It will all come out in the wash as they say, we'll see. All I can say is that if Fax don't get promoted to SL this coming season, don't hold your breath in the hope we will be back where most of us want to be any time soon. Up The Fax!

I'm happy that we've signed Joe, but I think signings such as Michael Lawrence from Huddersfield, the Papua New Guinea international Keven Appo, and Bodene Thompson from Leeds are a cut above.

Some decent signings for you this year. Its going to be interesting the battle between Bradford and Keighley to see who finishes higher and I can see the Bulls possibly sneaking in to the playoffs this year.

According to Skybet its you in a battle with Keighley not us. For 3rd. I know there's a feelgood factor about the Cougars, but this feels a bit OTT.

Featherstone Rovers - 6/4
Toulouse Olympique - 2/1
Halifax Panthers - 12/1
Keighley Cougars - 12/1
Bradford Bulls - 14/1
Widnes Vikings - 16/1
York City Knights - 16/1
Batley Bulldogs - 20/1
Barrow Raiders - 25/1
Sheffield Eagles - 40/1
London Broncos - 50/1
Newcastle Thunder - 66/1
Swinton Lions - 100/1
Whitehaven RLFC - 125/1

Yeah I would be surprised if both teams signings push them above York and Batley who don't seem to be that highly thought of again this season.

Just listened to the mark dunning interview, he says Halifax enabled the joe Arundel transfer by paying him off to leave , seems Grix really wasn’t happy with him .

If true that's ridiculous !

There's no way club would have paid balance of his contract otherwise there would have been no point letting him go, likely paid a sweetener to ensure deal went ahead. He would probably have been one of the higher earners, and while he's a good solid centre, if Grix decided he wasn't going to be first choice next year, I can understand him not wanting another Aston scenario where you've got a good, frustrated well paid player kicking his heels for most of the season. We are though now looking a bit thin in the backs, Mccomb has shown he can cover centre and wing more than adequately, but after that we could be struggling.

Quote: Ilkley Fax "There's no way club would have paid balance of his contract otherwise there would have been no point letting him go, likely paid a sweetener to ensure deal went ahead. He would probably have been one of the higher earners, and while he's a good solid centre, if Grix decided he wasn't going to be first choice next year, I can understand him not wanting another Aston scenario where you've got a good, frustrated well paid player kicking his heels for most of the season. We are though now looking a bit thin in the backs, Mccomb has shown he can cover centre and wing more than adequately, but after that we could be struggling.'" I agree probably not his full contract but perhaps a percentage of it , here’s the link https://youtu.be/1pWyePRaS_Q , comments on Arundel start about 8 minutes in.

Quote: Ilkley Fax "There's no way club would have paid balance of his contract otherwise there would have been no point letting him go, likely paid a sweetener to ensure deal went ahead. He would probably have been one of the higher earners, and while he's a good solid centre, if Grix decided he wasn't going to be first choice next year, I can understand him not wanting another Aston scenario where you've got a good, frustrated well paid player kicking his heels for most of the season. We are though now looking a bit thin in the backs, Mccomb has shown he can cover centre and wing more than adequately, but after that we could be struggling.'" I agree probably not his full contract but perhaps a percentage of it , here’s the link https://youtu.be/1pWyePRaS_Q , comments on Arundel start about 8 minutes in.

Maybe Joe is too fit for the Bulls after being at fax. Perhaps Dunning has got Joe on a pie diet to slow him down a bit so the rest of the Bulls squad don’t feel left out.

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