Nice post.
Only problem is, I'm not, or ever have been a Tom Briscoe 'hater'

HTH.

As we don't know how much he's being paid or how much he's been offered by our rivals, it's impossible to say whether he'd get more elsewhere. But if he did go for more money, could you blame him?



If he moved to someone like Salford, perhaps, but if he moved to, say, Leeds, he [iwould[/i have a better chance of winning trophies. That's not a slap in the face to anyone, it's just a fact. We don't know how long it will take for us to be regularly challenging amongst the game's elite, and we have no guarantees it will happen at all. I believe it will happen under Pearson and Gentle, but Leeds will probably win something else well before we do.

I don't have a problem with your different opinion, I have a problem with you stating that your opinion is the 'fans view'. This thread has clearly shown that it isn't.

If I sell my house and move to a bigger one because I need more room, am I being disloyal to my former neighboursStupid and totally not relevant

Why is it?

I wont get into one of your 'you are right arguments' but it is not- we are talking about a sportsman who has run his contract through and wishes to move on. Houses it aint and being loyal to a neighbour were did that come from.

Yes it was rather eloquent wasn't it.
However you say you're not a TB hater yet your posts in this thread all back up the others that say he is disloyal if he were to leave the club whom he works for to go work for someone else.
You've said what you said in your previous post but just because adding 10,000 fans whom follow ALL of the club (not just one tiny bit of it) in no way shape or form justifies the 'disloyal' tag that you've backed up. So either you've misunderstood what being called disloyal for no justfiable reason actually means and the impact that can have on another human being or you dislike Tom personally..which is it?
I could ask the same to the others on here whom have called him disloyal (who have now shut up because they are wrong) so could be awfully sweet and pass the same question onto them as well for me if you don't mind....

That's your belief, but I think personally Tom doesn't have to make that call at 23. You can understand Manu last year, at 32 moving on for that reason. But at 23 I think it's too young to be a valid reason.

Money is a strange reason, I doubt anybody could offer him a significant enough amount more for him to choose a 'Salford'.

Who's called him disloyal? And when did I back them up? Stop talking out your a**e pal, I've never said any such thing and those that have done will have their reasons. Nobody's right or wrong as no one fully knows Toms reason's.
The only thing I've ever said is that I could understand any fans resentment towards him. Understanding them feelings and me actually having them are two completely different things.

He doesn't 'have' to make that call at 23, but he may feel that he wants to. That's for him to decide and it doesn't make him less of a person if he decides to move on.



Depends what he's on here and how he would fit into another team's cap structure. Salford's new owner has promised to break the salary cap anyway, so he can earn what he likes there.

That comment alludes to how daft you are, we all go to work for money, if we won a significant amount on the lottery we (if we are honest and of sound mind) would bin work.

Same job, more pay = YES PLEASE, every day of every week, and twice on Sunday!

So you think that money is the main reason for a rugby player to move clubs? Maybe you should cast your mind back to what Kevin Sinfield said after winning the GF a few years back.
If I'm daft, you're border line idiotic. You seem completely unable to differentiate between a regular person earning 20-30k per year and a preofessional sports person earning 100k+.

It doesn't make him less of a person, I agree. Although being the big Tom Briscoe Hater that I am I obviously think it does!
I can though, understand why people can resent his choice, that's all.

Koukash is funny, pure comedy gold.

sigh, I'll leave it here, you don't get it, that's fine, enjoy your top end 30k job.

Yeah, that's it.

sorry, I forgot, you know me and what I earn......clearly.

Smithers, release the hounds.

Anyone else think Seb is Standee's love child?

Anyone fancy a pint?

I cant be doing with people who tell us they earn 20k + me I am happy to say I earn 15 + cos I am not boasting like the Standee's . O but by the way I have a House worth £220 K

why do peoples earning ever crop up in forum squbbles? strange how everyone on a forum are high rollers innit? theres never just some bloke that works in a factory or something like that lol

oh hang on.... did that just happen? lol i take it back

if Standee's buying

Players come and go - always have done and always will. Fans get attached to players then feel a tad aggrieved when it turns out that the player doesn't have the same undying allegiance to the cause as themselves. If Tom goes elsewhere in SL I will be disappointed that he doesn't see the near-mid term potential of the club to gain honours that many others do (fans and staff alike). It's his livelihood and his choice at the end of the day. He's an international class winger and therefore by definition bound to be missed. It would be better for the club if he stayed however it wont dent the club's ambition should he decide to.

Tom, if you're reading this then please stay with us