[quote="The Dentist Wilf":2cpxzsd2]https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/hull-fc-richie-myler-jack-34408336 This is tough to read and you have to feel for the guy but at a club where sentiment has for years over ruled sense as far as retention of players is concerned (how many times have we seen players kept too long after their sell by date just because they have been good servants). Its been a commendable attitude at times but left us short too and unfortunately in business and sport (particularly where a salary cap is in operation) you have to put the business or the team first and obviously despite what Walker says and he makes a good case, but obviously Myler waited to see where we were with our recruitment and what sort of funds we needed to free up to fill any holes in the team, as is now happening. So, I guess he was simply hedging his bets on getting us the best rosta for 2025. I have spoken to him a couple of times over the last season and he comes across as a measure and sensitive sort of guy but he always says that he will always put what is best for the club going forward first. I hope Walker gets a club and proves us all wrong but I feel that isa pretty unlikely myself!![/quote:2cpxzsd2] Can see it from Walkers point of view but he was on a two year deal so I’m guessing he’s been paid a settlement and there must have been some kind of negotiation around that, it can’t have been right out of the blue. Says a lot about Walker that he’s obviously gutted to be without a club even if he has had his contract paid, I’m guessing that a few of the players we’ve paid off mid contract haven’t been quite so gutted. Good luck to him seems a good lad.

Walker has been at four clubs in the last three seasons and none seem to require his services.

If he's as good as his agent seems to think he is , Then He'll be signing for Penrith anytime soon !! Personally , I think he's a decent player but not the player his agent seems to think he is , Maybe Walker needs to stop reading his headlines . As COYH says , 4 clubs and nobody wants to sign him , They must be something there keeping the clubs from going anywhere near him . I hope he sorts a club out soon though .

[quote="B0NES":2239qn1o]If he's as good as his agent seems to think he is , Then He'll be signing for Penrith anytime soon !! Personally , I think he's a decent player but not the player his agent seems to think he is , Maybe Walker needs to stop reading his headlines . As COYH says , 4 clubs and nobody wants to sign him , [quote:2239qn1o]They must be something there keeping the clubs from going anywhere near him[/quote:2239qn1o] . I hope he sorts a club out soon though .[/quote:2239qn1o] You would have to assume his track record injury wise won't be helping his cause. Squad management is so important these days, players being unavailable for whatever reason can have a major effect on how a club's season may pan out. The clubs who get these kind of decisions right tend to the ones who have the successful seasons. Squad recruitment/management has been one of our (many) failings over recent years. I feel for Walker as he is still more than capable of being a decent SL player, he showed it for us on occasion even through the mayhem of last year, but I have a feeling club's are viewing him as too big a risk especially if he's angling for a sizable salary. If he continues spending as much time on the treatment table as he does on the pitch it can become a hindrance to a club's hopes and ambitions. It's hardly his fault that he's developed a habit of breaking down at inopportune moments but, unfortunately for him, elite sport is a fairly ruthless business today, those that take the hard decisions even when they may be unpopular are the ones who tend to thrive as hard as it may sound and appear. Walker (and his agent) may find they have to lower their sights, and demands, in order to secure a deal with someone. Like I said, it's become a brutal business with little room for sentiment these days.

[quote="Jake the Peg":2xhkcop0]I don't disagree with the decision but I'm not sure we should be allowing a player to start pre season then paying him off. We surely knew some time before he wasn't in our plans so why not let him know early before everyone else spent on other players[/quote:2xhkcop0] To be fair I think it was obvious he was told he was free to find a new club a long time ago along with Sutcliffe and Trueman. It’s still not nice for the lad the situation he’s in as he comes across as a good lad and pro but there’s no way it was out the blue to him, his agent publicly said so months ago. There’s always loads of examples of contracted players looking to make moves like Clifford last year, so it can work both ways.

Sure he will get a club, probably SL for me. Think his agent has done him a disservice, sure he will have had offers - at least top end championship ? All a negotiation, just as his 'settlement' was. No doubt talented - I wouldn't rule out Hudds to replace Jakey boy, only certainty is he will rip it up when he next runs out against us.