I think the reason Gifty was forced to leave was the timing of his contract. Unfortunately his contract is due to end at the end of this year.
The club has been trying to sign up as many high profile players it could i.e Wolfie but all of a sudden we have a few young guns who burst onto the scene and are being chased by other clubs i.e Hiku.
This I believe set the wheels in motion, the club had a choice of either signing Gift or plan for the future and the club has taken the latter option.
We have been hearing for the last couple of years how we have an ageing roster.
We need to plan for the future and if it had of been another high profile player coming off contract we would of probably lost that player, unfortunately Gift was the one we had to let go.
The club has been trying to sign up as many high profile players it could i.e Wolfie but all of a sudden we have a few young guns who burst onto the scene and are being chased by other clubs i.e Hiku.
This I believe set the wheels in motion, the club had a choice of either signing Gift or plan for the future and the club has taken the latter option.
We have been hearing for the last couple of years how we have an ageing roster.
We need to plan for the future and if it had of been another high profile player coming off contract we would of probably lost that player, unfortunately Gift was the one we had to let go.