Re: Paul Aiton on contract or not? : Mon Jul 27, 2015 2:16 pm  

Easier said than done,though.

Who else is available at this point of the season?.

Re: Paul Aiton on contract or not? : Mon Jul 27, 2015 2:42 pm  

Aiton every time for me.
One of our top performers this year.
I think Lunt was good whilst on loan for us but seems unfit/overweight this season and not a patch on how he played for us.

Re: Paul Aiton on contract or not? : Mon Jul 27, 2015 2:46 pm  

chapylad wrote:

Aiton every time for me.
One of our top performers this year.
I think Lunt was good whilst on loan for us but seems unfit/overweight this season and not a patch on how he played for us.

Fitness can be regained, I would still prefer Aiton to stay for the last year of the contract. We could then have the time to find a good replacement

Re: Paul Aiton on contract or not? : Mon Jul 27, 2015 2:47 pm  

I thought the club stood behind him with the sharks/peptide scandal and his 3 months illness, i would of thought he would of shown some sense of loyalty, but loyalty doesn't pay the bills does it. would rather seen this put to bed one way or another and set our stall out for rest of the season and next. Onwards and upwards

Re: Paul Aiton on contract or not? : Mon Jul 27, 2015 3:39 pm  

HAILESY wrote:

I thought the club stood behind him with the sharks/peptide scandal and his 3 months illness, i would of thought he would of shown some sense of loyalty, but loyalty doesn't pay the bills does it. would rather seen this put to bed one way or another and set our stall out for rest of the season and next. Onwards and upwards

yes, to be fair to Aiton if his current deal with us is nothing spectacular, which it probably isn't, then you can't blame him if he does go for financial reasons. He is 31 so there won't be many more big pay days coming. I would like to think on this seasons showing in particular that we would look to at least come close to matching what Catalans would be offering, however we are in a salary cap sport so that may not be possible. I have no problem at all with him leaving, as long as the club do have proper hooker in the mould of a Lunt or Houghton lined up because Burrow is so obviously now not the man for that role.

Re: Paul Aiton on contract or not? : Mon Jul 27, 2015 3:56 pm  

Emagdnim13 wrote:

Fitness can be regained, I would still prefer Aiton to stay for the last year of the contract. We could then have the time to find a good replacement

Yes another year would do for Aiton to stay and hopefully Robbie Ward can show if he is good enough.
If not then it gives us time to find the right replacement for Aiton.
Also agree that Aiton needs to get a decent pay day sorted and could well get that at Catalans as we might be up to the limit with our cap space.
That would be a shame to let him go after this years performance.

Re: Paul Aiton on contract or not? : Mon Jul 27, 2015 4:40 pm  

HAILESY wrote:

I thought the club stood behind him with the sharks/peptide scandal and his 3 months illness, i would of thought he would of shown some sense of loyalty, but loyalty doesn't pay the bills does it.

I'd have said he's already repaid any debt of gratitude he might have owed the club. Not that I think there was one to be repaid.

Re: Paul Aiton on contract or not? : Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:22 am  

I'd hope the club do all they can to keep him. He's a very good dummy half. Not a stand-out world-beater, but the sort of hooker that's missed big time when they're not there.

Re: Paul Aiton on contract or not? : Sat Aug 01, 2015 8:03 am  

He was brilliant for the opening period he was on last night but didn't return.I don't recall hearing anything of an Injury but he obviously did something.Hopefully nothing serious, he will be key for the remainder of the season.

Re: Paul Aiton on contract or not? : Sat Aug 01, 2015 8:34 am  

He's fine mate. Just a concussion. He wanted to come on but wasn't allowed for medical reasons under the new concussion protocols.