Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sun May 05, 2024 6:18 am  

FC Callum wrote:

Bailey? Yeah I think he is gunna struggle to break in to the NRL so will have to come home. Full back centre cover.

Yep, played centre last few games in the NSW league.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sun May 05, 2024 9:17 am  

oliver holmes a decent signing if true,still no halfback targets being named though..

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sun May 05, 2024 9:59 am  

The Cooke Report wrote:

Asiata is better in your side in any form than playing against him. He has a quality no doubt but he is dangerously close to ending a players career and for that reason he will be hated where ever he plays.

His X comment indicated a huge £160,000 pay rise which from £90k is ridiculous money for someone who will be injured or band more then he’ll play.

For the record JWH isn’t on marquee money far from it.

JWH is on over £360k per season in NRL...if you think he is coming to UK for a well over 50% pay cut you're insane or not a serious person.

He will be up with George William as highest paid in SL.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sun May 05, 2024 10:15 am  

For a new centre starter/cover we should be looking at Robbie storey from London, local lad and been arguably Londons best player, surprised it’s took him this long to play super league

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sun May 05, 2024 10:33 am  

If the rumours are true and Holmes has signed on for 2 years than that is woeful

Seem to be they’re focusing on the pack rather than the actual issues of the backs, halves or 9,

French media reporting Abdull has signed on for 2 years with Catalan, only way I can see us getting any decent non quota half is to tempt both Lam’s from Leigh

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sun May 05, 2024 10:41 am  

One8six5 wrote:

If the rumours are true and Holmes has signed on for 2 years than that is woeful

Seem to be they’re focusing on the pack rather than the actual issues of the backs, halves or 9,

French media reporting Abdull has signed on for 2 years with Catalan, only way I can see us getting any decent non quota half is to tempt both Lam’s from Leigh

Have we finished recruiting?

We will have 2 to 4 more quota spots available.

If you don't think our backrow is an issue you can't have watched us much this season.

I'm sure we will use a quota spot on a 9 and 7 and probably a centre or backrow (hopefully both).

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sun May 05, 2024 10:56 am  

Holmes will be 32 by the start of next season so 2 years is a minor risk but probably reflects the pond we're fishing in. He's better than our current 2nd row options.

Hopefully we'll have 4 more quota spots. As someone else said, these need to be used on a 7, 9, centre and 2nd row unless we've managed to pick up a decent non quota option in any of those positions.

Chamberlain is OK and could be competition for Sutcliffe but those 2 as our first choice centre partnership doesn't fill me with much joy.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sun May 05, 2024 11:01 am  

Chamberlain will be gone in 2 weeks, if not sooner. We have him on a month's loan but Beaumont has thrown his toys out after the Asiata deal

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sun May 05, 2024 11:05 am  

mwindass wrote:

Chamberlain will be gone in 2 weeks, if not sooner. We have him on a month's loan but Beaumont has thrown his toys out after the Asiata deal

What's the rules with loans, thought they couldn't recall for the first month or is it 2 weeks.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sun May 05, 2024 11:20 am  

Dave K. wrote:

What's the rules with loans, thought they couldn't recall for the first month or is it 2 weeks.

I think we've got him for a month but it won't be extended. Not sure on the official rulings tbh