Re: One player. : Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:17 pm  

theydon wrote:

I know it's slightly off topic, but of those who were available last winter, who could we have signed to do a better job? It's one of the joys of the salary cap, every team has got strengths and weaknesses.

Back on topic, I honestly can't think of a prop aged under 30 in SL who I think would improve us greatly, so I'd go for that James Graham bloke from the NRL plus Watkins from Leeds.

It's not just a matter of doing a better job. ie replacing a player. It's about adding to the current roster not taking anything away. We where in for a few props but could not land them. The big question is if we could not land a prefered prop, why not get one less prefered, even if on a 2 year deal it would not be a total waste if the player was a disaster.

Re: One player. : Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:19 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

It's not just a matter of doing a better job. ie replacing a player. It's about adding to the current roster not taking anything away. We where in for a few props but could not land them. The big question is if we could not land a prefered prop, why not get one less prefered, even if on a 2 year deal it would not be a total waste if the player was a disaster.

Meet Anthony Laffranchi.

Re: One player. : Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:42 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote:

Meet Anthony Laffranchi.

Muppet!

Re: One player. : Thu Mar 01, 2012 7:17 pm  

Top Saint wrote:

Muppet!

Are you calling me a muppet there? Can't figure it out

Re: One player. : Thu Mar 01, 2012 7:26 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote:

Are you calling me a muppet there? Can't figure it out

He's started pretty well tbh but i think the reply was due to him being (yet another) backrower

Re: One player. : Thu Mar 01, 2012 7:29 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

He's started pretty well tbh but i think the reply was due to him being (yet another) backrower

Oh I'm not doubting him, I think he's been one of our best 'props' to date. However, I'm not sure he would be here if we had bagged players that we really wanted.

Re: One player. : Thu Mar 01, 2012 7:31 pm  

We where still looking for props, after we had signed La Franki.

La Franki was signed very early on

Re: One player. : Thu Mar 01, 2012 7:38 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

We where still looking for props, after we had signed La Franki.

La Franki was signed very early on

Yeah I know, but I believe we had approached others before him. The props we were looking at after Laffranchi were english, post September.

Re: One player. : Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:08 pm  

James Graham,heard a lot about this guy,apparently very good prop,just what we need at this moment.

Re: One player. : Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:09 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote:

Yeah I know, but I believe we had approached others before him. The props we were looking at after Laffranchi were english, post September.

We went for Waterhouse before laffranchci but he opted for another club.

Laffranchci has done ok considering he's playing in a postion he's not used to with no other quality props.

I think laffranchci would have been the ideal prop to partner jammer if he'd stayed but unfortunately for laffranchci he's not got another good hard working prop alongside him.