Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Aug 28, 2017 11:09 am  

Has anyone heard we are in for the Sutcliffe lad from Leeds. He can play 13 and is a goal kicker.

Personally I would be dipping in to welsh union to sign Botica. He could play centre and is a good goal kicker

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Aug 28, 2017 11:39 am  

Tricky Dicky wrote:

Has anyone heard we are in for the Sutcliffe lad from Leeds. He can play 13 and is a goal kicker.

Personally I would be dipping in to welsh union to sign Botica. He could play centre and is a good goal kicker

I haven't heard anything about Sutcliffe but I'd take that all day long. A back 3 of Faz, Bateman and Sutcliffe after Lockers hangs up his boots (I dread that day) is probably as good as we could ask for.
I'm not sure about bringing in a RU player unless it was Farrell. I think Gildart is one we really need to keep and I'm a Gelling fan. I think we have more pressing needs than replacing a centre.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Aug 28, 2017 5:36 pm  

I'd take Sutcliffe too, certainly would be an improvement in quality...either George Ford or Owen Farrell would be welcome anyday, both would be a breath of fresh air to the game of RL.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Aug 28, 2017 6:06 pm  

Sutcliffe was mentioned earlier in the season.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:45 pm  

He's got some talent Sutcliffe but he'd be down my list of priorities. I'm bored of saying it and thinking it every time I see us play but we're desperate for a scrum half who can kick us in to good field position. If that means we need to make tough calls and put Tommy in to retirement or even let a lad like Sam Powell go then so be it.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:57 pm  

I'd rather let Mcilorum go then Powell.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:39 pm  

I don't think signing Sutcliffe would limit our chances of getting a new 7...i'd take a chance on Ryan Brierley, or even testing Warringtons resolve with Dec Patton but that is just an idea

I'd be happy with Gelling, FPN, Micky Mc and Tommy L departing...

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:54 pm  

NSW wrote:

I'd rather let Mcilorum go then Powell.

I'd get rid of both.

Neither are good enough ball distributors from the ruck, but... they're in the boys club so are going nowhere.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Aug 29, 2017 6:57 am  

RichieS wrote:

I don't think signing Sutcliffe would limit our chances of getting a new 7...i'd take a chance on Ryan Brierley, or even testing Warringtons resolve with Dec Patton but that is just an idea

I'd be happy with Gelling, FPN, Micky Mc and Tommy L departing...

Patton could add what we need but is inexperienced but Brierkey is just a total no go for me. He is everything we don't need in a half and a pairing of him and Williams would be even less balanced then his pairing with Leuluai.

We'd probably have to go overseas for a halfback with the skills we require. The only viable option I can think of over here is Danny Brough. He's obviously not got long left but I still wouldn't be against a punt on him for a year or two. His kicking game is as good as ever and there's no doubt in my mind he'd be an improvement on what we're running with at the minute.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Aug 29, 2017 7:08 am  

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Patton could add what we need but is inexperienced but Brierkey is just a total no go for me. He is everything we don't need in a half and a pairing of him and Williams would be even less balanced then his pairing with Leuluai.

We'd probably have to go overseas for a halfback with the skills we require. The only viable option I can think of over here is Danny Brough. He's obviously not got long left but I still wouldn't be against a punt on him for a year or two. His kicking game is as good as ever and there's no doubt in my mind he'd be an improvement on what we're running with at the minute.

I agree with the inexperience factor for Paton but if we were to go for a young scrum half, I'd prefer Jordan Lilley to Paton. Let's not forget Shorrocks is air apparent for the 7 jersey.