He could go to the Wests Tigers and play for a club bumping along the bottom or come to us and play with his brother for a club bumping along the bottom. Sorted !

Memories will be the thing that entices Andrew over here , it was never going to be about the money , it’s the perfect ending for both brothers , running out together one last time , and hopefully those memories and will be made down at Belle Vue

Norfolk in Chance

Only on here, where we are linked with one of the games best props would people say no. Give your heads a shake, I've watched him this season and he's got better and fitter as the season has gone on, he'd walk into any team over here, let's hope he wants to walk into ours.

"Wally Lewis is coming!" Mark II ?

That would be like a kick in the proverbials if they say turned out for Leeds

You would think with all the club has done for Dave he wouldn't want his swansong to be with anybody else, but who knows, let's hope it does come off for us, next season could be a very interesting one on and off the field......

I really see no reason why Dave wouldn’t be loyal to us as we have to him all these years , he more or less says that they are trying their best to get him over . Come Thur night and hopefully a win over HKR things not only on the fifita front but on the rest of the recruiting will start in earnest

We have this most seasons as most seasons our SL security isn't certain until the last few games, thus nothing is announced until it is .Yet people still chose to panic even though the above makes the reasons obvious.

Once we are secure, all will probably and quickly fall into place. Whether people like what they see is up to them but it will have been the plan all along, and who knows there may be a few nice surprises, although as we know some can never be pleased.

Well Andrew won't be playing with his brother here as Dave has just announced he is leaving!

That's both of them off to HKR then!!!

David just put on twitter i last game at belle vue for wakey sayingits been great but things come to a end

The Trinity giveth and the Trinity taketh away.
Should have a good wedge to invest in new squad members.

Well lets hope so.

Truth is most Trinity fans have been demanding a purge of the deadwood for a few years now, so they can't complain, though they will, at getting what they asked for.

We all have our own definition of dead wood. I wouldn't put Dave in that category, but he is definitely at the end of his career in truth. He probably had a year left in him all the same, so he needs a decent replacement that's for sure. As you say with him and TJ gone that's a big wedge freed up.

We will soon find out if that wedge is to go on new players, or to cover old costs.

The way I see it we are 11th possibly 10th in the league and fans are wanting to do better.

We are definitely losing TJ, Tupou, Fifita who are I assume 3 of our highest paid players.
We are possibly losing Miller as well who would also be one of our highest earners.

When you add Arona and Batch, we have a lot of big boots to fill but we have a lot of salary cap to spend too.

My shopping list for the 4 biggest salaries is prop, stand off, loose forward and full back.

We'll need another starting prop and second row, but the first group is the priority for spending the biggest money.

I know that covers Crowther and Jowitt but I'd like to keep them but we need better in my opinion.

And one of those priority players needs to be a captain.

I would have made Batchelor the captain had he stayed. I’d be tempted to consider Crowther.

Don’t forget Aydin but either way I admire your confidence that they will use the money in full on new players. It’s not just the loss of our highest earners but also our better players. I guess you will not be surprised that I have absolutely no confidence that the board will put together a better squad because they will do their usual bring in players living on past glories along with a bunch of failed SL players looking for a last chance.
I don’t know who does the contract negotiations but it would appear one success Kaye but the rest appear to be walking. I am sure they will eventually make some comment on Facebook what the plan is for next season but I bet it includes the words “living within our means”, “ loss of X amount of Sky money” and “things will be better once the new stand is built.
With regards the stand did I read that it included facilities to entertain up to 52 directors, I hope this is just a Dallas moment and I am wrong.

Does not bring enough to the team You need a 80 minutes but to be Captain

Mr .Carter said who comes in is down to the Coach .Think the days of overrated signings are behind us

Plus, it depends how much the coach had to spend ?

Yes but Carter sets the budget the coach can spend. WP can want whoever but if the club won’t pay what they are asking for whatever reason the coach misses out on that player so the final decision is with the board not the coach.

I don’t think a captain needs to be 80 at all. Equally they shouldn’t be 20/30 minute players.

Naturally I would imagine a leader or a few will emerge in the camp.

The coach must receive full backing, it's a mammoth task ahead of him. The clubs loosing some good individual players let's hope the younger members of the squad can recognise opportunities and stick with it.
Wakefield can not afford to have another fruitless season.

Have a word with MC about putting some money on to assist or provide some ideas to raise funds and in turn increase the amount the club can spend on the first team

They don't have to but I'd prefer it.
Crowther is often talked about as a future captain but he's here now and I feel we lack leadership so I'd prefer to bring someone in.

They’ve had ten years to increase revenue and improve the squad and our performances, you appear to believe in what we are doing so I would suggest it is for you to put money in. If we don’t perform on the field then no amount of ideas will help because that is the business we are in to entertain not constantly stave off relegation.
I would suggest one thing improve the marketing of games and advertise any special offers more widely.