Not staying with us confirmed by the club as we have 4 wingers already.sad to see for me

I’d have liked to have kept him but I won’t be too bothered if we spend the money on other signings that are needed.

That's all it is, just talk.

Saints just given Jon Bennison the five shirt and a new contract, so I doubt they are or ever were that interested, just some director being flash.

But yes we still need to tie him down if we can.

Disappointed we haven't kept him, but if the finances are needed elsewhere, fair enough.

The Lineham money and player are lost so let's forget about him when mentioning the squad.

Not just the numbers unfortunately. Murphy in particular is going to be very expensive to keep and Kershaw won't be cheap. With Taufua and unfortunately Lineham on big money it's really hard to justify any more cash going on that position. If Evans was willing to stay on a cheap one year deal then that would be fine, but the bloke needs more than that, so I can't blame him for not accepting if that's the case.

I do find it perverse that we are having a discussion about to many old players at the club, yet people are now getting upset that we are losing an older player in what is traditionally the position most dominated by youngsters. I get it, he's far better than we hoped he'd be, but he's just to late into the game of RL to make it worthwhile.

I'm not playing up to you here, but I'd rather the cash went on your lad, or any number of the young academy kids, long term Ollie Pratt is a far better bet.

Haven't we been through this? How do you know Lineham and Taufua are on big money?

Anyway, Mash has said we can't offer him a contract because we have 4. He doesn't mention contracts. No mention of Evans not accepting a cheap one.

So just how expensive and not cheap.
What's the actual cost.

It's a lot of swings and roundabouts with Kershaw v Evans. I guess Kershaw's trump card is age. With 2023 being a critical season I wonder if that is the right call.

I’d say Evans and Kershaw have a very similar style of play tbh.

Kershaw has age and experience in his locker. No doubt our right edge was good back end of the season with Kershaw on the wing. It’s more likely to be the right call or rather carries less risk.

Apologies, reading back my tone probably was a bit flippant.

I’m just stating fact and however you dress it up we have 5 players capable at playing on the wing already.

He probably would warrant another contract but for the fact we have 5 who can play his position already makes it highly unlikely it will happen.

Mash today pretty much said the same thing. We have to spend the money we have wisely for 2023 to add quality and depth in the areas needed.

It’s an unfortunate circumstance for Kyle we have many wingers on the books. He would very much still be a punt though having only played two superleague games and the rest against young/fringe players.

Real shame we can't keep him.