Out of contract players : Tue Apr 28, 2020 11:30 pm  

RL Express headlining with out of contract players.
The stand out is Ben Currie.
We’ve stood by him through 2 x rehabilitation issues, and he was hitting pockets pre injury form, with increasing frequency.
Is it to be believed, or paper troll buy bait?
...and what would you’re thoughts be to release him?
...and who else is coming out of contract?

[Wanderer]

Re: Out of contract players : Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:23 am  

Surely it's simply a fact that players are coming out of contract. Little else for the RL media to report on currently.

Re: Out of contract players : Wed Apr 29, 2020 8:50 am  

rubber duckie wrote:

RL Express headlining with out of contract players.
The stand out is Ben Currie.
We’ve stood by him through 2 x rehabilitation issues, and he was hitting pockets pre injury form, with increasing frequency.
Is it to be believed, or paper troll buy bait?
...and what would you’re thoughts be to release him?
...and who else is coming out of contract?

I'd be very, very surprised if we didn't offer him (In fact already offered him) a new deal and I would be very disappointed if he chose to move elsewhere.

He's absolutely worthy of a new deal.

The papers know who is out of contract and who hasn't confirmed as signing a new deal, doesn't mean the deal hasn't already been signed. The club generally like to announce contract extensions in groups - so hopefully we'll hear something soon. Wouldn't surprise me to see the club tie Philbin down to a longer deal as well, even if he isn't up till end of 2021.

Re: Out of contract players : Wed Apr 29, 2020 9:03 am  

Like most other team sports there's still a huge question mark over contract length/extensions linked to C-19 and season restarts/season end date.

Coupled with RL clubs financial uncertainty too, it's unlikely that much will change until the future is more certain.

Re: Out of contract players : Wed Apr 29, 2020 10:27 am  

I would love Currie to stay as Duckie says he was finally returning to some kind of pre injury form. Whether he is offered the same 'level' of deal relatively speaking is open to question as when he was signed up last time it was as one of the hottest properties in the game.

With Philbs, it wouldn't surprise me if he had a go in Australia like Coops did and then return.

Re: Out of contract players : Wed May 06, 2020 2:53 pm  

Told by a St Helens supporting neighbour today that they believe Ben Currie is off to them next year replacing Zeb Taia.
Could be a wind up but I've known him for years and he thinks it might happen.

Re: Out of contract players : Wed May 06, 2020 6:02 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

RL Express headlining with out of contract players.
The stand out is Ben Currie.
We’ve stood by him through 2 x rehabilitation issues, and he was hitting pockets pre injury form, with increasing frequency.
Is it to be believed, or paper troll buy bait?
...and what would you’re thoughts be to release him?
...and who else is coming out of contract?

I don't think you can afford to lose a quality player like Currie especially as you are losing BMM,to lose both would be a massive loss

Re: Out of contract players : Wed May 06, 2020 11:38 pm  

I'd sign Currie again but on a lower wage, he's still a good player and i have a feeling if he went to saints he'd turn in to another sculthorpe where would always wish we hadn't let him go.

Re: Out of contract players : Thu May 07, 2020 8:50 am  

Rumours are we've signed McMeeken from Cas so who knows about Currie rumours.

Re: Out of contract players : Thu May 07, 2020 4:28 pm  

Whether Currie signs for us or saints, his contract should reflect that he is a bit of a risk given his injury record and not being one of hottest properties in the game as he was when signing his last deal.