I would sing someone else if I knew the words !

Was the salary cap in place then ?

The point was, they need not have been world-beating players, just ones we could have slotted in to take the pressure off other members of the playing staff.

Is this an 80s retro thread?

Not really, there's just a need to do now what should have been done during the off season. Only now it could be an expensive exercise except as our CEO recently stated [i"I believe it’s an extremely talented group of players who can achieve our objectives this season.”[/i

Our objectives presumably being to not defend our WCC title, be knocked out of the CC at home at the first hurdle, lose to Bradford at Odsal for the first time since 2003 and lose at home to Salford for the first time since 1977.

1999, IIRC? Same time as Lean Dance came? Again, from memory so happy for someone to improve on that.

Ok, that's fine for Bradford, but what about Leeds? (I'd add a but its not really a joke...)

Wouldn't matter who we signed, the "come on fellahs, rah rah rah" ran out of steam. Murray was done.

And the reference to the 1980's should be an indication that the "chequebook" is no guarantee of preventing any of that happening.

Agree over Eastwood.

Squad is light and my major concern is a lack of pace out wide which is multiplied by the fact Donalds positional move has obviously had a negative effect.

Squad is light. Not so much worried about pace on the wings though. Centres then yeah but its not that crucial with the right personell.

Ablett has been our main right centre this year. Let face it he's a 2nd row, depsite been named a centre in a GF this does not make hime a centre, and offers next to nothing going forward. Plus side he's not getting caught out as much defending out wide.

Senior is all but 33 and his pace has been in continued decline. All ready missed 2 or 3 league games. After him the well is dry. He misses a game or miss fires and we struggle against a decent side.

Couple that with our less expansive game style the 3quarters get the ball in less space with less time against better set defences. In this scenarios you need centres who can spark and make things happen. Ablett, an inexperienced kid and a gibson still off pace are not that.

If senior is firing he looks a real threat close to the line..... but thats it. We're a one trick pony with a good left side.

really? your ring must be sore then because i've been saying this since pre season.try not to sit down much today

Well said. Nice to see us putting all our focus ino the super league now we're out of the cup... I knew something wasn't right with the squad from the wcc. I said it then and i'll say it again - the squad aint good enough..we're weaker this year than we were last...and something needs to be done to improve the team adn freshen us up... we need a big lift urgently.

Partially agree with the likes of Hall and Gibson. I think we just have too many young lads in the back line who are not quite ready yet to be playing week in week out..you've got watkins, ben jones bishop, hall. Then you've go Smith who's meant to be playing at centre who's hardly ever played there which adds up to being a problem. I'm not saying get rid but they're just not good enough at the moment and need to be nurtered along.. some top class expeirience needs to be brought in asap

So are you saying McNamara is a better coach than Bluey?

Oh don't you worry, Caddick's cheque book will soon be out but only to sign Keef for Carnegie!