Re: Maika Sivo - Season Ending Injury : Mon Jan 27, 2025 2:55 pm  

Jack Burton wrote:

He's on a 3 year deal, there's no point in deregistering him IMO, and even if we did, who could we sign at this late stage in preseason? Just give Lumb a chance.

We can just deregister him for this season - I can't see any reason not to if he's not going to play

Re: Maika Sivo - Season Ending Injury : Mon Jan 27, 2025 3:04 pm  

MjM wrote:

Yes I'm sure there is cap dispensation for this scenario.

Squad additions aside the logical thing to do is to play Hall and Handley as wingers with Connor in the centre but let's see how committed Arthur is to the Handley at centre experiment.

This is the only logical thing to do.. why have Connor on the bench and and a young kid on the wing? Better put Handley back where he should be (wing) and play Connor at centre..

If we de-register Sivo, maybe allows us to look for a replacemnet.. Who knows how he will be after a season out..

Re: Maika Sivo - Season Ending Injury : Mon Jan 27, 2025 3:11 pm  

Omg. I can’t believe it. Was really looking forward to watching him play. I really do think it’s a gamble playing an overseas outside back at his age in middle of our winter… it seems to happen a lot.

Has to be deregistered for this season, and replaced, we must have a playoff push this year. He might never be same again also

Re: Maika Sivo - Season Ending Injury : Mon Jan 27, 2025 3:18 pm  

If we deregister him and his salary is covered.
Does that mean when he is fit next season another club could sign him?

Re: Maika Sivo - Season Ending Injury : Mon Jan 27, 2025 3:37 pm  

Really sorry to hear that news - awful for him and the club. Hope his recovery goes well.

Re: Maika Sivo - Season Ending Injury : Mon Jan 27, 2025 3:45 pm  

As a Wakefield fan we have had our share of this season ending knee injuries early in the season. It's a real shame for Sivo I hope he makes a full recovery so we can see him in SL

Re: Maika Sivo - Season Ending Injury : Mon Jan 27, 2025 4:03 pm  

Rotten luck for him. With Hall on a 1 year deal we could look at getting in a replacement for him this year, with Sivo deregistered for the season.

Re: Maika Sivo - Season Ending Injury : Mon Jan 27, 2025 4:08 pm  

chapylad wrote:

If we deregister him and his salary is covered.
Does that mean when he is fit next season another club could sign him?

I wouldn't have thought so - deregistering would surely just mean he's off the cap and the quota but would still be employed by the club through his rehab and into next year. Also feel for the owners/shareholders funding these signings in these situations - obviously there's a human side where you feel dreadful for the player but on the business side its shelling out a big sum of money for someone who can't contribute with salary and rehab (plus money on any replacement that's brought in). Wigan lost a hell of a lot of money with a similar situation with George Burgess. That's sport I guess.

Re: Maika Sivo - Season Ending Injury : Mon Jan 27, 2025 4:24 pm  

chapylad wrote:

If we deregister him and his salary is covered.
Does that mean when he is fit next season another club could sign him?

We don't need to do anything with his contract - what we can get is a salary cap dispensation for 2025.

Re: Maika Sivo - Season Ending Injury : Mon Jan 27, 2025 4:31 pm  

Sad to hear about Sivo was really looking forward to watching him, hope he recovers quickly and he's back firing next season (just not against fc)