Would be crazy to let go IMO......



His distribution is first class....gives Tim Smith the extra few seconds to show his class....I think he'd be better utilised coming off the bench to speed that play the ball area up when there's a few more tiring bodies on for Smith to exploit more...... and after Aiton has done his stuff.....



Kyle Wood has also done excellent this back end.....i'd keep Wood to work closely alongside Tim Smith and get him back playing 7 like he did when in the academy with us.....he couldn't have a better mentor anywhere to learn the game from.....when we inevitably lose Smith further down the line then hopefully he will have brought Kyle along nicely......it would also give the option of covering for possible injury to either Aiton or Ellis.....especially with the loss of bright prospect Ryan Wright....



Suppose a lot depends on the future at the club for the likes of Sykes, Wildie & John aswell.....

Ellis is a much better hooker that Aiton. Half the reason why Tim Smith has looked so good these last 8 games is because Ellis has been playing.

Have said it from match one, Aiton is just simply not a hooker, we have to find a place for him but that place is not hooker.

Ellis before Wood every time for me. Consistent performances game after game rather than the odd touch every 5 or 6 games.

Surely that's the other way round?

Whoops!



Yes it should have been and now is.

Andy Ellis on a 2 year contract

Nah, Aiton is better than Ellis for me. Ellis arrived just as the team were getting it together, I guarantee you won't think so next year as Aiton takes full advantage. That said I do think Ellis is SL standard so surprised he's dropping a level.

Agree completely;the speed of Ellis' passing has, no doubt, given Smith more time and space to dictate the course of games since his inclusion.



If true it's not a decision I would have made but if we aspire to a higher level these type of tough decisions will have to be made.

Disappointed if Ellis has gone/is going but as others have said suppose I should reserve judgement until we know the make up of the squad for next year. We need to get the best out of the money we have, so it may be that keeping Wood and letting Ellis goes allows us to strengthen in other areas (given I would expect Ellis to be on more than Wood).

Ellis actually takes the line on from dummy half and aiton tends not to, having that variation would be good for the side IMO.

Hope this is wrong, Ellis is a much better all round hooker than Wood and the perfect foil for Aiton. It would be a mistake to release him imho.

Crazy decision to let him go, and if Trinity have I'd be amazed if another SL club doesn't come in for him.