Great shame if we can't keep hold of Taylor, he could be the cornerstone of our pack for years to come, offer him a 5 year contract on as much as it would take (obviously taking into account squad and cap), if he doesn't want to stay so be it, we can't force him to stay, but it's not every year a player with the potential of Scott comes along, same goes for Josh Hodgson, if we can't keep hold of players of their calibre then it will set a precedence for others and we'll end up the new Castleford (no offense) i.e. developing young players then not being able to offer the same money as others to keep them.
Go with a smaller squad next season if we need to keep the cap spend down (losing Clinton, Galea, Webster should help too) after giving these two what they want to stay and if we get short because of injuries bring in the U20's for experience, Green, Cox and Peterson are almost there and Salter, Heil and Dave Scott and probably one or two more are on their heels. We've got to give these lads a chance at some point.
Catch 22 if we lose good local lads and don't stay competitive the crowds will dwindle and less revenue means lower contracts for players and in turn even less chance of keeping good youngsters.

I'm sure that at some point in your life you will make a correct call and you'll make us all aware of it. Seems it could be some way off though.

Anyone still got a link to the thread where he rubbished briscoe and told us how fox was as good as offiah?

There's a few calls but I don't think anyone is really interested so there's no point.


I'm afraid not, because believe it or not, I never actually said that.

Compulsion to constantly re-visit 3 year old threads is pathetic.

So basically Galea is finished, Prince is reluctantly coming for his pension, and Ellis is crocked....

I think your worried Frankie

Well that was fun.