I'm relieved. For the last half hour I've been thinking we were signing McGoldrick.

Wait until, the in's & out's are confirmed before we speculate about the pro's and con's of one particular signing. On the face of it, i'm relatively happy, an experience centre who has played alot of NRL rugby and is still quite young

Although I have a strong dislike for the guy, his signing would’ve made more sense considering he has played in the halves.

He's only kicked fifteen in his career and none of those was in the recent past. May as well well gone for Tony Martin if that was the plan, plus he'd have been off quota. Anyway good luck to the bloke. If the rumours of Tongia & Cockayne come to fruition then we are going to have plenty of options at fullback & in the threequarters.



How many quota/non fed spots do we have left?

Two.



Imports for next season:



Hickey

Southern

Collis



Exempt:



Lauititi

Tony

Mellars

i hope you weren't suggesting i was moaning?



anyway, previous SOO signings have hardly set the world on fire have they, Matt Seers anyone?

Two solid half-backs next please

A must!





Then we'd be looking a decent squad.

You'd think at least of these, if not both would be kept for halfbacks then.

No I wasn't and yes you're spot on it's usually the less famous players who do well for us.

Not if as so many fans claim to want Agar backs British in this position.



Who knows. One can assume Obst will return to add some depth.

There you are, McGoldrick IS the answer, solid as a rock.... between the ears.

Moore will probably be one which I'm ok with. Need one stand off of good quality , tongia and a rop or two and I'm happy.

We do need cover in the centres. George has gone ( signed for Hudds many months ago, funny how he was not able to play in the last games ), I also understand that the youth coaches at Huddersfield are saying that Murphy is in their sights. They have not dropped their interest and we all know that Ken always gets his man.

I suspect Moore, Wildie, Obst (if he's returning) will take up the slack with another signing. You may also have to accept Agar may hold Lee in high regard and keep him as a H/B.

Ellis, Wilkes, Fox all really good signings, Lauititi too you could add as well. Cockayne (whilst there is clearly a negative aspect) and James (if they do arrive) would be reasonable signings - as would Dowes if he came - in my opinion of course.



For me it appears we are bringing someone in potentially for the sake of it simply becuase they are available and from Oz. Overseas signings should be restricted to a minimum in my opinion and kept for pivotal playes. Can't see much justification for signing a mediocre import in a non key position that we appear to have enough cover at.



Stefan Marsh

Jordan Tansey

Karl Pryce

Matty Blythe



All the above rumoured to have been available for next year, all would have been a potentially reasonable options for the 3/4 instead of an import that struggles to get a gig in the NRL.

Weve been looking at a young kiwi half called isaac john

If that is the case so be it, but he see's his contract out end of story for me - even if that's with a sick note. We simply can't keep letting players go to any team let alone Hudds, it's now a matter of principle for me and I'm generally a pragmatic kind of person.

Anything but Lee at Half Back..



Seems a bit strange to me a coach signing a player for one club whilst managing another did Agar have this lad in his sights as a future FC player or wasnt he good enough for them.



Where Hull after him but not really bothered if he didnt go to them and Gentle has his own targets which doesn't include Collis..



Seems a weird situation for me.

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Can't go with that I'm afraid, we are threadbare in the backs.I agree it's not the most important position but if we are to challenge it needs filling. I really don't get how a 25 year old 100+ NRL player cannot be considered a good signing. Forget the position as I assume Agar has his plans for other positions, look at the player - screams quality (relative to ourselves).



I think we assume that because he's an Aussie he is the Marquee signing when he may well not be - assuming there is one. It's a bit of half empty v half full.



I really don't see Agar as a sign any old player kind of Coach I really don't.

I seriously doubt it but yes would be a good signing.

Considering he has over 100+ nrl apps and played origin in 2007. Not a bad record so far.



If Tongia signs I would suspect that would complete our backs.



Just one solid good half and a prop or two and I can be positive. We look to have alot more depth and experience than last year already!

Tend to agree with this. Why are people assuming just because he isn't playing regular NRL that he is a poor import? There are loads of success stories in super league of players that aren't playing regular top grade down under making a massive impact over here.



Also Lauitiiti is an excellent signing not just possibly a good one. He will bring us the x factor if he stays fit. I'm of the mind that if we are winning games then i'm not too bothered who plays for us. Ideally yes we would all love English young players to be at the forefront but lets get real it's not going to happen. Looking forward to going away to places like Wigan, Saints thinking we have a small chance of winning instead of hoping we keep it under 30 pts difference. Still remember the dodgy video ref try at the JJB when Solomona stuck his hand out and put it down after being called "held". One of the great super league wakey moments IMO!

He's in talks with us but nothing set in stone, we are one of a few options for the lad.