Think (and I might be wrong) but if moves to another club he loses his exemption from the non fed regulations.

If so he would find it hard to get a contract with another Sl club.

Well said i am with you on that.

I have already posted on this thread and whilst I think it is great that we are all posting messages of support, reading it makes it look like he has gone already.

I wouldn't want JD to think we don't want him to continue for the rest of this season.

Keep it up Jason and get us into the playoffs again. Hope you do find another club if you want to play on after this season but in the meantime I would like to see you continue to do what you have done for Wakefield for the past 7 years.

Tough call but the correct one for the club, he gives everything but looks like he is running on old legs.

The word is banded about too much for me but in this case I feel given what he has done both on and off the field he should very much be regarded as a legend of the club.

Sad news would have liked him to lead us out in our new ground. Morrison should be the captain. This guy has been an amazing servent who could have gone to Wigan. I still think he is a far better centre than Gleeson without a doubt. Upsetting news but can understand why. Certainly the most memorable player for this club over the last 20 years for his outstanding dedication. Hope we finish the season strongly and get a kicker for him to have one last final hooorah in the wakey shirt.

Unfortunatly its the correct decision by the club, but by god has he earned his money over the years!!! Thank you Jason it has been a pleasure seeing you in a wakefield shirt best of luck for the rest of the season and the future.

Top guy, sad to see him go (when he does) but imho its the right decision by the club. Best of luck JD.

Dear JD...Show em all they're wrong. Over the hill indeed.

Thought he would have made a good impact player on the bench ala Hendo but not to be unless Kear has the vision to do it this year.

Good luck JD!

It is confusing but I believe that all players with an EU passport who were playing in the competition prior to when the non-federation regulations came into effect are exempt for their entire career in the UK, regardless if they switched clubs.

I never left a Widnes game JD played in thinking I'd been short changed. One of Neil Kelly's worse decisions was letting him leave, but thankfully for Jason, it all turned out well for him at Trinity. Best regards to him and his family, especially my old E-mail mate Con.

He's had ups and downs at Trin as a player but as a bloke he commands respect, won't use the word Legend but he's not far off, the way he conducted himself after the loss of Adam and Leon speaks for itself, don't know him well enough to call him a mate but consider him to be a friend.



Spoke with Con after the Quins game and at Headingley. Top bloke.

I think he'll want to got out on a high and he'll not fail through lack of effort and sheer guts IMO.

Now when most players know they are coming to the end of their tenure with a club they have been with for so long, its far too easy for them to rest on their laurels and just meander through the rest of the season like a tired river estury heading out to sea. However, I have every confidence that from now until the end of the season that JD will be putting his entire heart and soul into every performance, just like he has done since his arrival from Widnes in 2004.
As for the 2011 captaincy, well there's only two real candidates for the job.
1. Glenn Morrison - yes, he may be 34, but he has on the whole put his experience to good use this year and has been very influential.
2. Sam Obst - he has been with us since 2005, so has been around long enough not only to know and understand the set up within the club, but more importantly, has won the respect of his colleagues and fans alike.
One person who needn't bother sending in his CV for the job is Mr Cooke - yes after another inept performance yesterday, I wouldn't even trust him to sweep up the dressing room floor after training sessions and matches.

So back to Jason Demetriou and we must all salute a truly loyal and dedicated servant of this club, who shall never be forgotten.

We're gonna miss you JD.

will be missed in more ways than one. if all the team played with the same determination, passion , commitment and b**ls as he does, we would walk the grand final. great leadership. sets a fantastic example for the rest to follow. top man. hope his new club appreciates him as much as he is appreciated here. onward and upward jase.

Agree with all of that, top man on and off the pitch. Will be remembered for his committment to the cause and also for leading us through one of our darkest years last year . Last year for me was the true measure of the man leading the team through the tragedies and honouring Adams memory by giving his all for the shirt. Its a pleasure to have watched him and bigger pleasure to know him and his family. Lets all get behind his 3 month testimonial and show how much he has meant to us all.

Gutted.

Fantastic player for us a true 100%'er.

Sad to see him move on. I hope he can end his time with us with a playoff achievement.

I've been a strong critic of JD over the last few seasons and wouldn't have complained if this decision had come a year or two ago, but have always maintained that he has been a great servant to the club. The memory that will last longest will be his run from inside our own in-goal area against Bradford during our run for survival - IMO that run is what guaranteed our survival, the game against Cas just rubber-stamped it.

JD, thanks for a great service to the club & all the best for the future.

Do you reckon Leigh would have a chance of signing him, how many seasons do you reckon he's got left in him. Would he work well with Wobbie and Duffy?

Hope they do TBH, he would work hard and give you 110% and yes he would work well with them IMO.

Match winning try vs Hull in our first play off game. JD side-stepped Briscoe putting him on his behind

players come and players go but we have been luck to have had a loyal servant to our club, they are far a few between most just think about chasing the fast buck as we have learned to our expense,

his career could of ended early but for the op on his neck and the defiant year playing #8 speaks volumes for him as a player and person, so I just like to wish Jason every success for the future in what ever he decides to do and a thank him for the fond memories on the pitch, the bradford returning ball run will live with me for ever

Just our luck for Leigh to get a franchise with JD at our expense.

Thanks JD awesome....

there are so many fond memories of Jason

He stands alongside the stalwarts of our club.

Phil Clarke's quote...

" JD has improved every season since coming into the game in the UK"

says it all and that was only a couple of seasons ago... he will do a sterling job for a lower graded team... but time catches up with us all... it is a shame he has to change club to keep playing!!

JD's shown more loyalty than a lot of the so-called fans. I really hope we can pull something out of the hat for the remaining games to secure a playoff place and give him the send-off he deserves.

Good luck to you in the future, JD, and thanks for everything you've done for our club!

I dare say you show more loyalty to your employer than the majority of it's customers do. At the end of the day as fans we are customers.

Only a Wakefield 'supporter' could turn what is a tribute by fans for a wonderful servant of our club into a dig at other supporters.

Really there is a time and place for having a dig and I am pretty sure that this thread isn't it.