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 Post subject: Re: Rumours and signings v9
PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 12:09 am 
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We need a nasty Prop. Our pack lacks some serious grunt. Mossop is our senior Prop. We need hard yards. Don't think we have it in the squad now.






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 Post subject: Re: Rumours and signings v9
PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:24 pm 
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jonh wrote:If IFL said he would no longer sign players from the NRL then we have the wrong man in charge of our club. Thankfully I doubt he ever said that and thus would no longer worry should the right player become available that we would not try to sign him because he plays in the best Rugby Comp in the world.

Here's the article I was thinking of. To be fair he says he'll still look to sign one or two NRL players if the price is right
jonh wrote:If IFL said he would no longer sign players from the NRL then we have the wrong man in charge of our club. Thankfully I doubt he ever said that and thus would no longer worry should the right player become available that we would not try to sign him because he plays in the best Rugby Comp in the world.

Here's the article I was thinking of. To be fair he says he'll still look to sign one or two NRL players if the price is right






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PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:11 pm 
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pie.warrior wrote:forget top NRL players coming to superleague, their new proposed cap of AUS $5.7m for 2013 which equates to an average of £151,000 per player for a 25 man squad compared to £66,000 per player in SL......... Just goes to show how far we are behind in promoting the game in the UK and how it is perceived by the general public at large


If you pay peanuts you get monkey's. I said this years ago when the sport as a whole went full time. It was obvious to me back then if the sport wanted players to stop being semi-pro and earning a wage outside the game it was going to cost the clubs a lot more money in wages to compensate. The fact the sport in the UK is in no position to keep pace with the wage inflation that is part and parcel of professional sport in all its various guises does, as you say, show how far behind we are at promoting the game. It hasn't even kept pace with RPI and wages in general never mind wages in other sports.

The only reason the NRL can up the cap is due to external funds flowing in from TV rights etc, not because they put a few more thousand on the gates. It's the same with RU. The multi- million pound deal they signed with BT Vision is allowing them to pay their players even more.

If you listened to IL on Wigan TV and on GMR recently he says the RFL are moving in the right direction in bringing in revenue to the game and disbursing funds to clubs. It needs to do a lot more of that so we move away from almost taking pride in paying players a relative pittance as professional athletes.






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 Post subject: Re: Rumours and signings v9
PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 6:31 pm 
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jonh wrote:We need a nasty Prop. Our pack lacks some serious grunt. Mossop is our senior Prop. We need hard yards. Don't think we have it in the squad now.


My best mate is a current Wire prop and after the game on Saturday he said we are a good team but most teams this year will just steam roll our pack cause weve no agression.

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 Post subject: Re: Rumours and signings v9
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jonh wrote:We need a nasty Prop. Our pack lacks some serious grunt. Mossop is our senior Prop. We need hard yards. Don't think we have it in the squad now.


Lauaki is our senior prop followed my Prescott. We still need a nasty prop though. And a centre.






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I do think lauaki will step up i also think we should give thornley half a dozen games at centre if that dont work we will have to give gelling a crack at it i honestly dont think we will win anything this year maybe next year if we can sign a big south seas back row forward like puletua. :!:

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3 signings could really change the look of the team.

Personally I'd like to see an experienced centre, prop and 9.
In a dream world a real enforcer, hard, tough with experience. I would also like an experience 9, someone to help McM out, offer something different, a veteran who knows how to work the opposition and lead the team around the park.

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 Post subject: Re: Rumours and signings v9
PostPosted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 9:19 pm 
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Potential opportunity here from the NRL, to beef up the pack with a second rower with the loss of Hock.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/league/nrl- ... 6567539673

Big loss for Hudds if true, he was immense for them on Saturday. Also think Paul Wood may be worth a punt with him being dual-registered.
Potential opportunity here from the NRL, to beef up the pack with a second rower with the loss of Hock.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/league/nrl- ... 6567539673

Big loss for Hudds if true, he was immense for them on Saturday. Also think Paul Wood may be worth a punt with him being dual-registered.

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