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www.halifaxrlfc.co.uk/news/artic ... year-deals eccleston, barber and gaylor. gaylor is a hooker.

Welcome aboard lads.

Ditto from me

yes good luck to the trio.Barber appeared to have fallen out of favour but may have been injured.thought we needed a third hooker too.

Well said HJ.
We need to see how things pan out when the season starts. If we can get Miles fit plus Sharpe scores his usual seasonal tally we have two strike players there who can add real class to our side. I will be there alongside Mrs LTD, season ticket already bought- based on last seasons improvement.

Another two squad announcements tomorrow at 9am

They are squad players, not everyone can sit up and make the opposition take notice.

I thought Barber did a very good job in the team and it was no fluke that he kept getting picked in front of the more well known players at points during the season. I thought Eccleston actually did look the part come the end of the season and he reminds me a lot of Lee Paterson. The game against Bradford barring the one mistake he had a blinder. He isnt going to be first choice same as the other two but when you pick up knocks you need players to come in who can fit in and do a good job. Those two can do that.

We could have got away without signing anyone this season, we already have a very good team in place, Marshall just wanted to add some depth in key areas and he has done that.

Greg you have hit the nail on the head they are squad players add to these 3 Pott and Saxty and you have 5 squad players,possibly Richard thinks that what he needs I'm not sure we surprised a few teams at back end of last season this season they will know what to expect I have a feeling our squad will be added to before Christmas by a big name to excite the fans.
The league will be much more open this coming season anything can happen at Leigh Degsy may abdicate if things go wrong and the Jimmy Lowes factor at Bradford could be our advantage would like to see a big fobust centre signed.

Don't think it's about anyone we may sign it's about how much more improvement RM can get out of the players he has.We have 3 centres vying for 2 positions,Tyrer,Heaton,Smeaton and plenty back up...Salty,Eccleston,Saxton etc
IMO we are ok there.

The younger lads will be people who RM thinks can develop in the reserve team 2 of these have already featured in the first team without letting anybody down so there are a number of boxes being ticked with these lads.

gotta trust the gaffers judgement on players and the type of bloke that will thrive in our dressing room. He's been right so far e.g Maneely, Saltonstall signings plus the master-stroke Craven loan. Sure RM will bide his time till somebody of such calibre and availability becomes available, look at the world beaters signing Higham mid season!

Well done to the 5 lads recently signed. UTFAX