Re: Widnes hand Betts new contract : Tue Jan 08, 2013 3:58 pm  

In the interest of providing accurate knowledge of the role of a 'kit man', I think the majority of fans would be very surprised at the amount of 'roles' that the 'kit man' actually does.

It is not just a case of watching the game, and then washing the kit ready for next week.

I have worked with Paul and know first hand that he works far more than what would be considered normal full time hours and for what would be considered peanuts as a wage.

'Cutting the cloth accordingly'?

I'm sorry but this simply doesn't ring true. There would be plenty of less important roles and 'people' that would be far less of a loss than Paul and they would be drawing considerably more in terms of wages!

Re: Widnes hand Betts new contract : Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:45 am  

Well the people who cut the cloth and count the pennies have made their decision based on facts and figures none of us here are privy to so I will take their word for it.Surely nobody thinks this is personal.Obviously PH performed other roles such as phone answering,ticket selling etc because he had the time for it due to the kit role not being time consuming.Too much over reaction to this.Lots of good people have been shown the door at Widnes - Neil Kelly,John Stankevitch,even the great Doug Laughton IIRC. Heck even LFC showed their legend Dalglish the door.It happens,that's life.