He'll be having his arm amputated on Tuesday knowing how it goes with us.

Id still take Satae for a year if he is off quota, can't imagine us signing a better non quota prop.



Agree with Steve, I'm sure Cartwright and Myler will, buy its a tough job getting people here, so have to use the connections. Hopefully long term we are more attractive and have more options.

Yeah, he obviously wants people he trusts to get us back on track short term and who he knows will fit in with what he wants with effort in training etc but eventually you’ll think we’ll have to cast the net wider.



That’s assuming the Liam Knight thing is true anyway, and even if it is it the Cartwright link could just be a coincidence, it’s a pretty tenuous link as he was only 20 and made only 1 appearance for Manly.



It is interesting though, it’s the first thing to look for when we are linked with an overseas based player and there is a link there.

So Liam Knight... who else we reckon?? Cap space is there we already know that so looking at Centre and 2nd row as per DT article yesterday who else could we look to get realistically? Obviously Non quota so would think either someone at a top championship club or someone not getting minutes at a SL club.

Sam Royle, Luis Johnson and Harvey Livett all second rowers still without a club. '

Royle seems a really good professional who captained Saints Scholarship, academy and reserves.



Just seen that Holmes is having a knee clear out so hopefully we can get someone in quickly.

Still think it's a big error to use our last quota spot for this year and potentially next on a prop, even now we have 5 fit props and a couple of back ups, but only one fit backrower and centre.

I think the difficulty is that because of the injury situation that's already mounted up, the club now doesn't have much of a choice. They have to recruit despite wanting to hold their nerve until later in the season. And given that we are only two games in, options aren't necessarily there as to who is available and we're still in a similar position to where we were last year in terms of attracting players. The club has done a great job of changing perceptions off the field IMO that will hopefully encourage people to sign for us but we've still got work to do on the field. The Catalans result was a great advertisement for us moving forward but the Wigan result was obviously a setback.



So signings aren't going to be ideal or necessarily better quality than we already have. We may find ourselves still taking risks on injury statuses and having to dish out some long term contracts that we ideally wouldn't want to be doing. But if it's the difference between getting some bodies in or not, we've got to do it.



Given that injuries are already mounting up, do the club still need to be addressing further changes behind the scenes?

I like the Royle option I must admit, I mean yeah obviously we would want a hard hitting, tackle busting 2nd rower (Willie Manu syle) but very few and far between of those so yeah Royle or Livett for me good options. Johnson doesn't interest me at all. Centre wise do you think we could make a play even just short term for either Connor Wrench or Zak Eckersley?

Wrench is injured and Eckersley is right on the fringe of first team, do doubt they let him go.



I'd bring in Eseh on loan, short term deal fir Livitt or Royle and an overseas centre.



Possible look at Perham we looked at him before, hadn't made the Broncos top 30, can play any position in the backs and has real speed about him.

Perham would fit right in as well, just done his ACL

Of course he has.



Wonder how Te Whare is getting on in Japan.

He scored a good try other week, looks really fit to be fair. We’d soon sort that out

Only quota prop I'd take would be Amone, as he would make a huge difference, can't see the Bulldogs letting him go before the season has even started.

Can Morgan Smithies back prop or backrow?

He's played 2nd row and loose forward in Canberra. Cant see him coming to us but if we throw enough money at him and his gametime reduces in NRL then who knows

Liam Knight signed for the rest of the season with salary cap dispensation but subject to quota ruling.

While Knight signing solves a problem and strengthens the prop position, we still need to address two bigger issues and the fact we have to move Chamberlain and Fash out of the and backrow position, I suppose signing a would maybe solve both, but not easy.

A few decent British centres who are off contract floating around. Sam Halsall, Deon Cross, Toby King, Connor Wrench.

Ollie Pratt at wakey looks a good player. Still raw but huge potential. Would be a good pick up  Also, at Bradford scurr looks a huge unit. Rave reviews for him in the championship, could be worth a shout. AJ Wallace doesn't seem to get a look in at KR either, another unit. Thoughts?

Ollie Pratt at wakey looks a good player. Still raw but huge potential. Would be a good pick up  Also, at Bradford scurr looks a huge unit. Rave reviews for him in the championship, could be worth a shout. AJ Wallace doesn't seem to get a look in at KR either, another unit. Thoughts?

Offy86: Ollie Pratt at wakey looks a good player. Still raw but huge potential. Would be a good pick up  Also, at Bradford scurr looks a huge unit. Rave reviews for him in the championship, could be worth a shout. AJ Wallace doesn't seem to get a look in at KR either, another unit. Thoughts? If memory serves me correctly weren't we close to signing Scurr a couple of seasons ago? I believe we also took a look at AJ Wallace too prior to him signing for KR. Ollie Pratt looks very promising but can't see him leaving Wakey now they have new ownership unless it's to a club like Wigan or St's etc.

Offy86: Ollie Pratt at wakey looks a good player. Still raw but huge potential. Would be a good pick up  Also, at Bradford scurr looks a huge unit. Rave reviews for him in the championship, could be worth a shout. AJ Wallace doesn't seem to get a look in at KR either, another unit. Thoughts? If memory serves me correctly weren't we close to signing Scurr a couple of seasons ago? I believe we also took a look at AJ Wallace too prior to him signing for KR. Ollie Pratt looks very promising but can't see him leaving Wakey now they have new ownership unless it's to a club like Wigan or St's etc.

That's the problem Chris, no one has to sell players. From Windass list, all of them would be worth a look. On another note, has this site updated, really don't like this new version  (on my phone anyway)

That's the problem Chris, no one has to sell players. From Windass list, all of them would be worth a look. On another note, has this site updated, really don't like this new version  (on my phone anyway)

Dave K.: That's the problem Chris, no one has to sell players. From Windass list, all of them would be worth a look. On another note, has this site updated, really don't like this new version  (on my phone anyway) Agree Dave and that's added to our problem of recruitment when you're in need of an almost full squad overhaul, not so bad if you only need 1 or 2 players but in our situation it just makes it a more difficult task. In regards to the site, yes it has  "After twenty-five years of service, the old site expired over the last few days. To maintain service we have had no option but to make an early switch to the new site which was in development/testing. Some elements of the new site are unfinished, such as; page numbering and quotations. We will fix these minor issues as soon as we can, please bear with us"  As they say please bear with them while they make the fixes which they're doing ASAP, it may have a few glitches currently but at least we still have a forum to use.

Dave K.: That's the problem Chris, no one has to sell players. From Windass list, all of them would be worth a look. On another note, has this site updated, really don't like this new version  (on my phone anyway) Agree Dave and that's added to our problem of recruitment when you're in need of an almost full squad overhaul, not so bad if you only need 1 or 2 players but in our situation it just makes it a more difficult task. In regards to the site, yes it has  "After twenty-five years of service, the old site expired over the last few days. To maintain service we have had no option but to make an early switch to the new site which was in development/testing. Some elements of the new site are unfinished, such as; page numbering and quotations. We will fix these minor issues as soon as we can, please bear with us"  As they say please bear with them while they make the fixes which they're doing ASAP, it may have a few glitches currently but at least we still have a forum to use.

Chris71: Agree Dave and that's added to our problem of recruitment when you're in need of an almost full squad overhaul, not so bad if you only need 1 or 2 players but in our situation it just makes it a more difficult task. In regards to the site, yes it has  "After twenty-five years of service, the old site expired over the last few days. To maintain service we have had no option but to make an early switch to the new site which was in development/testing. Some elements of the new site are unfinished, such as; page numbering and quotations. We will fix these minor issues as soon as we can, please bear with us"  As they say please bear with them while they make the fixes which they're doing ASAP, it may have a few glitches currently but at least we still have a forum to use. Site seems much more accessible today. Was taking an age to load over the weekend for me, so thanks for the update.

Chris71: Agree Dave and that's added to our problem of recruitment when you're in need of an almost full squad overhaul, not so bad if you only need 1 or 2 players but in our situation it just makes it a more difficult task. In regards to the site, yes it has  "After twenty-five years of service, the old site expired over the last few days. To maintain service we have had no option but to make an early switch to the new site which was in development/testing. Some elements of the new site are unfinished, such as; page numbering and quotations. We will fix these minor issues as soon as we can, please bear with us"  As they say please bear with them while they make the fixes which they're doing ASAP, it may have a few glitches currently but at least we still have a forum to use. Site seems much more accessible today. Was taking an age to load over the weekend for me, so thanks for the update.