Going back to Oz at end of season.shame as we do need changes but he wouldn't be one of them IMO

I'd heard that he had been offered a new deal but that it was lower than what he is on. Shame as he has been great for us over the last few seasons.

I admire the BoD if they are managing the business for the longer term, but given that we made the Qualifiers that must have brought in a bit more than they were expecting.

As my old man used to say it's sometimes better to spend a few bob more than sink the ship for a ha'porth of tar (if that is how you spell it

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By all accounts the decision to return home was nothing to do with money. For me he has been one of the best, if not the best, prop forward in our league for the last 3 seasons and Im not sure how we replace him to be honest although his departure must free up some money. We can't simply go with what we have when you lose a player of that quality. in my opinion we have nobody even half as good as Mitch ready to step in.

Big Heart, big man, big loss.

Only consolation is at least he's not leaving and going to one of our rivals.

Reserve player Martin Reilly is leaving too for Dewsbury.Quite liked the look of him but DR kills 90% of youngsters progress.

Wonder what effect him leaving will have on Adam Tangata ?

Mitch up there with Shad Royston as one of best overseas players at Fax since we left SL. Unplayable at times in 2015 - Mr. consistent

Yes. Good point and will just add another factor for AT to mull over when he considers his future.
Shouldn't be too long now before news of who's staying and who's going starts to filter through.

Seems like the Heaton to Fev rumour was bollx which is great if he continues his 8s form.

I hope Heaton is staying and I hope Muzza is taking note of the flat stomach add, both would be good for the team.

Think it's time for changes at halfback myself......

i'm kind of edging toward the same view.

some genuine money needs to be spent at halfback in my opinion - would love to see Danny Craven back

been great player for the club over last 3 seasons. will miss him.

Brilliant first year,then very ordinary second and somewhere in between third.

My thoughts exactly.

Confirms the rumours I can't blame him for wanting to go back home he has given us 3 good years and I want to say a big thanks Mitch for your effort you will be missed. All the best for the future mate

As good as Mitch is, he isn't twice as good as any other forward in our team (your maths) Elliot Morris will step up and take Mitch's shirt next year

Elliot does not have to step in though, he is already a mainstay in the team. Im talking about him been twice as good as anyone who is not already considered a first team regular.

Mitch has been a good'un for us and his attitude and effort cannot be faulted. We will find another forward as we seem to be good at that in both KH and RM's tenures as coach. It is the backline that needs addressing as it was patently obvious again in London game we need creativity at half back and pace there and in the outside backs to trouble opposition.
We haven't got shed loads to spend so I would invest in that area to strengthen the side for next year.

Mitch has been great for us and I wish him all the best. Even when we weren't at our previous years high last season, he was still as good and consistent as any other prop in this league. Agree with other comments that we need to improve our attack. The speed we move the ball seems to be well off the other top 4 teams and even the likes of Swinton.

Personally I think we need a really good hooker, one thing that stood out when we had AOB was how much more time our half backs had. That said Brandon Moore is looking better each week and if need be I would get him doing the full 80 unless we could get another hooker who can fire an accurate pass out to share duties with him.

Mitch has been our most consistent and always did an effective job very well. Will be missed, but hopefully we can replace him. Will be interesting how we recruit back wise. I'd like to see Woodburn-Hall have a great off season and come back as our number one centre, putting pressure on Tyrer and hopefully Butler/Heaton step up too! Half back is interesting. We had Gareth Moore, in his own right a very decent half back in this division, however that didn't last overly long and we went back to Murrell/Jonno. What is the long term solution, who know's, let RM decide.

We need a half back who can take control of the team and guide it round the pitch, particularly important in tight games. We also need our hooker(s) to distribute the ball at speed - if you watch carefully, Ben Kaye in particular needs to draw his arms back before distributing - a vital fraction of a second slow compared to the likes of AOB who can fire it out straight from the ptb (maybe some coaching would sort this out). We also need some "grunt" up front - maybe not superstars, but a couple of bulldozers on board who a) don't drop the ball, and b) maybe can offload now and again as well as running hard and straight! Lastly, we need some genuine pace in the backs - centres or wingers it doesn't matter, but with the speed we have available at the moment, they need to be a real "classy" set of players to be great, even at our level?

I don't ask for much!!

Agree with every word of that. But can we also add a fullback to that list, as good as the Sharp has been he doesn't offer any creativity when he chimes into the line

signed briggs from fev