Re: out of contract : Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:56 am  

Slightly concerning that MC hasnt rubished the rumour (yet)? Appreciate he can't and wouldn't want to stop these in their tracks every time (and he would be non stop on here if he did) but from memory, doesnt he normally pipe up when big ones like these circulate?

Re: out of contract : Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:04 pm  

Agreed Tommy that is my concern too.

Re: out of contract : Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:08 pm  

NEwildcat wrote:

It's a bit of a nothing article, the headline is a question, the main section rumours. Is the paper you quote usually good at these "predictions" or is it just a lazy local hack? Oh and well done for actually presenting a name rather than just coming here fishing.

The Warrington Guardian don't normally use internet rumours for news stories. They broke the Blake Austin Story a week or so before it was confirmed by the club, so presume they had some decent intel there. They don't normally peddle rumours, although had a cheeky story about Sandow a few weeks back.

It wouldn't surprise me if there had been contact from our side - whether it goes further than that would depend on whether your chairman thinks they would be able to sign Fifita to an extended contract, or risk losing him for nothing in 12 months?

Re: out of contract : Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:15 pm  

Alffi_7 wrote:

The Warrington Guardian don't normally use internet rumours for news stories. They broke the Blake Austin Story a week or so before it was confirmed by the club, so presume they had some decent intel there. They don't normally peddle rumours, although had a cheeky story about Sandow a few weeks back.

It wouldn't surprise me if there had been contact from our side - whether it goes further than that would depend on whether your chairman thinks they would be able to sign Fifita to an extended contract, or risk losing him for nothing in 12 months?

Thanks for that. I've got to say I'd be surprised if Wire as a club would were deliberately releasing such info before any sort of decision was made, if indeed there is any substance to the rumour.

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Re: out of contract : Wed Jul 18, 2018 3:08 pm  

Alffi_7 wrote:

The Warrington Guardian don't normally use internet rumours for news stories. They broke the Blake Austin Story a week or so before it was confirmed by the club, so presume they had some decent intel there. They don't normally peddle rumours, although had a cheeky story about Sandow a few weeks back.

It wouldn't surprise me if there had been contact from our side - whether it goes further than that would depend on whether your chairman thinks they would be able to sign Fifita to an extended contract, or risk losing him for nothing in 12 months?

I'd rather lose him for nothing in 12 months than get money for him now.

Re: out of contract : Wed Jul 18, 2018 3:17 pm  

PopTart wrote:

I'd rather lose him for nothing in 12 months than get money for him now.

Very difficult one IMO, Dave is one of the best in the league and would be devastated to see him leave.

However, if we lost him in the off season and got a transfer fee, then we could use the fee and freed up wages to attract a replacement, probably from Aus. Or we could lose him for free next year and not be able to afford a replacement of similar quality? Tough one, if the speculation is true.

In all honesty I don't think it's even worth talking about unless a respected journalist gives it legs.

Re: out of contract : Wed Jul 18, 2018 3:41 pm  

Or just re-negotiate his contract to tie him down for the foreseeable future !!

Re: out of contract : Wed Jul 18, 2018 3:44 pm  

FIL wrote:

Or just re-negotiate his contract to tie him down for the foreseeable future !!

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Re: out of contract : Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:25 pm  

Of course that is the preferred option, and let's hope that is why there is no news coming from the club while they do that.
Clearly we can't pay money we don't have but he's important enough to the team to make him our top earner in my opinion.

Re: out of contract : Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:14 pm  

Tommy Duckfingers wrote:

Slightly concerning that MC hasnt rubished the rumour (yet)? Appreciate he can't and wouldn't want to stop these in their tracks every time (and he would be non stop on here if he did) but from memory, doesnt he normally pipe up when big ones like these circulate?

If he rubbished every rumour that surfaced on this and other forums he wouldn't have any time to run the club.