By my reckoning by 2024 TJ would be due a testimonial.

If he signs a new deal at the end of this season that is.

It has to be a temptation as he could make a serious cash sum. Sure there will be temptations elsewhere but he does seem to truly love Trinity.

So to kick the whole thing off I’m volunteering for the committee on this one, something I’ve never been tempted to do before. I do this because no other player has given me so much pleasure. He may not be the most important player I’ve seen but he is far and away the most entertaining and exciting bar none. A genuine superstar through the ranks.

I’m offering to do his testimonial brochure for free and pay for the printing (the latter assumes my finances are still ok at the time).

I’ll also do a website for free but I will need help on the social media side.

I know I’m jumping the gun by some way but just thought I’d put it in peoples minds should it happen.

There are a few other players who can’t be far off either?

I hope he stays but fully understand if he takes a big contract elsewhere - whats a testimonial year worth to a player? He could hit 100 tries this year which would be a great achievement for a Trinity player these days.

You're right though he does seem to love us and I've been told on a couple of occasions he has a bit of an issue with Leeds which just endears him to me all the more. Probably nonsense but I like the idea

Agree totally about Tom.
It certainly is a huge consideration and one I hadn't thought of -just might tip the scales for him staying.
There's another reason some clubs may be reluctant to sign him - if his dreadful injury run recurs - I sincerely hope the lad has all that behind him, but credit to the club they have looked after him and I'm sure Tom appreciates that.
I'd love to see Tom scoring a couple of length of the field tries at Wembley - how that would lift the club!

Most of Tom's tries were sensational and truly memorable and were much of a muchness, the most memorable thing I remember was when interviewed by that pr@t Bill Arthurs on Sky when he tried his best to rubbish the club while implying that he would be better off elsewhere and not being too subtle about it as well, Tom just put him firmly in his place about his feelings for the club and quite honestly left him embarrassed, if nothings changed to alter his opinion then hopefully he'll still be here.

would love to see a testimonial for TJ; something we don't see much of these days. It used to be a big thing in the days when a new testimonial booklet appeared. I still have a few from days gone. It would be interesting to see what sort of sum a much loved and skilled player such as Tom can raise these days. Out of interest were brochures produced for Danny Brough and Danny Kirrmond? I don't recall one.

I used to do a few of them, did both the Paul and Dave March and Ali L. But I wasn’t asked to do either of the above.

In fairness a lot has changed in the last 10 years and with Word and Adobe InDesign and Photoshop becoming easier and easier to use you can just about do it yourself now if you are halfway computer literate.

However I’m still a pro so whatever I did for Tom would blow most stuff out of the water, immodest I know but true.