Re: Tom Johnstone : Tue May 10, 2022 7:48 pm  

If he goes he goes ,we can’t break the bank for anyone especially when it’s quality forward power we are in desperate need of ,and so we may have to move on without him , won’t be the first time and certainly won’t be the last . If the rumours are true he’ll leave behind fantastic memories of his time with us and I’m sure will go with all our best wishes for the future .

Re: Tom Johnstone : Tue May 10, 2022 7:56 pm  

cosmicat wrote:

not sure but I think he’ll be gone can’t blame him cos trinity are pathetic

And who better than your good self to exemplify that adjective?

Re: Tom Johnstone : Tue May 10, 2022 8:06 pm  

We all have to be honest he deserves a chance to join a club which gives him a chance to show his true talent. We have had season after season of struggles on the field and the opposition knew to target him because he and Fifita are our main strike players.

Re: Tom Johnstone : Tue May 10, 2022 9:31 pm  

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Re: Tom Johnstone : Wed May 11, 2022 12:07 am  

Out in a limb here… but here goes anyway…

I don’t think Bill Tupou will return to full action before his contract runs out and in the best interests of the club we have to find a way to let him and the club move on…

Tom Johnstone is out of contract and his value could be used to benefit now…

Catalans are reported to be interested… they have Kasiano and Dudson out of contact this year and both look like being available…

Johnstone swap for Kasiano and Dudson for the rest of the season would significantly bulk our forwards and give (along with Butler) some forward dominance to allow the halves to play…

Re: Tom Johnstone : Wed May 11, 2022 6:30 am  

Spookisback wrote:

Out in a limb here… but here goes anyway…

I don’t think Bill Tupou will return to full action before his contract runs out and in the best interests of the club we have to find a way to let him and the club move on…

Tom Johnstone is out of contract and his value could be used to benefit now…

Catalans are reported to be interested… they have Kasiano and Dudson out of contact this year and both look like being available…

Johnstone swap for Kasiano and Dudson for the rest of the season would significantly bulk our forwards and give (along with Butler) some forward dominance to allow the halves to play…

If Kershaw were available I’d just about go with that.

However a point of note. Two of our three victories this season were created by one man, Tom Johnstone. Probably a similar statistic for a fair few other seasons. The word match winner was made for Tom.

If ever there was a player worth breaking the bank for it Tom and the club know it. It’s also a terrible signal to send out. I know that if he wants out he wants out but let’s not pretend, there is a silver lining to this one, there simply isn’t, it would be a disaster.

Re: Tom Johnstone : Wed May 11, 2022 6:50 am  

vastman wrote:

If ever there was a player worth breaking the bank for it Tom and the club know it. It’s also a terrible signal to send out. I know that if he wants out he wants out but let’s not pretend, there is a silver lining to this one, there simply isn’t, it would be a disaster.

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Re: Tom Johnstone : Wed May 11, 2022 11:41 am  

vastman wrote:

If Kershaw were available I’d just about go with that.

However a point of note. Two of our three victories this season were created by one man, Tom Johnstone. Probably a similar statistic for a fair few other seasons. The word match winner was made for Tom.

If ever there was a player worth breaking the bank for it Tom and the club know it. It’s also a terrible signal to send out. I know that if he wants out he wants out but let’s not pretend, there is a silver lining to this one, there simply isn’t, it would be a disaster.

Well i'm not a clairvoyant so I've no idea if it would be a disaster. It would be sad to see him go, he's one of the best wingers I've ever seen in my 30 odd years of watching the game, some of his tries are beyond belief and I've loved watching him, but I suppose it was inevitable. He would be the latest 'homegrown' talent to have left in the last 20 years, Ellis, Westwood, Brough to name but 3. At least we got over a 100 appearances out of him and some amazing memories.

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Re: Tom Johnstone : Wed May 11, 2022 12:05 pm  

For me. We do our best to keep him.
If we want to get crowds we need players like him. And there aren't many around.

Re: Tom Johnstone : Wed May 11, 2022 12:13 pm  

Wildmoggy wrote:

Well i'm not a clairvoyant so I've no idea if it would be a disaster. It would be sad to see him go, he's one of the best wingers I've ever seen in my 30 odd years of watching the game, some of his tries are beyond belief and I've loved watching him, but I suppose it was inevitable. He would be the latest 'homegrown' talent to have left in the last 20 years, Ellis, Westwood, Brough to name but 3. At least we got over a 100 appearances out of him and some amazing memories.

You don't need to be clairvoyant IMHO. At the moment he is quite literally the difference between 2 points for 6 and 6 is pretty poor. So short term at least it would be a disaster, long term I suppose we'd get over it so long as the team improves. It all boils down to whether the 2023 team we put together is as a unit better than the one we have with TJ in.

The tragedy is that we should be looking for both, the dream is to put together a team that will allow TJ the opportunities he needs and we seem miles off that at the moment

One point, this is a completely different scenario to Ellis and Westwood whilst Brough sacked himself. In those days the club was a selling club and the club always wanted the money thus the players were happy to go. This is far closer to a call and I'm absolutely certain the club wants to keep him. But it's not about money IMHO, this is one of those rare occasions where it's about success or that lack of.