If the merkin is so desperate to go just let the sook go.
But not without compensation.
At least one of their players has to come the other way.
If it’s Ryan Hall so be it.
He’s due to have a healthy season so we might just jag a pretty solid player in the swap.
Oh and make sure the release doesn’t happen until after the WCC.
We don’t want the merkin to have any chance of any early glory.
Seriously there is no honour from most players these days.
He was headed for the scrap heap in the NRL and we gave him a lifeline.
Now he wants to hold hands with his brother.
You hit the nail on the head. The Gold Coast Titans turned their nose up with the chance to sign him.
He was all but headed to Salford when we threw him a lifeline and even accepted his terms of a 2 year deal.
This is pretty poor form from him. He spent time playing with his brother at the Dragons and they were in the same team 3 out of the last 4 seasons.
If he feels he has a better chance of a premiership there just say it, don't make it sound like it's a family thing.
If the trade is for Hall and Collins it's not the best, nor the worst. Hall looked good in patches and had a game last year where his kick returns were impressive and powerful.
Collins is a solid player and has a decent work rate but his arrival probably blocks Rudolfs path, and Toby's contract extension with us is pretty much dependent on him playing First Grade.
I don't like this, it's happening too close to the season and it will disrupt the team no matter what happens. I feel this is going to be a season of whatever. We either make finals or we don't, but we need to find an identity and quickly because we are losing it and the NRL are ramping up expansion.