An alternative view on Tyler Dupree

Too right kilop. I too go back a long way and have seen similar scenes but the one nearest is Coley who was mugged by Wigan with a big deal yet we saw him playing down his contract in a very poor way. It had a dampening effect on the team, the fans and the Board.

We must not let it happen again.

Lance the boil Mr Blease. Do the best deal you can and get him away from the club ASAP.

He's finished as a player for Salford.

All players will have a clause in their contract if a club is offering them SL rugby and they're a championship/L1 player.

The issue here is handing in a transfer request after barely half a season. Let's be straight here, KR are offering him big money and Harris is going to make a tidy packet on any transfer hence he's obviously recommending the move to Dupree.

The club should milk every last penny out of KR (or any other club). There are ways and means of getting yourself a big money move, walking into the CEO's office demanding a transfer request and going public isn't the way to do it. The least he could do is respect the club and the fans.

And it now starts every fan of every other club off discussing who they should be targeting at Salford "because we're skint". Hull forum already saying they should be after Lafai, Acker & Burgess.👶

Harris is using `They Are Skint` comment to line his own pockets.  Agree with Russ.  Formally inform him that he is `persona non gratia`(an unacceptable or unwelcome person:)

I don't think its wise to alienate Harris, we need to be pragmatic and persuade him to up his game, because:
1- He may be the Agent of a player that we want.
2. He may become the Agent of one of our stars like Croft and if we've alienated him, then what do we do?
3. We are showing that we're above base behaviour and honourable and so the right kind of players and Agents will see that and
want to deal with us.

Agree. We can't start alienating agents. It's not like we are the biggest club in the world and have our pick of players. Besides, while this is a s**t tactic - making it public, it's a well worn agent tactic to apply pressure to a club. Ideally, this would all be done privately, but my guess is that the club have stood their ground and said no. So, Harris has told Dupree about the bids and what money is on offer. Understandably, he'd want to go and take that pay bump. The club continue to stand their ground and so Harris has made it known publicly to try and force our hand.

Unfortunately, the typical bet result of this is that the player gets their move. Fans get antsy and angry. Social media blows up. Newspapers jump on board. It creates unwanted unrest and a distraction, which means the best result is to move on. From what I understand KR want him for next year, so the best we can likely hope for it, a hefty fee and Tyler committing for the rest of the season. That also gives the club time to assess the market and look at how to reinvest it. Wakey seem set to go down and Eseh would be my target. Big lad. Young player of the year in the Championship - like Tyler. Singleton adds experience next season. A player like Norman would add size and be worth a look at whether we could polish him. I doubt we'd be able to get a player like Nsemba or Hill given they'll be under contract.

Let's not forget, Tyler has been good this year, but he isn't a game breaking prop. He has a big engine to do lots of minutes and could become a barnstorming prop but he isn't there yet (and may never be). I actually thought King put in our best prop performance of the year against Hudds, though Tyler has been the best overall, for sure. If we can get 150k - 250k, keep him this year and get someone like Eseh (or another project), I'd say that's a win for the club. Or, if he goes this year, see if they will throw in Luckley on loan for the year as a replacement and we can maybe get a player like Dudson on loan too.

Right now I'd give KR a price. Make that price known to other clubs too. Then focus on re-signing Wright and King.