Had a good day Sunday at keighliegh grate to see the Wakefield faithful with obsty and korki and others supporting jd. I asked korki if he was resigning he said I haven't been asked then I asked are you playing Friday he said I don't know I hope so. Then I spoke to another old wakey favorite who told me jimmy ellston hadn't even spoke to korki just said to a third party he wasn't wanted. Myself I think he is worth another year or atlases let Richard agare chooses his own team, in any case surely a player that has spent I think 7 years at the club and to my recording around 170 games for wakey including getting to the playoff with shane McNally to earning meters made to when jk arrived player that also played in the million pound game that kept us in sl through some dark days and some good days one thing that can be said about the guy he is 100% wakey through and through and must deserve a hand shake or a thanks from the club or a mention on the website or if he dose play Friday a mention on the tanoy give the fans that want to a chance to say thank you korki don't think he deserves the Ben gledhill treatment shoved out the backdoor. Me pesonaly I think he is a far better player than the ones we are talking to fozzard and although I wont mention any names some front rower at the club at the moment if he is going to be let go I would just like to say thank you korki and all the best for the future .

He always try's his best, but I think we need to be looking at more quality in the front row now if the club is to move forward. There's no doubt about his effort in a wakey shirt, but the skill levels have never really been up to what's required from a prop these days. Your right he needs to be thanked properly for his services to WTW.

If we are having a long awaited clear out then so be it.

We don't know how many of the 6 prospective candidates would keep Korki but if the new coach will be aiming at getting players from our academy into the first team he isn't going to be too sentimental about the 'Play off drive'.

If there is no room for Kingy then Korki doesn't have a chance.

I see were your coming from mate but in my opinon korki is better player than fozzard by a long way and if we are going to sign other players we should go better not worse and the guy dose deserve a proper thank you.

Agreed. I find the rumours of JE not meeting with players to let them know if they've got a contract or not worrying. It's not how we should be conducting ourselves as a professional business. If the players not in the plans fine - but have the decency to sit them down and treat them fairly. We don't need more ex-players negative views of WTW.

to be fair to mr elston. he's been running round like a blue d fly sorting out the celebrate wakefield event, which may generate a measly £8k of revenue, oh and interviewing way too many candidates for the head coach job.

the £8k revenue is not to be sniffed at, but should serve as a reminder to those that think we're now owned and run by somebody with the wealth of an arab oil state.

It doesn't take long to say "sorry you're not in our plans for next year, but thanks for your service and good luck in securing a new deal at another club." Just basic professionalism.

I agree, Korki, as any other employee / player, deserves to be treated with respect by the club. Let's hope JE does the right thing by ALL players cos if he doesn't it'll all come back and bite him on the bum and us too. It's one reason perhaps we lose our way half way through the season, poor man management.

you clearly didn't spot the fact that my tongue was clearly in my cheek when i posted what i did.

sorry - didn't realise you were being ironic!

Then the deal for the incoming player falls through and you go back to him and say we now want you - what sort of reaction will that get.
Until you know for sure you do not need them you cannot say they are free to go, added to that Korki is a Shudds player is he not - can contact be made without permission?

Korky has been a good servant to us but its time to move on if replacements can be found who are of better quality. He's always been a trier but gets put on his back to easily and gives away too many penalties to ever be classed as a top class prop. Though if the the replacement is Nick Fozzard then i'd rather keep Korkidas to be honest. But it is right to say that things should be carried out in the correct manner. I have no doubt JE is a busy man but these things matter. Maybe he needs a bit more help alongside him to spread the load.

Personally I think you need to have the courage of your convictions and if you believe he's not good enough then you have to follow through. All the cloak and dagger stuff creates and atmosphere of mistrust.

To quote the Gump "that's all I have to say about that"

Like a Director of Football - Richard Agar say.

Was talking to one of Morrisons relatives at the Cas game and its the same with him, Glen wants to stay but the club haven't even spoken to him, Players like Korki and Morrison are fully commited and we should be trying to keep hold of them

Without making myself look stupid did we ever permanently sign korki from Huddersfield or did we just take him on loan for 2 years as part of the brough signing?

How can the club be expected to make any moves regarding these "mature" players until the coaching vacancy is filled?

One thing at a time.
Let the new coach sort out who is coming in and who is moving on.

Thats what I was thinking.

Korki isn't our player, Huddersfield are his parent club and as far as I am aware we don't owe him anything. He is out of contract with Huddersfield, not us. We only have a loan agreement and as committed as he my be to Wakefield, the club have no obligation to him at all.

I'd love to see Korky resigned,

Lots of experience, size and agression and probably one of the clubs current longest serving members

Get him signed up!

The club will speak to agents regarding this and not directly with the player.

i imagine korki is on too much money at the moment for the return he gives. i think he would fit in well but probably as a squad player for a 2 year deal

Some of the problems that are being described with player negotiations - if they are true of course rather than just hearsay - are of the players own making. Whilst it's nice to think that Jimmy would look them in the eye and discuss their future with the club, the reality is that agents now have to be involved in these discussions, which turns them from a quick chat into a formal meeting with several parties involved, all of whom have to coordinate diaries and suchlike.

So, when a fan (rather inappropriately?) asks a player if they're staying next season and the player glibly replies, "I don't know, they haven't talked to me," what he could really mean is, "I don't know - my agent is trying to screw as much money as possible out of several clubs at the moment, so we're spinning plates with all of them to see who comes up with the best offer."

Meanwhile, I agree with the sentiment that whilst Korki has been an enthusiastic contributor to the WTW cause, he's not actually much cop, so I won't be sorry if his loan period expires and he goes elsewhere.