Re: Rumours 2 : Mon Dec 24, 2018 4:00 pm  

karetaker wrote:

Wasn’t that he was not available,it as down to his demands.

Maybe so, it may also be due to signing for HKR.

Re: Rumours 2 : Mon Dec 24, 2018 4:24 pm  

Bitterness on red v already... without confirmation of Widdop.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Rumours 2 : Mon Dec 24, 2018 4:26 pm  

The word going round was he priced himself out of the market, he was selling high on his decent half season at Catalan and the rl media putting him over.

I'd heard he was asking near marquee money from both us and leeds. Dunno how true that is but theres not huge gaps at 7 around the league(talented 7s is another argument)

Re: Rumours 2 : Mon Dec 24, 2018 7:08 pm  

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:

The word going round was he priced himself out of the market, he was selling high on his decent half season at Catalan and the rl media putting him over.

I'd heard he was asking near marquee money from both us and leeds. Dunno how true that is but theres not huge gaps at 7 around the league(talented 7s is another argument)

To be fair he would have been an improvement on our 2018 squad by virtue of having a kicking game. However if the widdop rumour has foundations I wouldn't have liked the required cap space for widdop to be taken up meaning that we would miss out. I won't believe that rumour until its confirmed but we would definitely need space on the cap for it and I very much doubt we would have got drinkwater on a 1 year deal.

[Uncle Rico]

Re: Rumours 2 : Mon Dec 24, 2018 8:00 pm  

Definitely has legs.

I was at a club function early December and there was a (no name) buzz about a major coup for the club for 2020. Widdop was my guess at the time and still is based on these reports and if true this and Price extending his contract is great news IMO

Happy Christmas

Re: Rumours 2 : Mon Dec 24, 2018 11:18 pm  

Smiffy27 wrote:

Just thinking about this. So what do you think are the skills-set differences (in the modern game) between SH and SO?

I'd like to see a playmaker in the mould of Andy Gregory at scrum half. Austin is a runner, so the question is "is Widdop that playmaker"?

Re: Rumours 2 : Mon Dec 24, 2018 11:27 pm  

He is beyond any signing we could realistically expect and still the question is “is he good enough”? A winner and a leader, just what we need.

Re: Rumours 2 : Mon Dec 24, 2018 11:57 pm  

MorePlaymakersNeeded wrote:

I'd like to see a playmaker in the mould of Andy Gregory at scrum half. Austin is a runner, so the question is "is Widdop that playmaker"?

Austin is the full package.

Re: Rumours 2 : Tue Dec 25, 2018 9:42 am  

Hope he lives up to expectations RD. In answer to Captain H, I was answering Smiffy's question of what I'd like to see in a number 7. Whether I get to see what I would like doesn't always happen, and sometimes just isn't possible e.g. Brown's contracted for a third year. However, where have I asked "is he good enough"? That's a different matter altogether, and assuming he does come, he would be a massive improvement on Brown.

Re: Rumours 2 : Tue Dec 25, 2018 9:59 am  

MorePlaymakersNeeded wrote:

Hope he lives up to expectations RD. In answer to Captain H, I was answering Smiffy's question of what I'd like to see in a number 7. Whether I get to see what I would like doesn't always happen, and sometimes just isn't possible e.g. Brown's contracted for a third year. However, where have I asked "is he good enough"? That's a different matter altogether, and assuming he does come, he would be a massive improvement on Brown.

Apologies, I hadn’t picked up on the change in direction!