anyone they like but unless Tim Smith agrees to move to that club there is no deal.

I have it on good authority that Tim Smith has learned the value of being happy where he is rather than chasing the money at the risk of his peace of mind and therefore his form.

Said that Smith would probably not want to go elsewhere time and time again so dont see him being elsewhere. With regards to 1.1 million on cap I dont think it as think Sky money is more than 1.1 so like to think that minimum spend would be the amount from Sky.

Too much thinking for me there.

Ye confusing thinking with drinking. Not a bad thing though.

Get rid of trout and molloy this will.free up some for.smith. 12 teams in sl we should get some.decent coin. Let's get the.main man signed!!!

I wasn't a big fan of Molloy due to the fact that we had him and he wasn't getting pick, so why have him?
But the games he has played at the back end of the season, he's not done anything wrong and could be a really good squad player.
Trout on the other hand is one of those players that is stuck between, 'prop or 2nd row?' dilemma, in a similar way to Keinhorst's 'centre or 2nd row?'.
Maybe this is why he is going to Fev, to give him a specific role over an extended amount of games.
Also, it's not just about getting shut of people to get Tim if that's the case, the lump sum to pay in a transfer is a lot harder to do than the monthly wages of a contract.
Tim obviously knows what he wants but the Dr. and his agent are the ones holding the aces.

Agree about Malloy,thought he went well when played,regarding Tim Smith at Wakey

we will have to wait and see.

I am assured that this deal will happen and there won't be a transfer fee paid.

No way could we start season without him or someone else of similar ilk who can organise a side. Without him/an other I would expect nothing other than bottom 2

Working on the basis of a squad of 25 and a spend of 1.5m this averages out at £60,000 per squad player.

Tim

Think we'll need Jon Molloy as utility forward cover as he's big and strong enough to cover front row aswell as back row if we get injuries as we only have 5 props in the squad. When he played he was impressive he just didn't play many games again for whatever reason.

Agree about Trout off the wage bill though would prefer the money spent on a back.