I'm not sure if there is a thread on this as I could not find one so I apologise if there is.



Aside from the fact we have no idea what league we will be playing (the signs are looking good for us to stay in SL mind) I just wanted your opinions on how we can build on a successful on-field season.



Players Out (Officially Confirmed)



Tom Burgess - [iSouth Sydney Rabbitohs[/i

Kyle Briggs - [iFeatherstone Rovers[/i

Olivier Elima - [iCatalan Dragons[/i

Ben Jeffries - Retirement

Ian Sibbit - Retirement





Players Out (Not Officially Confirmed)



Bryn Hargreaves - [iUnknown[/i

Jason Crookes - [iHull FC[/i

Paul Sykes - [iWakefield Wildcats[/i





Unsure?



Adrian Purtell - [iMay be told he can't play again.[/i

Luke Gale - [iHuddersfield Giants/Castleford Tigers[/i

Matt Diskin - Retirement?

Jarrod Sammut - [iPenrith Panthers[/i





Others Out Of Contract



Chev Walker

Manase Manuokafoa - [iwants to re-sign with the Bulls.[/i

Shaun Ainscough

James Donaldson

Jarrod Sammut

Danny Addy

Liam McAvoy

Jobe Murphy

Alex Ball

Karl Pryce

Phil Joseph





With this in mind. I just want to find out your opinions on the people who have left. The people who could be leaving. Who would you re-sign for next season and why and also who do you think will improve the squad? This is based on if we stay in SL btw.





EDITED - to include Elima's confirmed departure. And included a note saying Manuokafoa wants to stay

Diskin - retirement? How old is he?

Confirmed



Ben Jeffries - Retirement

Ian Sibbit - Retirement

Tom Burgess - South Sydney Rabbitohs

Kyle Briggs - Featherstone Rovers

Olivier Elima - Catalan Dragons



Out of Contract



Jason Crookes - Hull FC

Jarrod Sammut - Rumours of Penrith Panthers interest

Chev Walker

Bryn Hargreaves

Shaun Ainscough - *option for 2013

James Donaldson

Danny Addy

Liam McAvoy

Karl Pryce

Phil Joseph

Jonny Payne

Manase Manuokafoa



Under contract



Adrian Purtell - May have to retire

Luke Gale - Rumours of Castleford & Huddersfield interest

Caig Kopczak - Rumours of Huddersfield interest

Elliott Whitehead - Rumours of Hull FC / Leeds / Warrington interest

John Bateman - Rumours of Hull FC / Warrington Wolves interest

Paul Sykes - Wakefield interest after Season long loan

Michael Platt - Rumous of Salford City Reds interest

Alex Ball

Cain Southernwood

Jordan Aitchison

Jobe Murphy

Adam O'Brien

Thomas Olbison

Elliot Kear

Nick Scruton

Heath L'Estrange

Jamie Langley

Matt Diskin

Brett Kearney

Keith Lulia

Jay Rossi

bit of a misleading list that as the ones I've highlighted are under contract for next year even though other clubs are showing interest. also manuokafoa is out of contract. a lot depends on whether players under contract agree to be tupe'd across to new operating company or use change in ownership as a method to get out of there current deals in order to take up more lucrative deals elsewhere. Wouldn't blame any of them for doing that TBH, but this is where we find how much of a bond has developed between this group of players.

Ollies tweeted he is going back to Catalans

No surprise there.

didn't elima say a while ago he was off to catalan next year as he wants his young children to go to school in France?



from the lists above I would expect any or all of the higher paid players who are off contract to leave, but the rest will depend on which league we're in in the first instance I'd guess.

If you look at our contracted players we have;



FB - Kearney

WG - Kear

CE - Lulia, Putell (fingers crossed)

SH - Gale

PR - Kopczak, Scruton

HK - L'Estrange, Diskin

SR - Whitehead, Bateman, Olbison

LF - Langley



Who IMO should provide a great nucleus for a SL team. Plus our youngsters - Southernwood, Atchinson, Murphey, O'Brien and Rossi. And then surely some contract extensions.



I hope and don't think next years team [uif[/u we are in SL will have to be drastically different to this years team.

Unfortunately the players and fans are consigned to a further spell in purgatory until we get a decision on which league we will be in next year.



But reading through the list the area which makes me most nervous is the half-backs - Jeffries and Briggs we know are on their way to pastures new, and there seems to be big question marks over Gale and Sammut's status next year. If you don't have 6 and 7 right it will always be a struggle - and this is from someone who was always too tall and good-looking to play in the half-backsicon_smile.gif

What about [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Orfordthis guy[/url, appears to be out of contrcat, woth a punt?

Need to be careful with comments like that it could cause several members of the forum to collapse and die of apoplexy! So if you were going to give him a punt I would make sure it was a leaky one and hope he drowns!

Certainly sounds like punt.