Loosing Martin is a blow, he has been one of the best value overseas signing in SL era and I dare say ever. He will be missed badly and will add to one of our main rivals. Those saying he lacks punch and thinking we can just get a better quality player with the snap of the fingers are a bit deluded.

Hopefully Gannon can get and stay fit fulfil his potential (which i doubt) and Littlewood can step up next year otherwise we look really light again.

I think you’ve nailed it with the 2 points about Micky Mc.

Along with JWH , Peters can start a hard front row when he wants , Litten can come off the bench.

MM is a tough competitor and can also train Leyland up for a year. Leyland is a strong, Athletic guy with a lot of potential, albeit off the back of a bad injury

MM will be a leader in the dressing room as well,

I'm not one for nostalgia signings/resignings but of all our overseas players he's rarely injured, makes few errors and is a great kicker. Please dont let him go. Probably our most consistant player of the last 5 years.

Yep, we've now reached that familiar part of the season where any form of real success seems beyond our reach, yet there appears to be no tangible plan in place to provide real confidence that the things will improve. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there is a plan in place, but if it involves letting our most consistent perfomer (and goalkicker) go it's going to have to include some pretty sensational recruitment to get large parts of the fanbase back on side.

Whilst it would be a shame to see Rhyse leave, it’s not the end of the world. I feel a lot more confident with BA providing the input into the squad and to IB about recruitment than if any of our last few coaches were still at the helm.

We’re all saying we need a couple of props and a hard running back rower. Perhaps this opens up possibilities to get them?

Wigan have recalled Eseh with immediate effect. Blease hopeful we may have Sangare and Goudemand back this week.

Not everything gets posted on here. For obvious reasons.

Look believe what you want it’s no bother to me.

Ill be sad to see Rhyse go but if KR are willing to throw silly money at him, which will probably be his last deal then he goes with my best wishes.

We can’t be held hostage to paying big wages.

Rhyse leaving now confirmed

Can't see us throwing "silly money" at Martin to be honest, he's not a local and by all reports it was Leeds who offered an improved contract and we've probably matched that or offered a fraction more. We're in a far better position of strength than Leeds at the moment, so I doubt we'd need to vastly improve his deal to land him as opposed to someone like a Wakefield or Hull FC who would have to throw significant "extras" at this stage.

How do you know they have thrown silly money at him? Could
Be £20k pa or less. What’s grim is he might think has
More chances of winning stuff , he certainly isn’t going for the ambience and scenery.

He might conceivably by their 3rd marquee player alongside JWH and Lewis. But it does beg the question: who, other than Croft, are ours? We need spots 2 and 3 filling with nothing less than outstanding players this time around.

£20k per year extra is still a lot of cash, i don’t know but as you say he hasn’t gone for the location.

Anyway I wish him well

Mick Gledhill claims we have signed Hastings.

I'm still waiting for Mick to take up that ref course I offered to put him on, 15 years ago.

So do i