Could Huddersfield be interested in taking Johnson on loan havent they lost Levi ?

Yes, but they’ve replaced him by signing Peats

Ian Kirke for Chris Thorman. Done deal.

Not sure what will be from sharky stuff above but been told that Nene MacDonald is complete

Hope he improves his defence.
Would rather have had Lafai but fingers crossed for MacDonald.

Didn't he do pretty poorly in the RLWC?. TBF though he would be facing lesser opponents

Lafai had a great year for Salford last year, but I think on balance Nene is a better bet. At 28, he's three years younger than Lafai and in terms of achievement in the NRL he certainly doesn't have to take a backwards step. He'll get plenty of good ball down that left hand side and at six feet four he'll definitely be a threat in the air. Smith knows him and has coached him before and I think he's earned the right to back his judgment. Lafai is also under contract at Salford, so even if they had been willing, it would have cost us money we don't need to be spending.

Yes you are probably right AC and the majority of games to date in the WC make it hard to judge a players ability.
Lafai did look good for Salford and MacDonald looked good for Leigh against inferior opposition last season.
But I`m happy we have a player Smith clearly rates in a position we are weak in.

I'm hearing that Sam Walters could be on his way out of the club. Him leaving makes sense about a young player wanting more game time that has been rumored. Not sure which other club he's linked with maybe could be involved in the swap deal Sharky has suggested. Him leaving makes sense imo he is down the pecking order in our pack in the Prop department and second row department he's probably 7th or 8th choice for both positions.

I like Walters, I think he improved a lot under Smith and I think as he gets older he will grow into his frame a bit more. If he was the player in a swap then given his age, his England age grade performances and his development last year then whoever was coming the other way would need to be a fairly decent player. Not sure who that potential player could be but as I say they would need to be a decent player for me

He does have potential but he doesn't yet use his size as aggressively as he could. Having said that he's only just started the switch from second row to prop, which (despite Agar's middles nonsense) is a very different role. Him leaving would mean more hope pinned on Holroyd, or maybe the assumption is McDonnell will be a prop?

No idea who is available, but looking at our squad a halfback wouldn't go amiss. Austin/Sezer missed a lot of games last year, and its not ideal to have to move others out of position to cover. I get the impression Smith will not want to pick Sinfield or Simpson unless he has no other options due to their age.