Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Tue Oct 17, 2023 4:31 pm  

christopher wrote:

What did GH say? I can’t remember

He didn’t say anything too specific…just when asked the question, he stated we would take advantage of all and any SC marquee allowances…so read into that what you will….he never actually said there would be a new UK marquee player coming in, just implied we’d have one…so could just as easily be Newman

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Tue Oct 17, 2023 4:38 pm  

cheekydiddles wrote:

He didn’t say anything too specific…just when asked the question, he stated we would take advantage of all and any SC marquee allowances…so read into that what you will….he never actually said there would be a new UK marquee player coming in, just implied we’d have one…so could just as easily be Newman

I think it will be Newman which will allow more room on the Cap

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Tue Oct 17, 2023 4:43 pm  

Fantastic bit of business if true and just what we need.
A barnstorming prop or I will certainly settle for Sutton.
If we can get that over the line and stay relatively injury free we should be a shout for top 4 and a challenge cup run to the final.
All we need now is a decent coach
Johnson might go to Cas with the McGuire links.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Tue Oct 17, 2023 4:44 pm  

If Sutton joins aswell does that make it a 10/10 off season for recruitment?

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Tue Oct 17, 2023 4:51 pm  

I really can’t see us getting Sutton

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Tue Oct 17, 2023 4:59 pm  

FGB wrote:

If Sutton joins aswell does that make it a 10/10 off season for recruitment?

It’s not far off that without Sutton TBH, Frawley makes a lot of sense now

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Tue Oct 17, 2023 5:44 pm  

christopher wrote:

I think it will be Newman which will allow more room on the Cap

I really hope they don't make Harry marquee. He just hasn't earned it, and I think it would go down like a lead balloon with the likes of Oledzki and Smith.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Tue Oct 17, 2023 5:47 pm  

ArthurClues wrote:

I really hope they don't make Harry marquee. He just hasn't earned it, and I think it would go down like a lead balloon with the likes of Oledzki and Smith.

I think it will be more if s case of Harry being on a big wage already so it will wipe that out rather than them upgrading his contract, just cap management really.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Tue Oct 17, 2023 5:49 pm  

While a big prop would be great and you can argue the pack sets the platform but if your backs are slow, disorganised, drop the ball and put poor kicks in the pack are going to be knackered as they will be defending all the time. While a prop would be nice it's not essential and if we've got some cap left it might be best to see how the team gels and look mid season potentially to cover and gaps or injuries. We have 4 decent props that will benefit from a full pre season and hopefully a rocket up Sanagre's back side because he has the size and now needs to use it.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Tue Oct 17, 2023 5:52 pm  

HucknallLoiner wrote:

While a big prop would be great and you can argue the pack sets the platform but if your backs are slow, disorganised, drop the ball and put poor kicks in the pack are going to be knackered as they will be defending all the time. While a prop would be nice it's not essential and if we've got some cap left it might be best to see how the team gels and look mid season potentially to cover and gaps or injuries. We have 4 decent props that will benefit from a full pre season and hopefully a rocket up Sanagre's back side because he has the size and now needs to use it.

An intelligent hooker can also help the pack massively