I'm really hsppy with the Stone signing, adds much needed punch and skill we've badly missed, loan for this season to avoid the transfer fee with proberbly a 2-3 year deal from next year.
Russell might get a contract at Salford for next year, but he won't be here....i hope.
Whitehead i couldn't careless about him leaving, not gonna break in to the team any time soon, and the games i've seen him play he hasn't shown anything to suggest he ever will break in to the team barring injury.
Unless i'm forgetting someone, the only inbound for next year currently is Liam Byrne? Happy with him coming in, so currently our Props for next year are Vaughan (if he re-signs) Byrne, Harrison, Philbin, Yates, Wood, Crowther (kind of), Thomas, and the invisible prop Green, We're still missing an established prop there i feel.
Apart from a big prop like Mago, Satae, Ese'ese added to our team, On paper, we have a very good squad when everyone is fit. I feel once we get another dominant prop in and start winning the forward battle, i think we'll be hard to beat.

Yep ..  of course we need to give em more chances ... but it never seems the right time to bring them in. It is not easy to decide who to keep. Wigan (who produce so many players) have those that they have not kept spread all around SuperLeague e.g. HKR/Leigh etc. So it's not just Wire. So if they suddenly lost Marshall would they say why did we let Burgess, Davies & Hanley and a few more go.

I guess the author was hoping for those players that fit between those polar opposites. But the level of debate on here means we have to have this facile "false dilemma" between galactico and basement, bargain bucket players like you have mentioned. 


Plenty of other clubs make sound signings without breaking the bank. One of them is currently top of the league. 

HKR do seem to have done OK recently.
We just need Robins72 coming in here now listing all the dib dobs they have bought ... to get the full story. 

Hull KR spend the same money as we do (and have far fewer of their own youth products in the team). Do you think Waerea-Hargreaves is on £25k but came over for the East Hull air?


I don't think we've had a 'galacticos' approach for years. If anything I think we went from a really successful era of recruitment where we picked up players like Ashton and Harrison to more of a bargain basement approach this year which has cost us dearly.

Jenna last night mentioned the possibility of the quota change, we all new it was coming, BUT like she said last night some clubs are already acting like it's definately increasing. Hull being one with the Liam knight re-signing, but unless the clubs already know it's changing, if it doesn't, it's gonna create some really awkward situations.