Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Wed Oct 17, 2012 5:22 pm  

Not sure if it's been mentioned but Dowes has signed for Workington

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Wed Oct 17, 2012 5:35 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

How much do we think he's worth? I'd say about £75k myself. Maybe a bit more. Would we take any of the Shudders props in part exchange? There's not much to choose from in the way of out of contract props AFAIK.

Fielden went for £400k, let's start at that figure and see where we end up.

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Wed Oct 17, 2012 6:35 pm  

Fine Giants and give us next years Sky Monies !

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Wed Oct 17, 2012 6:56 pm  

unfortunately dont think we will have luxury of picking a player from giants. Without finding the giants guilty we wont get anything but i find interestingly that it has not wavered in press as to kopczak going anywhere else. I hope in one way at least that the rfl delay until kopczak is made wales captain and then a tribunal figuire will be higher if they cant agree - international captain surely must add a few thousand.

Dowes and fielden possibly two reasonable experienced targets now gone starting to think mason will be a reasonable option - unless leeds let richard moore go so soon. Cant see patrick being allowed to leave sure he signed an improved 4 year deal this year so wont be cheap wage wise even if they did let him go.

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:27 am  

squad list original post updated for Sammut now contracted. Fielden and Dowes removed as suggestions.

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:39 am  

Ok, so an update of where we stand regarding our possibly starting line up for next year

1. Kearney
2.
3. Lulia
4. Blyth
5. Kear
6. Sammut
7. Gale
8. Scruton
9. Diskin
10. Manuokafoa
11. Whitehead
12. Bateman
13. Langley

Subs:
14: L'Estrange
15. Olbison
16. Walker
17.

Reserve

18: Platt
19: Southernwood
20: Roberts
21: Naughton
22: Wood

Hopefully Ainscough, Addy and Donaldson get new deals and maybe an extra prop or 2 and we don't have a team too far from last year's team that would have gotten 7th spot without the points deduction.

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:59 am  

Think a couple of props has to be priority. Assuming purtell is ok to continue and we can retain ainscough,addy and Donaldson too (probably in that order of priority depending on available funding) then we're looking pretty good in the circumstances.

[Bulliac]

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Thu Oct 18, 2012 9:51 am  

mat wrote:

Wouldn't be surprised if its a fine for giants for breaking the rules with the RFL getting the money. Wasn't a precedent set when Wakefield were fined for trying to tap up Luke Robinson? Seem to remembers a fine/ pts deduction

Ha ha, that would be just our luck, wouldn't it!

A fine for Shudders would be like no punishment at all though as it would just be paid by the big money man (sorry, forgotten his name) who runs everything at the Galpharm, and would impact on the club not one iota. I can recall the Wakey incident, but can't remember how it was resolved, to be honest. I'm busy right now trying to locate a new memory on the net but I've forgotten where I stored my list of possible sites, maybe it was under 'utilities'...........

[Bullseye]

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Thu Oct 18, 2012 10:15 am  

It was Jason Robinson that Wakey tried to tap up IIRC.

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:40 am  

We had 3 experienced HBs last season and I would be happier with that this season. But if not Sammut and Gale is a good first choice if both stay fit.

Interesting that it looks like Seymour is on his way out of Hull. Doubt we'd have the space to sign him and not sure if he'd even want to sign but it would worry me less if we had another option considering both Sammut and Gale spent time injured last season.