agreed, however the optics could be better.. Particularly given the player retention policy... Also the 'loan' aspect of the move could be better explained, we are losing a really talented young player and getting someone on loan in return... That really does echo the Trinity of old, regardless of the situation behind the decisions.

as an aside... One of the things I dislike intensely about the NRL is that a player can announce they are moving on to a new club, 12 months before they actually move. As a fan I don't want to watch a player playing for my club who has mentally moved on... I can't cheer for someone who has made that decision. Now that rule is in the UK and I still hate it... I like that Trinity have tried to work around that conundrum - Myers in through a transfer fee... Booth booted out early and NT brought in.

Have to admit I really don’t like it either. A player can theoretically sign two contracts for two seperate clubs in one day. One for 2025 and one 2026 before even pulling on a training shirt. I’m really not fond. It promotes 3/4 year deals and 1/2 year deals come with risk.


I’m not sure what was wrong with the old system. It worked fine.

I'm not too chuffed about this I have to say , feels like the Trinity of old to me .

Whether Booth has had his head turned I don't know but the optics still look poor to me .

The club have got most things right since Matt took over so it's disappointing to lose a young player like Booth who clearly has potential .

No-one who we want to keep will be moving because of money, however, as I said before HKR are ahead of us on the field so will be an attractive proposition. It seems like Booth had decided to go, and we've let him go early to secure a player we also have an intrest in, all be it on loan, to have a good look at him to see if we're still intrested next year.

exactly

Please tell me how you wuld have retained booth?

All true, Booth/Hkr a 4 year deal, Wakey, only a 12month loan deal.
I like most of you are not kean on this prior 12 month sign on lever players now have, but it is what it is !
So, we should have signed players like Max last year, now we are in a weaker position, this kind of situation will continue unless we wise up Quickly ?
It may not just be money, players like stability & 4yrs is very tempting !

I will pass all tour points on to millsy

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We've swapped a player on 1 year contract for a player on 1 year loan. It's not that big a deal.
The 4 years is nothing to do with us.

You’d of thought we had just swapped Dom Young the way some are going on. We’ve just swapped Booth for a younger more accomplished player (Yorkshire, England academy international) in a position we actually need bulking up. Let’s see how the lad gets on, he’s got all the athletic characters to be a top player.
It’s a year loan in the last year of his contract, so I’m pretty sure he’ll be working his backside off to earn a contract with us, if it doesn’t work out then we cut ties with no 2/3 year deal hanging over us. To me it seems really simple good business.