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Re: Some really good recruits... : Sun Oct 25, 2020 12:40 pm  
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There’s just too many unanswered questions at the moment to know how we’ll shape up. We could be sat there bemoaning French, Gildart and Hastings all leaving or on the flip side we could see all three stay with Field coming in as a utility and Tommy moving in to the coaching department. I suspect it may fall somewhere in between. I think French will go, Gildart will do another year, Tommy will play on and we might have a sniff of keeping Hastings but it seems a total 50/50 that one. It’s all guesswork and I’m just keeping my fingers crossed we’ll be smiling at the end of it.

I've kind of mentally written off that we will have any of French/Gildart/Hastings next year. If we keep any it's an unexpected bonus. When Lam is talking about the club doing everything they can to keep French, I wonder if that is related to maybe trying to persuade G.Gurgess to retire/take a settlement so we have a marquee spot available. I don't have any inside knowledge on that, just a thought.
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Re: Some really good recruits... : Sun Oct 25, 2020 1:15 pm  
Think from what other people have been saying French isn't that bothered about the money, and we have already offered him more than NRL clubs have.

Everyone has their price though. But I'd rather he stayed because he actually wants to, rather than for the cash.
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Re: Some really good recruits... : Sun Oct 25, 2020 4:23 pm  
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I've kind of mentally written off that we will have any of French/Gildart/Hastings next year. If we keep any it's an unexpected bonus. When Lam is talking about the club doing everything they can to keep French, I wonder if that is related to maybe trying to persuade G.Gurgess to retire/take a settlement so we have a marquee spot available. I don't have any inside knowledge on that, just a thought.


Hopefully the fact that there doesn’t seem to be any links with new players after the Field signing will be a positive sign for us. You couldn’t think we’d lose the three of them and just go with what we have plus Field. It’s not beyond the realms of possibility we do that but to go Field at 1, Leuluai 6 and Smith 7 with Hankinson and Bibby starting at centre/wing, with no senior back up for any of those positions seems unlikely.
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Re: Some really good recruits... : Sun Oct 25, 2020 10:48 pm  
All seems to have gone quiet on the Gildart to NRL front. Hopefully he will be staying
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Re: Some really good recruits... : Mon Oct 26, 2020 8:05 am  
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All seems to have gone quiet on the Gildart to NRL front. Hopefully he will be staying


If he didn't have anything lined up before the season started i think it's unlikely he will be going anywhere. He was injured and then hasn't been spectacular since his come back. He hasn't been in NRL form. He will need another stellar year here next season i think.
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Re: Some really good recruits... : Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:30 am  
If Watson signs for Hull FC I can see Hasting joining them. They both work well together.
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Re: Some really good recruits... : Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:39 am  
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If Watson signs for Hull FC I can see Hasting joining them. They both work well together.


Is Hastings actually off contract? I thought he had a NRL release clause, but not one that said he could walk to any SL side?
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Re: Some really good recruits... : Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:43 am  
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Is Hastings actually off contract? I thought he had a NRL release clause, but not one that said he could walk to any SL side?


Not 100% but you’d be think FC would be putting as much money as they can behind Watson if he comes

Edit: just checked yea on a 2 year deal with a free NRL release.
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Re: Some really good recruits... : Mon Oct 26, 2020 11:00 am  
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Not 100% but you’d be think FC would be putting as much money as they can behind Watson if he comes

Edit: just checked yea on a 2 year deal with a free NRL release.


The Hastings one is a weird one isn't it.

He had a well documented NRL release clause, but there's been little to no chatter about any NRL interest in him. The Bulldogs were rumoured, but Trent going there made that a non-starter.

Yet it was reported in the WEP that he's leaving? If he's not going to the NRL, but still leaving, how's he got out of the 2nd year of the deal? Did he have a more flexible release clause? One that allows him to just walk away after a year, regardless of the destination? I'm sure I remember the club saying he also had to give notice by a certain date for this to be activated? COVID probably moved the goal posts, but we're mid Oct now and you'd expect the club to know?

For me, unless he goes to the NRL, he should either be a Wigan player in 2021 or we'd be getting money from whoever signs him (SL or RU).
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Re: Some really good recruits... : Mon Oct 26, 2020 11:48 am  
His mum seems to think he is staying in the UK as he is happy here and his girlfriend is from Manchester.
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