Re: What we currently look like for 2023 : Thu Oct 27, 2022 9:40 am  

jonh wrote:

If rumours are to be believed we will have Proctor, Mago and Lawrence adding to the Props and Taylor at loose.

4 rumours that refuse to go away.

I`d snap your hand off right now for those 4 tbh, although Proctor is a bit of a gamble for me, that would be a gamble worth taking as we would have 2 very good known quantities as SL players in Mago and Taylor (I really rate Mago as one of the best forwards in the league) and a solid workhorse in Lawrence.

I wonder if Mago has been on the phone to Mr Demetriou.

Re: What we currently look like for 2023 : Thu Oct 27, 2022 9:50 am  

homme vaste wrote:

I`d snap your hand off right now for those 4 tbh, although Proctor is a bit of a gamble for me, that would be a gamble worth taking as we would have 2 very good known quantities as SL players in Mago and Taylor (I really rate Mago as one of the best forwards in the league) and a solid workhorse in Lawrence.

I wonder if Mago has been on the phone to Mr Demetriou.

I believe any movement with Mago will depend on Wigan securing their targeted replacement for him.

Re: What we currently look like for 2023 : Thu Oct 27, 2022 10:10 am  

Salford closing in on Sam Stone from Leigh centurions back rower. Played 30 and scored 9 last year looking good. Rumour was that he was NRL bound but now wants to stay in the UK.

Maybe worth a look if the Proctor deal isn’t over the line?

He looked good when I saw him for Leigh and believe they were gutted he was leaving but appears he’s now available and possibly a victim of the quota spots at Leigh. Big lad about to hit his prime years too.

Played a good few NRL games before joining Leigh. Could we nip in there and bring him to trinity maybe?

Re: What we currently look like for 2023 : Thu Oct 27, 2022 10:31 am  

Trojan Horse wrote:

Salford closing in on Sam Stone from Leigh centurions back rower. Played 30 and scored 9 last year looking good. Rumour was that he was NRL bound but now wants to stay in the UK.

Maybe worth a look if the Proctor deal isn’t over the line?

He looked good when I saw him for Leigh and believe they were gutted he was leaving but appears he’s now available. Big lad about to hit his prime years too.

Played a good few NRL games before joining Leigh.

Still plenty about.

Re: What we currently look like for 2023 : Thu Oct 27, 2022 12:23 pm  

Not sure if you know this Trojan, but we were very close to signing Stone when we signed Whitbread as both were offered to us at the time, Carter mentioned at the last fans forum they were sat watching the last Leigh game of the season and stone was immense for them and Whitbread didn`t have a great game, he said they went away that night feeling they had taken the wrong one and the rest is history! So I would imagine if we still have a spot we may be interested.

Re: What we currently look like for 2023 : Thu Oct 27, 2022 3:31 pm  

homme vaste wrote:

Not sure if you know this Trojan, but we were very close to signing Stone when we signed Whitbread as both were offered to us at the time, Carter mentioned at the last fans forum they were sat watching the last Leigh game of the season and stone was immense for them and Whitbread didn`t have a great game, he said they went away that night feeling they had taken the wrong one and the rest is history! So I would imagine if we still have a spot we may be interested.

That would put paid to the idea that Whitbread was a late pick up. He would have had to have been signed up two months before he was announced.

Re: What we currently look like for 2023 : Thu Oct 27, 2022 6:11 pm  

Sacred Cow wrote:

That would put paid to the idea that Whitbread was a late pick up. He would have had to have been signed up two months before he was announced.

Despite the lack of announcements I’m confident that similarly this year most of our business has already been done for 2023, maybe not all of it…but most of it.

Re: What we currently look like for 2023 : Thu Oct 27, 2022 10:59 pm  

homme vaste wrote:

Not sure if you know this Trojan, but we were very close to signing Stone when we signed Whitbread as both were offered to us at the time, Carter mentioned at the last fans forum they were sat watching the last Leigh game of the season and stone was immense for them and Whitbread didn`t have a great game, he said they went away that night feeling they had taken the wrong one and the rest is history! So I would imagine if we still have a spot we may be interested.

Luckily Whitbread has been very good for us! It seems Stone may be available though seemingly on a loan deal as Leigh are expecting quota changes to happen where a loan doesn’t count on quote (loaned out).

I’d certainly be looking into Stone though if he’s an option.

Re: What we currently look like for 2023 : Thu Oct 27, 2022 11:03 pm  

jonh wrote:

Despite the lack of announcements I’m confident that similarly this year most of our business has already been done for 2023, maybe not all of it…but most of it.

It’s a possibility that we already had a couple signed for 2023 before season ended yet to be announced. All we can do is wait and see though.

I noticed that Hampshire still doesn’t have a contract for 2023.

With us still needing a full back and possibly halfback cover/options I’d certainly look at Hampshire as an option purely for his versatility across the back line and halves.

I think he’s recovering from an ACL? And probably a number of months off but if the deal is right maybe it’s worth a look to add some depth/cover.

Re: What we currently look like for 2023 : Fri Oct 28, 2022 8:13 am  

Trojan Horse wrote:

It’s a possibility that we already had a couple signed for 2023 before season ended yet to be announced. All we can do is wait and see though.

I noticed that Hampshire still doesn’t have a contract for 2023.

With us still needing a full back and possibly halfback cover/options I’d certainly look at Hampshire as an option purely for his versatility across the back line and halves.

I think he’s recovering from an ACL? And probably a number of months off but if the deal is right maybe it’s worth a look to add some depth/cover.

I can't see any logic in signing Hampshire up at this moment in time. When we're so tight on our budget why would you pay someone to sit in recovery for 4 or 5 months?
Wait until he's recovered and fit to go and then see if it's an option we need at the time.
Yes, you risk that someone else might pick him up in the meantime but I'd rather that than pay him for half a season that he is not available