Re: Recruitment/retention : Sat Jun 27, 2015 11:03 am  

St pete wrote:

So your happy with our squad next year ? Happy we lost Jones? Happy we lost Sav?

You might be happy but I know McManus has been doing his nut over it.

Yes, I'm well aware of how annoyed McManus and Rush are at present. Not surprising really, is it ?

No, I never once said I was happy with anything. I simply debated Saints' stance on it. Like I said, I'm not sure what Saints are supposed to do about it. They've offered them contracts, they've chosen otherwise. I'm absolutely over the moon to not see us sign umpteen NRL has beens. That's a crap approach which doesn't work and I fully support Saints in not doing that.

Re: Recruitment/retention : Sat Jun 27, 2015 12:26 pm  

St pete wrote: I hope the club have plans in place our we will be much weaker next year and big lack of depth. http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/rugby-league/9882652/super-league-title-twist-and-turns Link to a Mike Rush interview just before the Wigan match (12/06/15). He talks about Walsh taking up his option of another year and the clubs plans for next season. "Luke was done a while ago to be honest, but you announce these things in due course, and there will be more announcements to come, and probably some departures as there always is in a season". This interview was done after the Haggarty and Tasi announcements, so he wasn't referring to them. McDonnell was playing for us at the time and his contract for this season and next had already been announced, so again he wasn't referring to him. Since then, there have been no new signings announced. The only thing has been Dawsons contract extension. So we must be hearing some more news soon. With regards to the departures, he was obviously referring to Masoe, Wellens and Jones. The 'probably' part of his statement must have been about Savelio and Walker. Both situations had probably not been finalised at the time. As for squad depth and retention, I am more than happy for the likes of Ashworth and Davies to start playing more games next season. Morgan Knowles is a stand out player, not just in our academy, but across the league. Danny Richardson is another who I think will go well. Ricky Bailey, although not ready yet, will turn out to be a good little player for us. Wigan desperately wanted him, but he chose us instead. Then we have the two welsh lads. So with more announcements to come, and all these youngsters stepping up, I am quite happy with where our squad is heading. I have every faith in KC to build a good squad for next year.

St pete wrote: I hope the club have plans in place our we will be much weaker next year and big lack of depth. http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/rugby-league/9882652/super-league-title-twist-and-turns Link to a Mike Rush interview just before the Wigan match (12/06/15). He talks about Walsh taking up his option of another year and the clubs plans for next season. "Luke was done a while ago to be honest, but you announce these things in due course, and there will be more announcements to come, and probably some departures as there always is in a season". This interview was done after the Haggarty and Tasi announcements, so he wasn't referring to them. McDonnell was playing for us at the time and his contract for this season and next had already been announced, so again he wasn't referring to him. Since then, there have been no new signings announced. The only thing has been Dawsons contract extension. So we must be hearing some more news soon. With regards to the departures, he was obviously referring to Masoe, Wellens and Jones. The 'probably' part of his statement must have been about Savelio and Walker. Both situations had probably not been finalised at the time. As for squad depth and retention, I am more than happy for the likes of Ashworth and Davies to start playing more games next season. Morgan Knowles is a stand out player, not just in our academy, but across the league. Danny Richardson is another who I think will go well. Ricky Bailey, although not ready yet, will turn out to be a good little player for us. Wigan desperately wanted him, but he chose us instead. Then we have the two welsh lads. So with more announcements to come, and all these youngsters stepping up, I am quite happy with where our squad is heading. I have every faith in KC to build a good squad for next year.