Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Wed Jul 20, 2022 1:10 pm  

krisleeds wrote:

Agreed was once an amazing player.

However he's an absolute total liability in terms of discipline - I cant think of a player with a worse record.

He'll make Tetevano look like SInfield.

I agree McGuire must be gamble, he has a lot of miles on the clock and has spent a bit of time on the beer of late.
Wire seem to be rolling back the clock to the old days of having a hard/dirty pack. Kevin Ashcroft, Mike Nicholas and others in the 70’s Les Boyd and Kevin Tamati in the 80’s.
Powell has stoked the pot for next season s games v Saints and Wigan “We want a big, tough pack that can dominate every other pack in the competition”.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Wed Jul 20, 2022 1:40 pm  

Sir Gregory ParsloeP wrote:

I agree McGuire must be gamble, he has a lot of miles on the clock and has spent a bit of time on the beer of late.
Wire seem to be rolling back the clock to the old days of having a hard/dirty pack. Kevin Ashcroft, Mike Nicholas and others in the 70’s Les Boyd and Kevin Tamati in the 80’s.
Powell has stoked the pot for next season s games v Saints and Wigan “We want a big, tough pack that can dominate every other pack in the competition”.

Yeah i mean Vaughan is decent enough, McGuire is a gamble, Dudson and Kasiano are 15 minutes spell plodders.

It will be like playing Dull FC whereby if you burn out their forwards you will mince them.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Wed Jul 20, 2022 2:05 pm  

If there is a race to get Luke Thompson I would have thought it is probably down to Saints and Leeds. Wigan and Wire are pretty fully stocked.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Wed Jul 20, 2022 3:10 pm  

krisleeds wrote:

Yeah i mean Vaughan is decent enough, McGuire is a gamble, Dudson and Kasiano are 15 minutes spell plodders.

It will be like playing Dull FC whereby if you burn out their forwards you will mince them.

Agree, Vaughan should still be very good but the other 3 are on the way down the mountain, although Kasiano can still play.
Like the look of Mikaele.
Powell is going for young fast backs and big tough experienced pack. If a few don’t come off he will be under pressure.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Wed Jul 20, 2022 3:39 pm  

At the start of the season, a good bulk of fans thought we had a squad capable of challenging, except for props. Even with the players that have gone, we still look yo have a good squad for next year if we can get a pack leading, metre making prop in. Quality (not just as a player but also desire to prove himself) over quantity

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Wed Jul 20, 2022 4:11 pm  

I understand what you're saying, but we're a long way from "1 good prop fixes it." There's still a big hole in the squad quality that needs fixing, and then we need to stop the stupid suspensions and the frustrating injury absences.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Wed Jul 20, 2022 4:40 pm  

batleyrhino wrote:

I understand what you're saying, but we're a long way from "1 good prop fixes it." There's still a big hole in the squad quality that needs fixing, and then we need to stop the stupid suspensions and the frustrating injury absences.

My view is that another good prop would give us parity in the middle with most, if not all sides in the league. At that point the extra polish Smith has already brought to the halves and three quarters might show on a week to week basis and not just against teams who are as lightweight as we are.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Wed Jul 20, 2022 4:42 pm  

krisleeds wrote:

Yeah i mean Vaughan is decent enough, McGuire is a gamble, Dudson and Kasiano are 15 minutes spell plodders.

It will be like playing Dull FC whereby if you burn out their forwards you will mince them.

Yeh, I don't really envy any of the players they've signed.
But I do envy the ambition.
GH would never spend like they have.
They're going all out next year.
Could be their year.....

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Wed Jul 20, 2022 5:35 pm  

Seems all is quiet on the signing front for us, wigan and wire making signings, hope we have an ace up our sleeve

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Wed Jul 20, 2022 7:39 pm  

I'd love to get Thompson,just what we need.
Sadly I can't see it without getting rid of Prior and one of the "middles" at a minimum