I thik this is good news because he has shown himself to be very poor defensivly and i dont think he has been the same player since his bad injuries. Maybe a change of scenery will do him good and i wish him all the best but i think it is a good move by JK and the club to let him go.

This news makes it look for definate that we have signed at least 1 winger, Penny looks like he is nailed on and i think he could be a very good signing. The other winger we have been linked with is Sherriffe and i hope this is not true because he is not good enough. Maybe only signing Penny will be enough because we have George, Morton and also Murphy can play on the wing. If the Parker rumours are true i think he can also play on the wing aswell.

Is he up to it health wise? Dont take it the wrong way but the way his body shape changed after his illness he needs to put a fair amount of bulk back on to have more chance of being effective in the front row I feel.

I thought that Chromes Desease was one of those things that doesnt get 'cured' only controlled, if so are we taking a risk on needing him to be 'bulky' when he appears more suited to the back row? Hopefully its not an issue and he will not be affected, but its out of his control as I understand things.

It's [url=http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/html/crohns_disease.htmlurlCrohn's Disease[/url btw and can be really nasty; hopefully RM's will be sufficiently well controlled as to enable him to continue to play top flight RL, if that's what he wants.

Hats off to him either way - I know someone who has the disease and is almost completely disabled by it, so to continue to train and be involved in the rigours of SL week in and week out is pretty impressive.

Thanks for the link. It wasn't a dig by the way - respect to the guy living and working with it. Lets hope it is managed enough for him to have an impact for us next year. It always gets tricky though when evaluating a player, similar to the Scully/diabetes situation. When you consider he was a diabetic playing pro RL he was in excellent shape, but compared to his pears he wasn't - if you see what I mean.

Nope - it didn't read at all like a dig; I agree with you - RL is probably the toughest sport in the world and players have to be supremely fit just to compete and avoid getting smashed to bits every week, let alone battling against a debilitating illness.

Wonder if Wakefield will recieve compensation for Blanch ? or are we glad to get rid ?, thats 7 now with no new signings announced yet !. Must say same old same old, lots of players departing and im sure lots of new faces arriving at BV, we will never be a top team when you have so many changes in personnel year in year out im afraid, you have no consitency within the squad, to change pivitol roles at any time is difficult just look how we struggled after Brough,Tronc and Newton left. No wonder there is no queue to get season tickets at BV with half the squad gone, HMRC wanting a chunk of cash and Ted and the board wanting out. The Club has been run as a family concern for too long and not a business, let's hope we can attract a backer who will take WTW to the next level or NL here we come...