We have re-signed some good players and some of the young players and Harry Kidd which is great - some promising talent for the future - but do we need more than that if we are going to compete? These big 'watch this space new signing imminent' are a bit of a wet weekend TBH.

Are we going to sign someone anyone that puts down a marker and a statement of intent for 2018???

Think we all suffer the same frustration but it has been reported that Kidd may be the only incoming permanent signing.Think we'll see much more use of DR with our agreement with Cas now confirmed.

we only signed Grady last season and we made the four. Not necessarily a bad thing to only have minor squad changes

Not through lack of trying. We did try and sign Swinton winger who went to Fev. All comes down to finance and players wages. The Super League cast offs demand bigger paycheck. I believe that we are better developing our own as Richard Marshall is doing. DR with Cas when we need it.

We scraped in by the skin of our teeth. Our ability to get over the whitewash was very evident all season, this didn't change all season so if bringing in just one new prop to replace Mitch is it then it will be very tough to get into the 4, especially with Toronto coming into the mix as well.

We do not want to be relying on DR, nice to have yes but we want our own lads earning the win bonus and wearing the shirt with pride!.

Fair point if you have enough existing quality..the other player we signed last season that you've unsurprisingly forgotten rather backs up your point.

seems to be completely up in the air with signings at the minute. Maybe with the 'buy a season ticket to increase playing budget' scheme, we will see signings......just not yet?

Oh yeah. Forgot about him

with a world cup on the horizon i think coaches might be waiting to see if any hidden gems present themselves

Mammone or Worrincy?

Nobody about that is better than what we have and in our price range.

Absolutely no point in any more signings if you slot say any 3 of the following in the fax team

Trueman
Springer
Gary Lo
Gill
Brandon Douglas
Ellis
Minikin


Have a play around with the options!

The only gap I can see is competition at Hooker

Whether people like DR or not it looks like it's definitely our player signing solution for next season.

Quote from RM.
''We have met with both Daryl Powell and Steve Gill and have formed a strong partnership already. We have some exciting plans regarding players/coaches and engaging with both sets of supporters. This really excites me and my staff and will further develop our skills, working with world class coaches and players.”

“The partnership will run not just with game by game loans but season-long loans. These arrangements are beneficial to us as we get the players all year and can work with them full time, similar to the deal with Brandon Douglas which worked very well for us last season.”

Looking like Fax lads selected as first option but if they are out of form then reserves and/or then Cas players.

Quote from RM....
If we go down the Dual Reg route, what does that say to my reserve team players?