: Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:52 am  

Disappointed he's going. Always rely up Gilly no matter how many times he's knocked down.

Good luck and enjoy Shudds

: Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:56 am  

I't will be like watching the senior academy next year

Hope they get plenty of Soliola names for the new shirts next season as there will be no one else worthy to put on your back

: Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:00 pm  

Ashmeister wrote:

How does that article sound as if we aint signing anyone else ?

"We will have an abundance of second rowers next year with the emergence of new young talent within the club, along with the signing of 22-year-old New Zealand international Sia Soliola, who will play back row/centre."

why would we sign anyone when the Chairman thinks we have an abundance of second rowers?

: Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:04 pm  

[quote="Saddened!"]
Cruikshank. quote]


Great player Gilly has been for us.

I would love him to stay but we really need a busting prop in a Baloo stylee. If we are losing Gilly for one of those I am ahppy, if not I am a littlem disappointed.

: Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:08 pm  

Harborne Saint wrote:

Saddened! wrote:

Cruikshank. quote]


Great player Gilly has been for us.

I would love him to stay but we really need a busting prop in a Baloo stylee. If we are losing Gilly for one of those I am ahppy, if not I am a littlem disappointed.

If you read between the lines of Mac's statement on Gilly we're certainly not signing anyone for the backrow.

Hopefully this means he is regarding Tony P as a backrower because we have signed a prop for next season. But it would surprise me if he thought we had an abundance of those too.

: Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:08 pm  

We have
Wilkin
Flannery
Clough
Puleatua
as a back row with 1 interchange
Plus Dixon and Ashurst as back up (and some lad called McGenniss who's better than both of them, apparently)
Not the end of the world, espescially if we can shift Soliola into the forwards in dire emergencies.

Assuming we've got some sort of Prop-Plan, then I'm happy enough.

: Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:10 pm  

Offside Monkey wrote:

We have
Wilkin
Flannery
Clough
Puleatua
as a back row with 1 interchange
Plus Dixon and Ashurst as back up (and some lad called McGenniss who's better than both of them, apparently)
Not the end of the world, espescially if we can shift Soliola into the forwards in dire emergencies.

Assuming we've got some sort of Prop-Plan, then I'm happy enough.

If you take Mac on his word Gilly has been replaced directly by Soliola and Talau by Wheeler.

: Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:16 pm  

Saint Ryan wrote:

I'm sad that Gilly is going, you can always count on him to defend well and get good yards forward. Very good signing for Huddersfield.

Considering we have got so much room on the SC, it makes you wonder who we will sign

just because we have space on the salary cap, doesnt mean that :

a) we need to spend the full amount, or
b) we have the money to spend the full amount.

dont forget that the likes of Eastmond, Wheeler, Ashurst, Dixon and Lomax are on new deals - plus Soliola (an international) will be on a decent whack. In the next round of deals, the likes of Clough will be asking for more now they are first team regulars.

: Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:22 pm  

saints35 bulls0 wrote:

just because we have space on the salary cap, doesnt mean that :

a) we need to spend the full amount, or
b) we have the money to spend the full amount.

dont forget that the likes of Eastmond, Wheeler, Ashurst, Dixon and Lomax are on new deals - plus Soliola (an international) will be on a decent whack. In the next round of deals, the likes of Clough will be asking for more now they are first team regulars.

I know we don't have to spend all the money or even have it, but we desperately need a prop. That's all I was thinking, I probably should have expanded more into that

: Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:38 pm  

Saint Ryan wrote:

but we desperately need a prop.

Maybe Mace the Ace will be coming the other way??

No, that's too much to wish for.