TRB wrote:
Love all this talk about clubs getting rid of players! Who is to say that we didn't offer Walton a contract, or that Cas haven't offered Mariano a deal, or not...
Walton may well have been offered terms by us, but maybe was offered better or similar by Bradford with the potential of more game time? I haven't seen a statement that says we released him, but we obviously put a value on all players and if wont sign for that value then we move on.
Frankie may well be the same. Depending on the deal, I would take a risk with him, but the deal has to be incentive based and he may be offered mores security elsewhere. The whole thing is very dynamic and very fluid.
I do wish we were in a position to name signings for next year, but that won't come until season tickets are on sale and we all know why they are not - yet!
I dont disagree with anything that you've put although, I doubt that we out bid Cas for Owen & Tansey.
They appeared surplus to Castlefords requirements and not to be part of Powells plans.
Cas signed McShane from us, which meant that Trinity could sign Moore.
Moore is an excellent player but, there is little doubt that they have had better value from McShane who will have played significantly more minutes than Scott Moore, mainly due to his discipline but, IIRC, Moore came to us with an injury problem as well.
Unfortunately, we have to accept that Trinity have much lower spending power than other clubs and as such we need better "value for money" which leads to us taking "chances" with players that may have issues (either injuries or personal problems).
Sometimes these pay off and other times not.
