Re: Rumours thread : Fri May 10, 2024 3:33 am  

Abdull out of that lot would be a cracking addition to the squad and it’s the one position that is looming large with Gale looking like it’s his last hurrah, and young Lawford some way off in his development imo ,it’s a must we have a quality established half playing behind our pack

Re: Rumours thread : Fri May 10, 2024 5:51 am  

Don't understand peoples obsession with age. Josh Griffin is the best backrower we've had at the club in a long time and was the best backrower at FC before he came to us. He looks in great condition, arguably one of the best at this club right now. He has atleast another 2 seasons in the top flight which will help us tick over for some replacements.
I understand were championship right now but you can see his quality just by how much he reads the game, scoring trys and making breaks - he makes it look easy.
Ashurst has been a great servant but doesn't offer us what he used to and I would be looking to replace.
Imagine if we could bring both Batchelors to the club. That would be nice...

Re: Rumours thread : Fri May 10, 2024 6:50 am  

Unconcluded wrote:

Don't understand peoples obsession with age. Josh Griffin is the best backrower we've had at the club in a long time and was the best backrower at FC before he came to us. He looks in great condition, arguably one of the best at this club right now. He has atleast another 2 seasons in the top flight which will help us tick over for some replacements.
I understand were championship right now but you can see his quality just by how much he reads the game, scoring trys and making breaks - he makes it look easy.
Ashurst has been a great servant but doesn't offer us what he used to and I would be looking to replace.
Imagine if we could bring both Batchelors to the club. That would be nice...

That's how I see it re Griffin.
He looks fit and he's doing everything and more asked of him.
ATEOTD there's only one person who knows if he got another season in him and that's Josh Griffin .

Re: Rumours thread : Fri May 10, 2024 9:19 am  

1315trinity wrote:

That's how I see it re Griffin.
He looks fit and he's doing everything and more asked of him.
ATEOTD there's only one person who knows if he got another season in him and that's Josh Griffin .

Isn't that the reason he said that this would be his last season though, he felt his body was telling him it was time to quit.

Re: Rumours thread : Fri May 10, 2024 9:26 am  

I agree tbh, I'd try persuade Griffin to stay for another year, simply because I think he's a better player than the other available back rowers.

Just seen Abdull isn't out of contract, but he is out of favour obviously, so will probably move. According to League Express Catalans are in pole position to sign him, which makes sense. So it's looking a bit tight isn't it.

Re: Rumours thread : Fri May 10, 2024 10:07 am  

If Powell thinks Lino and Russell with Lawford/Jowitt as back up will work fair enough

Re: Rumours thread : Fri May 10, 2024 10:22 am  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

I may be wrong but I thought if you declare a player to be marquee then whatever their salary they only impact £100,000 against the overall cap.

I think it's only 50k for a club produced player like TJ.

Re: Rumours thread : Fri May 10, 2024 11:09 am  

Marquee rule I guess only comes into play once you hit the cap. Once we get to that stage your highest earner counts less due to marquee allowance.

Re: Rumours thread : Fri May 10, 2024 12:00 pm  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

I think it's only 50k for a club produced player like TJ.

Yeah TJ if we do sign would count as a maximum of £50k against our cap. Its one of the reasons why we are hopefully able to get him because any other club he would cost more against their cap so we are able to outbid other clubs.

Re: Rumours thread : Fri May 10, 2024 3:34 pm  

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