Re: Other Teams' Rumours And Signings For 2021 : Fri Jun 12, 2020 10:15 pm  

Never seen a great deal in Proctor to get me excited tbh. He’s got a haircut that stands out and you notice him because of it but after watching him numerous times for the Kiwis and in the NRL, I’m yet to have sat there and gone ‘wow, he’s one hell of a player’. He looks a reasonable second rower to me and certainly not a player I’d throw big money at.

Re: Other Teams' Rumours And Signings For 2021 : Fri Jun 12, 2020 10:20 pm  

100% Warrior wrote:

Have been told from a pretty reliable source that Saints are seriously worried about the return of SL without crowds and are facing going under if games are played behind closed doors. The same has to be said for the rest of SL and you can see why Saints wanted him out and wanted the transfer fee.

I must admit when I saw that L1 and L2 football clubs would rather end the season than play behind closed doors because it would cost them money to play without crowds, I shuddered at what that means for superleague. The game is clearly going to ride the furlough scheme for as long as possible and doesn’t look to have any concrete plans to come back yet. The £16m from the government won’t go far if even the big clubs need bailing out.

Re: Other Teams' Rumours And Signings For 2021 : Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:42 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

I must admit when I saw that L1 and L2 football clubs would rather end the season than play behind closed doors because it would cost them money to play without crowds, I shuddered at what that means for superleague. The game is clearly going to ride the furlough scheme for as long as possible and doesn’t look to have any concrete plans to come back yet. The £16m from the government won’t go far if even the big clubs need bailing out.

Has to be why SL are targeting crowds returning for October (IIRC?). Behind closed doors just isn’t feasible even with opening up new revenue streams such as streaming games online for £5/£10 for example. You simply aren’t going to get 8k (or whatever is each clubs average attendance) logging in to watch. A quarter of that if you’re lucky and half if it’s a touch of God.

It’s led by Government obviously but I can seriously see the season being ended should social distancing rules continue or curtailed upon resumption when there be a second spike, as is widely expected, in winter.

Re: Other Teams' Rumours And Signings For 2021 : Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:43 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

Never seen a great deal in Proctor to get me excited tbh. He’s got a haircut that stands out and you notice him because of it but after watching him numerous times for the Kiwis and in the NRL, I’m yet to have sat there and gone ‘wow, he’s one hell of a player’. He looks a reasonable second rower to me and certainly not a player I’d throw big money at.

I agree. I watched the first half of GCT v Rabbitohs and a bit of the second half before work this morning and he just looked so out of place. A bang average over achiever IMHO.

Re: Other Teams' Rumours And Signings For 2021 : Sat Jun 13, 2020 8:15 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

I must admit when I saw that L1 and L2 football clubs would rather end the season than play behind closed doors because it would cost them money to play without crowds, I shuddered at what that means for superleague. The game is clearly going to ride the furlough scheme for as long as possible and doesn’t look to have any concrete plans to come back yet. The £16m from the government won’t go far if even the big clubs need bailing out.

What do league 1 and 2 clubs get from Sky? They’re barely on TV in comparison to Superleague.

Re: Other Teams' Rumours And Signings For 2021 : Sat Jun 13, 2020 9:46 am  

League 1 clubs get about a million I think

Re: Other Teams' Rumours And Signings For 2021 : Sat Jun 13, 2020 12:54 pm  

Rumblings down at the HJ that Wigan are in for Ben Currie. Hopefully a load of twoddle but after a horrific couple of years injury wise he has looked something akin to the Currie of old so far this season.

Re: Other Teams' Rumours And Signings For 2021 : Sat Jun 13, 2020 3:47 pm  

I’ve heard from fairly reliable sources that we’re looking at Currie and to try and offload Greenwood. Also been told we’ve been talking to Brad Dwyer

Re: Other Teams' Rumours And Signings For 2021 : Sat Jun 13, 2020 4:13 pm  

Dywer's contract is up at Leeds , but Rhinos want to keep him as he is begining to mature and has his best years ahead , i guess it will mainly come down to the contract .

Re: Other Teams' Rumours And Signings For 2021 : Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:08 pm  

Looking likely we will bring in new players and Currie would be a good signing IMO. He was starting to show form before the season curtailed and would be a big upgrade on Greenwood.

Dwyer I’m not too sure about. He shows plenty of bottle and potential but seems to have brain farts and wonder off on his own. If he can contain that urge he’d be a far better player IMO. Could be worth a punt but one of them signings that literally could go either way.