Really, that's not how it worked under the Ted regime but if MC does things differently then so be it.

The clue is in the wording 'Adebiyi has signed a one-year deal with Trinity, with an option for an extra year in 2023.', ie he's signed a ONE-year-deal.

Usually depends on the contract but the option usually works both ways, if it didn't it would be a two-year deal wouldn't it. If he doesn't work out we will not offer him another year, if he does work out we will offer him the second-year option. The second year is often loaded with incentive payments so it's worth having. If we somehow have unearthed a superstar then I suspect it will be a complete re-negotiation.

So I stand by my comment, he's essentially on a one-year trial and not on big bucks I suspect. It's not like he had a future with London or that anyone else was knocking his door down.

Good old Olive and Whatknee! A couple of those 4 would be just grand right now

Its an option for him for a second year.no matter howhe plays he can decide if he wants to renew.a how can a sl club give a 1 year trial really at times vasty

Chuff me the Trial bit was just to make a point, obviously, he's not a trialist in the old-fashioned sense of the word but if you wish to take it literally be my guest. He's on a one-year deal, if it works out both he and the club have the option of a second.

We are not obliged to offer him a second year as I understand it. I know there are deals for exceptional players where the second year is binding but I doubt it in this case and I'm not privy to that info and neither are you. I'll get clarification if you want but I'd rather not waste people's time.

I think it’s a smart move by the club, obviously the club have a say in the second year otherwise as mentioned it would be a two year deal. I hope he goes well and the signing of the extra year is only a formality.

The option is in the clubs favour

I'm really struggling with this signing, from what I see, he's no different to Titus Gwaze, a player who has been playing most of the season for London and done pretty well, whilst this lad had been crook most of the year with quite a serious injury. I don't see anything that he offers that we wouldn't have still had if we'd kept Titus.


Really starting to doubt my 1873 commit 6 payments and what they are actually being used for

Although I get your point Titus was a tight call but they rightly saw Aydin as the better option. Let’s be right here you only really want one rookie prop in the first team at any one time.

Also the comparison is not right. Titus purely pays prop as far a I’m aware, this lad seems to play everywhere in the pack and is that little bit older and more experienced. Also if we’d have kept Titus he too may have been injured, it is something of a curse at the club.

I know it’s been tough for you but we or are least I pay that money into the club for it to use as it sees fit. It’s unconditional even though I like you don’t always like how it’s used. I do it because one day it might allow us to sign a superstar of the future he we wouldn’t otherwise have been able. And by that I don’t mean some 15 year old wonder kid as they don’t always pan out. I’m talking the Gareth Ellis types who were just part of a number of ok players. For me it’s a numbers game with youngsters, we take what we can afford and we refine and occasionally we find a golden nugget.

It’s brutal as you know but if we stop doing it then lads like yours and many other may never have gotten the chance. True Dewsbury is probably not where he wants to be but he’s still in the mix so it has to be worth it surely.

My lad got nowhere near that far but I always paid up in the hope that he would. I still do but at 27 I’ve finally accepted that he won’t get signed



There are currently 11 genuine club produced players in the first team. I can remember when it was far less.

I remember when we played Cas in 2006 there were virtually no British players in the team let alone Academy product, bad days indeed.

I'm not comparing Titus with Yousif as they are totally different styles of player, and if I'm honest I see yousif as a 13 not a prop, but that's me

, but Titus and Sid are so similar in many ways I just don't see the logic.

as for my lad, he never really got the chance, but I'll leave it there for another day as not getting in to it whilst he's effectively still under contract until 30th November

Is that his nickname then, Sid ??

That’s what he calls himself over on Twitter.

They are in build but not sure they are in skill set.

Truth is WP is a new coach and he hasn’t been with us long. He also seems to be going through the club with a big brush. So maybe he wouldn’t have let Titus go in the first place but now wants that style of player and he thinks Sid a better option, just surmising.

Ditto with your lad, I may be wrong but I would imagine WP didn’t have much contact with Ollie? So to him he’s not a known quantity. I don’t like laying blame but I suppose you’d have to point the finger at CC. As to me the bringing in of Senior was a truly poor decision, especially as he was used at centre which he clearly wasn’t. I suppose it’s bad luck, but Dewsbury is a club where he can still get noticed and if he does I pray it’s not Cas because that’s where my sympathies end