Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:45 am  

Baked Bean Boogie wrote:

Warrington

Too young

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:54 pm  

Mr.Side wrote:

Danny Tickle is leaving Hull at the end of this season and joining a team in our area.

Cant see it being us, but will probably end up at Widnes, everyone else seems to be doing so.

It's Widnes. They've offered him an absolutely massive deal.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Fri Jun 15, 2012 2:38 pm  

Tricky Dicky wrote:

Tuson is the kind of player every successfull team needs. He adds depth top the squad and his stats are comparable / better than hansens most weeks.

not disputing your general point but would like to see these stats please

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Fri Jun 15, 2012 4:43 pm  

Last Son of Wigan wrote:

Tuson is the kind of player we need? I believe a player can still do the hard graft and be skilful and offer an attacking quality to his game, see Lockers for example.

Tuson hurts people in the tackle? How can you possibly say he tackles harder than any of other player?

Completely agree. Don't need to be just steady to get in our 17, same with Lauaki for me. You can get workhorses who can also break a line who aren't a fortune

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Fri Jun 15, 2012 4:46 pm  

cherryandwhitedavid06 wrote:

Completely agree. Don't need to be just steady to get in our 17, same with Lauaki for me. You can get workhorses who can also break a line who aren't a fortune

YEAH!!! Who? Bearing in mind salary caps and/or transfer fees, who are all these guys?

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:56 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote:

It's Widnes. They've offered him an absolutely massive deal.

If I was trying to improve an awful team like Widnes and was making some big signings Brown and Tickle certainly wouldnt be them. They are not going to improve Widnes an awful lot imo.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:01 pm  

Famous wrote:

If I was trying to improve an awful team like Widnes and was making some big signings Brown and Tickle certainly wouldnt be them. They are not going to improve Widnes an awful lot imo.

The deals they've offered them take up a substantial amount of cap. Brown is well into the £100K - £150K range whilst Tickle's is £150K+. They also offered £120K to Matty Smith which was turned down. Madness really.

Also looks like Meli will be going that way next season.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:14 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote:

Also looks like Meli will be going that way next season.

Is he off contract or are Saints getting rid? Losing him and Shenton will be a good bit of business and allow you to rebuild your backline, which is your big weakness imo.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:18 pm  

Famous wrote:

Is he off contract or are Saints getting rid? Losing him and Shenton will be a good bit of business and allow you to rebuild your backline, which is your big weakness imo.

OOC. Shenton is the only in contract player we have parted with so far. Although, I know Brown wouldn't pass up the chance to send Perry home early and bring in a replacement.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:10 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote:

The deals they've offered them take up a substantial amount of cap. Brown is well into the £100K - £150K range whilst Tickle's is £150K+. They also offered £120K to Matty Smith which was turned down. Madness really.

Also looks like Meli will be going that way next season.

If I was the owner of a club that had enjoyed some significant success in recent years, what I'd do is I'd offer players somewhat lower deals on their wages, staying significantly below the salary cap, with the promise of very rewarding incentives for those who play in winning games, and further lucrative rewards for those who play in more significant winning games such as play-offs and finals (having factored all this into the season's salary cap calculations).
Somebody should mention this idea to Mr Lenegan.