A great servant to the club is an overused expression IMHO, in this case, though I think it fits. He will be missed as a part of the team, I love big Dave but I think its good that there are other big personality players in the team and Danny was one of those, without him or a similar replacement to much rests on Dave being the talisman. Not a criticism of Dave before Poptart overreacts but the pressure of being the only player with all answers would get to anyone.

I don't really know Pitts but as he's the captain of the team that everyone agrees plays well as a team, I wonder whether he's the one Chester thinks might pick up that extra role as senior player/leader

TRB summed this up to me at the end of the match...once Fifita got sidelined through injury, it forced the rest of the players to wake up and realise that they could no longer rely on him to win us games and they would have to pull their fingers out and turn our wilting season around.

Absolutely, in a winning team, Dave is a huge bonus, in a losing team through no fault of his own he can be problematic, you simply can't be a one man team.

He has been an absolute monster for us, ever since he came on loan to us from Hudds and absolutely busted a bollock everytime he played for us even when not our player. He them came to us at a time he was in contention for international honours and as some have said already played when he was busted because others appeared not to give a toss.

Huge respect and thanks are in order, but being harsh it's time for him to go. He's been a great servant but there is no room for sentiment.

If Danny doesn't play on or doesn't get a gig with the coaching side of things I could see him been a great on the commercial team, Selling the club to businesses and when and if we get the new east stand done with the cooperative sections danny could excel in this side of things, Just a thought

I hope it was, or if he remains then only as a 3rd / 4th choice replacement.

Talking of old boys so slightly OT but I thought Atkins put in a great stint considering how rusty he was.

Said the same after watching it back, made 10 tackles I believe, not bad for an outside back.

I'll hold my hands up......
Didn't think he would be match fit, but he was outstanding.
Looking forward to seeing in action next season.

Opta says he made 14 though he missed a few as well.
Made 106 metres with ball in and too which was what we wanted from him.

Although he didn't get the ball, I thought his energy to get level with Dixon made the difference to him knocking on his second miss too.

Never spoke to a fan who anything but positive things to say about Kirmo - he's given his heart and soul for the club every time he's pulled on the jumper, even when he was clearly busted and shouldn't have been on the pitch.

I reckon he'll go another year but with a reduced role - a bit like Wigan do with O'Loughlin - and he'll deserve that; I hate to think that he'll smash himself to bits for another season and retire totally crocked.

Kirmond has put his body on the line in the run in this season, good on him.

I think his return helped turn us around, top tackler on Friday, you just can't knock that. No longer an attacking threat but every now and then he could still help out, especially if we run reserves this season.

Coaching the reserves next year, but will still be registered to play as a player,
Hopefully this is just in case we have a repeat of this year and are struck with injuries and have no one left.

As his time of playing 10+ games has come.