Now the dust has settled and everyone is a lot clearer on what is happening. The statements about turning offers down for Kirmond are more reassuring. If we started to break our pack up, it wouldn't matter who we had in the halves, if your pack gets bullied, you backs can't do a thing. We have a great pack, that hopefully will allow Goulding, Kaye and Wilde to express themselves in the remaining 2 games.



Think you have to realise that this is the same Tim Smith that gets rubbished if we lose. If we had not sold him now, giving us breathing space til the start of next year to find a replacement and kept him. You can bet that 2 or 3 games into next season if we are struggling, the same people who are distraught at his departure, would be moaning that the club should have cashed Tim in when they had the chance!!

cant really understand why he would be sold with immediate effect ? what possible reason could there be that this was immediate ? thers only a couple of games left for both clubs and I doubt smith will play for Salford this year.....have I missed something ?

Yes you are- we needed the money immediately and also we now don't have to pay his wages!

If he had have stayed until today then we would have been liable for his wages for another month. We needed him of the bill now.

Now I'm thinking less emotionally I wonder whether he wanted to go or whether we just sold him and he went for what he could.

From what i've been told he was happy here and had no desire to leave but was willing to to help the club out. He has got a payrise to ease his pain though which i'm sure helped make the decision easier!

We took a punt on Tim as a gamble, the gamble has resurrected his career. He has given good service to the club and this move has allowed him to get some money for the club and come off the wage bill. Tim now has a chance to play in a team that maybe challenging for silverware before he hangs his boots up. Fair play to Tim and all the best. I for one will give him a clap and a cheer when he runs out against us next season.

But you just cant stop paying a player on contract? its never straight forward with Wakefield is it...

You can if you both agree to terminate the contract.

I know for a fact he didn't want to go. The money will help but the way Tims career has gone on and off the field, he is one player that I can safely say would happily stay somewhere he is happy and settled for a lot less money.



He wasnt given much option. We had the option of selling either Tim or DK and the club (rightly IMO) chose to lose Tim.

This.

Whenever I spoke to Tim he said he loved it here. I hope some fans dont give him stick when we play him, he deserves our respect and has done us many favours which includes leaving the club for more money.

The transfer fee been banded around the social networking site last night was £220k, can't see it been that much myself.