Re: Chalmers and Lowe the conspiracy : Tue May 02, 2017 3:14 pm  

If that is the crack wtf is going on?

Re: Chalmers and Lowe the conspiracy : Tue May 02, 2017 3:15 pm  

Bull Mania wrote:

Tweet from ShowMeTheMoney agent

Something not right at a championship club giving letters out to their top players saying they don't know if they're to be retained next year?

Pretty obvious its us. Wonder how much longer the academy can survive too.

Well, thinking about it, we probably don't have much choice.
If we are relegated then how can we possibly guarantee any current contracts?

Re: Chalmers and Lowe the conspiracy : Tue May 02, 2017 3:17 pm  

At the start of the season I'd have predicted losing the last 3 games pretty badly, but with the loanees we got a sign of a brighter future.

It's the complete radio silence from the club on anything except fluff stories that's generating this extreme downer everyone is on, someone at the club must address this very soon with SOME information about what the new owners have discovered after being in charge for over 3 months. While accepting they can't be disclosing their business plans, any statement indicating the options they are looking at should be made. As Paul Walker said about the loss of emotional attachment to the club, I'm in the same boat, haven't seen a game since Sheffield and haven't missed it. It was good to see I wasn't alone in that feeling.

Re: Chalmers and Lowe the conspiracy : Tue May 02, 2017 3:18 pm  

Nothus wrote:

Well, thinking about it, we probably don't have much choice.
If we are relegated then how can we possibly guarantee any current contracts?

His Second tweet suggested the letter is something we have to do as a club, presumably to allow players to look elsewhere. It may just be a case of as Bullseye said if we're relegated we can't offer a new contract to anyone as we'd be PT so it may just be a formality. Maybe its a more dire situation.

Re: Chalmers and Lowe the conspiracy : Tue May 02, 2017 3:19 pm  

They wouldn't need to inform them of that as all contracts would be null and void on been relegated..

do you think we are been patched over by Salford next year?
keep the academy and home grown players and bring in their first team for SL?

Re: Chalmers and Lowe the conspiracy : Tue May 02, 2017 3:19 pm  

ever the optimist me..

Re: Chalmers and Lowe the conspiracy : Tue May 02, 2017 3:23 pm  

Depends on what the letter says. We offered Smith a 2 year contract and Chisholm a deal just 2 weeks a go. What would be the point if we going PT anyway next year. Things won't have changed that much.

Re: Chalmers and Lowe the conspiracy : Tue May 02, 2017 3:25 pm  

Once again nothing makes any sense..

Re: Chalmers and Lowe the conspiracy : Tue May 02, 2017 3:31 pm  

Or here's an idea.

They have been told franchising is set to return so rather than waste money on a FT squad where finishing in the league is irrelevant. They fund a PT team making substantial savings. Become a reasonable championship team boosted by the farcical DR and invest the money in off-field stability to try and get into SL. Widnes were gash on the field and a bang average championship team, but they invested off-field and got into SL that way. Maybe thats the plan...

Re: Chalmers and Lowe the conspiracy : Tue May 02, 2017 3:33 pm  

Bull Mania wrote:

Or here's an idea.

They have been told franchising is set to return so rather than waste money on a FT squad where finishing in the league is irrelevant. They fund a PT team making substantial savings. Become a reasonable championship team boosted by the farcical DR and invest the money in off-field stability to try and get into SL. Widnes were gash on the field and a bang average championship team, but they invested off-field and got into SL that way. Maybe thats the plan...

That wouldn't have been the plan from the outset when they took over though would it?