He was offered the contract pal, we have pay structures throughout the squads, you can't bend it for any of them it would cause upset with others, he looks god at his age group but that's not to say he will make it, & then we would be left with him on a bigger salary then others his age & ability, he sees his chance at kr so let's see eh.

Time will tell but I recall people saying similar things on here about Anthony Thackeray.

If it is over a couple of grand as someone has said on here it looks like a poor decision to me

Name me 5 young players we have let go in the last 20 years that have hurt us. I can only name Hodgson and to be fair, he wasn't showing much when we released him. If we let Dean go and he ends up being an England half then so what? Every club has them.

We can't keep every single one just because a few people reckon he's "THE" best player at the club. For me, I'm pleased to have got Masi, Jez and Jansin here. Turgut is twice the size he was and I think will be the monster centre we need.

That's one way of looking at it. Another way is that if any young player prefers to leave for Rovers for a few grand he may not be the kind of character we're looking for.

Being top of the league certainly seems related to having a united squad with great spirit. And that unity would certainly seem related to clearing out the less ideal characters and implementing a coherent wage structure.

It doesn't matter how much it is.
If there is a wage structure, then it has to be adhered to, otherwise it would be a couple of grand to one player, and then someone else would want it, and so on and so on.
I have no idea what they're being paid, but if he's been offered more by Rovers, then good luck to him.
As has been said, we can'tkeep them all.

^^^^^This^^^

That's a matter of opinion, and one by no means universally agreed.

Time will tell.

What does it matter? If he develops his game at Rovers and becomes a top half-back then he will get offers from top teams to move to them at the end of this contract. If he leaves with our blessing then that could be us. Better than keeping him here frustrated.

Rovers never keep their players anyway when there's money to be made. Thanks for Tag and Watts though.