Trying to put a positive spin on it , we still have a quality spine with woody, jouffret, hansen , obrien. inman . A couple of the older forwards have been moved on and Douglas and calcott are top championship forwards , macarron has high praise from many onlookers , the jury's out on the dewsbury lads with brad graham probably having the most potential. The backline needs some work in my opinion with size speed and aggression needed in the centres .

Which better players have we let leave? We have had two very poor seasons which those players that have left contributed to. We needed a massive clear out and we are at last seeeing that although I still think it needed to start at least a couple of years back. As LU says we have a number of quality players in key positions especially 1,6, and 9. We have 2 top quality props to come back in to the team which will be like having 2 new signings as long as they are fit.

I am not sure what some people were expecting, we clearly have no money, we owe the tax man, we have not paid rent for months, so taking that in to account I think our signings so far have been quite positive. Richard Marshall will look after us I am sure with who we get from Warrington and personally I feel a lot more positive about the upcoming season than I did about last season.

Crooks posted “first day of pre-season” on his Instagram and he was in his Fax kit. Guess he might leave if he gets a better offer but for now he’s staying

I read Fax have a deal with Hansen plywood, maybe the can use then to build a defensive line !

Looks like the end of the signings, so will be operating a very small squad of 18. I get that, we just can't afford to pay players sitting in the stands. Hopefully we'll set up a meaningful DR to plug any injuries.