If Broughy and BJB can work on some of those lofty kicks that Liam Finn managed we might have more attacking options.

He definitely has lost some pace..

I disagree

Rocky's got more pace ! But i'm afraid it looks like that ship has sailed

Saw a stat saying since 2017 Hampshire was 3rd fastest at the club behind TJ and MCB.

Clearly speed isn't everything.

Leading try scorer does help

Of course it helps and his tries were all well taken but it isn't everything.
If Fifita had played every game it's likely he'd have challenged him for that honour too.

For me we are comparing our version of Barba v Coote.
Barba scored some great tries whereas Coote makes the team tick and they all score tries. Sts fans loved Barba but soon forgot when Coote came.

Hampshire is a Barba type.
Sometimes what you need. Sometimes not.

Hampshire was a player who could fill several positions which would have given us cover for the wing, full back and probably most importantly in the halves. I think it was a mistake to allow him to leave but I am not the one who will have to put up with the flack if Brough does not show greater consistency.
I would rather invest in a player of Hampshire’s age and ability than waste money on an ageing player whose best performances are only now visible in their rear view mirrors.

I can't remember fifita playing on the wing ! Wing play is what the last few posts are talking about.

You justified Hampshire's. Credentials by saying he was top try scorer.
I was commenting on that and just made a general point about Hampshire and why I might say that speed isn't everything.

If we are only talking about wingers he wouldn't have got a game if he'd stayed once everyone was fit.

I Hate this but i would put him streets ahead of bjb ,
Dont like showing disrespect to players.

The key point for me is as SP states, Hampshire can play to a decent level in 3 positions. He also seems to have a knack of staying relatively injury free. These are in my opinion huge benefits for a club like ours with a relatively small budget.

We don’t know what contract the club offered him or how much more he wanted, but I don’t expect it would have been silly money and therefore for the reasons stated above, in my opinion it would be value for money against the potential signing of escare (who Chester seems to like) is more suited to full back (we already have two specialists for that position in the squad) and would no doubt cost more in wages

But didn't Hampshire also top the try assists last season when he got a decent run at 7? Showing he created chances and try`s for the others around him?

Have no idea if true but i have seen Rocky offered £60,000 per year but eanted more.
Not knowing what players earn makes it almost impossible to acess if thats avetage or good. If true 60000 seems a very good wage to me with the average salary reported to be around £30000 iin the every day world. , also how many clubs would have that kind of money available at this stage to accommodate that kind of money.

Just looking back 12months ago on our forum and we were having exactly the same posts back then about rocky...his agent then was described as touting him about for more money...

Hampshire has gone, it’s over, for whatever reason neither party could reach a solution so for chuff sake move on.

It’s a team game and it’s the coaches job to create a team and if he doesn’t think a player is worth the amount of his limited budget that he’s requesting then so be it, it’s the blokes job for heavens sake.

Would I have liked him to stay? Yes

Would I have liked him to stay at any price? Absolutely not!

Do I think it’s a mistake? Not really. For starters he’s not that good, he’d still be at Wigan if he were, think about it. If you minus all this local boy stuff which truly annoys me, he’s a handy player and not some misunderstood genius.

Finally he’s had this merry dance with every club he’s ever played at, I don’t know the ins or outs but none of them seemed willing to move heaven and earth to keep him, again think about it.

I’ve enjoyed watching him I really have and I wish him well in the future but no player is bigger than the club! If MC and CC are only willing to pay him X and no more then so be it.

My new loyalty is with the whole of the 2020 team and he ain’t in it and that should be the end of it.

No Hampshire the martyr for me.

We can't possibly know what the numbers were so it doesn't help to guess. Anyone that does know and posts them would be breaching the AUP so better to stay away from it.

But he's entitled to want more, the club are entitled to limit their offer to what they think is fair. If they don't match its a bit of a problem.

Interesting, I heard that too from a reliable person but dismissed it as ridiculous. I’ll say now I don’t know for certain it’s true but to hear it from two seperate people gives it a touch more credence.

I’ll say straight off if that’s true then we were being extremely generous because that right at the top end of what I’d pay him FWIW

That figure is on the love rugby league app ! So its out for all to see its still there if you want to check! Why someone would release that figure is beyond belief it may have been someone at our club just doing a bit of stiring up! we will never know.

Bit more than a bus driver with over time then!

Fair enough. Didn't see that.
Then I agree it's ok to post. Worth saying where it was posted to make sure there is no misunderstanding if it come up again.

Don’t get it?

Sorry I just got it, yes about twice that with the proviso the figure quoted is true and I don’t suppose we will ever know.

Move on it’s old news and doesn’t benefit anyone. I think we can all be fairly certain that’ Hampshire won’t play for Trinity again.

It’s sad bit not a tragedy imo.

This thread is about Trinity contracted players so Hampshire is the one player we really shouldn't be including here.
I'm as guilty as anyone but if anyone wants to continue the conversation (which as Fish says is pretty pointless now) by all means start a new thread.

Its a strange figure to pick out of thin air. Like i said if true to me its a good wage. Most if the fans and including me will be well short of that ammount. If a bus driver can earn just short if that ammount with over time goid luck to them.
Wages and contracts remain a mystery to me and jyst what players earn in general seem a well guarded secret.
Qute ioften we have assumptions made of players wages and if the player in questions worth it, without any idea of the individual eaenings its almost impossible to access.
Yes a players lifes short and are some stage or another they will probably end up in the every day world earning an every day wage.
The 60000 opened my eyes when i saw it but hiw does it compare ti other players within the club.