Re: Rumours and signings v7 : Tue Jul 26, 2011 4:31 pm  

Witt wouldn't be a bad player for us.

Not sure on O'Hara. His stats seem decent but he's done alot of donkey work by the looks of it. I'd rather keep Coley on or promote from within I think.

Re: Rumours and signings v7 : Tue Jul 26, 2011 5:59 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Witt wouldn't be a bad player for us.

Not sure on O'Hara. His stats seem decent but he's done alot of donkey work by the looks of it. I'd rather keep Coley on or promote from within I think.

Coley is retiring though.

Re: Rumours and signings v7 : Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:03 pm  

Wigg'n wrote:

Coley is retiring though.

I'll await confirmation before being totally convinced.

Lenagan said Carmont was retiring and he's also said both Coley and Deacon are but things change. I'd say out of the 2 Coley looks the safest bet to retire but if top quality replacements aren't available then he may be convinced to stay on.

Re: Rumours and signings v7 : Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:34 pm  

Gus Gould is supposedly releasing a gang of Panthers, Purtell and Arana Taumata supposedly amongst them.
Whilst they've both had their problems with injury (DVT) and authority respectively, one or both may be worth a punt! Purtell is a solid centre and Taumata has got the x-factor.

Re: Rumours and signings v7 : Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:48 pm  

I wouldnt want any of the Crusaders players as I dont think they are better than what we already have.

Re: Rumours and signings v7 : Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:36 am  

If deacon retires iwould take lincoln withers as our 2nd hooker with tommy going back to 7

Re: Rumours and signings v7 : Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:36 am  

Andy Coley was on the radio phone in on Radio Manchester last Thursday with Matt King and confirmed this season would be his last.

Re: Rumours and signings v7 : Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:20 am  

LovesToSpooge wrote: The only Crusaders play I'd go for would be Ryan O'Hara. Always looked a damn fine prop for mine and would be a good replacement for Coley. http://www.superleague.co.uk/statistics ... eason=2011 As for the others it's no from me. Are you Stevo? Because i've never heard anyone else say that before.

LovesToSpooge wrote: The only Crusaders play I'd go for would be Ryan O'Hara. Always looked a damn fine prop for mine and would be a good replacement for Coley. http://www.superleague.co.uk/statistics ... eason=2011 As for the others it's no from me. Are you Stevo? Because i've never heard anyone else say that before.

Re: Rumours and signings v7 : Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:39 am  

Tricky Dicky wrote:

If deacon retires iwould take lincoln withers as our 2nd hooker with tommy going back to 7

Tommy should stay 9 for me, with McIlorum the second hooker. Finch and someone else in the halves, possibly a new signing or Mellor. If we're looking at players from Crusaders, just to continue the trend of the thread, we should be looking at Michael Witt. I really rate him and I know others do.

As for the centre situation, Adrian Purtell would be worth a shot. From what I've seen of him this year he's been really solid. He's a great quality centre and if we could tempt him over I'm sure he'd perform well, and at 26 we could probably tempt him in to a two or three year deal.

Re: Rumours and signings v7 : Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:17 am  

Dont see the fuss over Witt personally. Don't get me wrong he is quite capable on his day, but he is crocked more often than not.

The only two in SL i would seriously consider are Dobson and Duraeu. Dobson would be my no1 choice, mainly because i struggle to spell Dureau's name.