Re: New Signings/Squad : Fri Oct 06, 2017 12:29 pm  

Honkytonk wrote:

If the rumour about our new signing is true, maybe we are giving it a go!!!!!


Joel Tomkins???

Highly unlikely...
No record of him starting off in Union as the club have said in one of their clues.

Re: New Signings/Squad : Fri Oct 06, 2017 12:47 pm  

Honkytonk wrote:

If the rumour about our new signing is true, maybe we are giving it a go!!!!!


Joel Tomkins???

Why would he !

Re: New Signings/Squad : Fri Oct 06, 2017 3:05 pm  

Matty Fleming it is then.

Re: New Signings/Squad : Fri Oct 06, 2017 3:06 pm  

Bostwick wrote:

Matty Fleming it is then.

Well !

Re: New Signings/Squad : Fri Oct 06, 2017 3:09 pm  

Cant believe we chose him over Tomkins !!!!!!

Any, being serious, good news is he is a centre. Not sure if he is actually any good (not digging him out, genuine question). Still alot if work to do with the squad though(prop, hooker, half back).

Welcome aboard Matty

Re: New Signings/Squad : Fri Oct 06, 2017 3:30 pm  

Well, Fleming did score Leigh's opening try against us in the Q8's and he looks like he's got a good side-step (similar to Api) so a good replacement for Purtell in my view if he doesn't become homesick.

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Re: New Signings/Squad : Fri Oct 06, 2017 5:26 pm  

Any, being serious, good news is he is a centre. Not sure if he is actually any good (not digging him out, genuine question). Still alot if work to do with the squad though(prop, hooker, half back).

Don't want to sound underwhelmed, but............

Agree with above, a prop, half back and back up hooker needed to get us back to where we started last season!

Re: New Signings/Squad : Fri Oct 06, 2017 6:44 pm  

We needed a centre to replace Purcell in the squad. Some respects it's an extra player we didn't have for most of last year. Hopefully he turns out to be a good one. Lets face it this deal was probably done before Ackers and Barthau decided to go.

Yes we need to replace them now and that elusive Neanderthal is still required.

Re: New Signings/Squad : Sun Oct 08, 2017 8:02 pm  

When we were at Toulouse, we were told that we had a Super League player signed for 2018, I assume that it was Fleming that they were talking about.

Re: New Signings/Squad : Mon Oct 09, 2017 1:01 am  

Wellington Albert is a PNG prop 6'4'' and close to 18 stone...he had a spell in the NSW cup before returning to PNG to play with the Hunters......I'd look at this caliber of player to get us into contention in 2018.....I am sure he'd relish a season in the SL shop window!