Wakefield Trinity • Rocky
Slugger McBatt wrote:
It's all about subjective values.
He's an extremely capable utility player and a good asset to have, for that reason. The club has a certain valuation of him, I presume, which doesn't match his own or those closest to him. It doesn't mean either is wrong, as the Wakey value is affected by the ability to pay, whereas other clubs may have more room on the cap or the till to offer him what he feels is his market value.
His market value might be worth more than what we were prepared to pay, if there was to be a discussion, and Cas might pay it. Good luck to Rocky. I'd have been happy for him to remain at Wakey, provided it didn't affect the ability to pay for quality in the whole team.
I think some rate higher than any employer ever has done, but he's certainly good enough to be re-signed, subject to price. He isn't, however, the next Topliss, and never was.
I don't think he's the new Toppo (or I 99.999% doubt it) or even the new Miller/Lino/Gaskell but I'd be delighted if he proved me wrong and he still has the time left, who knows.
What I do know is he no longer plays for us and there will be a good reason for that, though I'm not going to speculate on what. I mean do people really think the club lets players go who they think can do the job they want doing, especially those NOBODY else was the least bit interested in? Poaching has put together a squad that he thinks is right for his methods, why anyone feels the need to complain baffles me. He will make mistakes and has done already but overall he's seemed pretty competent to me so far.
I support only players in the RWB, when they go elsewhere they are not my concern.
Finally, as MC continually points out, we stopped being a selling club years ago and in that time not one single player has come back to bite our bums and even if they did, so what, all clubs let players go who do well elsewhere, our team is full of them.
Statistics: Posted by vastman — Wed Mar 16, 2022 12:55 pm — Replies 46 — Views 2398