So it would appear ratchford is leaving, so that would make 5 new signings



Ryan O'Hara

Jason Chan

Daniel Mortimer

Ade Gardener

Hooker (Scott Moore or Andy Ellis both rumoured to be leaving?)



Would prefer Senior over Mortimer though to replace Stef

guessing our recruitment drive will be heading towards the Racecourse Ground rather than Belle Vue now ..

Keith Senior?

Anyone think Whitt and Schicofske are worth a look at?

seem to remember Godwin & Clinton Schifcofske are best mates, that'll work

Mark Bryant has been on twitter today - mostly & understandably ripping into the Crusaders board but he did mention that he had a team sorted already for next season in the SL. Could we be him for him?? Could only imagine someone like us or maybe Cas/London RL (in whatever guise!) to be after him.

I thnk O'hara would be ok. Mortimer as a 'ratchford' role would be ok (wasnt he in running for rookie of the yeat in NRL?? - cant be that bad), I'd quite like rob prudham on a small contract (but think hes semi retiring to cumbria)



Sammut would be a good interchange hooker maybe? bring him off the bench when godwin tires......cant think of many other crusaders players that owuld be ideal. Jason chan maybe as well?



Anyone know when the new signings will be annoucned...someone mentioned we had some sorted already?

now the welsh team have gone, what about there little french player dont know his name, but ran riot over us, and a few other teams, plus cliton and a few others are there for the taking, i reckon we cud get a few on cheap contracts if they want to play next season.

Schifcofske is a good player, but would he oust Patten at fullback? Unlikely, and at 35 he's not one for the future, so I'd be surprised if we were looking at him.

Penrith are after Dan Mortimer [url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/penrith-panthers-target-parramatta-eels-daniel-mortimer/story-e6frfgbo-1226102322437Herald Sun[/url



I suspect a SL version of ' Hungry Hippo's ' will descend upon Wrexham over the next 24-48Hrs ,

Why not Peter Fox? Been told he can find another club, British only 26

When was the last time we had 2 out and out wingers, better option than Gardner younger and cheaper?

Yes please!



He's been out of form this season for Hull KR, but I'd like to think he could do well under Parish and, like you said, having Jodie on one wing and Fox on the other, we'd have players with a lot of pace and capable of scoring tries on both sides of the pitch

Mortimer rules out coming to England accoring to the SMH - www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... 1i0e6.html

Mortimer rules out coming to England accoring to the SMH - www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... 1i0e6.html

Not speculating on names but it's glaringly obvious we will need a prop, hooker, 2 second rowers and possibly a winger. The team are crying out for more forwards that are capable of running hard and making decent metres. Without a decent pack your just pi$$ing in the wind.

Agreed we seriously need to buy some decent forwards, id personally buy two props and one second rower our attack hasnt been that bad this year when you consider the amount of games the pack gets dominated in.

Sorry we don't need any more 2nd rowers, do agree we need two props, a hooker/half/omni back, a decent raw boned centre and I'd happily take Fox from KR as he has natural talent to go with his blistering pace.



For the hooking role I'd go back to Warrington and see if we can prize Mickey Higham away, for the centre I'd go for Thomas from CC for one year as we are bound to get plenty of press coverage with his signing and I'd hope that if he was fit in time he'd be very prominant in the media when he plays for Wales in the 4 nations. As for the propr I'm hoping for an old gnarled prop and an up and coming prospect, what about the massive guy from OZ who we were linked with but signed for CC instead?

fox wont be coming to salford, your bang on with that old expensive saints winger, o'hara, andrew ryan the forward was morrison dont know if its still on the cards cause they have a sl licence,

sammut will be on the radar now i guess starting him at 7 and holdsworth 6 with godwin and matty smith exchanging !!!

Not sure if I've missed a post on this guy or if he's already linked with another club but I wouldn't mind seeing Jason Chan from the Crusaders down here next season.

Signed for Widnes Matey, Would of been a great signing for us!

I thought it was Hep Cahill that had signed for Widnes

Sammut has gone to Bradford... according to The Sun, anyway.



Gareth Thomas anyone???

If we couldn't get a younger player, he'd defintely do as a stop-gap for me. He looked very impressive against us, and has dealt with the move to RL very well. Unfortunately, I suspect some of our fans aren't quite mature enough to handle the situation of having him in the squad.

Any links to the news article coonfirming this?



As far as I can tell it was just rumour. Chan and O'Hara were both supposedly signing for Widnes, but O'Hara is also rumoured to be Salford bound. Crusaders exit from SL could really set the cat amongst the pigeons. There could be a bit of a stampede now? Talented players bad team, similar to ourselves.

O'Hara said on Twitter last night that he wasn't coming to us (unless I read it wrong and he was talking about Sammut).

And you wonder why we get called the Willows retirement home !!!!!!



No gareth thomas end of discussion !